1 E sucedeu que, quando ele terminou de falar a Saul, a alma de Jônatas foi unida à alma de Davi, e Jônatas o amou como a sua própria alma.2 E Saul o tomou naquele dia, e não mais quis deixá-lo ir para a casa do seu pai.3 Então Jônatas e Davi fizeram um pacto, porque ele o amou como a sua própria alma.4 E Jônatas retirou de si a capa que estava sobre si, e a deu a Davi, e também as suas vestes, até a sua espada, e o seu arco, e o seu cinto.5 E Davi saía para onde quer que Saul o enviasse, e se portava com sabedoria; e Saul o colocou sobre os homens de guerra, e ele era aceito à vista de todo o povo, bem como à vista dos servos de Saul.6 E sucedeu que, quando eles vinham, quando Davi retornou do combate ao filisteu, as mulheres saíram de todas as cidades de Israel, cantando e dançando, para encontrarem o rei Saul, com tamboretes, com alegria, e com instrumentos de música.7 E as mulheres respondiam umas às outras enquanto tocavam, e diziam: Saul matou os seus milhares, e Davi os seus dez milhares.8 E Saul ficou muito nervoso, e as palavras o desagradaram; e ele disse: Elas atribuíram a Davi dez milhares, e a mim elas atribuíram somente milhares; e o que mais pode ele ter além do reino?9 E Saul ficou de olho em Davi daquele dia em diante.10 E sucedeu pela manhã que o espírito maligno da parte de Deus veio sobre Saul, e ele profetizou no meio da casa; e Davi tocou com a sua mão a harpa, como das outras vezes; e havia um dardo na mão de Saul.11 E Saul arremessou o dardo; pois disse: Ferirei Davi até a parede com isso. E Davi fugiu duas vezes da sua presença.12 E Saul tinha medo de Davi, porque o SENHOR estava com ele, e havia se retirado de Saul.13 Por isso Saul o removeu de si, e fê-lo capitão sobre mil, ele saía e entrava diante do povo.14 E Davi se portava com sabedoria em todos os seus caminhos; e o SENHOR estava com ele.15 Por isso, quando Saul via que ele se portava com muita sabedoria, ele o temia.16 Porém, todo o Israel e Judá amavam Davi, porque ele saía e entrava diante deles.17 E Saul disse a Davi: Contempla a minha filha mais velha, Merabe; ela te darei por esposa; somente sejas tu valente para mim, e luta as batalhas do SENHOR. Pois Saul disse: Que a minha mão não esteja sobre ele, mas que esteja sobre ele a mão dos filisteus.18 E Davi disse a Saul: Quem sou eu? E o que é a minha vida, ou a família do meu pai em Israel, para que eu venha a ser genro do rei?19 Porém, sucedeu que, nos dias em que Merabe, a filha de Saul deveria ter sido entregue a Davi, ela foi dada a Adriel, o meolatita, por esposa.20 E Mical, a filha de Saul, amava Davi; e contaram a Saul, e aquilo lhe agradou.21 E Saul disse: Dá-la-ei a ele, para que ela lhe possa ser por laço, e para que a mão dos filisteus possa estar contra ele. Por isso, Saul disse a Davi: Tu serás, neste dia, meu genro com uma das duas.22 E Saul ordenou aos seus servos, dizendo: Conversai com Davi secretamente, e dizei: Eis que o rei se agrada de ti, e todos os seus servos te amam; agora, portanto, sê tu genro do rei.23 E os servos de Saul falaram aquelas palavras aos ouvidos de Davi. E Davi disse: Parece-vos coisa pouca ser genro do rei, ao veres que sou um homem pobre e pouco estimado?24 E os servos de Saul lhe disseram, dizendo: Desse modo falou Davi.25 E Saul disse: Assim direis a Davi: O rei não deseja qualquer dote, mas uma centena de prepúcios dos filisteus, para ser vingado dos inimigos do rei. Saul, porém, pensou em fazer Davi cair pelas mãos dos filisteus.26 E, quando os seus servos contaram a Davi estas palavras, agradou muito a Davi ser genro do rei; porém ainda os dias não se haviam cumprido.27 Porquanto Davi se levantou e foi, ele e os seus homens, e matou duas centenas de homens dos filisteus; e Davi trouxe os seus prepúcios, e entregou na totalidade ao rei, para que ele pudesse ser o genro do rei. E Saul lhe entregou Mical, a sua filha, por esposa.28 E Saul viu e soube que o SENHOR estava com Davi, e que Mical, a filha de Saul, o amava.29 E Saul ficou ainda mais temeroso de Davi; e Saul se tornou inimigo de Davi continuamente.30 Então, os príncipes dos filisteus avançaram; e sucedia que, depois que avançaram, Davi se portava de forma mais sábia que todos os servos de Saul; de forma que o seu nome foi muito considerado.

1 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.2 And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father’s house.3 And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.4 And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his garments, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul’s servants.6 And it happened as they were coming, as David was returning from killing the Philistine, that the women came out from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of the triad.7 And the women responded as they played, and said: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.8 And Saul was very furious, and the saying made his eyes quiver; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?9 So Saul eyed David from that day forward.10 And it happened on the next day that the evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; and there was a spear in Saul’s hand.11 And Saul threw the spear, for he thought, I will strike David to the wall! But David turned away from his presence twice.12 And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, but had departed from Saul.13 Therefore Saul removed him from being with him, and made him his commander over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.14 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and Jehovah was with him.15 Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him.16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.17 And Saul said to David, Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the battles of Jehovah. For Saul thought, Let my hand not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.18 And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?19 But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.20 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing was agreeable in his eyes.21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, You shall be my son-in-law today.22 And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delighted in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.23 And Saul’s servants spoke those words in David’s ears. And David said, Is it a slight thing in your eyes to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing as how I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?24 And the servants of Saul reported to him, saying, In this manner David has spoken.25 And Saul said, Thus you shall say to David: The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.26 And when his servants told David these words, the thing was agreeable in David’s eyes, to become the king’s son-in-law. And the day had not ended;27 therefore David rose up and went out, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.28 Thus Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him;29 and Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy continually.30 And the commanders of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.