1 Saul puhui pojalleen Jonatanille ja kaikille miehilleen Daavidin surmaamisesta. Mutta Saulin poika Jonatan oli kovin kiintynyt Daavidiin
7 Jonatan kutsui sitten Daavidin luokseen ja kertoi hänelle, mitä Saul oli sanonut. Hän toi Daavidin takaisin Saulin luo, ja Daavid palveli Saulia kuten ennenkin.
8 Kun sota syttyi, Daavid lähti jälleen taistelemaan filistealaisia vastaan ja tuotti heille niin suuren tappion, että he hajaantuivat pakoon hänen tieltään.
9 Herran lähettämä paha henki yllätti taas Saulin. Saul istui kotonaan keihäs kädessä, ja Daavid soitti harppua.
10 Saul yritti naulita Daavidin seinään keihäällään, mutta Daavid väisti ja keihäs iskeytyi seinään. Daavid juoksi ulos ja pääsi pakoon. Samana yönä
12 Mikal laski Daavidin alas ikkunasta, ja hän pakeni ja pelastui.
13 Mikal pani vuoteeseen jumalankuvan, asetti pääpuoleen vuohenkarvatyynyn ja peitti ne vaatteella.
16 Miehet menivät, mutta vuoteessa olikin vain jumalankuva ja pääpuolessa vuohenkarvatyyny.
18 Näin Daavid pääsi pakenemaan. Hän meni Samuelin luo Ramaan ja kertoi, mitä Saul oli tehnyt hänelle. Sitten hän ja Samuel menivät Najotiin ja jäivät sinne.
19 Kun Saul sai tietää Daavidin olevan Raman Najotissa,
20 hän lähetti miehiä vangitsemaan hänet. Mutta kun Saulin miehet näkivät hurmostilassa olevan profeettajoukon ja Samuelin sitä johtamassa, Jumalan henki yllätti heidät ja hekin joutuivat hurmoksiin.
21 Saatuaan tästä tiedon Saul lähetti toiset miehet, mutta hekin joutuivat hurmoksiin. Saul lähetti vielä kolmannet, mutta myös he joutuivat hurmoksiin.
23 Kun hän lähti kulkemaan sinnepäin, Jumalan henki yllätti myös hänet, niin että hän vaelsi hurmostilassa koko matkan Raman Najotiin saakka.
1 And Saul speaketh unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death,
2 and Jonathan son of Saul delighted exceedingly in David, and Jonathan declareth to David, saying, `Saul my father is seeking to put thee to death, and, now, take heed, I pray thee, in the morning, and thou hast abode in a secret place, and been hidden,
3 and I -- I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where thou [art], and I speak of thee unto my father, and have seen what [is coming], and have declared to thee.`
4 And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee [are] very good;
5 yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?`
6 And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, `Jehovah liveth -- he doth not die.`
7 And Jonathan calleth for David, and Jonathan declareth to him all these words, and Jonathan bringeth in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore.
8 And there addeth to be war, and David goeth out and fighteth against the Philistines, and smiteth among them -- a great smiting, and they flee from his face.
9 And a spirit of sadness [from] Jehovah is unto Saul, and he is sitting in his house, and his javelin in his hand, and David is playing with the hand,
10 and Saul seeketh to smite with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he freeth himself from the presence of Saul, and he smiteth the javelin through the wall; and David hath fled and escapeth during that night.
11 And Saul sendeth messengers unto the house of David to watch him, and to put him to death in the morning; and Michal his wife declareth to David, saying, `If thou art not delivering thy life to-night -- tomorrow thou art put to death.`
12 And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth;
13 and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats` [hair] she hath put [for] his pillows, and covereth with a garment.
14 And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, `He [is] sick.`
15 And Saul sendeth the messengers to see David, saying, `Bring him up in the bed unto me,` -- to put him to death.
16 And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats` [hair], [for] his pillows.
17 And Saul saith unto Michal, `Why thus hast thou deceived me -- that thou dost send away mine enemy, and he is escaped?` and Michal saith unto Saul, `He said unto me, Send me away: why do I put thee to death?`
18 And David hath fled, and is escaped, and cometh in unto Samuel to Ramath, and declareth to him all that Saul hath done to him, and he goeth, he and Samuel, and they dwell in Naioth.
19 And it is declared to Saul, saying, `Lo, David [is] in Naioth in Ramah.`
20 And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and they see the assembly of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing, set over them, and the Spirit of God is on Saul`s messengers, and they prophesy -- they also.
21 And they declare [it] to Saul, and he sendeth other messengers, and they prophesy -- they also; and Saul addeth and sendeth messengers a third time, and they prophesy -- they also.
22 And he goeth -- he also -- to Ramath, and cometh in unto the great well which [is] in Sechu, and asketh, and saith, `Where [are] Samuel and David?` and [one] saith, `Lo, in Naioth in Ramah.`
23 And he goeth thither -- unto Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God is upon him -- him also; and he goeth, going on, and he prophesyeth till his coming in to Naioth in Ramah,
24 and he strippeth off -- he also -- his garments, and prophesieth -- he also -- before Samuel, and falleth down naked all that day and all the night; therefore they say, `Is Saul also among the prophets?`