1 Ja Saul puhui pojallensa Joonatanille ja kaikille palvelijoillensa, että Daavid olisi surmattava. Mutta Saulin poika Joonatan oli suuresti mieltynyt Daavidiin.
7 Niin Joonatan kutsui Daavidin, ja Joonatan ilmoitti hänelle kaiken tämän. Ja sitten Joonatan vei Daavidin Saulin tykö, ja hän palveli häntä niinkuin ennenkin.
8 Kun sitten sota alkoi uudestaan, lähti Daavid taistelemaan filistealaisia vastaan ja tuotti heille suuren tappion, niin että he pakenivat hänen edestään.
9 Mutta Herran lähettämä paha henki tuli Sauliin, kun hän istui kotonaan keihäs kädessä ja Daavid soitteli.
10 Niin Saul koetti keihästää Daavidin seinään; mutta hän väisti Saulia, ja tämä iski keihään seinään. Daavid pakeni ja pelastui sinä yönä.
12 Ja Miikal laski Daavidin alas ikkunasta; ja hän lähti pakoon ja pelastui.
13 Sitten Miikal otti kotijumalan ja asetti sen vuoteeseen, ja levitettyään vuohenkarvoista tehdyn kärpäsverkon sen pään yli hän peitti sen vaatteella.
16 Mutta kun miehet tulivat sisälle, niin katso, vuoteessa olikin kotijumala, vuohenkarvoista tehty kärpäsverkko pään päällä.
18 Kun Daavid oli paennut ja pelastunut, meni hän Samuelin luo Raamaan ja kertoi hänelle kaikki, mitä Saul oli hänelle tehnyt. Ja hän ja Samuel menivät Naajotiin ja jäivät sinne.
20 Niin Saul lähetti miehiä ottamaan Daavidia. Mutta kun he näkivät profeettain joukon hurmoksissa ja Samuelin seisovan johtamassa heitä, tuli Jumalan henki Saulin miehiin, niin että hekin joutuivat hurmoksiin.
21 Kun se ilmoitettiin Saulille, lähetti hän toiset miehet; mutta hekin joutuivat hurmoksiin. Ja Saul lähetti vielä kolmannet miehet, mutta hekin joutuivat hurmoksiin.
23 Mutta kun hän oli menossa sinne, Raaman Naajotiin, tuli Jumalan henki häneenkin, niin että hän kulki hurmoksissa, kunnes tuli Raaman Naajotiin.
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?`