1 Samuel 18

1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David with his clothing, even including his sword, his bow, and his sash.

5 David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. It was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

6 As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7 The women sang to one another as they played, and said,

"Saul has slain his thousands,

and David his ten thousands."

8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, "They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?" 9 Saul watched David from that day and forward. 10 On the next day, an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house. David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand; 11 and Saul threw the spear, for he said, "I will pin David to the wall!" David escaped from his presence twice. 12 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

14 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him. 15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them. 17 Saul said to David, "Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles." For Saul said, "Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him."

18 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 at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.

20 Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 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 today be my son-in-law."

22 Saul commanded his servants, "Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’"

23 Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, "Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and little known?"

24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke like this."

25 Saul said, "Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’" Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline, 27 David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. 28 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him. 29 Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.

30 Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.

Te Kawenata i waenganui a Honatana rāua ko Rāwiri

1 Ā, ka mutu tāna kōrero ki a Haora, nā, piri tonu te wairua o Honatana ki te wairua o Rāwiri, ā, aroha ana a Honatana ki a ia me te mea ko tōna wairua ake. 2 Nā, ka mau a Haora ki a ia i taua rā, kīhai hoki ia i tukua kia hoki ki te whare o tōna pāpā. 3 I whakarite kawenata anō a Honatana rāua ko Rāwiri; i arohaina hoki ia e ia, me te mea ko tōna wairua ake. 4 I huia anō e Honatana tōna koroka i runga i a ia, ā, hoatu ana ki a Rāwiri, me ōna kākahu, tae noa ki tāna hoari, me tāna kōpere, me tōna whītiki.

5 Nā, ka haere a Rāwiri ki ngā wāhi katoa i tonoa ai ia e Haora, ka mahi tūpato; ā, ka meinga ia e Haora hei rangatira mō ngā tāngata whawhai, ā, pai tonu ia ki te titiro a te iwi katoa, ki te titiro anō hoki a ngā tāngata a Haora.

6 Nā, i tō rātou haerenga mai, i te hokinga mai o Rāwiri i te patu i te Pirihitini, ka puta ngā wāhine i ngā pā katoa o Īharaira, me te waiata, me te kanikani, me ngā timipera, me te koa, me ngā mea whakatangi, ki te whakatau i a Kīngi Haora. 7 Nā, ka waiata whakatene ngā wāhine i a rātou e tākaro ana, ka mea,

"Nā Haora āna mano,

nā Rāwiri āna tekau mano i patu."

8 Nā, nui rawa te riri o Haora; he mea kino hoki taua kupu ki tōna whakaaro. Nā, ka mea ia, "Tekau ā rātou mano i hoatu ai ki a Rāwiri, he mano kau nei a rātou i hōmai nei ki ahau; ko te aha ake māna ki te kāhore te kīngitanga?" 9 Nā, whakatau ana te kanohi o Haora ki a Rāwiri nō taua rā tonu iho.

Ka Pūhaehae a Haora ki a Rāwiri

10 Nā, i te aonga ake ka puta kaha mai he wairua kino i te Atua ki a Haora, ā, ka poropiti ia i waenganui o te whare; ā, ka whakatangi te ringa o Rāwiri i te hāpa, ko tāna hanga i tēnā rā, i tēnā rā. He tao anō i te ringa o Haora. 11 Ko te tino werohanga a Haora i te tao; i mea hoki ia, "Me patu a Rāwiri e ahau, kia titi rawa ki te pakitara." Nā, karohia ana e Rāwiri; e rua ngā mawhititanga i tōna aroaro.

12 Nā, ka wehi a Haora i a Rāwiri, nō te mea i a ia a Ihowā, ā, kua mawehe i a Haora. 13 Koia i wehea atu ai ia e Haora i a ia, ā, meinga ana ia e ia ko tāna rangatira mano. Nā, ka haere atu ia, ka haere mai i te aroaro o te iwi. 14 Nā, tūpato tonu te whakahaere a Rāwiri i ōna ara katoa; i a ia anō a Ihowā. 15 Ā, i te kitenga o Haora he tangata tūpato rawa ia, ka wehi ia i a ia. 16 Ā, i aroha a Īharaira katoa rātou ko Hūrā ki a Rāwiri, nō te mea i haere atu ia, i haere mai i tō rātou aroaro.

Ka Mārena a Rāwiri i te Tuahine a Haora

17 Nā, ka mea a Haora ki a Rāwiri, "Nanā, tāku tamāhine mātāmua, a Merapa, me hoatu e ahau hei wahine māu, otiia ko koe hei toa māku, hei whawhai i ngā whawhai a Ihowā." I mea hoki a Haora, "Kaua tōku ringa e pā ki a ia; engari kia pā te ringa o ngā Pirihitini ki a ia."

18 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Haora, "Ko wai ahau, he oranga aha hoki tōku, he hapū aha tō tōku pāpā i roto i a Īharaira, e meinga ai ahau hei hunaonga mā te kīngi?" 19 I te wā ia e hōmai ai a Merapa, te tamāhine a Haora mā Rāwiri, nā, ka hoatu ia hei wahine mā Atariere o Mehora.

20 Nā, i aroha a Mikara, te tamāhine a Haora ki a Rāwiri, ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Haora, ā, he mea āhuareka tēnā ki tōna whakaaro. 21 Nā, ka mea a Haora, "Me hoatu ia e ahau ki a ia, ā, hei rore ia mōna e pā ai te ringa o ngā Pirihitini ki a ia." Koia a Haora i mea ai ki a Rāwiri, "Ko āianei te rua o ōu meatanga hei hunaonga māku."

22 Nā, ka whakahau a Haora ki āna tāngata, "Kōrero puku ki a Rāwiri, mea atu, ‘Nanā, e whakaahuareka ana te kīngi ki a koe, e aroha ana hoki āna tāngata katoa ki a koe; nā reira ko koe hei hunaonga mā te kīngi.’ "

23 Nā, kōrerotia ana aua kupu e ngā tāngata a Haora ki ngā taringa o Rāwiri. Ā, ka mea a Rāwiri, "He mea noa iho koia ki a koutou kia meinga ahau hei hunaonga mā te kīngi, he rawakore nei hoki ahau, he ware?"

24 Nā, ka kōrero ngā tāngata a Haora ki a ia, ka mea, "Ko ngā kupu ēnei i puaki mai i a Rāwiri." 25 Nā, ka mea a Haora, "Kia pēnei tā koutou kī ki a Rāwiri, ‘Kāhore o te kīngi hiahia ki te kaipākūhā; engari ki ngā kiri matamata kotahi rau o ngā Pirihitini; kia whai utu ai i ngā hoariri o te kīngi.’ " I whakaaro hoki a Haora kia hinga a Rāwiri i te ringa o ngā Pirihitini.

26 Ā, nō ka kōrerotia e āna tāngata ēnei kupu ki a Rāwiri, āhuareka tonu ki a Rāwiri kia meinga ia hei hunaonga mā te kīngi. Ā, kāhore anō ngā rā kia rite. 27 Nā, ka whakatika a Rāwiri, ā, haere ana rātou ko āna tāngata, nā, patua iho e ia o ngā Pirihitini e rua rau ngā tāngata; ā, kawea ana e Rāwiri ō rātou kiri matamata. Nā, hoatu ana e rātou ki te kīngi te mea e rite ana, kia meinga ai ia hei hunaonga mā te kīngi. Nā, ka hōmai e Haora a Mikara, tāna tamāhine hei wahine māna.

28 Ā, i kite a Haora, i mōhio, kei a Rāwiri a Ihowā; ā, i arohaina ia e Mikara tamāhine a Haora. 29 Nā, ka nui rawa atu te wehi o Haora i a Rāwiri; ā, he ito a Rāwiri ki a Haora i ngā rā katoa.

30 Kātahi ka whakaputa ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini, ā, i ngā wā katoa i whakaputa ai rātou, nui atu te tika o te ngārahu a Rāwiri i tā ngā tāngata katoa a Haora; koia i tino matea nuitia ai tōna ingoa.