I Samuel 19

vayedabber sha'ul el-yonatan beno ve'el-kol-avadayw lehamit et-david vihonatan ben-sha'ul khafets bedavid me'od

Saul urged his son Jonathan and all his courtiers to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan was very fond of David,

vayyagged yehonatan ledavid lemor mevaqqesh sha'ul avi lahamitekha ve'attah hishamer-na vabboqer veyashavta vasseter venakhbeta

and Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is bent on killing you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; get to a secret place and remain in hiding.

va'ani etse ve'amadti leyad-avi bassadeh asher attah sham va'ani adabber bekha el-avi vera'iti mah vehiggadti lakh

I will go out and stand next to my father in the field where you will be, and I will speak to my father about you. If I learn anything, I will tell you.”

vayedabber yehonatan bedavid tov el-sha'ul aviv vayyomer elayw al-yekheta hammelekh be'avdo vedavid ki lo khata lakh vekhi ma'asayw tov-lekha me'od

So Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. He said to him, “Let not Your Majesty wrong his servant David, for he has not wronged you; indeed, all his actions have been very much to your advantage.

vayyasem et-nafsho vekhappo vayyakh et-happelishti vayya'as Adonai teshu'ah gedolah lekhol-yisra'el ra'ita vattismakh velammah tekheta bedam naqi lehamit et-david khinnam

He took his life in his hands and killed the Philistine, and GOD wrought a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then should you incur the guilt of shedding an innocent’s blood, killing David without cause?”

vayyishma sha'ul beqol yehonatan vayyishava sha'ul khay-Adonai im-yumat

Saul heeded Jonathan’s plea, and Saul swore, “As GOD lives, he shall not be put to death!”

vayyiqra yehonatan ledavid vayyagged-lo yehonatan et kol-haddevarim ha'elleh vayyave yehonatan et-david el-sha'ul vayehi lefanayw ke'etmol shilshom

Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all this. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as before.

vattosef hammilkhamah lihyot vayyetse david vayyillakhem bappelishtim vayyakh bahem makkah gedolah vayyanusu mippanayw

Fighting broke out again. David went out and fought the Philistines. He inflicted a great defeat upon them and they fled before him.

vattehi ruakh Adonai ra'ah el-sha'ul vehu beveto yoshev vakhanito beyado vedavid menaggen beyad

Then an evil spirit of GOD came upon Saul while he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing [the lyre].

vayevaqqesh sha'ul lehakkot bakhanit bedavid uvaqqir vayyiftar mippene sha'ul vayyakh et-hakhanit baqqir vedavid nas vayyimmalet ballaylah hu

Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he drove the spear into the wall. David fled and got away. That night

vayyishlakh sha'ul malakhim el-bet david leshomro velahamito babboqer vattagged ledavid mikhal ishto lemor im-enekha memallet et-nafshekha hallaylah makhar attah mumat

Saul sent messengers to David’s home to keep watch on him and to kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal told him, “Unless you run for your life tonight, you will be killed tomorrow.”

vattored mikhal et-david be'ad hakhallon vayyelekh vayyivrakh vayyimmalet

Michal let David down from the window and he escaped and fled.

vattiqqakh mikhal et-hatterafim vattasem el-hammittah ve'et kevir ha'izzim samah mera'ashotayw vattekhas babbaged

Michal then took the oracle idol, laid it on the bed, and covered it with a cloth; and at its head she put a net of goat’s hair.

vayyishlakh sha'ul malakhim laqakhat et-david vattomer kholeh hu

Saul sent messengers to seize David; but she said, “He is sick.”

vayyishlakh sha'ul et-hammalakhim lirot et-david lemor ha'alu oto vammittah elay lahamito

Saul, however, sent back the messengers to see David for themselves. “Bring him up to me in the bed,” he ordered, “that he may be put to death.”

vayyavo'u hammalakhim vehinneh hatterafim el-hammittah ukhevir ha'izzim mera'ashotayw

When the messengers came, they found the oracle idol in the bed, with the net of goat’s hair at its head.

vayyomer sha'ul el-mikhal lammah kakhah rimmitini vatteshallekhi et-oyevi vayyimmalet vattomer mikhal el-sha'ul hu-amar elay shallekhini lamah amitekh

Saul said to Michal, “Why did you play that trick on me and let my enemy get away safely?” “Because,” Michal answered Saul, “he said to me: ‘Help me get away or I’ll kill you.’”

vedavid barakh vayyimmalet vayyavo el-shemu'el haramatah vayyagged-lo et kol-asher asah-lo sha'ul vayyelekh hu ushemu'el vayyeshevu (vnvyt) [benayot]

David made good his escape, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth.

vayyuggad lesha'ul lemor hinneh david (vnvyt) [benayot] baramah

Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

vayyishlakh sha'ul malakhim laqakhat et-david vayyar et-lahaqat hannevi'im nibbe'im ushemu'el omed nitsav alehem vattehi al-malakhe sha'ul ruakh elohim vayyitnabbe'u gam-hemmah

and Saul sent messengers to seize David. They saw a band of prophets speaking in ecstasy, with Samuel standing by as their leader; and the spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers and they too began to speak in ecstasy.

vayyaggidu lesha'ul vayyishlakh malakhim akherim vayyitnabbe'u gam-hemmah vayyosef sha'ul vayyishlakh malakhim shelishim vayyitnabbe'u gam-hemmah

When Saul was told about this, he sent other messengers; but they too spoke in ecstasy. Saul sent a third group of messengers; and they also spoke in ecstasy.

vayyelekh gam-hu haramatah vayyavo ad-bor haggadol asher bassekhu vayyishal vayyomer efoh shemu'el vedavid vayyomer hinneh (vnvyt) [benayot] baramah

So he himself went to Ramah. When he came to the great cistern at Secu, he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” and was told that they were at Naioth in Ramah.

vayyelekh sham el-[nayot] (nvyt) baramah vattehi alayw gam-hu ruakh elohim vayyelekh halokh vayyitnabbe ad-bo'o (vnvyt) [benayot] baramah

He was on his way there, to Naioth in Ramah, when the spirit of God came upon him too; and he walked on, speaking in ecstasy, until he reached Naioth in Ramah.

vayyifshat gam-hu begadayw vayyitnabbe gam-hu lifne shemu'el vayyippol arom kol-hayyom hahu vekhol-hallayelah al-ken yomeru hagam sha'ul bannevi'im

Then he too stripped off his clothes and he too spoke in ecstasy before Samuel; and he lay naked all that day and all night. That is why people say, “Is Saul too among the prophets?”