ሳኦል በዳዊት ቀና
1ዳዊት ከሳኦል ጋር የሚያደርገውን ንግግር እንዳበቃ፤ የዮናታን ነፍስ ከዳዊት ነፍስ ጋር ተቈራኘች፤ እንደ ራሱም አድርጎ ወደደው። 2ከዚያች ዕለት አንሥቶ ሳኦል ዳዊትን አብሮት እንዲኖር አደረገ፤ ወደ አባቱም ቤት እንዲመለስ አላሰናበተውም። 3ዮናታን እንደ ራሱ አድርጎ ስለ ወደደው፣ ከዳዊት ጋር ኪዳን አደረገ፤ 4ዮናታን የለበሰውን ካባ አውልቆ ከነጦር ልብሱ፣ በተጨማሪም ሰይፉን፣ ቀስቱንና መታጠቂያውን ሰጠው።
5ሳኦል በሚልከው በማናቸውም ስፍራ፣ ዳዊት ተልእኮውን በሚገባ18፥5 ወይም በብልኀት ይፈጽም ስለ ነበር፣ በሰራዊቱ ላይ ሾመው፤ ይህም ሕዝቡን በሙሉ፣ የሳኦልንም የጦር ሹማምት ደስ አሰኘ።
6ዳዊት ፍልስጥኤማዊውን ከገደለ በኋላ፣ ሰዎቹ ወደየቤታቸው በሚመለሱበት ጊዜ፣ ሴቶች ከበሮና መሰንቆ ይዘው እየዘፈኑ፣ እየጨፈሩና እልል እያሉ ንጉሥ ሳኦልን ለመቀበል ከእስራኤል ከተሞች ሁሉ ወጡ። 7ሴቶቹም እንዲህ ሲሉ በመቀባበል ዘፈኑ፤
“ሳኦል ሺሕ ገደለ፤
ዳዊት ግን ዐሥር ሺሕ ገደለ።”
8ሳኦል እጅግ ተቈጣ፤ ይህም ነገር አላስደሰተውም። እርሱም፣ “ለዳዊት ዐሥር ሺሕ አሉለት፤ ለእኔ ግን ሺሕ ብቻ! እንግዲህ መንግሥት እንጂ ሌላ ምን ቀረው” አለ። 9ከዚያች ዕለት አንሥቶ ሳኦል ዳዊትን በቅናት ዐይን ይመለከተው ጀመር።
10በማግስቱም ከእግዚአብሔር የታዘዘ ክፉ18፥10 ወይም የሚጐዳ መንፈስ በሳኦል ላይ በኀይል መጣበት፣ በዚህ ጊዜ ዳዊት ወትሮ እንደሚያደርገው ሁሉ በገና ሲደረድር፣ ሳኦል በቤቱ ሆኖ ትንቢት ይናገር ነበር። ሳኦል በእጁ ጦር ይዞ ነበር፤ 11እርሱም፣ “ዳዊትን ከግድግዳው ጋር አጣብቀዋለሁ” ብሎ በማሰብ ጦሩን ወረወረበት፤ ዳዊት ግን ሁለት ጊዜ ከፊቱ ዘወር አለ።
12እግዚአብሔር ከእርሱ ተለይቶ ከዳዊት ጋር ስለሆነ፣ ሳኦል ዳዊትን ፈራው። 13ስለዚህ ዳዊትን ከአጠገቡ በማራቅ የሺሕ አለቃ አደረገው። ዳዊትም ሰራዊቱን እየመራ በፊታቸው ይወጣና ይገባ ነበር። 14እግዚአብሔር ከእርሱ ጋር ስለ ነበር የሚያደርገው ነገር ሁሉ ይሳካለት18፥14 ወይም እጅግ ብልኅ ነበር ነበር። 15ሳኦልም፣ ዳዊት እንደ ተሳካለት18፥15 ወይም ብልኅ እንደ ሆነ ባየ ጊዜ ፈራው፤ 16መላው እስራኤልና ይሁዳ ግን ዳዊትን ወደዱት፤ በፊታቸው እየወጣና እየገባ የሚመራቸው እርሱ ነበርና።
17ሳኦል ዳዊትን፣ “ታላቋ ልጄ ሜሮብ እነኋት፤ እርሷን እድርልሃለሁ፤ አንተ ግን በጀግንነት አገልግለኝ፤ የእግዚአብሔርንም ጦርነቶች ተዋጋ” አለው፤ ሳኦል በልቡ፣ “ፍልስጥኤማውያን እጃቸውን ያንሡበት እንጂ እኔ በእርሱ ላይ እጄን አላነሣም” ብሎ ነበርና።
18ዳዊት ግን ሳኦልን፣ “የንጉሥ ዐማች እሆን ዘንድ እኔ ማን ነኝ? ቤተ ሰቤም ሆነ የአባቴ ጐሣስ በእስራኤል ዘንድ ምንድን ነው?” አለው። 19ይሁን እንጂ18፥19 ወይም ስለዚህ ተብሎ የሳኦል ልጅ ሜሮብ ለዳዊት የምትዳርበት ጊዜ ሲደርስ ለመሓላታዊው ለኤስድሪኤል ተዳረች።
20በዚህ ጊዜ የሳኦል ልጅ ሜልኮል ዳዊትን ወደደችው፤ ሳኦልም ይህን ሲሰማ ደስ አለው። 21ሳኦልም በልቡ፣ “ወጥመድ እንድትሆነው፣ በፍልስጥኤማውያንም እጅ እንዲጠፋ እርሷን እድርለታለሁ” ሲል ዐሰበ። ስለዚህ ሳኦል ዳዊትን፣ “እነሆ፤ ዛሬ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ዐማቼ ትሆናለህ” አለው።
22ከዚያም ሳኦል ባለሟሎቹን፣ “ለዳዊት፣ ‘እነሆ፤ ንጉሡ በአንተ ደስ ብሎታል፤ ባለሟሎቹም ሁሉ ይወዱሃል፤ ስለዚህ ዐማቹ ሁንለት’ ብላችሁ በምስጢር ንገሩት” ብሎ አዘዛቸው።
23እነርሱም ይህንኑ ለዳዊት ደግመው ነገሩት፤ ዳዊት ግን “ለመሆኑ የንጉሥ አማች መሆንን እስከዚህ ትንሽ ነገር አድርጋችሁ ትቈጥራላችሁን? እኔ አንድ ምስኪን ድኻና እምብዛም የማልታወቅ ሰው ነኝ” አላቸው።
24የሳኦል ባለሟሎችም ዳዊት ያላቸውን በነገሩት ጊዜ፣ 25ሳኦል፣ “ዳዊትን፣ ‘ንጉሡስ ለልጂቱ ካንተ የሚፈልገው ጥሎሽ ጠላቶቹን ለመበቀል የመቶ ፍልስጥኤማውያንን ሸለፈት እንጂ ሌላ አይደለም ብላችሁ ንገሩት’ ” አላቸው። ሳኦል ይህን ያቀደው ዳዊት በፍልስጥኤማውያን እጅ እንዲወድቅ ነበር።
26ባለሟሎቹ ይህን ለዳዊት በነገሩት ጊዜ የንጉሥ ዐማች መሆኑ ደስ አሰኘው። ስለዚህ የተወሰነው ጊዜ ከማለፉ በፊት፣ 27ዳዊትና አብረውት የነበሩት ሰዎቹ ሄደው ሁለት መቶ ፍልስጥኤማውያንን ገደሉ፤ ለንጉሡ ዐማች ይሆን ዘንድ፣ ሸለፈታቸውን አምጥቶ በቍጥራቸው ልክ ለንጉሡ አቀረበ፤ ከዚያም ሳኦል ልጁን ሜልኮልን ለዳዊት ዳረለት።
28ሳኦል እግዚአብሔር ከዳዊት ጋር እንደ ሆነና ልጁ ሜልኮልም እንደ ወደደችው በተረዳ ጊዜ፣ 29ሳኦል ከቀድሞው ይልቅ ፈራው፤ እስከ ዕድሜውም ፍጻሜ ድረስ ጠላቱ ሆነ።
30የፍልስጥኤማውያን ጦር አዛዦች እንደ ወትሮው ሁሉ፣ ለጦርነት ይወጡ ነበር፤ ዳዊትም ከቀሩት የሳኦል መኳንንት የበለጠ ድል አገኘ18፥30 ወይም ዳዊት…የበለጠ በብልኀት አደረገ፤ ስሙም የታወቀ ሆነ።
1And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. 3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5¶ And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.18.5 behaved…: or, prospered
6And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.18.6 Philistine: or, Philistines18.6 instruments…: Heb. three stringed instruments 7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?18.8 displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes 9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand. 11And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
12¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. 13Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.18.14 behaved…: or, prospered 15Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
17¶ And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.18.17 valiant: Heb. a son of valour 18And David said unto 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? 19But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 20And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.18.20 pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes 21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
22¶ And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law. 23And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.18.24 On…: Heb. According to these words 25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.18.26 expired: Heb. fulfilled 27Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
28¶ And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him. 29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually. 30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.18.30 set by: Heb. precious
