Tinangkang Patayin ni Saul si David
1Minsan, sinabi ni Saul kay Jonatan at sa lahat ng lingkod niya na patayin si David. Pero mahal ni Jonatan si David, 2kaya binigyan niya ng babala si David. Sinabi niya, “Naghahanap ng pagkakataon ang aking ama para patayin ka, kaya mag-ingat ka. Bukas maghanap ka ng mapagtataguan at huwag kang aalis doon. 3Dadalhin ko roon ang aking ama at kakausapin ko siya tungkol sa iyo. Pagkatapos, sasabihin ko sa iyo ang napag-usapan namin.”
4Kinaumagahan, kinausap ni Jonatan si Saul tungkol kay David doon sa bukid at pinuri niya ito sa harap ng kanyang ama. At sinabi, “Ama,19:4 Ama: sa literal, Hari. huwag nʼyo pong saktan si David na inyong lingkod dahil wala siyang ginawang masama sa inyo. Nakagawa pa nga po siya ng malaking kabutihan sa inyo. 5Itinaya po niya ang kanyang buhay nang patayin niya ang Filisteo na si Goliat at pinagtagumpay ng Panginoon ang buong Israel. Nasaksihan nʼyo ito at natuwa kayo. Pero bakit gusto nʼyo pang ipapatay ang isang inosenteng tao na katulad ni David nang walang dahilan?”
6Pinakinggan ni Saul si Jonatan at sumumpa siya sa pangalan ng Panginoon na buhay na hindi na niya ipapapatay si David. 7Ipinatawag ni Jonatan si David at sinabi niya rito ang lahat ng pinag-usapan nila ni Saul. Dinala ni Jonatan si David kay Saul, at muling pinaglingkuran ni David si Saul gaya nang dati.
8Muling naglaban ang mga Filisteo at mga Israelita, at buong lakas na pinamunuan ni David ang mga tauhan niya sa pakikipaglaban. Sinalakay nila David nang buong lakas ang mga Filisteo kaya natalo ang mga ito at nagsitakas.
9Isang araw, habang nakaupo si Saul sa kanyang bahay at may hawak na sibat, sinaniban na naman siya ng masamang espiritu na ipinadala ng Panginoon. Habang tumutugtog si David ng alpa, 10sinubukang itusok ni Saul si David sa dingding sa pamamagitan ng pagsibat dito pero nakaiwas si David. Kinagabihan, tumakas si David.
11Nagpadala naman ng mga tauhan si Saul para magmanman sa bahay ni David at para patayin ito kinaumagahan. Pero binalaan si David ng kanyang asawang si Mical, “Kung hindi ka tatakas ngayong gabi, papatayin ka bukas.” 12Kaya tinulungan niyang makababa si David sa bintana, at tumakas si David. 13Kumuha naman si Mical ng isang dios-diosan, at inihiga sa kama. Kinumutan niya ito, at binalot ng balahibo ng kambing ang ulo nito.
14Nang dumating ang mga taong ipinadala ni Saul para hulihin si David, sinabi sa kanila ni Mical na may sakit ito at hindi kayang bumangon sa higaan. 15Nang ibinalita nila ito kay Saul, pinabalik sila ni Saul para tingnan nila mismo si David, at sinabihan ng ganito, “Dalhin ninyo siya sa akin na nakahiga sa kanyang higaan para mapatay ko siya.” 16Pero nang pumasok sila sa bahay ni David, nakita nila na ang nakahiga ay isang dios-diosan na may balahibo ng kambing sa ulo.
17Sinabi ni Saul kay Mical, “Bakit mo ako niloko, at pinatakas ang aking kaaway?” Sumagot si Mical, “Sinabi niya sa akin na papatayin niya ako kapag hindi ko siya tinulungang makatakas.”
18Nang makatakas si David, pumunta siya kay Samuel sa Rama at sinabi niya ang lahat ng ginawa ni Saul sa kanya. Pagkatapos nito, pumunta sila ni Samuel sa Nayot at doon nanirahan.
19Nabalitaan ni Saul na si David ay nasa Nayot sa Rama, 20kaya nagpadala siya ng mga tauhan para hulihin si David. Pagdating nila roon, nakita nila ang mga propetang nagpapahayag ng mensahe ng Dios at pinangungunahan ni Samuel. Pagkatapos, napuspos ng Espiritu ng Dios ang mga tauhan ni Saul at nagpahayag din sila ng mensahe ng Dios. 21Nang marinig ni Saul ang nangyari, muli siyang nagpadala ng mga tauhan para hulihin si David. Pero pagdating nila doon, ganoon din ang nangyari, nagpahayag din ang mga ito ng mensahe ng Dios. Muling nagpadala si Saul ng mga tauhan sa ikatlong pagkakataon pero ganoon din ang nangyari sa mga ito. 22Sa bandang huli, si Saul na mismo ang pumunta sa Rama. Pagdating niya sa malaking balon ng Secu, nagtanung-tanong siya kung nasaan sina Samuel at David. Sinabi sa kanya na nasa Nayot sila. 23Kaya pumunta si Saul sa Nayot. Pero habang nasa daan, pinuspos rin siya ng Espiritu ng Dios at nagpahayag din siya ng mensahe ng Dios hanggang sa makarating siya sa Nayot. 24Nang naroon na siya, hinubad niya ang kanyang damit at nagpahayag ng mensahe ng Dios sa harapan ni Samuel. Nahiga siya nang nakahubad buong araw at gabi. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit nagtatanong ang mga tao, “Naging propeta na rin ba si Saul?”
Saul Tries to Kill David
1Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much. 2So Jonathan warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be very careful tomorrow morning. Find a place to hide and stay there. 3My father and I will come and stand in the field where you are hiding. I’ll speak to him about you. Then I’ll tell you what I find out.”
4Jonathan told his father Saul some good things about David. He said to him, “Please don’t do anything to harm David. He hasn’t done anything to harm you. And what he’s done has helped you a lot. 5He put his own life in danger when he killed Goliath. The Lord used him to win a great battle for the whole nation of Israel. When you saw it, you were glad. So why would you do anything to harm a man like David? He isn’t guilty of doing anything to harm you. Why would you want to kill him without any reason?”
6Saul paid attention to Jonathan. Saul made a promise. He said, “You can be sure that the Lord lives. And you can be just as sure that David will not be put to death.”
7So Jonathan sent for David and told him everything he and Saul had said. Then he brought David to Saul. David served Saul as he had done before.
8Once more war broke out. So David went out and fought against the Philistines. He struck them down with so much force that they ran away from him.
9But an evil spirit sent by the Lord came on Saul. It happened as he was sitting in his house and holding his spear. While David was playing the harp, 10Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David got away from him just as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David escaped.
11Saul sent some men to watch David’s house. He told them to kill David the next morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him. She said, “You must run for your life tonight. If you don’t, tomorrow you will be killed.” 12So Michal helped David escape through a window. He ran and got away. 13Then Michal got a statue of a god. She laid it on David’s bed. She covered it with clothes. And she put some goat hair at the place where David’s head would have been.
14Saul sent the men to capture David. But Michal told them, “He’s sick.”
15Then Saul sent the men back to see David. He told them, “Bring him up here to me in his bed. Then I’ll kill him.” 16But when the men entered, the only thing they found in the bed was the statue. Some goat hair was at the place where David’s head would have been.
17Saul said to Michal, “Why did you trick me like this? Why did you help my enemy escape?”
Michal told him, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away. If you don’t, I’ll kill you.’ ”
18After David had run away and escaped, he went to Samuel at Ramah. He told him everything Saul had done to him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there. 19Saul was told, “David is in Naioth at Ramah.” 20So Saul sent some men to capture him. When they got there, they saw a group of prophets who were prophesying. Samuel was standing there as their leader. Then the Spirit of God came on Saul’s men. So they also began to prophesy. 21Saul was told about it. So he sent some more men. They began to prophesy too. Saul sent some men a third time. And they also began to prophesy. 22Finally, Saul decided to go to Ramah himself. He went to the large well at Seku. He asked some people, “Where are Samuel and David?”
“Over in Naioth at Ramah,” they said.
23So Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God even came on him. He walked along and prophesied until he came to Naioth. 24There he took off his clothes. Then he also prophesied in front of Samuel. He lay there without his clothes on all that day and night. That’s why people say, “Is Saul also one of the prophets?”
