1大衛從拉瑪的拿約逃出來去見約拿單，問他：「我做了什麼？犯了什麼罪？我什麼地方對不起你父親，他竟追殺我？」2約拿單答道：「絕無此事，你不會死的！我父親事無大小都會告訴我的，他不會瞞著我這件事，不會的。」3大衛發誓說：「你父親深知你恩待我，他為了不使你傷心，才瞞著你。但我憑永活的耶和華和你的性命起誓，我離死亡僅一步之遙！」4約拿單說：「你有什麼需要？我一定相助。」5大衛答道：「明天是初一，我本該跟王一起用餐，請讓我躲到田間，直到第三天晚上。6如果你父親問起我，你就說我懇求你允許我回到故鄉伯利恆，因為我全家正在那裡獻年祭。7如果你父親說『好吧』，僕人就平安無事了。如果他發怒，就表示他決意要殺我。8請你善待僕人，因你與我在耶和華面前立了盟約。如果我有罪，就請你親手殺了我，何必把我交給你父親呢？」9約拿單答道：「我決不會這樣做。如果我知道我父親決意要殺你，我怎能不通知你呢？」10大衛說：「你父親若向你發怒，誰來告訴我呢？」11約拿單說：「我們一起到田野去吧。」於是，二人一起去了田野。12約拿單對大衛說：「願以色列的上帝耶和華作證，明天或後天這個時侯我就會打探到我父親的意思，如果他善意待你，我會派人通知你。13如果他有意殺你，而我卻不告訴你讓你安然逃走，願耶和華重重地懲罰我。願耶和華與你同在，像從前與我父親同在一樣。14在我有生之年，請你照耶和華的慈愛恩待我，免我一死。15在我死後，即使耶和華把你所有的仇敵都毀滅了，請你仍舊恩待我的後人。」16於是，約拿單與大衛家立下盟約，說：「倘若大衛不守盟約，願耶和華藉著仇敵懲罰他。」17約拿單因為像愛自己一樣愛大衛，便叫他再次起誓。18約拿單說：「明天是初一，人們會注意到你缺席。19到了後天，你要趕快去上次出事時躲藏的以色磐石那裡。20我會朝磐石的旁邊射三箭，好像射靶子。21然後，我會叫一個少年把箭拾回來。如果你聽到我對他說，『箭就在你旁邊，把箭拾回來。』那就表示你可以回來了，我憑永活的耶和華起誓，你必平安無事。22但如果我對少年說，『箭就在你前面。』你就要離開，因為是耶和華要你離開。23至於我們之間所立的約，耶和華永遠為我們作證。」24於是，大衛就躲到田野。初一到了，掃羅王入席吃飯，25他照常坐在靠牆的位置，約拿單坐在對面，押尼珥坐在王的身邊，大衛的位子空著。26那一天，掃羅並沒有說什麼，他以為大衛可能遇到了使自己不潔淨的事，不能赴宴。27可是到了第二天，大衛的座位還是空的，掃羅就問兒子約拿單：「耶西的兒子為什麼這兩天都不來赴宴呢？」28約拿單答道：「大衛懇求我讓他回到伯利恆，29因為他家要在城中獻祭，他的哥哥要他去。他求我恩准他去見他的哥哥們。所以，他沒有來參加王的宴席。」30掃羅向約拿單發怒，對他說：「你這邪惡叛逆婦人所生之子！難道我不知道你是站在耶西的兒子那邊嗎？你這樣做不但自取其辱，也使你母親蒙羞。31只要耶西的兒子活在世上，你和你的王位就不得安穩。你派人把他抓到我這裡，他非死不可。」32約拿單問：「為什麼要殺他？他做了什麼？」33掃羅氣得把矛擲向約拿單，想要殺他。約拿單知道父親決意要殺大衛。34他怒氣沖沖地離席，整天不肯進食，因為他看見父親如此卑劣地對待大衛，心裡非常難過。35第二天早晨，約拿單按照和大衛的約定帶著一個少年來到田野。36約拿單對少年說：「你跑去把我射的箭拾回來。」少年就向前跑去，約拿單把箭射在他前面。37少年跑到落箭之處的時候，約拿單就大聲叫道：「箭不是在你的前面嗎？38快快去，不要耽延。」少年連忙把箭拾起來，回到主人那裡。39他不知道主人的用意，只有約拿單和大衛知道。40約拿單把弓箭交給那少年，吩咐他帶回城中。41少年離開以後，大衛就從磐石南面出來，伏地拜了三拜。二人彼此親吻，抱頭痛哭，大衛更是泣不成聲。42約拿單說：「我們已憑耶和華的名起誓，有耶和華在你我和你我的子孫之間永遠為我們的盟約作證，你就安心去吧。」大衛便起身離開，約拿單也回城去了。
English Standard Version
Jonathan Warns David
1Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”2And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”3But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”4Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”5David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.6If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.’7If he says, ‘Good!’ it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him.8Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”9And Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! If I knew that it was determined by my father that harm should come to you, would I not tell you?”10Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”11And Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So they both went out into the field.12And Jonathan said to David, “The Lord, the God of Israel, be witness!* When I have sounded out my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you?13But should it please my father to do you harm, the Lord do so to Jonathan and more also if I do not disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. May the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.14If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the Lord, that I may not die;15and do not cut off* your steadfast love from my house forever, when the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”16And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May* the Lord take vengeance on David’s enemies.”17And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.18Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.19On the third day go down quickly to the place where you hid yourself when the matter was in hand, and remain beside the stone heap.*20And I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.21And behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.22But if I say to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go, for the Lord has sent you away.23And as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me forever.”24So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.25The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite,* and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.26Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean.”27But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David’s place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”28Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.29He said, ‘Let me go, for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers.’ For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?31For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”32Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”33But Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.34And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had disgraced him.35In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him a little boy.36And he said to his boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.37And when the boy came to the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”38And Jonathan called after the boy, “Hurry! Be quick! Do not stay!” So Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows and came to his master.39But the boy knew nothing. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.40And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy and said to him, “Go and carry them to the city.”41And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap* and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.42Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’” And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.*
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