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ing, and Samuel presiding over them, the Spirit as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there is
of the Lord came also upon them, and they like- but one step (as I may say) between me and
wise began to prophesy. death.
21 And when this was told Saul, he sent other 4 And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever
messengers: but they also prophesied. And thy soul shall say to me, I will do for thee.
again Saul sent messengers the third time: and 5 And David said to Jonathan: Behold to mor-
they prophesied also. And Saul being exceeding row is the new moon, and I, according to custom,
angry, am wont to sit beside the king to eat: let me go
22 Went also himself to Ramatha, and came then that I may be hid in the field till the evening
as far as the great cistern, which is in Socho, and of the third day.
he asked, and said: In what place are Samuel and 6 If thy father look and inquire for me, thou
David? And it was told him: Behold they are in shalt answer him: David asked me that he might
Najoth, in Ramatha. run to Bethlehem, his own city: because there
23 And he went to Najoth, in Ramatha, and are solemn sacrifices there for all of his tribe.
the Spirit of the Lord came upon him also, and 7 If he shall say: It is well: thy servant shall
he went on, and prophesied till he came to Na- have peace: but if he be angry, know that his
joth, in Ramatha. malice is come to its height.
24 And he stripped himself also of his gar- 8 Deal mercifully then with thy servant: for
ments, and prophesied with the rest before thou hast brought me, thy servant, into a
Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and covenant of the Lord with thee. But if there be
night. This gave occasion to a proverb: What! any iniquity in me, do thou kill me, and bring
is Saul too among the prophets? me not in to thy father.
9 And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee:
for if I should certainly know that evil is deter-
Chapter 20 mined by my father against thee, I could do no
otherwise than tell thee.
But David fled from Najoth, which is in Ra- 10 And David answered Jonathan: Who shall
matha, and came and said to Jonathan: What bring me word, if thy father should answer thee
have I done? what is my iniquity, and what is harshly concerning me?
my sin against thy father, that he seeketh my 11 And Jonathan said to David: Come, and
life? let us go out into the field. And when they were
2 And he said to him: (God forbid, thou shalt both of them gone out into the field,
not die: for my father will do nothing, great or 12 Jonathan said to David: O Lord God of
little, without first telling me: hath then my fa- Israel, if I shall discover my father’s mind, to
ther hid this word only from me? no, this shall morrow, or the day after, and there be any thing
not be. good for David, and I send not immediately to
3 And he swore again to David. And David thee, and make it known to thee,
said: Thy father certainly knoweth that I have 13 May the Lord do so and so to Jonathan,
found grace in thy sight, and he will say: Let not and add still more. But if my father shall con-
Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly tinue in malice against thee, I will discover it