- 大衛從拉瑪的拿約逃跑、來到約拿單那裡、對他說、我作了甚麼.有甚麼罪孽呢.在你父親面前犯了甚麼罪、他竟尋索我的性命呢。
- 約拿單回答說、斷然不是.你必不至死.我父作事、無論大小、沒有不叫我知道的.怎麼獨有這事隱瞞我呢.決不如此。
- 大衛又起誓、說、你父親準知我在你眼前蒙恩.他心裡說、不如不叫約拿單知道、恐怕他愁煩.我指著永生的耶和華、又敢在你面前起誓、我離死不過一步。
- 約拿單對大衛說、你心裡所求的、我必為你成就。
- 大衛對約拿單說、明日是初一、我當與王同席、求你容我去藏在田野、直到第三日晚上。
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- Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?"
- 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. So why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!"
- Yet David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved ' But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death."
- Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."
- So David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I ought to sit down to eat with the king But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.
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