1 Samuele 19
La Nuova Diodati
19 Saul parlò a suo figlio Gionathan e a tutti i suoi servi di fare morire Davide. Ma Gionathan, figlio di Saul, nutriva un grande affetto per Davide.
2 Così Gionathan informò Davide, dicendo: «Saul mio padre, cerca di farti morire; perciò domani mattina fa' attenzione, rimani in un luogo segreto e nasconditi.
3 Io uscirò e starò accanto a mio padre nel campo dove ti trovi tu, e parlerò di te a mio padre. Vedrò che cosa succede e te lo farò sapere».
4 Gionathan dunque parlò a Saul suo padre in favore di Davide e gli disse: «Non pecchi il re contro il suo servo contro Davide, perché egli non ha peccato contro di te, e perché le sue imprese ti sono state di grande utilità.
5 Egli ha esposto la propria vita al pericolo, quando ha ucciso il Filisteo, e l'Eterno ha operato una grande liberazione per tutto Israele. Tu hai visto e ti sei rallegrato; perché dunque peccheresti contro il sangue innocente, facendo morire Davide senza motivo?».
6 Saul diede ascolto alla voce di Gionathan e giurò: «Com'è vero che l'Eterno vive, egli non morirà!».
7 Allora Gionathan chiamò Davide e gli riferì tutte queste cose. Poi Gionathan ricondusse Davide da Saul, ed egli rimase al suo servizio come prima.
8 Cominciò di nuovo la guerra; così Davide uscì a combattere contro i Filistei e inflisse loro una grave sconfitta, ed essi si diedero alla fuga davanti a lui.
9 Ma un cattivo spirito da parte dell'Eterno, s'impossessò di Saul mentre stava in casa sua con la sua lancia in mano, e Davide stava suonando l'arpa con la mano.
10 Saul cercò d'inchiodare Davide al muro con la lancia, ma Davide fuggì davanti a Saul, ed egli conficcò la lancia nel muro. Davide fuggì e si mise in salvo quella stessa notte.
11 Saul allora inviò messaggeri a casa di Davide per sorvegliarlo e ucciderlo il mattino dopo; ma Mikal, moglie di Davide, lo avvertì della cosa, dicendo: «Se non ti metti in salvo questa notte, domani sarai morto».
12 Così Mikal calò Davide dalla finestra; ed egli se ne andò, fuggì e si mise in salvo.
13 Poi Mikal prese l'idolo di casa e lo pose nel letto; al posto del capo mise una coltre di pelo di capra e la coperse con un panno.
14 Quando Saul inviò i messaggeri a prendere Davide, ella disse: «E' malato».
15 Allora Saul inviò di nuovo i messaggeri a vedere Davide e disse loro: «Portatemelo nel letto, perché io lo faccia morire».
16 Quando i messaggeri arrivarono, ecco che nel letto c'era l'idolo di casa con una coltre di pelo di capra al posto del capo.
17 Allora Saul disse a Mikal: «Perché mi hai ingannato in questo modo e hai fatto fuggire il mio nemico, permettendogli di mettersi in salvo?». Mikal rispose a Saul: «Egli mi ha detto: "Lasciami andare, altrimenti ti uccido"».
18 Davide dunque fuggì e si mise in salvo; andò da Samuele a Ramah e gli raccontò tutto ciò che Saul gli aveva fatto. Poi lui e Samuele andarono a stare a Naioth.
19 La cosa fu riferita a Saul: «Ecco, Davide è a Naioth di Ramah».
20 Allora Saul inviò messaggeri per prendere Davide; ma quando essi videro l'assemblea dei profeti che profetizzavano, con Samuele che teneva la presidenza, lo Spirito di DIO investì i messaggeri di Saul che si misero anch'essi a profetizzare.
21 Riferirono la cosa a Saul, che inviò altri messaggeri, i quali pure si misero a profetizzare. Saul mandò di nuovo messaggeri per la terza volta, e anche questi si misero a profetizzare.
22 Allora si recò egli stesso a Ramah e giunto alla grande cisterna che è a Seku, chiese: «Dove sono Samuele e Davide?». Qualcuno gli rispose: «Ecco, sono a Naioth di Ramah».
23 Così egli andò là a Naioth di Ramah ma lo Spirito di DIO investì anche lui ed egli continuò il suo viaggio profetizzando, finché giunse a Naioth di Ramah.
24 Anch'egli si spogliò delle sue vesti, e anch'egli profetizzò davanti a Samuele e rimase sdraiato nudo per terra tutto quel giorno e tutta quella notte. Per questo si dice: «E' anche Saul tra i profeti?».
1 Samuel 19
New King James Version
Saul Persecutes David
19 Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill (A)David; but Jonathan, Saul’s son, (B)delighted greatly in David. 2 So Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide. 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you. Then what I observe, I will tell (C)you.”
4 Thus Jonathan (D)spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king (E)sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you. 5 For he took his (F)life in his hands and (G)killed the Philistine, and (H)the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. (I)Why then will you (J)sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
6 So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.” 7 Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence (K)as in times past.
8 And there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philistines, (L)and struck them with a mighty blow, and they fled from him.
9 Now (M)the distressing spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand. 10 Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.
11 (N)Saul also sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.” 12 So Michal (O)let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped. 13 And Michal took [a]an image and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goats’ hair for his head, and covered it with clothes. 14 So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.” 16 And when the messengers had come in, there was the image in the bed, with a cover of goats’ hair for his head. 17 Then Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this, and sent my enemy away, so that he has escaped?”
And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! (P)Why should I kill you?’ ”
18 So David fled and escaped, and went to (Q)Samuel at (R)Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. 19 Now it was told Saul, saying, “Take note, David is at Naioth in Ramah!” 20 Then (S)Saul sent messengers to take David. (T)And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as leader over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also (U)prophesied. 21 And when Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. Then Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is at Sechu. So he asked, and said, “Where are Samuel and David?”
And someone said, “Indeed they are at Naioth in Ramah.” 23 So he went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then (V)the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 (W)And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down (X)naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, (Y)“Is Saul also among the prophets?”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 19:13 household idols, Heb. teraphim
1 Samuel 19
Authorized (King James) Version
19 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 2 But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 3 and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: 5 for he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. 9 And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. 11 Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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