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Y-Jônathan Mblah Kđông Philistin

¹Sa hruê, Y-Jônathan anak êkei Y-Sôl lač kơ êkei hlăk ai djă khil ñu, “Bơ drei nao ti kđông phung Philistin tĭng nah dih.” Ƀiădah ñu amâo hưn ôh kơ ama ñu. ²Y-Sôl dôk ti ktăm ƀuôn Gibêa ti gŭ ana boh pomgranat ti ƀuôn Migrôn; leh anăn phung ƀuôn sang mbĭt hŏng ñu mâo hlăm brô năm êtuh čô, ³leh anăn mâo Y-Ahija anak êkei Y-Ahitup, hơô ao êphôt; pô anei jing adei Y-Ikabôt; Y-Ahija jing čô Y-Phinêas, čô Y-Hêli, khua ngă yang Yêhôwa ti ƀuôn Silô. Phung ƀuôn sang amâo thâo ôh kơ Y-Jônathan đuĕ nao leh. ⁴Ti anôk găn anôk Y-Jônathan duah čiăng nao kơ kđông phung kahan Philistin, mâo sa klŏ boh tâo prŏng msĕ si êgei tĭng dua nah djiêu anôk găn anăn, sa boh arăng bi anăn Bôsê leh anăn sa boh mkăn arăng bi anăn Sênê. ⁵Sa boh dôk tĭng dưr phă hŏng ƀuôn Mikmas, leh anăn sa boh mkăn dôk tĭng dhŭng phă hŏng ƀuôn Gêba.
⁶Y-Jônathan lač kơ êkei hlăk ai djă mnơ̆ng ñu bi blah, “Bơ drei nao kơ kđông phung amâo khăt klĭt anei. Năng ai Yêhôwa srăng ngă brei kơ drei, kyuadah amâo mâo sa mnơ̆ng kơ̆ng Yêhôwa bi mtlaih ôh thâodah drei lu thâodah ƀiă.” ⁷Pô djă mnơ̆ng ñu bi blah wĭt lač kơ ñu, “Ngă bĕ jih tui si klei mĭn ih čiăng, kâo dôk mbĭt hŏng ih, tui si klei ih mĭn, snăn mơh klei kâo mĭn.” ⁸Snăn Y-Jônathan lač, “Drei srăng găn nao truh kơ phung anăn, leh anăn drei srăng bi êdah drei pô kơ diñu. ⁹Tơdah diñu lač kơ drei, ‘Guôn bĕ, hmei nao kơ diih,’ snăn drei srăng ăt dôk ti anôk drei, leh anăn drei amâo srăng đĭ nao kơ diñu ôh. ¹⁰Ƀiădah tơdah diñu lač, ‘Đĭ hriê bĕ kơ hmei,’ snăn drei srăng đĭ nao, kyuadah Yêhôwa jao diñu leh hlăm kngan drei. Klei anăn srăng jing klei bi knăl kơ drei.” ¹¹Snăn jih diñu dua bi êdah diñu pô ti kđông phung Philistin; leh anăn phung Philistin lač, “Dlăng bĕ, phung Hêbrơ kbiă mơ̆ng ƀăng anôk diñu đuĕ dăp leh.” ¹²Leh anăn phung êkei hlăm kđông iêu Y-Jônathan leh anăn kơ pô djă mnơ̆ng ñu bi blah leh anăn lač, “Đĭ hriê bĕ kơ hmei, leh anăn hmei srăng bi êdah kơ diih sa klei.” Y-Jônathan lač kơ pô djă mnơ̆ng ñu bi blah, “Đĭ tui hlue kâo, kyuadah Yêhôwa jao diñu leh hlăm kngan phung Israel.” ¹³Leh anăn Y-Jônathan êrui đĭ, leh anăn pô djă mnơ̆ng ñu bi blah tui hlue ñu. Phung Philistin êbuh ti anăp Y-Jônathan, leh anăn pô djă mnơ̆ng ñu bi blah bi mdjiê digơ̆ ti tluôn ñu. ¹⁴Hlăm klei Y-Jônathan leh anăn pô djă mnơ̆ng ñu bi blah bi mdjiê tal êlâo mâo hlăm brô dua pluh čô êkei hlăm anôk ai êmô mă bruă sa mkrah hruê. ¹⁵Mâo klei huĭ snăk hlăm kđông, hlăm hma, leh anăn hlăm jih phung ƀuôn sang; phung kahan hlăm kđông leh anăn phung êpul tlĕ kăp bi rai ktư̆ yơ̆ng; lăn ktư̆ yơ̆ng, leh anăn mâo klei bi huĭ prŏng snăk.
¹⁶Phung kahan gak Y-Sôl hlăm ƀuôn Gibêa čar Benjamin dlăng; leh anăn nĕ anei lu mnuih êran đuĕ tinei tinăn. ¹⁷Hlăk anăn Y-Sôl lač kơ phung ƀuôn sang dôk mbĭt hŏng ñu, “Yap bĕ čiăng thâo hlei pô đuĕ leh mơ̆ng phung drei.” Tơdah diñu yap leh, nĕ anei amâo ƀuh ôh Y-Jônathan leh anăn pô djă mnơ̆ng ñu bi blah. ¹⁸Y-Sôl lač kơ Y-Ahija, “Kkung ba hip Aê Diê tinei,” kyuadah ênuk anăn hip Aê Diê arăng kkung hiu mbĭt hŏng phung ƀuôn sang Israel. ¹⁹Êjai Y-Sôl blŭ kơ khua ngă yang, klei hao hao hlăm kđông phung Philsitin jing ktang hĭn êjai; leh anăn Y-Sôl lač kơ khua ngă yang, “Kñŭn bĕ kngan ih.” ²⁰Y-Sôl leh anăn phung ƀuôn sang dôk mbĭt hŏng ñu bi kƀĭn leh anăn nao kơ anôk bi blah; nĕ anei, đao gưm phung Philistin grăp čô ngă kơ găp ñu pô, leh anăn mâo klei rŭng răng prŏng snăk. ²¹Bi phung Hêbrơ dôk leh mbĭt hŏng phung Philistin êlâo kơ hruê anăn leh anăn mŭt leh mbĭt hŏng diñu hlăm kđông, digơ̆ mơh lŏ wĭt bi mguôp hŏng phung Israel dôk mbĭt hŏng Y-Sôl leh anăn Y-Jônathan. ²²Msĕ mơh tơdah jih jang phung êkei Israel đuĕ dăp leh hlăm čar kngư Êphraim hmư̆ kơ phung Philistin đuĕ, wăt digơ̆ mơh tiŏ bi blah hŏng phung Philistin. ²³Snăn Yêhôwa bi mtlaih phung Israel hruê anăn; leh anăn diñu ăt dôk bi blah găn kbưi hĭn hŏng ƀuôn Bet-Awen.

Dŭm Klei Truh Leh Klei Bi Blah

²⁴Hruê anăn phung êkei Israel mâo klei awăt leh anăn êpa; kyuadah Y-Sôl ngă klei kat asei kơ phung ƀuôn sang, lač, “Tăm pah hĕ kơ pô ƀơ̆ng huă êlâo yang hruê lĕ leh anăn êlâo kâo rŭ ênua kơ phung roh kâo.” Snăn amâo mâo pô djiêl mnơ̆ng ƀơ̆ng huă ôh. ²⁵Jih jang phung ƀuôn sang mŭt leh hlăm kmrơ̆ng, leh anăn mâo êa hnuê ti lăn. ²⁶Tơdah phung ƀuôn sang mŭt hlăm kmrơ̆ng, nĕ anei êa hnuê dôk rôč, ƀiădah amâo mâo pô dưm kngan ñu kơ ƀăng êgei ôh; kyuadah phung ƀuôn sang huĭ kơ klei kat asei. ²⁷Ƀiădah Y-Jônathan amâo hmư̆ ôh ama ñu mtă kơ phung ƀuôn sang hŏng klei kat asei, snăn ñu yơr êdŭk giê ñu djă ti kngan, ñu đrŭt êdŭk giê anăn hlăm ksing hnuê, leh anăn ba kngan ti ƀăng êgei ñu; leh anăn ală ñu jing mngač. ²⁸Hlăk anăn sa čô hlăm phung ƀuôn sang lač, “Ama ih mtă leh ktang tĭt kơ phung ƀuôn sang hŏng klei kat asei lač, ‘Tăm pah hĕ kơ pô ƀơ̆ng huă hruê anei.’ ” Kyuanăn phung ƀuôn sang êwiêt leh. ²⁹Leh anăn Y-Jônathan lač, “Ama kâo bi rŭng leh čar. Dlăng bĕ si ală kâo jing hĕ mngač leh, kyuadah kâo djiêl leh ƀiă êa hnuê anei. ³⁰Jing jăk hĭn yơh tơdah phung ƀuôn sang ƀơ̆ng huă êngiê hruê anei mnơ̆ng diñu sua mơ̆ng phung roh; snăn klei bi mdjiê phung Philistin srăng jing prŏng hĭn!”
³¹Hruê anăn diñu bi mdjiê phung Philistin dơ̆ng mơ̆ng ƀuôn Mikmas truh kơ ƀuôn Aijalon, leh anăn phung ƀuôn sang êwiêt snăk leh. ³²Phung ƀuôn sang lơ lăm mă mnơ̆ng diñu sua, mă biăp, êmô, leh anăn êđai êmô, koh digơ̆ ti lăn; leh anăn phung ƀuôn sang ƀơ̆ng digơ̆ wăt êrah. ³³ Mâo mnuih hưn kơ Y-Sôl, “Nĕ anei phung ƀuôn sang ngă soh hŏng Yêhôwa êjai ƀơ̆ng wăt êrah.” Y-Sôl lač, “Diih ngă hŏng klei lhiăr, bi klŭng bĕ sa klŏ boh tâo prŏng kơ kâo tinei.” ³⁴Y-Sôl lač, “Bra hiu bĕ ti krah phung ƀuôn sang leh anăn lač kơ diñu, ‘Brei grăp čô đoh ba êmô ñu amâodah biăp ñu, koh digơ̆ tinei leh anăn ƀơ̆ng. Đăm ngă soh ôh hŏng Yêhôwa êjai ƀơ̆ng wăt êrah.’ ” Snăn mlam anăn grăp čô hlăm phung ƀuôn sang đoh ba êmô mbĭt leh anăn koh gơ̆ tinăn. ³⁵Y-Sôl mdơ̆ng sa boh knưl ngă yang kơ Yêhôwa; anăn jing knưl êlâo hĭn ñu tuôm ngă leh kơ Yêhôwa.
³⁶Leh anăn Y-Sôl lač, “Êjai mlam brei drei trŭn tiŏ phung Philistin leh anăn bi mdjiê diñu tơl aguah mngač. Đăm drei lui sa čô diñu ôh.” Digơ̆ lač, “Ngă bĕ tui si ih mĭn jăk.” Ƀiădah khua ngă yang lač, “Brei drei nao giăm kơ Aê Diê tinei.” ³⁷Y-Sôl êmuh kơ Aê Diê, “Kâo srăng trŭn tiŏ phung Philistin mơ̆? Ih srăng jao diñu hlăm kngan phung Israel mơ̆?” Ƀiădah Aê Diê amâo lŏ wĭt lač kơ ñu ôh hruê anăn. ³⁸Y-Sôl lač, “Hriê giăm tinei, Ơ jih jang phung khua kơ phung ƀuôn sang. Brei diih dlăng si klei soh anei truh leh hruê anei. ³⁹Kyuadah tui si Yêhôwa dôk hdĭp, pô bi mtlaih phung Israel, wăt tơdah klei soh anăn djŏ kơ Y-Jônathan anak êkei kâo pô dưn, ñu srăng djiê sĭt nik yơh.” Ƀiădah amâo mâo sa čô êkei ti krah jih jang phung ƀuôn sang lŏ wĭt lač kơ ñu ôh. ⁴⁰Ñu lač kơ jih jang phung Israel, “Diih srăng dôk tĭng sa nah, leh anăn kâo hŏng Y-Jônathan anak êkei kâo tĭng sa nah mkăn.” Phung ƀuôn sang lač kơ Y-Sôl, “Ngă bĕ tui si ih mĭn jăk.” ⁴¹ Snăn Y-Sôl lač, “Ơ Yêhôwa Aê Diê phung Israel, si ngă ih amâo lŏ wĭt lač kơ dĭng duăl ih hruê anei? Tơdah klei soh anei jing mơ̆ng kâo amâodah mơ̆ng anak êkei kâo Y-Jônathan brei djŏ urim; ƀiădah tơdah klei soh anei kbiă hriê mơ̆ng phung ƀuôn sang Israel brei djŏ thumim.” Leh anăn klei mđăo anăn djŏ kơ Y-Jônathan leh anăn kơ Y-Sôl, ƀiădah phung ƀuôn sang jing êngeh. ⁴²Hlăk anăn Y-Sôl lač, “Ngă klei mđăo kơ kâo hŏng anak êkei kâo Y-Jônathan.” Leh anăn klei mđăo djŏ kơ Y-Jônathan.
⁴³Y-Sôl lač kơ Y-Jônathan, “Hưn kơ kâo ya klei ih ngă leh.” Y-Jônathan hưn kơ ñu, “Kâo djiêl leh ƀiă êa hnuê hŏng êdŭk giê kâo djă ti kngan. Ti anei kâo, kâo srăng djiê yơh.” ⁴⁴Y-Sôl lač, “Brei Aê Diê ngă snăn kơ kâo leh anăn kdlưn mơh, tơdah ih amâo djiê, Ơ Y-Jônathan.” ⁴⁵Hlăk anăn phung ƀuôn sang lač kơ Y-Sôl, “Si ngă, Y-Jônathan srăng djiê mơ̆, pô bi truh leh klei dưi prŏng anei hlăm phung Israel? Hơăi, amâo djŏ snăn ôh! Tui si Yêhôwa dôk hdĭp, sa aruăt ƀŭk mơ̆ng boh kŏ ñu amâo srăng luh ti lăn ôh; kyuadah ñu ngă bruă mbĭt hŏng Aê Diê hruê anei.” Snăn phung ƀuôn sang bi mtlaih Y-Jônathan, gơ̆ amâo djiê ôh. ⁴⁶Leh anăn Y-Sôl mdei amâo lŏ tiŏ phung Philistin ôh; leh anăn phung Philistin wĭt kơ anôk diñu pô.
⁴⁷Leh Y-Sôl mă tŭ klei jing mtao kơ phung Israel, ñu bi blah hŏng jih jang phung roh ñu jŭm gah găn, hŏng phung Môap, hŏng phung Amôn, hŏng phung Êđôm, hŏng phung mtao čar Sôba, leh anăn hŏng phung Philistin. Tar ƀar ti anôk ñu nao, ñu dưi hŏng digơ̆ jih. ⁴⁸Ñu ngă hŏng klei ktang, leh anăn bi blah hŏng phung Amalek, leh anăn bi mtlaih phung Israel mơ̆ng kngan phung plah mă leh digơ̆.
⁴⁹Phung anak êkei Y-Sôl mâo Y-Jônathan, Y-Iswi, leh anăn Y-Malkisua. Anăn dua čô anak mniê ñu snei, anăn pô arăng kkiêng tal êlâo jing H'Mêrap, leh anăn pô mda hĭn jing H'Mikal. ⁵⁰Anăn mô̆ Y-Sôl jing H'Ahinôam anak mniê Y-Ahimas. Anăn khua phung kahan ñu jing Y-Apner anak êkei Y-Ner, mneh Y-Sôl. ⁵¹Y-Kis jing ama Y-Sôl, leh anăn Y-Ner, ama Y-Apner jing anak êkei Y-Abiêl.
⁵²Êjai jih ênuk Y-Sôl dôk hdĭp mâo klei bi blah ktang snăk hŏng phung Philistin; leh anăn tơdah Y-Sôl ƀuh sa čô êkei ktang amâodah jhŏng, ñu mă yua gơ̆ kơ ñu pô.

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Jonathan Defeats the Philistines

¹Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. ²And Saul was sitting in the outskirts of ⚓Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men. ³⚓Ahijah the son of Ahitub, ⚓Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest in Shiloh, was ⚓wearing an ephod. But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
⁴Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over ⚓to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. ⁵The front of one faced northward opposite Michmash, and the other southward opposite Gibeah.
⁶Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these ⚓uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For nothing restrains the Lord⚓from saving by many or by few.”
⁷So his armorbearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Go then; here I am with you, according to your heart.”
⁸Then Jonathan said, “Very well, let us cross over to these men, and we will show ourselves to them. ⁹If they say thus to us, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them. ¹⁰But if they say thus, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up. For the Lord has delivered them into our hand, and ⚓this will be a sign to us.”
¹¹So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have ⚓hidden.” ¹²Then the men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you something.”
Jonathan said to his armorbearer, “Come up after me, for the Lord has delivered them into the hand of Israel.” ¹³And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and knees with his armorbearer after him; and they ⚓fell before Jonathan. And as he came after him, his armorbearer killed them. ¹⁴That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armorbearer made was about twenty men within about half an acre of land.
¹⁵And ⚓there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and ⚓the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so that it was ⚓a very great trembling. ¹⁶Now the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and there was the multitude, melting away; and they ⚓went here and there. ¹⁷Then Saul said to the people who were with him, “Now call the roll and see who has gone from us.” And when they had called the roll, surprisingly, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there. ¹⁸And Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God here” (for at that time the ark of God was with the children of Israel). ¹⁹Now it happened, while Saul ⚓talked to the priest, that the noise which was in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase; so Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.” ²⁰Then Saul and all the people who were with him assembled, and they went to the battle; and indeed ⚓every man’s sword was against his neighbor, and there was very great confusion. ²¹Moreover the Hebrews who were with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp from the surrounding country, they also joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. ²²Likewise all the men of Israel who ⚓had hidden in the mountains of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, they also followed hard after them in the battle. ²³⚓So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted ⚓to Beth Aven.

Saul’s Rash Oath

²⁴And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had ⚓placed the people under oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food. ²⁵⚓Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was ⚓honey on the ground. ²⁶And when the people had come into the woods, there was the honey, dripping; but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. ²⁷But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened. ²⁸Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food this day.’ ” And the people were faint.
²⁹But Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Look now, how my countenance has brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. ³⁰How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now would there not have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
³¹Now they had driven back the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. So the people were very faint. ³²And the people rushed on the spoil, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them⚓with the blood. ³³Then they told Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood!”
So he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this day.” ³⁴Then Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, ‘Bring me here every man’s ox and every man’s sheep, slaughter them here, and eat; and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.’ ” So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slaughtered it there. ³⁵Then Saul ⚓built an altar to the Lord. This was the first altar that he built to the Lord.
³⁶Now Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light; and let us not leave a man of them.”
And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.”
Then the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”
³⁷So Saul ⚓asked counsel of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But ⚓He did not answer him that day. ³⁸And Saul said, ⚓“Come over here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today. ³⁹For ⚓as the Lord lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But not a man among all the people answered him. ⁴⁰Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on the other side.”
And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
⁴¹Therefore Saul said to the Lord God of Israel, ⚓“Give a perfect lot.” ⚓So Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped. ⁴²And Saul said, “Cast lots between my son Jonathan and me.” So Jonathan was taken. ⁴³Then Saul said to Jonathan, ⚓“Tell me what you have done.”
And Jonathan told him, and said, ⚓“I only tasted a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand. So now I must die!”
⁴⁴Saul answered, ⚓“God do so and more also; ⚓for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
⁴⁵But the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel? Certainly not! ⚓As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked ⚓with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
⁴⁶Then Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Saul’s Continuing Wars

⁴⁷So Saul established his sovereignty over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the people of ⚓Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of ⚓Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he harassed them. ⁴⁸And he gathered an army and ⚓attacked the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them.
⁴⁹⚓The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Jishui, and Malchishua. And the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger ⚓Michal. ⁵⁰The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s ⚓uncle. ⁵¹⚓Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
⁵²Now there was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man or any valiant man, ⚓he took him for himself.