The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha VULA
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1 et factum est cum conplesset loqui ad Saul anima Ionathan conligata est animae David et dilexit eum Ionathan quasi animam suam
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After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.
2 tulitque eum Saul in die illa et non concessit ei ut reverteretur in domum patris sui
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From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family.
3 inierunt autem Ionathan et David foedus diligebat enim eum quasi animam suam
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And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
4 nam expoliavit se Ionathan tunicam qua erat vestitus et dedit eam David et reliqua vestimenta sua usque ad gladium et arcum suum et usque ad balteum
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Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.
5 egrediebatur quoque David ad omnia quaecumque misisset eum Saul et prudenter se agebat posuitque eum Saul super viros belli et acceptus erat in oculis universi populi maximeque in conspectu famulorum Saul
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Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the troops, and Saul’s officers as well.
6 porro cum reverteretur percusso Philistheo David egressae sunt mulieres de universis urbibus Israhel cantantes chorosque ducentes in occursum Saul regis in tympanis laetitiae et in sistris
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When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.
7 et praecinebant mulieres ludentes atque dicentes percussit Saul mille et David decem milia
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As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
8 iratus est autem Saul nimis et displicuit in oculis eius iste sermo dixitque dederunt David decem milia et mihi dederunt mille quid ei superest nisi solum regnum
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Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?”
9 non rectis ergo oculis Saul aspiciebat David ex die illa et deinceps
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And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.
10 post diem autem alteram invasit spiritus Dei malus Saul et prophetabat in medio domus suae David autem psallebat manu sua sicut per singulos dies tenebatque Saul lanceam
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The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand
11 et misit eam putans quod configere posset David cum pariete et declinavit David a facie eius secundo
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and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
12 et timuit Saul David eo quod esset Dominus cum eo et a se recessisset
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Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
13 amovit ergo eum Saul a se et fecit eum tribunum super mille viros et egrediebatur et intrabat in conspectu populi
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So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns.
14 in omnibus quoque viis suis David prudenter agebat et Dominus erat cum eo
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In everything he did he had great success, because the LORD was with him.
15 vidit itaque Saul quod prudens esset nimis et coepit cavere eum
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When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him.
16 omnis autem Israhel et Iuda diligebat David ipse enim egrediebatur et ingrediebatur ante eos
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But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.
17 dixit autem Saul ad David ecce filia mea maior Merob ipsam dabo tibi uxorem tantummodo esto vir fortis et proeliare bella Domini Saul autem reputabat dicens non sit manus mea in eo sed sit super illum manus Philisthinorum
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Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the LORD.” For Saul said to himself, “I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!”
18 ait autem David ad Saul quis ego sum aut quae est vita mea aut cognatio patris mei in Israhel ut fiam gener regis
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But David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”
19 factum est autem tempus cum deberet dari Merob filia Saul David data est Hadrihel Molathitae uxor
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So when the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
20 dilexit autem Michol filia Saul altera David et nuntiatum est Saul et placuit ei
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Now Saul’s daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased.
21 dixitque Saul dabo eam illi ut fiat ei in scandalum et sit super eum manus Philisthinorum dixit ergo Saul ad David in duabus rebus gener meus eris hodie
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“I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law.”
22 et mandavit Saul servis suis loquimini ad David clam me dicentes ecce places regi et omnes servi eius diligunt te nunc ergo esto gener regis
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Then Saul ordered his attendants: “Speak to David privately and say, ‘Look, the king likes you, and his attendants all love you; now become his son-in-law.’ ”
23 et locuti sunt servi Saul in auribus David omnia verba haec et ait David num parum vobis videtur generum esse regis ego autem sum vir pauper et tenuis
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They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.”
24 et renuntiaverunt servi Saul dicentes huiuscemodi verba locutus est David
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When Saul’s servants told him what David had said,
25 dixit autem Saul sic loquimini ad David non habet necesse rex sponsalia nisi tantum centum praeputia Philisthinorum ut fiat ultio de inimicis regis porro Saul cogitabat tradere David in manibus Philisthinorum
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Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’ ” Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.
26 cumque renuntiassent servi eius David verba quae diximus placuit sermo in oculis David ut fieret gener regis
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When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,
27 et post dies paucos surgens David abiit cum viris qui sub eo erant et percussis Philisthim ducentis viris adtulit praeputia eorum et adnumeravit ea regi ut esset gener eius dedit itaque ei Saul Michol filiam suam uxorem
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David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and brought back their foreskins. They counted out the full number to the king so that David might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.
28 et vidit Saul et intellexit quia Dominus esset cum David Michol autem filia Saul diligebat eum
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When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
29 et Saul magis coepit timere David factusque est Saul inimicus David cunctis diebus
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Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days.
30 et egressi sunt principes Philisthinorum a principio autem egressionis eorum prudentius se gerebat David quam omnes servi Saul et celebre factum est nomen eius nimis
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The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known.
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