1vai·yo·mer da·vid, ha·chi yesh-o·vd, a·sher no·v·tar le·veit sha·'ul; ve·'e·'e·seh im·mov che·sed, ba·'a·vur ye·ho·v·na·tan. 2u·le·veit sha·'ul e·ved u·she·mov tzi·va, vai·yik·re·'u-lov el-da·vid; vai·yo·mer ham·me·lech e·lav ha·'at·tah tzi·va vai·yo·mer av·de·cha. 3vai·yo·mer ham·me·lech ha·'e·fes o·vd ish le·veit sha·'ul, ve·'e·'e·seh im·mov che·sed e·lo·him; vai·yo·mer tzi·va el-ham·me·lech, o·vd ben li·ho·v·na·tan ne·cheh rag·la·yim. 4vai·yo·mer-lov ham·me·lech ei·foh hu; vai·yo·mer tzi·va el-ham·me·lech, hin·neh-hu beit ma·chir ben-am·mi·'el be·lov de·var. 5vai·yish·lach ham·me·lech da·vid; vai·yik·ka·che·hu mib·beit ma·chir ben-am·mi·'el mil·lov de·var. 6vai·ya·vo me·fi·vo·shet ben-ye·ho·v·na·tan ben-sha·'ul el-da·vid, vai·yip·pol al-pa·nav vai·yish·ta·chu; vai·yo·mer da·vid me·fi·vo·shet, vai·yo·mer hin·neh av·de·cha. 7vai·yo·mer lov da·vid al-ti·ra ki a·soh e·'e·seh im·me·cha che·sed ba·'a·vur ye·ho·v·na·tan a·vi·cha, va·ha·shi·vo·ti le·cha, et-kol-se·deh sha·'ul a·vi·cha; ve·'at·tah to·chal le·chem al-shul·cha·ni ta·mid. 8vai·yish·ta·chu vai·yo·mer meh av·de·cha; ki fa·ni·ta, el-hak·ke·lev ham·met a·sher ka·mo·v·ni.

9vai·yik·ra ham·me·lech el-tzi·va na·'ar sha·'ul vai·yo·mer e·lav; kol a·sher ha·yah le·sha·'ul u·le·chol-bei·tov, na·tat·ti le·ven-a·do·nei·cha. 10ve·'a·vad·ta lov et-ha·'a·da·mah at·tah u·va·nei·cha va·'a·va·dei·cha ve·he·ve·ta ve·ha·yah le·ven-a·do·nei·cha le·chem va·'a·cha·lov, u·me·fi·vo·shet ben-a·do·nei·cha, yo·chal ta·mid le·chem al-shul·cha·ni; u·le·tzi·va cha·mi·shah a·sar ba·nim ve·'es·rim a·va·dim. 11vai·yo·mer tzi·va el-ham·me·lech, ke·chol a·sher ye·tzav·veh a·do·ni ham·me·lech et-av·dov, ken ya·'a·seh av·de·cha; u·me·fi·vo·shet o·chel al-shul·cha·ni, ke·'a·chad mib·be·nei ham·me·lech. 12ve·lim·fi·vo·shet ben-ka·tan u·she·mov mi·cha; ve·chol mo·v·shav beit-tzi·va, a·va·dim lim·fi·vo·shet. 13u·me·fi·vo·shet yo·shev bi·ru·sha·lim, ki al-shul·chan ham·me·lech ta·mid hu o·chel; ve·hu pis·se·ach she·tei rag·lav. f