How I weep for you, my brother Jonathan! Oh, how much I loved you! And your love for me was deep, deeper than the love of women!

我兄约拿单哪，我为你悲伤！我甚喜悦你！你向我发的爱情奇妙非常，过于妇女的爱情。

我兄约拿单哪，我为你悲伤！我甚喜爱你！你对我的爱何等奇妙，过于妇女的爱情。

我兄约拿单哪，我为你悲伤！我甚喜爱你！你对我的爱何等奇妙，过于妇女的爱情。

我的兄弟约拿单啊，我为你悲伤，你对我情深义重，你对我的爱胜过女人的恋情。

我的兄弟约拿单啊！我为你悲痛，你是我最好的朋友，你对我的爱情奇妙，远超过妇女的爱情。

我兄約拿單哪，我為你悲傷！我甚喜悅你！你向我發的愛情奇妙非常，過於婦女的愛情。

我兄約拿單哪，我為你悲傷！我甚喜愛你！你對我的愛何等奇妙，過於婦女的愛情。

我兄約拿單哪，我為你悲傷！我甚喜愛你！你對我的愛何等奇妙，過於婦女的愛情。

我的兄弟約拿單啊，我為你悲傷，你對我情深義重，你對我的愛勝過女人的戀情。

我的兄弟約拿單啊！我為你悲痛，你是我最好的朋友，你對我的愛情奇妙，遠超過婦女的愛情。

我的哥哥約拿單哪，我為你悲痛；你非常令我喜悅；你愛我的情很奇妙，勝過婦女的愛情。

我兄約拿單哪，我為你悲痛！你曾使我極其欣喜，你對我的愛比女人的愛更奇妙。

吾兄約拿單歟、我為爾悲傷、我悅爾殊甚、爾愛我之情奇異、深於愛婦女之情、

約拿單我兄歟、昔使我悅樂、蒙其眷愛、迥異尋常、甚於婦女之愛我、今我為之痛心不已。嗚呼哀哉。

我兄約拿單歟、我為爾傷慟不勝、我甚悅爾、我之愛爾或作爾之愛我奇異非常、較愛婦女之愛尤甚、

I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.

My brother Jonathan, I’m filled with sadness because of you. You were very special to me. Your love for me was wonderful. It was more wonderful than the love of women.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were such a friend to me. Your love for me was more wondrous than the love of women.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been a close friend to me. Your love for me was more wonderful Than the love of women.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me; Your love to me was wonderful, Surpassing the love of women.

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were such a friend to me. Your love for me was more wonderful than the love of women.

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile. Then David bowed three times to Jonathan with his face to the ground. Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and said good bye, especially David.

And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

After David had finished talking with Saul, he met Jonathan, the king’s son. There was an immediate bond between them, for Jonathan loved David.From that day on Saul kept David with him and wouldn’t let him return home.And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.Jonathan sealed the pact by taking off his robe and giving it to David, together with his tunic, sword, bow, and belt.

Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.

told him what his father was planning.“ Tomorrow morning,” he warned him,“ you must find a hiding place out in the fields.