STORY 42
Jonathan, No Sked An Loyal
King Saul’s oldes boy, Jonathan, wuz one warrior an no wuz sked of notting. David tell dat Jonathan wuz moa fas den one eagle an strong like one lion. One day Jonathan an da guy dat carry his weapons wen see 20 Filisha guys on top one hill. He tell his guy: ‘We ony goin attack dem if Jehovah give us one sign. If da Filisha guys tell us fo come up, dat goin be da sign fo attack dem.’ Da Filisha guys yell: ‘Wat, like beef?!’ So da two of dem wen go climb up da hill an kill um all.
Jonathan wuz suppose to be da nex king fo Israel cuz he wuz Saul’s oldes boy. But Jonathan no wuz jealous wen he had find out dat Jehovah pick David fo be da nex king. Jonathan an David come real close frenz. Dey make one promise dat dey always goin proteck an have each odda’s back. Jonathan give David his own robe, sword, bow, an his belt fo show dat he had love him plenny.
Wen Saul wuz hunting David down, Jonathan had go find David an tell: ‘Stay strong an no be sked. Jehovah pick you fo be king. Even my faddah kno dat.’ You like have one good fren like Jonathan?
Had moa den one time wen Jonathan had put his life on da line fo his fren David. He wen kno dat his faddah wanted fo kill David. So he had stand up to his faddah, an tell: ‘Dad, dis not right wat you doing. Why you like kill him? David neva do notting wrong.’ Saul wuz all wild wit Jonathan fo taking David’s side.
Years layta, Saul an Jonathan wen mahke togedda in one battle. Afta Jonathan wen mahke, David go look fo Jonathan’s boy, Mefiboshet. Wen David had find him, he tell Mefiboshet: ‘Me an yoa dad wuz real tight. I goin take kea you fo da res of yoa life. You goin stay wit me inside my palace an eat my house all da time.’ David neva foget his good fren Jonathan.
“Get love an aloha fo each odda, jalike I stay get love an aloha fo you guys. No mo nobody get mo love an aloha fo da odda guy, den da guy dat goin mahke fo his frenz.”—John 15:12, 13