So Aḇ
And one who had escaped came and informed Aḇ
And Aḇ
“And now, come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and it shall be a witness between you and me.”
A bribe is a stone of favour in the eyes of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
A man’s gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.
A man of many friends might come to ruin, But there is a Loving One Who sticks closer than a brother!
A gift in secret subdues displeasure, And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
But the generous one devises what is generous, and by generous deeds he rises up.
‘And he took one of the royal seed, and made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. And he took away the mighty of the land,
without discernment, covenant breakers, unloving, unforgiving, ruthless;
Brothers, as a man I say it: a covenant, even though it is man’s, yet if it is confirmed, no one sets it aside, or adds to it.
And Yehonathan and Dawiḏ
