Et juravit rursum Davidi. Et ille ait: Scit profecto pater tuus quia inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, et dicet: Nesciat hoc Jonathas, ne forte tristetur. Quinimmo vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, quia uno tantum (ut ita dicam) gradu ego morsque dividimur.
And he swore again to David. And David said: Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, and he will say: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there is but one step (as I may say) between me and death.
Et iura iterum ad Davidio. Et illo dic: patre profecto tuo sci quia inveni gratia in oculos tuo, et dic: Ionathase ne sci hoc, ne forte trista. Quisnimmo Domino vive, et anima tuo vive, quia uno tanto (ut ita dic) gradu me et morte divide.