kalpna karo ki banjar atey pathreeli zameen utte fauj di ik chaunki hai. uthe kharhe falisti yodhya nu kujh dilchasp dikhayi dinda hai: do izraeeli aadmi paharr di khadd de dooje pase kharhe han. fauji hassde han atey ohna nu koi khatra nazar nahi aaunda. falistia ne kaafi lambe same to izraeeliya ’te raj keeta. izraeeliya nu apne sand vi falistia to tikhe karaune painde san. is layi izraeeli faujiya kol hathyaar vi thode hi si. is to ilava, oh sirf do hi aadmi san. chahe ohna kol bahut sare hathyaar vi hunde, taa vi oh falistia da kinna ku nuksan kar sakde san? falisti taana maarde hoye kehnde han: “sadde kol charh aao taa asi tuhanu ik gall dassange.”​—1 samuel 13:19-23; 14:11, 12.

 darasal, ik sabak sikhaya jana si. par sabak falistia ne nahi sikhauna si. eh do izraeeli daurr ke khadd nu paar kar ke paharr ’te charhan lagge. paharr di dhalan bahut sidhi si jis karke ohna nu apne hatha-paira de sahare charhna paina si. par oh uchiya-neeviya chatana ’te charhde hoye sidhe chaunki val vadhde gaye. (1 samuel 14:13) falisti hun dekh sakde san ki jehrra aadmi ohna val vadh reha si os de kol hathyaar san atey os de hathyaar chukkan vala os de pichhe-pichhe aa reha si. par kee oh ikkala aadmi gilgal di fauj ’te hamla karan di agvayi kar reha si? kee oh paagal si?

 oh paagal nahi si, sago oh parmeshwar ’te pakki nehcha rakhan vala aadmi si. os da naa yonathan si. os di kahani ajj de masihiya layi jeeundi-jaagdi misal hai. chahe asi ajj koi sach-much da yudh nahi larrde, par asi yonathan di misal to daleri, vafadari atey nirsuaarath ban-na sikh sakde ha. eh gunn sachi nehcha paida karan layi zaroori han.​—yasayah 2:4; matti 26:51, 52.

 yonathan ne os chaunki de virudh charhayi kyo keeti? is savaal da javab lain layi sanu shuruaat to jaanan di lorr hai. yonathan shaool da sabh to vadda munda si jo izraeel da pehla raja si. jado shaool nu raja chunya gaya, taa yonathan di umar 20 saal di ja is to ziada si. laggda hai ki yonathan apne pita de bahut nerre si jo os naal apni sari gall karda si. ohna dina vich yonathan apne pita bare sirf ehi nahi jaanda si ki oh lamba, sohna-sunakha aadmi atey daler yodha si, sago oh eh vi jaanda si ki oh nehcha karan vala atey nimar insaan si. yonathan dekh sakda si ki yahovah ne shaool nu raje vajo kyo chunya si. itho tak ki nabi samuel ne vi keha ki shaool varga koi nahi si.​—1 samuel 9:1, 2, 21; 10:20-24; 20:2.

 yonathan maan mehsoos karda hona jado oh apne pita di agvayi vich yahovah de lokaa diya dushman fauja da mukabla karda si. eh yudh ajj vang desh layi nahi larre jande san. os same yahovah ne izraeel nu apni kaum vajo chunya si atey os ’te lagatar jhoothe devi-devtya di bhagti karan valiya kauma hamla kardiya san. jhoothe devte dagon di bhagti karan vale falisti aksar yahovah de chune lokaa nu dabaun, itho tak ki ohna nu khatam karan di koshish karde san.

 os same yonathan vargi soch rakhan vale aadmiya layi yudh vich larrna yahovah parmeshwar di sachi bhagti karan de barabar si. yahovah ne yonathan de jatna ’te barkat payi. raja bannan to jaldi baad shaool ne apne puttar nu hazaar yodhya da mukhi banaya atey yonathan ne ohna di gibaah vich falistia ’te hamla karan vich agvayi keeti. chahe ohna kol bahut ghatt hathyaar san, par os din ohna ne yahovah di madad naal jitt haasal keeti. par falistia ne ik vaddi fauj ikatthi keeti. shaool de bahut sare fauji dar gaye. kujh jane bhajj gaye atey luk gaye atey kujh ku jane taa falistia val ho gaye. par yonathan ne hausla nahi harya.​—1 samuel 13:2-7; 14:21.

 jive shuru vich dassya gaya si ki ik din yonathan chupp-chaap apne hathyaar chukkan vale nu lai ke nikal gaya. jado oh mikmash vich falistia di chaunki val ja rahe san, taa yonathan ne apne hathyaar chukkan vale nu apni yojna bare dassya. oh sirf falisti faujiya samne aaunge. je falisti ohna nu uppar aa ke larran di chunauti denge, taa eh yahovah vallo apne sevka layi ik nishani honi si ki yahovah ladai vich ohna di madad karega. hathyaar chukkan vale ne shayad yonathan de ihna zabardast shabda karke os di gall jhatt mann layi: “yahovah agge kujh aukh nahi jo bahutya naal chhutkara kare ya thorrya naal.” (1 samuel 14:6-10) is da kee matlab si?

 yonathan apne parmeshwar nu changi tarha jaanda si. bina shakk, oh jaanda si ki purane same vich yahovah ne dushmana ’te jitt haasal karan vich apne lokaa di madad keeti si chahe dushman fauj ginti vich bahut ziada si. kayi vaar taa os ne ikko insaan raahi jitt duayi. (niaiya 3:31; 4:1-23; 16:23-30) is layi yonathan jaanda si ki parmeshwar de sevka di ginti, takat atey hathyaar maene nahi rakhde, sago ohna di nehcha maene rakhdi si. nehcha karke yonathan ne yahovah nu faisla karan ditta ki oh atey os da hathyaar chukkan vala dushmana di chaunki ’te hamla karan ja na. os ne yahovah di manzoori jaanan layi nishani mangi. nishani milan ’te yonathan nidar ho ke agge vadhya.

 yonathan di nehcha de do pehluaa ’te gaur karo. pehla, oh apne parmeshwar yahovah layi gehri shardha rakhda si. oh jaanda si ki sarabshaktiman yahovah parmeshwar nu apne maksad poore karan layi insaana di takat di lorr nahi, par os nu apne vafadar sevka nu barkata de ke khushi hundi hai. (2 itehas 16:9) dooja, yonathan ne kadam chukkan to pehla yahovah di manzoori layi nishani mangi. ajj asi parmeshwar vallo chamatkari nishaniya nahi mangde ki os nu sadda kamm manzoor hai ja nahi. parmeshwar di pavittar shakti di prerna adheen likhe os de bachan di madad naal sanu har kamm vich os di ichha jaanan di lorr hai. (2 timothius 3:16, 17) kee asi faisla lain to pehla bible vicho salah lainde ha? je ha, taa asi yonathan vang dikhaunde ha ki sanu apni marzi nalo ziada parmeshwar di marzi di parvah hai.

 is layi eh do aadmi, yodha atey os de hathyaar chukkan vala, sidhi dhalan vali chataan utte bani chaunki val chheti naal charh gaye. akheer falistia nu ehsas ho gaya ki ohna ’te hamla ho gaya si. is karke ohna ne ihna do yodhya khilaf aadmi larran layi bheje. falisti ginti vich hi ziada nahi san, sago oh uchi tha ’te vi kharhe san jis karke oh saukhya hi apne dushmana nu maar sakde san. par yonathan ik to baad ik fauji nu maarda gaya. os de pichhe-pichhe hathyaar chukkan vala bache hoya nu maut de ghaat utarda gaya. ohna dova aadmiya ne thode jehe fasle vich hi 20 dushman faujiya nu maar mukaya. yahovah ne kujh hor vi keeta. asi parhde ha: “tad dere atey rarre atey sarya lokaa vich kambni chhirr payi atey oh chaunki atey lutere vi kambe atey dharti vich bhunchal aaya atey eh jano parmeshwar vallo kambni si.”​—1 samuel 14:15.

 kujh doori to shaool te os de aadmiya ne dekhya ki falistia vich daurr-bhajj atey cheek-cheharra machya hoya si jinha ne aapas vich hi larrna shuru kar ditta. (1 samuel 14:16, 20) izraeeliya nu hausla milya atey ohna ne hamla keeta. shayad ohna ne ladai vich maare gaye falistia de hathyaar chukk laye. os din yahovah ne apne lokaa nu vaddi jitt duayi. parmeshwar os same to lai ke hun tak badlya nahi hai. je ajj asi os ’te nehcha rakhde ha, taa sanu yonathan atey os de hathyaar chukkan vale vang apne faislya ’te kadi pachhtava nahi hovega.​—malaki 3:6; romiya 10:11.

 yahovah di barkat karke yonathan jittya si. par shaool naal kujh alag hoya. shaool ne bahut gambheer galtiya keetiya. os ne oh balidaan charhaya jo levi de got vicho ik nabi charhaunda si. idda kar ke os ne yahovah de chune nabi samuel da kehna nahi mannya. jado samuel uthe pahunchya, taa os ne shaool nu keha ki os di anagyakari karke os da raj khatam ho javega. fir apne aadmiya nu ladai ’te bhejan to pehla shaool ne ohna nu bina kise matlab de eh soh chukayi: “jehrra ajj takala torri bhojan chakhe oh de utte saraap hou es karke jo mai apne vairiya to badla lava.”​—1 samuel 13:10-14; 14:24.

 shaool de shabda to pata laggda hai ki os da changa ravaiya badal gaya si. kee nimar atey parmeshwar nu mannan vala insaan ghamandi te suaarthi bann reha si? yahovah ne kade vi nahi keha si ki bahadar atey mehnti faujiya ’te ajehi koi pabandi laayi jave. shaool de kahe ihna shabda bare kee, jad tak ‘mai apne vairiya to badla lava?’ kee ihna shabda to eh zahar hunda hai ki shaool sochda si ki eh ladai os di si? kee shaool bhull reha si ki yahovah da niya maene rakhda si, na ki shaool da badla, shauhrat ja jitt?

 yonathan nu apne pita di is betuki soh bare nahi pata si. ghamsan yudh larran to baad oh bahut thakk gaya si. is layi yonathan ne apne dande nu shehed de chhatte vich khobhya atey shehed khadha jis karke os vich fir takat aa gayi. fir os de ik aadmi ne os nu dassya ki os de pita ne kise nu vi kujh khaan to manha keeta si. yonathan ne javab ditta: “mere pyo ne des nu dukh ditta. vekho, mai rataku sheht chakhya taa meriya akkhiya ugharr aaiya han. je kadi sare lok vairiya di lutt vicho jo ohna ne payi si rajj ke khande taa keho jeha vadheek changa hunda. bhala, ajeha nahi hunda jo is vele falistia di is nalo vi hor vadheek vaadh hundi?” (1 samuel 14:25-30) oh ne sahi keha si. yonathan apne pita da vafadar puttar si, par oh akkha band kar ke vafadari nahi dikhaunda si. oh bina soche-samjhe apni pita di kise vi gall ja kamm naal sehmat nahi si hunda. is nazriye karke os ne doojya diya nazra vich izzat khatti.

 jado shaool nu pata lagga ki manahi de bavjood yonathan ne khadha, taa vi os nu pata nahi lagga ki os ne bekar da hukam ditta si. is di bajaye, os ne sochya ki os de puttar nu maar dena chaheeda hai. yonathan ne behes nahi keeti ja daya layi bheekh nahi mangi. os duaara ditte vadiya javab ’te gaur karo. os ne apni parvah keete bina keha: “vekho, mainu hun marna” manzoor hai. par izraeeli bole: “bhala, yonathan mar jaoo jis ne israel de layi ajeha vadda chhutkara keeta hai? parmeshwar na kare! jeeunde parmeshwar di sauh, oh da ik vaal vi dharti utte na diggega kyo jo oh ne ajj parmeshwar de naal kamm keeta hai.” is da kee natija niklya? shaool ne lokaa di gall mann layi. birtant dassda hai: “so lokaa ne yonathan nu bachaya jo oh maarya na gaya.”​—1 samuel 14:43-45.

 apne hausle, sakht mehnat atey nirsuaarath ravayiye karke yonathan ne neknaami khatti. khatre vich hundya os di neknaami karke os da bachaa hoya. sanu sochna chaheeda hai ki din prati din asi apne layi kis tarha da naa kama rahe ha. bible dassdi hai ki neknaami anmol hai. (updeshak di pothi 7:1) je asi yonathan vang yahovah diya nazra vich changa naa kamavange, taa saddi neknaami beshkeemti khazane vang hovegi.

 shaool diya galtiya de bavjood vi yonathan kayi sala tak apne pita vallo vafadari naal kayi ladaiya larrda reha. asi sirf kalpna hi kar sakde ha ki apne pita di anagyakari atey ghamandi ravayiye nu dekh ke oh kinna nirash hoya hona. os de pita vich burayi vadh rehi si atey yonathan is nu rokan layi kujh nahi si kar sakda.

 mushkal odo bahut vadh gayi jado yahovah ne shaool nu amalekiya khilaf yudh karan layi keha. amaleki moosa de dina to hi bahut hi dusht san jinha de naash bare yahovah ne pehla hi dass ditta si. (kooch 17:14) shaool nu keha gaya si ki oh dushmana de sare jaanvara atey raja agag nu maar deve. shaool yudh jitt gaya. bina shakk, yonathan is vaar vi apne pita di agvayi vich daleri naal larrya hona. par shaool ne dheeth ho ke yahovah da kehna nahi mannya. os ne raja agag di jaan bakhsh ditti atey luttiya hoiya changiya cheeza atey pashu rakh laye. nabi samuel ne raja shaool nu yahovah vallo milan vali saza bare dassya: “so jeha tai yahovah de bachan nu raddya hai, teha hi os ne patshah rehen to tainu raddya hai.”​—1 samuel 15:2, 3, 9, 10, 23.

 is to jaldi baad hi yahovah ne shaool to apni pavittar shakti hataa layi. is karke shaool kade bahut gusse vich aa janda si atey kade-kade oh daran lagg painda si. eh idda si jive parmeshwar ne os ’te changi soch di bajaye buri soch havi hon ditti si. (1 samuel 16:14; 18:10-12) yonathan nu eh dekh ke kinna dukh laggda hona ki os da pita hun kinna badal gaya si jo ik same ’te inna changa hunda si. par yonathan vafadari naal yahovah di seva karda reha. os ne apne pita da poora saath den di koshish keeti, chahe kayi vari os nu apne pita naal-naal saaf-saaf gall kyo nahi karni payi. par os ne apna dhyaan kade na badlan vale parmeshwar atey pita yahovah ’te laayi rakhya.​—1 samuel 19:4, 5.

 kee tusi kade apne kise pyaare, shayad parivar de kise member nu, bahut bura bandya dekhya hai? is tarha hunde dekhna bahut dukhdayi ho sakda hai. yonathan di misal sanu baad vich likhe gaye zaboor de likhari de eh shabd yaad karaundi hai: “jad mere maape mainu tyaag den, tad yahovah mainu sambhega.” (zaboora di pothi 27:10) yahovah vafadar hai. oh tuhanu vi sambhalega atey tuhada sabh to vadiya pita banega, chahe paapi insaana ne tuhanu jinna marzi nirash keeta hove ja tuhanu dhokha ditta hove.

 yonathan nu shayad pata lagg gaya si ki yahovah ne shaool to raj lai laina si. yonathan kive pesh aaya? kee os ne kade sochya si ki oh kis tarha da raja saabat hovega? kee os ne kade sochya si ki oh apne pita vallo keetiya kujh galtiya nu sudharega atey oh vafadar atey aagyakar raje vajo vadiya misal kaiyam karega? asi nahi jaande ki oh kee sochda si, par asi sirf eh jaande ha is tarha diya socha kade pooriya nahi honiya san. kee is da eh matlab si ki parmeshwar ne os vafadar aadmi nu chhadd ditta si? is to ulat, parmeshwar ne bible vich yonathan di misal darj karvayi jo vafadar dost di sabh to vadiya misala vicho ik hai. yonathan di dosti di misal bare asi agle lekh vich dekhange.