yudh khatam ho chukka si atey elah di doon vich chare pase shanti hi shanti si. dupeher nu faujiya de dehre de tambuaa de kappde hava naal hill rahe san atey shaool ne apne kujh aadmiya nu gall karan layi bulaya si. os da sabh to vadda munda yonathan vi uthe hi si atey naujavan charvaha barri utsukta naal apni kahani dass reha si. eh naujavan munda daood si atey oh josh te utsukta naal bharya hoya si. shaool daood di ik-ik gall barre dhyaan naal sunn reha si. par yonathan nu kive lagga? os ne yahovah di fauj vich seva kardya kaafi lambe same to kayi jitta prapat keetiya san. par ajj di jitt da sehra yonathan nu nahi, sago is naujavan nu janda si. daood ne goliath naa de daint nu maar mukaya si. kee daood nu mehma milan karke yonathan os to irkha karda si?

 yonathan da ravaiya dekh ke shayad tusi hairan ho jao. asi parhde ha: “ajeha hoya ja oh ne shaool naal gall kar layi taa yonathan da jee daood de jee naal ral gaya atey yonathan ne oh nu apna jani mittar banaya.” yonathan ne daood nu apne ladai de hathyaar ditte jis vich os da dhanukh vi si. is to vadiya tohfa koi hor ho hi nahi sakda si kyoki yonathan bahut vadiya teer-andaz si. is to ilava, yonathan te daood ne ikraar keeta jis karke oh ik-dooje de jigri dost bann gaye te ohna ne ik-dooje da saath den da vaada keeta.—1 samuel 18:1-5.

 ohna di dosti bible vich dittiya sabh to uttam misala vicho ik hai. nehcha rakhan vale insaana layi dosti bahut maene rakhdi hai. samajhdari naal dost chun ke atey khud madad karan vale te vafadar dost bann ke asi ihna aukhe samya vich apni nehcha mazboot banayi rakh sakde ha. (kahauta 27:17) aao aapa dekhiye ki asi yonathan di dosti to kee sikh sakde ha.

 is tarha di dosti ikdam kive ho jandi hai? is gall da javab is gall ’te nirbhar karda hai ki dosti da aadhaar kee hai. aao aapa yonathan bare kujh galla dekhiye. yonathan ik aukhi gharri vicho guzar reha si. same de beetan naal, os da pita shaool badalda ja reha si yani os da subhaa bure to bura hunda ja reha si. nehcha rakhan vala, nimar atey kehna mannan vala shaool ik ghamandi te anagyakar raja bann gaya.—1 samuel 15:17-19, 26.

 shaool de subhaa vich aaunde badlaa karke yonathan nu bahut dukh hoya hona kyoki oh apne pita nu bahut pyaar karda si. (1 samuel 20:2) yonathan shayad sochda hona ki shaool yahovah di chuni hoi kaum nu kee nuksan pahuncha sakda si. kee raje di anagyakari karke eh kaum yahovah to door ho sakdi si atey parmeshwar di meher guaa sakdi si? bina shakk, yonathan vang nehcha rakhan vale insaana layi eh bahut aukha sama si.

 yonathan bare eh galla jaan ke shayad saddi eh samjhan vich madad hove ki yonathan daood val kyo khichya gaya. yonathan ne dekhya si ki daood di nehcha kinni mazboot si. yaad karo ki shaool di fauj to ulat, daood goliath to darya nahi chahe goliath kadd-kaath vich os to kinna hi vadda kyo nahi si. os ne keha ki ladai de maidan vich yahovah de naa ’te jaan karke oh goliath te os de sare hathyaara nalo kite ziada shaktishali bann gaya si.—1 samuel 17:45-47.

 kayi saal pehla yonathan da vi ehi kehna si. os nu bharosa si ki do aadmi yani oh te os de hathyaar chukkan vala gibaah vich sare hathyaarband faujiya utte hamla kar ke ohna nu hara sakde san. kyo? yonathan ne keha ki “yahovah agge kujh aukh nahi.” (1 samuel 14:6) is layi yonathan te daood vich bahut sariya galla mildiya-juldiya san: yahovah ’te pakki nehcha te os layi gehra pyaar. eh ohna do aadmiya vichli dosti da sabh to vadiya aadhaar si. chahe yonathan bahut hi takatvar rajkumar si te os di umar lagbhag 50 de kareeb si, jad ki daood ik nimar charvaha si te os di umar 20 saal vi nahi si, par ohna layi eh galla maene nahi rakhdiya san. *

 ohna vich keete ikraar karke ohna di dosti nu koi khatra nahi si. kive? daood jaanda si ki yahovah chahunda si ki oh izraeel da agla raja bane. kee os ne eh gall yonathan to lukaa ke rakhi? nahi. changi dosti galla chhupaun ja jhooth bolan naal nahi, sago khull ke galbat karan naal mazboot bani rehndi hai. eh jaan ke yonathan nu kive lagga hona ki daood agla raja banega? is bare kee, je yonathan raja ban-na chahunda si atey apne pita di galtiya nu sudharna chahunda si? bible is tarha da kujh nahi dassdi hai ki yonathan is tarha de khayala naal jaddo-jehed kar reha si. bible sirf eh dassdi hai ki os layi vafadari atey nehcha maene rakhdiya san. oh dekh sakda si ki daood ’te yahovah di pavittar shakti si. (1 samuel 16:1, 11-13) is layi yonathan ne apni soh poori keeti atey oh daood nu apna dushman nahi, sago apna dost mannda reha. yonathan yahovah di ichha poori hundi dekhni chahunda si.

 eh dosti ik bahut vaddi barkat saabat hoi. asi yonathan di nehcha to kee sikh sakde ha? vadiya hovega ki parmeshwar da har sevak jaane ki dosti di kee ehmiyat hai. zaroori nahi ki sadde dost saddi umar ja pichhokarr de hon, par sachi nehcha rakhan vale sadde layi bahut change dost saabat ho sakde han. yonathan te daood ne ik-dooje nu bahut vaar hallasheri ditti. ohna dona nu is di lorr si kyoki ohna di dosti hor vi ziada parkhi jani si.

 pehla-pehel taa shaool daood nu bahut pasand karda si atey os ne daood nu apni fauj da sainapati banaa ditta. par aje ziada sama nahi si beetya ki shaool ne apne vich irkha paida hon ditti, par yonathan ne apne vich kade irkha paida nahi keeti. daood izraeel de dushmana yani falistia khilaf ik to baad ik yudh jittda gaya. is layi lokaa ne daood di prashansa te tareef keeti. izraeel diya kujh aurta ne gaya: “shaool ne apne hazaara nu maarya, atey daood ne apne lakha nu!” shaool nu eh geet changa nahi lagga. asi parhde ha ki “os din to agge nu daood shaool di akkh vich rarrkan lagga.” (1 samuel 18:7, 9) os nu lagga ki daood os to os da raj harrappan di koshish karega. eh shaool di moorkhta si. eh sach hai ki daood jaanda si ki ik din oh shaool di tha raj karega, par shaool de raj dauran os ne kade vi yahovah de chune hoye raje to raj khohan bare sochya vi nahi.

 daood nu yudh vich marvaun layi shaool ne chaal chali, par os di eh chaal nakam rehi. daood yudh jittda gaya atey lok os naal hor ziada pyaar atey os da hor ziada aadar karan lagge. baad vich, shaool ne apne sevka atey apne vadde munde nu apne dil di gall dassi ki oh daood nu maarna chahunda si atey oh aas rakhda si ki sare is chaal vich os da saath den. socho ki apne pita nu eh sabh kujh kardya dekh ke yonathan nu kinna dukh lagga hona! (1 samuel 18:25-30; 19:1) yonathan vafadar puttar si, par oh ik vafadar dost vi si. hun os nu ik val apni vafadari dikhauni paini si. os ne kis prati vafadari dikhauni si?

 yonathan bol utthya: “so yonathan ne apne pyo shaool kol daood di vadiaee keeti atey aakhya, patshah apne daas daood naal paap na kare. os ne tera kujh paap nahi keeta sago os de kamm tere layi bahut change han. kyo jo os ne apni jind apni tali utte dhari atey os falisti nu vaddya atey yahovah ne israel nu vaddi fatah bakhshi atey tai ditha atey parsann hoya. fer tu kahnu bedoshe de lahu da paap karna chahunda hai atey kaaran to bina daood de maaran nu lochda hai?” bahut hi ghatt maukya ’te shaool ne samajhdari dikhaudya yonathan di gall suni atey daood nu nuksan na pahunchaun di soh vi khadhi. par shaool apni zabaan ’te pakka na reha. jado daood nu hor safaltava miliya, taa daood inni irkha naal bhar gaya ki os ne apna barchha daood val vagah ke maarya. (1 samuel 19:4-6, 9, 10) par daood bach gaya atey shaool de darbar vicho bhajj gaya.

 kee tuhanu kade eh faisla karna pya ki tusi kis prati vafadari dikhaoge? idda da faisla karna dukhdayi ho sakda hai. is tarha de halaata vich kujh jane tuhanu salah denge ki tuhanu sabh to pehla apne parivar prati vafadari dikhauni chaheedi hai. par yonathan changi tarha jaanda si ki is tarha karna sahi nahi si. yonathan apne pita da pakh kive lai sakda si jad ki daood yahovah da vafadar te aagyakar sevak si? so yahovah prati vafadar hon karke yonathan ne daood da saath den da faisla keeta. is tarha yonathan ne pehla parmeshwar prati vafadari dikhayi. par os ne apne pita prati vi vafadari dikhaudya os nu oh galla nahi kehiya jo oh sunn-niya chahunda si, sago os ne imandari naal shaool nu salah ditti. yonathan duaara vafadari dikhaun de tareeke di rees kar ke sanu harek nu faida hovega.

 yonathan ne fir to shaool di daood naal sula karaun di koshish keeti, par is vaar taa shaool ne os di gall nahi suni. daood yonathan nu chori-chhupe milan aaya te dassya ki os nu apni jaan da khatra si. os ne apne to vaddi umar de apne dost nu dassya ki “mere atey maut de vich niri ik hi kadam di vith hai.” yonathan mann gaya ki oh apne pita de iradya bare jaan ke daood nu dassega ki os da pita os naal sula karni chahunda hai ja nahi. jado daood lukya hoya si, taa yonathan apne teer te kamaan vart ke os nu sari khabar pahunchaunda si. yonathan ne daood nu apna vaada poora karan di soh khaan layi keha: “jis vele yahovah tere sare vairiya nu dharti utto naas kar deve taa sadeepak de layi meri santan utto vi apni kirpa na hatavi.” daood mann gaya ki oh hamesha yonathan di santan di dekh-bhaal te raakhi karega.—1 samuel 20:3, 13-27.

 yonathan ne shaool nu daood bare changiya galla dassan di koshish keeti, par raja gusse naal bhar gaya. os ne yonathan nu ‘kuchlani atey aap hudari da puttra!’ keha atey daood prati os di vafadari da makhaul udaya atey is nu parivar layi sharam di gall keha. os ne yonathan nu apne faide val dhyaan den layi keha: “jad torri eh yassi da puttra dharti utte jeeunda hai tad torri na tu pakka hovenga na tera raj.” apni gall ’te pakka rehndya yonathan ne apne pita nu benti keeti: “oh kyo maarya jave? os ne kee keeta hai?” shaool hinsa karan ’te utaru ho gaya. inni ziada umar da ho jaan ’te vi shaool ik veer yodha si. os ne apne puttar nu maaran layi barchha suttya. chahe oh barchha suttan vich bahut mahar si, par oh apne nishane to khunjh gaya. yonathan nu bahut dukh te beizzati mehsoos hoi te oh gusse vich utho chala gaya.—1 samuel 20:24-34.

 agli saver yonathan khet vich os jagah gaya jithe daood lukya hoya si. os ne daood nu eh dassan layi teer maarya ki shaool hale vi os nu maarna chahunda si. fir yonathan ne apne sevak nu sheher vapas ghal ditta. hun oh te daood ikkale san jis karke ohna nu thodi der gall karan da mauka mil gaya. dove gale lagg ke roye atey yonathan ne dukhi mann naal apne naujavan dost nu alvida keha. daood nu hun ik bhagaurre di zindagi jeeuni paini si.—1 samuel 20:35-42.

 yonathan ne ihna mushkal halaata vich saabat keeta ki oh suaarthi nahi, sago vafadar si. sare vafadar lokaa da dushman shaitan pakka chahunda hona ki yonathan shaool de nakshe-kadma ’te chale atey takat te mehma paaun diya apnia ichhava nu pehel deve. yaad rakho ki shaitan insaan diya suaarthi ichhava nu bharrkaunda hai. os di eh chaal sadde pehle mata-pita, adam te havvah, ’te kamyab rehi. (utpat 3:1-6) par os di eh chaal yonathan ’te nahi chali. shaitan nu kinna gussa charhya hona! kee tusi vi is tarha di parikhya da virodh karoge? asi is tarha de same vich ji rahe ha jithe suaarthi ravaiya har pase dikhayi dinda hai. (2 timothius 3:1-5) kee asi yonathan de nirsuaarath ravayiye te vafadari to sikhange?

 same de beetan naal, shaool de mann vich daood layi inni nafrat bhar gayi ki is da os di sochni te jazbata ’te asar pya. yonathan bebass si jado os ne dekhya ki os da pita kinna pagalpan kar reha si ki os ne desh di sari fauj nu ik nirdosh nu labh ke jano maaran layi laya hoya si. (1 samuel 24:1, 2, 12-15; 26:20) kee yonathan ne is kamm vich os da saath ditta? dilchaspi di gall hai ki bible vich kite vi zikar nahi keeta gaya ki yonathan ne is tarha diya muehmma vich shaool da saath ditta si. eh asambhav si kyoki yonathan yahovah, daood atey apni soh prati vafadar si.

 apne naujavan dost prati os diya bhavnava badliya nahi. same de beetan naal, os ne daood naal milan da raah labhya. oh horesh vich mile jis da matlab hai, “lakkad di tha.” horesh jangli atey paharri ilaka si jo hebron de dakhan-purab to kujh mil door si. yonathan ne is bhagaurre nu milan layi apni jaan khatre vich kyo payi? bible dassdi hai ki os da maksad daood da “hath parmeshwar vich takrra” karan da si. (1 samuel 23:16) yonathan ne is tarha kive keeta si?

 yonathan ne apne naujavan dost nu tassali dindya keha, “tu dar nahi kyo jo mere pyo shaool da hath tere kol na apprrega.” os ne eh tassali kis aadhaar ’te ditti si? yonathan nu pakki nehcha si ki yahovah da maksad zaroor poora ho ke rahega. os ne agge keha: “tu israel da patshah hovenga.” kayi saal pehla samuel nabi nu eh gall kehen da hukam milya si atey hun yonathan ne daood nu yaad karaya ki parmeshwar di kehi gall poori ho ke rehndi hai. yonathan apne bhavikh bare kee sochda si? “mai taitho dooje darje te hovanga.” is aadmi ne kinni hi nimarta dikhayi! oh apne to umar vich 30 saal chhote aadmi adheen seva karan atey os di madad karan layi tyaar si. akheer yonathan ne keha: “eh gall mera pyo shaool vi jaanda hai.” (1 samuel 23:17, 18) shaool mann hi mann jaanda si ki os layi jittna namumkin si kyoki oh os aadmi naal larr reha si jis nu yahovah ne agle raje vajo chunya si.

 aaun vale sala vich daood aksar khushi naal is mulakat nu yaad karda hona. eh ohna di aakhri mulakat si. dukh di gall ki daood to dooje darje ’te seva karan di yonathan di ichha poori nahi hoi.

 yonathan apne pita naal falistia khilaf yudh larran gaya jinha ne khulle-aam elaan keeta si ki oh izraeel de dushman han. oh shudh zameer naal apne pita naal yudh larran ja sakya kyoki apne pita de galat kamma de bavjood oh yahovah di seva karda reha. oh hamesha vang bahadari te vafadari naal larrya, par izraeeli haar rahe san. shaool de dusht kamm inne vadh gaye san ki oh jadoogari karan valya kol jaan lagg pya. moosa de kanoon anusar jadoogari di saza maut si. is karke shaool ’te yahovah di meher nahi rehi. shaool de tinne munde maare gaye jinha vich yonathan vi si. shaool zakhmi ho gaya te os ne khud apni jaan lai layi.—1 samuel 28:6-14; 31:2-6.

 daood ne bahut sog manaya. is dyaalu atey maaf karan vale aadmi ne shaool layi vi sog manaya jis ne os nu bahut dukh ditta si. daood ne shaool atey yonathan layi vain likhe. shayad is vich sabh to ziada dil nu chhooh jaane vale shabd os ne apne salahkar atey dost layi likhe: “he mere bhra yonathan, mai tere kaaran vadda dukhi ha! tu mainu att pyaara sai; meri val teri achraj preet si, teeviya di preet nalo vi vadheek!.”—2 samuel 1:26.

 daood yonathan naal khadhi apni soh kade nahi bhullya. sala baad os ne yonathan de apahaj puttar mafibosheth nu labhya te os di dekh-bhaal keeti. (2 samuel 9:1-13) bina shakk, daood ne yonathan di vafadari, apne dost nu aadar den atey os da saath den di ichha to bahut kujh sikhya hona chahe is layi yonathan nu vaddi keemat chukauni payi. kee asi vi is tarha de sabak sikhange? kee asi vi yonathan varge dost labh sakde ha? kee asi is tarha de dost bann sakde ha? je asi apne dosta di yahovah ’te nehcha vadhaun vich madad karde ha, sabh to pehla parmeshwar prati vafadar rehnde ha atey apni ichha nu pehel den di bajaye vafadar rehnde ha, taa asi yonathan varge dost bann sakange. nale asi os di nehcha di rees karange.