en_tn_lite_do_not_use/1sa/20/32.md

# For what reason should he be put to death? What has he done?

Jonathan is trying to get Saul to think carefully about what he is doing. This can be translated as a statement, and the words "should he be put to death" can be translated in active form. AT: "You have no good reason to put him to death. He has done nothing wrong." or "You have no good reason to kill him. He has done nothing wrong." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# the second day of the month

This "second" is an ordinal number which refers to two. AT: "the second day of the new moon festival" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# he was grieved over David

This can be stated in active form. AT: "he was grieving over David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# had dishonored him

Here "him" refers to David.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/saul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/spear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeday]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimemonth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/dishonor]]