1 Samuel 17
1 Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
Los filisteos juntaron sus ejércitos para la guerra, y se reunieron en Socó, que pertenece a Judá, donde acamparon entre Socó y Asecá, en Efes-Dammim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.
Se reunieron también Saúl y los israelitas, y acamparon en el valle de Elá, y se pusieron en orden de batalla frente a los filisteos.
3 The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
Los filisteos habían tomado posición en un monte por un lado, e Israel en un monte por el otro lado, mediando entre ellos el valle.
4 And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.
Y salió un campeón del ejército de los filisteos, que se llamaba Goliat, de Gat; cuya estatura era de seis codos y un palmo.
5 And he had a head-dress of brass on his head, and he was dressed in a coat of metal, the weight of which was five thousand shekels of brass.
Llevaba sobre la cabeza un yelmo de bronce y estaba vestido de una coraza escamada, siendo el peso de la coraza de cinco mil siclos de bronce.
6 His legs were covered with plates of brass and hanging on his back was a javelin of brass.
En las piernas llevaba grebas de bronce, y sobre sus hombros un venablo, también de bronce.
7 The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.
El asta de su lanza era como el engullo de un telar, y la punta de su lanza pesaba seiscientos siclos de hierro. Delante de él iba su escudero.
8 He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.
Se apostó y gritó hacia las filas de Israel, diciéndoles: “¿Por qué habéis salido a poneros en orden de batalla? ¿No soy yo un filisteo y vosotros sois siervos de Saúl? Escogeos un hombre, que descienda contra mí.
9 If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.
Si él es capaz de pelear conmigo y me mata, seremos siervos vuestros; pero si yo prevalezco contra él y le mato, seréis vosotros esclavos nuestros y nos serviréis.”
10 And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.
Y agregó el filisteo: “Hoy he escarnecido a las filas de Israel. Dadme un hombre, y lucharemos los dos.”
11 And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.
Al oír las palabras del filisteo, Saúl y todo Israel quedaron consternados y sobrecogidos de grande miedo.
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.
Ahora bien, David era hijo de aquel efrateo de Betlehem de Judá, que se llamaba Isaí. Este tenía ocho hijos; en tiempo de Saúl era ya viejo y de edad muy avanzada entre los hombres.
13 And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone with Saul to the fight: the names of the three who went to the fight were Eliab, the oldest, and Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.
Los tres hijos mayores de Isaí habían ido a la guerra, en pos de Saúl. Esos tres hijos que habían ido a la guerra se llamaban Eliab, el primogénito, Abinadab, el segundo, y Sammá el tercero.
14 And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.
David era el menor; y mientras los tres mayores seguían a Saúl,
15 Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
David iba y venía de junto a Saúl para apacentar el rebaño de su padre en Betlehem.
16 And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
Entretanto se acercaba el filisteo a la mañana y a la tarde, presentándose por espacio de cuarenta días.
17 And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents to your brothers;
Y dijo Isaí a David: “Toma para tus hermanos un efa de este grano tostado, y estos diez panes, y llévalos corriendo al campamento, a tus hermanos.
18 And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.
Y estos diez quesos los llevarás al jefe de su millar. Pregunta por la salud de tus hermanos, y tráeme algo de ellos como prenda.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
Saúl y ellos, y todos los hombres de Israel, están en el valle de Elá luchando contra los filisteos.”
20 And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.
Al día siguiente David se levantó muy temprano, y dejando las ovejas en manos de un pastor, cargó y se puso en marcha como Isaí le había mandado. Cuando llegó al atrincheramiento, el ejército iba saliendo en orden de batalla levantando el grito de combate,
21 And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.
e Israel y los filisteos se pusieron en orden de batalla, ejército contra ejército.
22 And David gave his parcels into the hands of the keeper of the army stores, and went running to the army and came to his brothers to get knowledge about them.
Entonces David, dejando el equipaje que tenía sobre sí, en manos del guardia del bagaje, corrió hacia el ejército, y llegado allí saludó a sus hermanos.
23 And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.
Estaba aún hablando con ellos, cuando he aquí que aquel campeón, el filisteo de Gat, llamado Goliat, salió de las filas de los filisteos y habló lo mismo (que antes), oyéndolo David.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.
Y todos los israelitas, cuando vieron a aquel hombre, huyeron de delante de él. Tuvieron gran miedo;
25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.
y uno de los hombres de Israel dijo: “¿Veis a ese hombre que viene subiendo? Pues sube para desafiar a Israel. Al hombre que lo mate lo colmará el rey de grandes riquezas, le dará su hija, y a la casa de su padre la eximirá de tributos en Israel.”
26 And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?
Preguntó David a los que estaban junto a él: “¿Qué se hará al hombre que mate a ese filisteo, y quite el oprobio de Israel? Porque ¿quién es ese filisteo incircunciso para que insulte al ejército del Dios vivo?”
27 And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.
Y le repitió la gente aquellas mismas palabras, diciendo: “Así se hará al hombre que lo mate.”
28 And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.
Al escuchar Eliab, su hermano mayor, que David hablaba con los hombres, se irritó contra David y le dijo: “¿Para qué has venido y en qué manos has dejado aquellas pocas ovejas en el desierto? Bien conocido tengo tu orgullo y la malicia de tu corazón; pues para ver la batalla has venido.”
29 And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?
Contestó David: “¿Qué he hecho yo ahora? ¿Acaso he hecho más que hablar?”
30 And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.
Se apartó de él para dirigirse a otro, a quien preguntó del mismo modo; y el pueblo le dio la misma respuesta que antes.
31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.
Algunos oyeron las palabras que habló David, y las refirieron a Saúl, el cual lo hizo llamar.
32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.
Y dijo David a Saúl: “No se desmaye el corazón de nadie a causa de ese; tu siervo irá y luchará con ese filisteo.”
33 And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.
Mas Saúl dijo a David: “Tú no tienes fuerza para ir contra ese filisteo y luchar con él; pues eres joven todavía, y él es un hombre de guerra desde su juventud.”
34 And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
David replicó a Saúl: “Cuando tu siervo apacentaba las ovejas de su padre y venía un león, o un oso, y arrebataba una oveja del rebaño,
35 I went out after him, and overcame him, and took it out of his mouth: and if, turning on me, he came at me, I took him by the hair and overcame him and put him to death.
yo salía en su persecución; lo hería, y se la arrancaba de su boca; y cuando se levantaba contra mí, lo agarraba por la quijada, lo hería y lo mataba.
36 Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.
Tu siervo ha matado tanto al león como al oso, y ese filisteo incircunciso será como uno de ellos, puesto que ha insultado al ejército del Dios vivo.”
37 And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.
Y agregó David: “Yahvé que me libró de las garras del león y de las garras del oso, Él mismo me librará de la mano de ese filisteo.” Dijo entonces Saúl a David: “Ve, pues, y Yahvé sea contigo.”
38 Then Saul gave David his clothing of war, and put a head-dress of brass on his head and had him clothed with a coat of metal.
Vistió Saúl a David con su armadura, le puso un yelmo de bronce sobre la cabeza, y le cubrió con una coraza.
39 And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them off.
Se ciñó luego David la espada sobre su armadura y comenzó a andar; porque no estaba acostumbrado a eso. Dijo David a Saúl: “No puedo andar con estas armas, porque no estoy acostumbrado”; y quitándoselas
40 Then he took his stick in his hand, and got five smooth stones from the bed of the stream and put them in a bag such as is used by sheep-keepers; and in his hand was a leather band used for sending stones: and so he went in the direction of the Philistine.
tomó su cayado en la mano, se escogió cinco guijarros lisos del torrente, los metió en el zurrón de pastor que traía y que le servía de bolsa, y con la honda en la mano se acercó al filisteo.
41 And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.
Venía el filisteo acercándose poco a poco a David, yendo delante de él su escudero,
42 And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.
y cuando miró y vio a David, lo despreció, porque era joven aún, rubio, y de hermoso aspecto.
43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.
Y dijo el filisteo a David: “¿Soy yo acaso un perro, para que vengas contra mí con un bastón?” Y maldijo el filisteo a David por sus dioses.
44 And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.
Luego dijo el filisteo a David: “Ven aquí, y daré tu carne a las aves del cielo y a las bestias del campo.”
45 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.
David contestó al filisteo: “Tú vienes contra mí con espada y lanza y venablo, mas yo voy contra ti en el nombre de Yahvé de los Ejércitos, el Dios del ejército de Israel, a quien tú has escarnecido.
46 This day the Lord will give you up into my hands, and I will overcome you, and take your head off you; and I will give the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth today, so that all the earth may see that Israel has a God;
Hoy te entregará Yahvé en mi mano, y yo te mataré y te cortaré la cabeza. Y los cadáveres del ejército de los filisteos los daré hoy mismo a las aves del cielo, y a las bestias de la tierra; y toda la tierra sabrá que hay Dios en Israel.
47 And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hands.
Y también toda esta multitud conocerá que no por espada, ni por lanza, salva Yahvé; porque Yahvé es el Señor de la batalla, y Él os ha entregado en nuestras manos.”
48 Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.
Se levantó entonces el filisteo y poniéndose en marcha avanzó contra David, el cual corrió rápidamente hacia las filas de los filisteos;
49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.
y metiendo la mano en el zurrón, sacó de allí un guijarro, lo lanzó con la honda, e hirió al filisteo en la frente; y penetró el guijarro en la frente del (filisteo), que cayó de bruces en tierra.
50 So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.
Así prevaleció David sobre el filisteo con una honda y una piedra, e hirió al filisteo y le mató, sin que David tuviera espada en su mano.
51 So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.
Luego David corrió y poniéndose sobre el filisteo, tomó la espada del mismo y sacándola de la vaina, lo mató y le cortó con ella la cabeza. Cuando los filisteos vieron muerto a su campeón echaron a huir,
52 And the men of Israel and of Judah got up, and gave a cry, and went after the Philistines as far as Gath and the town doors of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines were falling down by the road from Shaaraim all the way to Gath and Ekron.
pero los hombres de Israel y de Judá, levantándose, alzaron el grito y persiguieron a los filisteos hasta llegar a Gat, y hasta las puertas de Acarón; y cayeron traspasados (muchos) filisteos en el camino de Saaraim, hasta Gat y Acarón.
53 Then the children of Israel came back from going after the Philistines, and took their goods from the tents.
Después de volver de la persecución de los filisteos los hijos de Israel saquearon su campamento.
54 And David took the head of the Philistine to Jerusalem, but the metal war-dress and the arms he put in his tent.
Y tomando David la cabeza del filisteo, la llevó a Jerusalén; mas las armas del mismo las puso en su tienda.
55 And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.
Cuando Saúl vio a David salir al encuentro del filisteo, dijo a Abner, jefe del ejército: “¿De quién es hijo este joven, Abner?” A lo que respondió Abner: “Por tu vida, oh rey, que no lo sé.”
56 And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.
Y dijo el rey: “Pregunta de quién es hijo el muchacho.”
57 And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
Cuando David volvió después de dar muerte al filisteo, lo tomó Abner y lo llevó a la presencia de Saúl, con la cabeza del filisteo en su mano.
58 And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.
Saúl le preguntó: “¿De quién eres hijo, joven mío?” Y respondió David: “Soy hijo de tu siervo Isaí betlehemita.”
