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.
Y los Filisteos juntaron sus ejércitos para la guerra, y congregáronse en Soco, que es en Judá, y asentaron campo entre Soco y Azeca en el término de Donmim.
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.
Y también Saul y los varones de Israel se juntaron, y asentaron el campo en el valle del Alcornoque: y ordenaron la batalla contra 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.
Y los Filisteos estaban sobre el un monte de la una parte, e Israel estaba sobre el otro monte de la otra parte; y el valle estaba entre ellos.
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 varón del campo de los Filisteos entre los dos campos, el cual se llamaba Goliat de Get, y tenía de altura 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.
Y traía un almete de acero en su cabeza, vestido de unas corazas de planchas: y el peso de las corazas tenía cinco mil siclos de metal.
6 His legs were covered with plates of brass and hanging on his back was a javelin of brass.
Y sobre sus pies traía grebas de hierro, y un escudo de acero en sus hombros.
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 hasta de su lanza era como un enjullo de un telar, y el hierro de su lanza tenía seiscientos siclos de hierro, y su escudero iba delante de él.
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.
Y paróse, y dio voces a los escuadrones de Israel, diciéndoles: ¿Para qué salís a dar batalla? ¿No soy yo el Filisteo, y vosotros los siervos de Saul? Escogéd un varón de vosotros que venga 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 pudiere pelear conmigo, y me venciere, nosotros seremos vuestros siervos. Y si yo pudiere más que él, y le venciere, vosotros seréis nuestros siervos, 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 añadió el Filisteo: Yo he deshonrado hoy el campo de Israel: dádme varón que pelee conmigo.
11 And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.
Y oyendo Saul y todo Israel estas palabras del Filisteo, fueron espantados, y hubieron gran 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.
Y David era hijo de un varón Éufrateo de Belén de Judá, cuyo nombre era Isaí, el cual tenía ocho hijos: y era este hombre en el tiempo de Saul viejo, y de grande edad 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.
Y los tres hijos mayores de Isaí habían ido a seguir a Saul en la guerra. Y los nombres de sus tres hijos, que habían ido a la guerra eran, Eliab el primogénito: el segundo Abinadab: y el tercero Samma.
14 And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.
Y David era el menor. Y habiendo ido los tres mayores tras Saul,
15 Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
David había ido y vuelto de con Saul, para apacentar las ovejas de su padre en Belén.
16 And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
Venía pues aquel Filisteo por la mañana y a la tarde, y presentábase por 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;
E Isaí dijo a David su hijo: Toma ahora para tus hermanos un efa de esta cebada tostada, y estos diez panes, y llévalo presto al campo 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 de leche llevarás al capitán, y vé a ver a tus hermanos, si están buenos, y tomarás prendas de ellos.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
Y Saul, y ellos, y todos los de Israel estaban al valle del Alcornoque peleando con 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.
Y David se levantó de mañana, y dejando las ovejas a la guarda, cargóse y fuése, como Isaí le mandó: y vino a la trinchera al ejército, el cual había salido a la ordenanza, y ya tocaban alarma en batalla.
21 And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.
Porque así los Israelitas como los Filisteos estaban en ordenanza, escuadrón contra escuadrón.
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.
Y David dejó la carga de sobre sí en mano del que guardaba el bagaje, y corrió al escuadrón, y como llegó, preguntaba por sus hermanos, si estaban buenos.
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.
Y estando él hablando con ellos, he aquí aquel varón que se ponía en medio de los dos campos, que se llamaba Goliat, Filisteo de Get, que subía de los escuadrones de los Filisteos, hablando las mismas palabras, las cuales David oyó.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.
Y todos los varones de Israel que veían aquel varón, huían delante de él, y tenían gran temor.
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 cada uno de los de Israel decía: ¿No habéis visto a aquel varón que sube? él sube para deshonrar a Israel. Al que le venciere, el rey le enriquecerá de grandes riquezas, y le dará su hija, y hará franca la casa de su padre 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?
Entonces habló David a los que estaban a par de él, diciendo: ¿Qué harán a aquel varón que venciere a este Filisteo, y quitare la deshonra de Israel? Porque ¿quién es este Filisteo incircunciso, para que deshonre los escuadrones del Dios viviente?
27 And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.
Y el pueblo le respondió las mismas palabras, diciendo: Así se hará al tal varón que le venciere.
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.
Y oyéndole hablar Eliab su hermano mayor con aquellos varones, Eliab se encendió en ira contra David, y dijo: ¿Para qué has descendido acá? ¿y a quién has dejado aquellas pocas ovejas en el desierto? Yo conozco tu soberbia y la malicia de tu corazón, que para ver la batalla has venido.
29 And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?
Y David respondió: ¿Qué he hecho ahora? ¿Estas, no son palabras?
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.
Y apartándose de él hacia otros, habló lo mismo, y respondiéronle los del pueblo como primero.
31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.
Y fueron oídas las palabras que David había dicho, las cuales fueron recitadas delante de Saul: y él le hizo venir.
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 Saul: No desmaye ninguno a causa de él, tu siervo irá, y peleará con este 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.
Y dijo Saul a David: No podrás tú ir contra aquel Filisteo para pelear con él, porque tú eres mozo, y él es 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,
Y David respondió a Saul: Tu siervo era pastor en las ovejas de su padre, y venía un león, o un oso, y tomaba algún cordero de la manada;
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.
Y salía yo tras él, y heríale, y escapába le de su boca: y si se levantaba contra mí, yo le echaba mano de la quijada, y le hería y 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.
Fuese león, fuese oso, tu siervo le mataba; pues este Filisteo incircunciso será como uno de ellos, porque ha deshonrado al ejército del Dios viviente.
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 añadió David: Jehová que me ha librado de mano de león, y de mano de oso, él también me librará de la mano de este Filisteo. Y dijo Saul a David: Vé, y Jehová 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.
Y Saul vistió a David de sus ropas, y puso sobre su cabeza un almete de acero, y vistióle corazas.
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.
Y ciñó David su espada sobre sus vestidos, y probó a andar: porque nunca lo había experimentado. Y dijo David a Saul: Yo no puedo andar con esto, porque nunca lo experimenté. Y echando de si David aquellas cosas,
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 su mano, y tomóse cinco piedras lisas del arroyo, y púsolas en el saco pastoril, y en el zurrón que traía, y fuése, su honda en su mano, hacia el Filisteo.
41 And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.
Y el Filisteo venía andando y acercándose a David, y su escudero delante de él.
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 como el Filisteo miró, y vio a David, túvole en poco, porque era mancebo, y rojo, y de hermoso parecer.
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 perro que vienes a mí con palos? Y maldijo 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.
Y dijo el Filisteo a David: Ven a mí, 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.
Y David dijo al Filisteo: Tú vienes a mí con espada, y lanza, y escudo; mas yo vengo a ti en el nombre de Jehová de los ejércitos, el Dios de los escuadrones de Israel, que tú has deshonrado.
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;
Jehová pues te entregará hoy en mi mano, y yo te venceré, y quitaré tu cabeza de ti: y daré los cuerpos de los Filisteos hoy a las aves del cielo, y a las bestias de la tierra, y sabrá toda la tierra, 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 toda esta congregación sabrá, que Jehová no salva con espada y lanza; porque de Jehová es la guerra, y él os entregará 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.
Y aconteció, que como el Filisteo se levantó para ir y llegarse contra David, David se dio priesa y corrió al combate contra el Filisteo.
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 David su mano en el saco, tomó de allí una piedra, y tirósela con la honda, e hirió al Filisteo en la frente: y la piedra quedó hincada en su frente, y cayó en tierra sobre su rostro.
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.
Y así venció David al Filisteo con honda y piedra: e hirió al Filisteo, y matóle, sin tener David 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.
Entonces corrió David, y púsose sobre el Filisteo, y tomando su espada, y sacándola de su vaina, le mató, y cortóle con ella la cabeza. Y como los Filisteos vieron su gigante muerto, huyeron.
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.
Y levantándose los de Israel y de Judá, dieron grita, y siguieron a los Filisteos hasta llegar al valle, y hasta las puertas de Accarón. Y cayeron heridos de los Filisteos por el camino de Saraim hasta Get, y Accarón.
53 Then the children of Israel came back from going after the Philistines, and took their goods from the tents.
Y tornando los hijos de Israel de seguir los Filisteos, robaron su campo.
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 David tomó la cabeza del Filisteo, y trájola a Jerusalem, y puso sus armas 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.
Mas cuando Saul vio a David que salía a encontrarse con el Filisteo, dijo a Abner el general del ejército: Abner; ¿cúyo hijo es aquel mancebo? Y Abner respondió:
56 And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.
Vive tu alma, oh rey, que no lo sé. Y el rey dijo: Pregunta, pues, cúyo hijo es aquel mancebo.
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.
Y cuando David volvía de matar al Filisteo, Abner le tomó, y le llevó delante de Saul teniendo 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.
Y díjole Saul: Mancebo, ¿cúyo hijo eres? Y David respondió: Yo soy hijo de tu siervo Isaí de Belén.
