1 Samuel 21
1 Then David went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. And he said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”
David fue a la ciudad de Nob para ver al sacerdote Ahimelec. Cuando se encontró con David, Ahimelec temblaba de miedo, y le preguntó: “¿Por qué estás aquí solo? ¿Por qué no hay nadie contigo?”.
2 And David said to the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’
“El rey me ha dado un encargo”, respondió David. “Me dijo: ‘Nadie debe saber nada de la misión que te he enviado a cumplir’. En cuanto a mis hombres, les he dicho dónde encontrarme.
3 Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”
¿Qué tienes a la mano para comer? Dame cinco panes, o lo que puedas encontrar”.
4 And the priest, responding to David, said to him: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?”
“No hay pan ordinario”, le dijo el sacerdote a David, “pero hay pan sagrado, siempre que tus hombres no se hayan acostado con ninguna mujer últimamente”.
5 And David responded to the priest, and said to him: “Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”
“No nos hemos acostado con ninguna mujer”, respondió David. “De hecho, esa es la norma cuando dirijo las tropas en misión. Se mantienen puros incluso durante las misiones ordinarias, y con mayor razón en este momento”.
6 Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.
Entonces el sacerdote le dio el pan sagrado, ya que allí no tenían otro pan que el “Pan de la Presencia”, que había sido retirado de la presencia del Señor ese día y lo sustituyeron por pan fresco.
7 Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.
Uno de los siervos de Saúl estaba allí ese día, tratando de enmendarse con el Señor. Era Doeg el edomita, el pastor principal de Saúl.
8 Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”
“¿Tienes aquí una lanza o una espada?” le preguntó David a Ahimelec. “No traje mi espada ni ninguna de mis armas, porque lo que el rey necesitaba que hiciera era urgente”.
9 And the priest said: “Behold, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so give it to me.”
Entonces el sacerdote respondió: “Tengo aquí la espada de Goliat, el filisteo que mataste en el Valle de Ela. Está envuelta en un paño detrás del efod. Puedes cogerla si quieres. Es el único que hay aquí”. “¡Es mejor que cualquier otra espada! Por favor, dámela”, respondió David.
10 And so, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he went to Achish, the king of Gath.
Ese día David huyó de Saúl y se dirigió a Aquis, rey de Gat.
11 And the servants of Achish, when they had seen David, said to him: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, saying, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’”
Pero los oficiales de Aquis preguntaron al rey: “¿No es éste David, el rey de ese país? ¿No cantaban sobre él en sus danzas: ‘Saúl ha matado a sus miles, y David a sus decenas de miles’”?
12 Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.
David escuchó atentamente lo que decían y esto le hizo temer mucho a Aquis, el rey de Gat.
13 And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.
Así que cambió su forma de actuar con ellos y se hizo el loco. Hizo marcas en las puertas de la ciudad y dejó que su saliva corriera por su barba.
14 And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?
Aquis les dijo a sus oficiales: “¡Como ven, ese hombre está completamente loco! ¿Por qué me lo han traído?
15 Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”
¿Acaso necesito más locos para que me traigan a este hombre y que se vuelva loco delante de mí? ¿Creen que voy a dejar que entre en mi casa?”
