1 Samuel 14
1 One day, Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me; we will go over to where the Philistia soldiers have put up their tents.” [So they went], but Jonathan did not tell his father [what they were going to do].
Un día Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, le dijo al joven escudero: “Vamos, crucemos a la guarnición filistea del otro lado”. Pero no le hizo saber a su padre acerca de sus planes.
2 On that day, Saul and the 600 soldiers who were with him were sitting around a pomegranate tree at a place where the people threshed grain, near Gibeah.
Saúl se encontraba cerca de Guibeá, bajo un granado en Migrón. Tenía unos seiscientos hombres con él,
3 Ahijah the priest was also there. He was wearing the sacred vest. Ahijah was the son of Ahitub, who was a brother of Ichabod. Ichabod and Ahitub were the sons of Phinehas, who was the son of Eli, who had been Yahweh’s priest at Shiloh. No one knew that Jonathan had left [the Israeli camp].
incluyendo a Ahija, que llevaba un efod. Era hijo del hermano de Icabod, Ahitob, hijo de Finees, hijo de Elí, sacerdote del Señor en Silo. Nadie se dio cuenta de que Jonatán se había ido.
4 Jonathan planned that he and the young man would go through a narrow (pass/place between two cliffs) to get to where the Philistia army was. The cliff on one side of the pass was named Bozez, and the other cliff was named Seneh.
A ambos lados del paso que Jonatán planeaba cruzar para llegar a la guarnición filistea se erigían dos acantilados, uno llamado Boses y el otro Sene.
5 One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba [town].
El acantilado del norte estaba en el lado de Michmash, el del sur en el lado de Geba.
6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me. We will go to where those (pagans/people who do not believe in Yahweh) [MTY] have set up their tents. Perhaps Yahweh will help us. It does not matter whether we are only two men or many people; nothing can hinder Yahweh from enabling us to defeat them.”
Jonatán le dijo al joven que llevaba la armadura: “Vamos, crucemos a la guarnición de estos hombres paganos. Tal vez el Señor nos ayude. Al Señor no le cuesta ganar, sea por muchos o por pocos”.
7 The young man who was carrying Jonathan’s weapons said, “Do what you think is the best thing for us to do. I will help you.”
“Tú decides qué hacer”, respondió el escudero. “¡Estoy contigo sin importar lo que decidas!”
8 Then Jonathan said, “Okay, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistia army is, and allow them to see us.
“¡Vamos entonces!” dijo Jonathan. “Cruzaremos en su dirección para que nos vean.
9 If they then say to us, ‘You two stay there until we come down to you,’ we will stay there and not go up to them.
Si nos dicen: ‘Esperen allí hasta que bajemos a ustedes’, esperaremos donde estamos y no subiremos a ellos.
10 But if they say to us, ‘Come up here [and fight against] us,’ that will show us that Yahweh will enable us to defeat them. Then we will go up and fight them.”
Pero si nos dicen: ‘Suban hacia nosotros’, subiremos, porque eso será la señal de que el Señor nos los ha entregado”.
11 When the two of them crossed the valley, the Philistia soldiers saw them coming. They said, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes in which they have been hiding!”
Así que ambos se dejaron ver por la guarnición filistea. “¡Mira!”, gritaron los filisteos. “Los hebreos están saliendo de los huecos donde se escondían”.
12 Then the Philistia soldiers who were closest to Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons said, “Come up here, and we will teach you something [about how to fight] [IDM]!” Jonathan said to the young man who was with him, “Come behind me and climb up, because Yahweh is going to help us to defeat them!”
Los hombres de la guarnición llamaron a Jonatán y a su escudero: “¡Suban aquí y les mostraremos un par de cosas!”. “Sígueme arriba”, dijo Jonatán a su escudero, “porque el Señor los ha entregado a Israel”.
13 So Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and his feet [because it was very steep]. The young man climbed up following him. As Jonathan climbed, he struck and killed many Philistia soldiers, and the young man who was with him killed many more as he followed behind Jonathan.
Así que Jonatán subió de manos y pies, con su escudero que iba justo detrás de él. Jonatán los atacó y los mató, y su escudero le siguió haciendo lo mismo.
14 In that first battle the two of them killed about 20 Philistia soldiers in an area that was about half an acre.
En este primer ataque, Jonatán y su escudero mataron a unos veinte hombres en un área de media hectárea.
15 Then all the other Philistia soldiers, the ones in the camp and the ones who had been attacking the Israeli towns, ones who were out in the field much closer, panicked. Then God caused the ground to shake, and they all became terrified/very afraid.
Entonces los filisteos entraron en pánico, en el campamento, en el campo y en todo su ejército. Incluso los que estaban en los puestos de avanzada y los grupos de asaltantes se aterrorizaron. La tierra se estremeció. Era terror proveniente de Dios.
16 Saul’s (lookouts/men who were watching to see if enemies were coming) were in Gibeah [town] in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. They saw that the soldiers of the Philistia army were running away in all directions.
Los vigías de Saúl en Guibeá, en Benjamín, vieron cómo el ejército filisteo se desvanecía y se dispersaba en todas direcciones.
17 Saul [realized that some of his soldiers must have attacked the Philistia army. So he] said to the soldiers who were with him, “Check to see if any of our men are not here.” So they checked, and they found out that Jonathan and the man who carried his weapons were gone.
Saúl les dijo a los soldados que estaban con él: “Pasen lista y averigüen quiénes no están con nosotros”. Cuando pasaron lista, descubrieron que Jonatán y su escudero no estaban allí.
18 So Saul said to Ahijah [the Supreme Priest], “Bring the sacred vest here [and find out what we should do].” On that day Ahijah was wearing the sacred vest, going in front of the Israelis.
Saúl le dijo a Ajías: “Trae el Arca de Dios aquí”. (En esa época el Arca de Dios viajaba con los israelitas).
19 But while Saul was talking to the priest, [he saw that] the Philistia soldiers were becoming more panicked/confused. So Saul said to Ahijah, “Take your hand down [from the sacred vest. Do not waste any more time using the marked stones in the vest to find out what Yahweh wants us to do.”]
Pero mientras Saúl hablaba con el sacerdote, el alboroto que venía del campamento filisteo era cada vez más fuerte. Así que Saúl le dijo al sacerdote: “¡Olvídalo!”
20 Then Saul gathered his men and they went toward the battle. They found that the Philistia soldiers were so confused that they were striking each other with their swords.
Entonces Saúl y todo su ejército se reunieron y entraron en batalla. Descubrieron que los filisteos estaban en total desorden, atacándose unos a otros con las espadas.
21 Before that, some of the Hebrew men had deserted their army and gone to join with the Philistia army. But now those men [revolted and] joined with Saul and Jonathan and the other Israeli soldiers.
Los hebreos que antes se habían puesto del lado de los filisteos, y que estaban con ellos en su campamento, cambiaron de bando y se unieron a los israelitas que estaban con Saúl y Jonatán.
22 Some of the Israeli soldiers had previously run away and hidden in the mountains where the tribe of Ephraim lived. But when they heard that the Philistia soldiers were running away, they [came down and] joined the other Israeli soldiers and pursued the Philistia soldiers.
Cuando todos los israelitas que se habían escondido en la región montañosa de Efraín se enteraron de que los filisteos estaban huyendo, también se unieron para perseguir a los filisteos y atacarlos.
23 So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven [town].
Ese día el Señor salvó a Israel, y la batalla se extendió más allá de Bet-aven.
24 Before Saul’s soldiers went to the battle, Saul declared to them solemnly, “I do not want any of you to eat any food before this evening, before we have defeated all our enemies. If anyone eats anything, [Yahweh] will curse/punish him.” So none of the Israeli soldiers ate any food, and they became faint/weak because they were very hungry.
Aquel día fue difícil para los hombres de Israel porque Saúl había ordenado al ejército hacer un juramento, diciendo: “Maldito el que coma algo antes de la noche, antes de que me haya vengado de mis enemigos”. Así que nadie del ejército había comido nada.
25 The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.
Cuando todos entraron en el bosque, encontraron panales de miel en el suelo.
26 They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.
Mientras estaban en el bosque, vieron que la miel se acababa, pero nadie la recogió para comerla porque todos tenían miedo del juramento que habían hecho.
27 But Jonathan did not hear what his father commanded [because he had left the camp very early in the morning]. So [when he saw] a honeycomb, he dipped the end of his walking stick into it and ate some honey. After he ate the honey, he felt stronger.
Pero Jonatán no se había enterado de que su padre había ordenado al ejército hacer ese juramento. Así que metió la punta de su bastón en el panal, cogió un trozo para comer y se sintió mucho mejor.
28 But one of the Israeli soldiers saw him and said to him, “Your father solemnly declared to us that [Yahweh] would curse/punish anyone who ate any food today. So now we are [very tired and] weak from being hungry [because we obeyed him].”
Pero uno de los soldados le dijo: “Tu padre hizo que el ejército hiciera un juramento solemne, diciendo: ‘¡Maldito el que coma algo hoy!’ Por eso los hombres están agotados”.
29 Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey!
“Mi padre nos ha causado un montón de problemas a todos”, respondió Jonatán. “Mira qué bien estoy porque he comido un poco de esta miel.
30 If he had permitted all of us to eat from the food we took from our enemies while we were pursuing them, we would have been able to kill many more of their soldiers!”
¡Habría sido mucho mejor si el ejército hubiera comido hoy en abundancia del botín tomado a sus enemigos! ¿Cuántos filisteos más habrían matado?”
31 The Israelis pursued and killed Philistia soldiers all that day, from Micmash [town west] to Aijalon. But they continued to become weaker from being hungry.
Después de derrotar a los filisteos ese día, matándolos desde Micmas hasta Ajalón, los israelitas estaban totalmente agotados.
32 They had taken [many] sheep and cattle that the Philistia soldiers had abandoned. Now, because they were extremely hungry, they butchered some of those animals and ate the meat without draining the blood from the animals.
Se apoderaron del botín, tomando ovejas, vacas y terneros, y los sacrificaron allí mismo en el suelo. Pero se los comieron con la sangre.
33 One of the soldiers told Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against Yahweh by eating meat that still has blood in it!” Saul replied [to the men who were near him], “They have disobeyed Yahweh! Roll a large stone over here!”
Entonces le dijeron a Saúl: “Mira, los hombres están pecando contra el Señor al comer carne con la sangre”. “¡Infractores de la ley!”, les dijo Saúl. “¡Tira una piedra grande aquí ahora mismo!”
34 After they did that, he said to those men, “Go and tell all the soldiers that each of them must bring an ox or a sheep to me, and kill it here on this stone, [and drain the blood] before he eats any of the meat. They should not sin against Yahweh by eating meat [from some animal] without draining its blood.” So that night all the soldiers brought animals and slaughtered them there. Then Saul built an altar to [worship] Yahweh.
Luego les dijo: “Recorran todo el lugar donde están los soldados y díganles, ‘Cada uno debe traerme su ganado o sus ovejas y sacrificarlos aquí, y luego comer. No pequen contra el Señor comiendo carne con sangre’”. Cada uno del ejército trajo lo que tenía y lo sacrificó allí aquella noche.
35 That was the first [time that he built an] altar for Yahweh.
Entonces Saúl construyó un altar al Señor. Este fue el primer altar que construyó al Señor.
36 Then Saul said [to the Israeli soldiers], “Let’s pursue the Philistia soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive.” The Israeli soldiers answered, “We will do whatever you think is the best thing for us to do.” But the priest said, “We should ask Yahweh [what he thinks we should do].”
Saúl dijo: “Vamos a perseguir a los filisteos durante la noche y a saquearlos hasta el amanecer, sin dejar sobrevivientes”. “Haz lo que creas conveniente”, respondieron. Pero el sacerdote dijo: “Preguntémosle primero a Dios”.
37 So Saul asked God, “Should we pursue the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?” But God did not answer Saul that day.
Saúl preguntó a Dios: “¿Debo bajar y perseguir a los filisteos? ¿Los entregarás a Israel?” Pero ese día Dios no le respondió.
38 Then Saul summoned all the leaders of his army. He said to them, “[I am sure that God has not answered me because] someone has sinned. We must find out what sin someone has committed.
Entonces Saúl dio la orden: “Todos los comandantes del ejército, vengan aquí para que podamos investigar qué pecado ha ocurrido hoy.
39 Yahweh has rescued us [from the Philistia army]. Just as certain as Yahweh lives, whoever has sinned must be executed. Even if it is my son Jonathan who has sinned, he must be executed.” [His men knew who was guilty], but none of them said anything [to Saul].
¡Juro por la vida del Señor que salva a Israel que, aunque sea mi hijo Jonatán, tendrá que morir!” Pero nadie en todo el ejército dijo nada.
40 Then Saul said to all the Israeli soldiers, “You stand on one side. My son Jonathan and I will stand on the other side.” His men replied, “Do whatever you think is best.”
Saúl les dijo a todos: “Ustedes pónganse a un lado, y yo y mi hijo Jonatán nos pondremos en el lado opuesto”. “Hagan lo que les parezca mejor”, respondió el ejército.
41 Then Saul prayed to Yahweh, the Israelis’ God, “Tell me who is guilty and who is not guilty.” Then the priest (cast lots/threw the stones that were marked), and they indicated that it was [either] Jonathan or Saul who was the guilty one, and that the other men were not guilty.
Saúl oró al Señor, el Dios de Israel: “Que el Tumím nos muestre”. Jonatán y Saúl fueron identificados, mientras que todos los demás fueron absueltos.
42 Then Saul said to the priest, “Throw the stones again to indicate which of us two is guilty.” So he did, and the stones indicated that Jonathan was the guilty one.
Entonces Saúl dijo: “Echen suertes entre mi hijo Jonatán y yo”. Jonatán fue seleccionado.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done [that was wrong].” Jonathan replied, “I ate a little bit of honey. It was only a little bit that was on the end of my stick. Do I [deserve to be] executed [because of doing that]?”
“Dime qué has hecho”, le preguntó Saúl a Jonatán. “Sólo probé un poco de miel con la punta de mi bastón”, le dijo Jonatán. “Aquí estoy, y tengo que morir”.
44 Saul replied, “Yes, you must be executed! I hope/wish that God will strike me and kill me if you are not executed for having done that!”
Saúl dijo: “¡Que Dios me castigue muy severamente si no mueres, Jonatán!”
45 But the Israeli soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan has won a great victory for all us Israelis. Should he be executed for eating some honey [RHQ]? Certainly not! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, we will not allow you to injure him in any manner [IDM], [because] today God helped Jonathan [to kill many soldiers of the Philistia army]!” So [by saying that] the Israeli soldiers rescued Jonathan, and he was not executed.
Pero el pueblo le dijo a Saúl: “¿Tiene que morir Jonatán, el que logró esta gran victoria en Israel? ¡De ninguna manera! Juramos por la vida del Señor que ni un solo cabello de su cabeza caerá al suelo, pues fue con la ayuda de Dios que logró esto hoy”. El pueblo salvó a Jonatán, y éste no murió.
46 Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes.
Entonces Saúl dejó de perseguir a los filisteos, y los filisteos se fueron a su propio país.
47 After Saul became the ruler/king of the Israeli people, his army fought against their enemies in many areas. They fought against armies of the Moab people-group, the Ammon people-group, the Edom people-group, the kings of Zobah [city/area], and the Philistia people-group. Wherever the Israeli army fought, they defeated their enemies.
Después de que Saúl aseguró su dominio sobre Israel, luchó contra todos sus enemigos de alrededor: Moabitas, amonitas, edomitas, los reyes de Soba y los filisteos. En cualquier dirección que tomara, los derrotaba a todos.
48 Saul’s army fought bravely and defeated the [very tall] descendants of Amalek. His army rescued the Israelis from those who had (plundered/forcefully taken things from) them.
Luchó con valentía, conquistando a los amalecitas y salvando a Israel de los que los saqueaban.
49 Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malchishua. He also had two daughters, Merab and her younger sister Michal.
Los hijos de Saúl fueron Jonatán, Isvi, y Malquisúa. Los nombres de sus dos hijas eran Merab, (la primogénita), y Mical, (la menor).
50 Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul’s army was Abner, who was the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
El nombre de su esposa era Ahinoam, hija de Ahimaas. El nombre del comandante del ejército de Saúl era Abner, hijo de Ner, y Ner era tío de Saúl.
51 Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel.
Cis, padre de Saúl, y Ner, padre de Abner, eran hijos de Abiel.
52 All the time that Saul was alive, his army fought against the Philistia army. And whenever Saul saw a young man who was (brave/not afraid to fight) and strong, he forced him to join his army.
Durante toda su vida Saúl estuvo en guerra constante con los filisteos. Saúl reclutó para su ejército a todo guerrero fuerte y a todo luchador valiente que encontró.
