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].
Sucedió un día que Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, dijo al joven que llevaba su armadura: “¡Ven! Vamos a la guarnición de los filisteos que está al otro lado”. Pero no se lo dijo a su padre.
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 quedó en el extremo de Guibeá, bajo el granado que está en Migrón; y la gente que estaba con él era como seiscientos hombres,
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 Ajías, hijo de Ajitub, hermano de Icabod, hijo de Finehas, hijo de Elí, sacerdote de Yahvé en Silo, que llevaba un efod. El pueblo no sabía 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.
Entre los pasos por los que Jonatán pretendía pasar a la guarnición de los filisteos, había un peñasco a un lado y otro peñasco al otro lado; el nombre del uno era Bozez, y el del otro Seneh.
5 One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba [town].
Un peñasco se levantaba al norte, frente a Micmas, y el otro al sur, frente a 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 dijo al joven que llevaba su armadura: “¡Ven! Vamos a la guarnición de estos incircuncisos. Puede ser que Yahvé actúe a nuestro favor, pues no hay freno para que Yahvé salve 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.”
El portador de su armadura le dijo: “Haz todo lo que está en tu corazón. Ve, y he aquí que yo estoy contigo según tu corazón”.
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.
Entonces Jonatán dijo: “He aquí que pasaremos a los hombres y nos revelaremos a ellos.
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 esto: ‘Esperen hasta que lleguemos a ustedes’, nos quedaremos quietos en nuestro lugar 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 esto: “¡Suban a nosotros!”, entonces subiremos, porque el Señor los ha entregado en nuestra mano. Esta será la señal para nosotros”.
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!”
Ambos se revelaron ante la guarnición de los filisteos, y éstos dijeron: “¡Mira que los hebreos salen de los agujeros donde se habían escondido!”
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 respondieron a Jonatán y a su portador de armadura y les dijeron: “¡Suban a nosotros y les mostraremos algo!” Jonatán dijo a su portador de armadura: “Sube detrás de mí, porque Yahvé los ha entregado en manos de 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.
Jonatán subió sobre sus manos y sus pies, y su escudero tras él, y ellos cayeron ante Jonatán; y su escudero los mató tras él.
14 In that first battle the two of them killed about 20 Philistia soldiers in an area that was about half an acre.
Aquella primera matanza que hicieron Jonatán y su portador de armadura fue de unos veinte hombres, dentro de la longitud de medio surco en un acre de tierra.
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.
Hubo un temblor en el campamento, en el campo y en todo el pueblo; la guarnición y los asaltantes también temblaron, y la tierra se estremeció, por lo que hubo un temblor sumamente grande.
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 centinelas de Saúl en Gabaa de Benjamín miraron, y he aquí que la multitud se desvaneció y se dispersó.
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.
Entonces Saúl dijo al pueblo que estaba con él: “Contad ahora y ved quién falta de nosotros.” Cuando hubieron contado, he aquí que Jonatán y su portador de armadura 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 dijo a Ahías: “Trae aquí el arca de Dios”. Pues el arca de Dios estaba con los hijos de Israel en ese momento.
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.”]
Mientras Saúl hablaba con el sacerdote, el tumulto que había en el campamento de los filisteos continuaba y aumentaba, y Saúl le dijo al sacerdote: “¡Retírate!”
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.
Saúl y todo el pueblo que estaba con él se reunieron y vinieron a la batalla; y he aquí que todos se golpeaban con sus espadas en una gran confusión.
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 estaban con los filisteos y que subieron con ellos al campamento desde todos los alrededores, también se volvieron para estar con 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.
Asimismo, todos los hombres de Israel que se habían escondido en la región montañosa de Efraín, cuando oyeron que los filisteos habían huido, también los siguieron con ahínco en la batalla.
23 So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven [town].
Así salvó Yahvé a Israel aquel día, y la batalla pasó junto a 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 los hombres de Israel estaban angustiados, pues Saúl había conjurado al pueblo diciendo: “Maldito el hombre que coma cualquier alimento hasta que anochezca, y me vengue de mis enemigos.” Así que nadie del pueblo probó alimento.
25 The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.
Todo el pueblo entró en el bosque, y había miel en el suelo.
26 They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.
Cuando el pueblo llegó al bosque, he aquí que la miel goteaba, pero nadie se llevó la mano a la boca, porque el pueblo temía el juramento.
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 escuchó cuando su padre ordenó al pueblo con el juramento. Por eso sacó la punta de la vara que tenía en la mano y la mojó en el panal, y se llevó la mano a la boca; y sus ojos se iluminaron.
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].”
Entonces respondió uno del pueblo y dijo: “Tu padre ordenó directamente al pueblo con un juramento, diciendo: “Maldito el hombre que hoy coma comida””. Entonces el pueblo se desmayó.
29 Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey!
Entonces Jonatán dijo: “Mi padre ha turbado la tierra. Por favor, mira cómo se han iluminado mis ojos porque he probado 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!”
¿Cuánto más, si acaso el pueblo hubiera comido hoy libremente del botín de sus enemigos que encontró? Porque ahora no ha habido gran matanza entre los filisteos”.
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.
Aquel día atacaron a los filisteos desde Micmas hasta Ajalón. El pueblo estaba muy desmayado;
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.
y el pueblo se abalanzó sobre el botín, y tomó ovejas, vacas y terneros, y los mató en el suelo; y el pueblo se los comió 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 se lo comunicaron a Saúl, diciendo: “He aquí que el pueblo peca contra Yahvé, pues come carne con la sangre.” Dijo: “Has hecho un trato traicionero. Hazme rodar hoy una gran piedra”.
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.
Saúl dijo: “Dispérsense entre el pueblo y díganle: “Cada uno traiga aquí su buey y cada uno su oveja, y mátenlos aquí y coman, y no pequen contra Yahvé comiendo carne con la sangre”.” Todo el pueblo trajo aquella noche cada uno su buey, y los mató allí.
35 That was the first [time that he built an] altar for Yahweh.
Saúl construyó un altar a Yahvé. Este fue el primer altar que construyó a Yahvé.
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: “Descendamos tras los filisteos de noche y saquemos provecho entre ellos hasta la luz de la mañana. No dejemos a ningún hombre de ellos”. Dijeron: “Haz lo que te parezca bien”. Entonces el sacerdote dijo: “Acerquémonos aquí 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 pidió consejo a Dios: “¿Debo bajar tras los filisteos? ¿Los entregarás en manos de Israel?” Pero aquel día 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.
Saúl dijo: “Acercaos aquí todos los jefes del pueblo, y sabed y ved en quién ha estado hoy este pecado.
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].
Porque vive Yahvé, que salva a Israel, aunque sea en Jonatán, mi hijo, sin duda morirá.” Pero no hubo un solo hombre de todo el pueblo que le respondiera.
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.”
Entonces dijo a todo Israel: “Vosotros estáis de un lado, y yo y Jonatán mi hijo estaremos del otro”. El pueblo le dijo a Saúl: “Haz lo que te parezca bien”.
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.
Por eso Saúl dijo a Yahvé, el Dios de Israel: “Muestra la derecha”. Jonatán y Saúl fueron elegidos, pero el pueblo escapó.
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.
Saúl dijo: “Echad suertes entre mi hijo y yo”. Jonathan 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]?”
Entonces Saúl dijo a Jonatán: “¡Dime qué has hecho!” Jonatán se lo contó y dijo: “Ciertamente probé un poco de miel con la punta de la vara que tenía en la mano, y he de 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 haga eso y más, porque seguramente morirás, 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.
El pueblo dijo a Saúl: “¿Ha de morir Jonatán, que ha obrado esta gran salvación en Israel? ¡Lejos de eso! Vive Yahvé, que no se le caerá ni un pelo de la cabeza, ¡porque hoy ha trabajado con Dios!” Así que el pueblo rescató a Jonatán, para que no muriera.
46 Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes.
Entonces Saúl subió de seguir a los filisteos, y los filisteos se fueron a su lugar.
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.
Cuando Saúl tomó el reino de Israel, luchó contra todos sus enemigos de todas partes: contra Moab, contra los hijos de Amón, contra Edom, contra los reyes de Soba y contra los filisteos. A dondequiera que se dirigía, los derrotaba.
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.
Hizo valentía e hirió a los amalecitas, y libró a Israel de las manos de los que lo 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, Ishvi y Malquisúa, y los nombres de sus dos hijas fueron estos: el nombre de la primogénita, Merab, y el de la menor, Mical.
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 la esposa de Saúl era Ahinoam, hija de Ahimaas. El nombre del capitán de su ejército era Abner, hijo de Ner, tío de Saúl.
51 Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel.
Cis era el padre de Saúl, y Ner el padre de Abner era hijo 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.
Hubo una severa guerra contra los filisteos durante todos los días de Saúl; y cuando éste veía a algún hombre poderoso o valiente, lo tomaba a su servicio.
