< 1 Samuel 21 >
1 David fled from there and went to Nob [city to see] Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw David [because he was afraid that something bad had happened]. He said to David, “Why are you alone? Why have no men come with you?”
Entonces David se acercó a Nob y al sacerdote Ahimelec. Ahimelec se llenó de temor al encontrarse con David y le dijo: ¿Por qué estás solo, sin tener un hombre contigo?
2 David [deceived Ahimelech] by replying, “The king sent me. But he does not want anyone to know anything about what he sent me to do. I have told my men where [they should meet me].
Y David dijo al sacerdote Ahimelec: El rey me dio órdenes y me dijo: No digas nada a nadie sobre el negocio al que te envío y las órdenes que te he dado, y cierto lugar Se ha fijado para los hombres.
3 Now [I want to know], do you have any [food here for me to eat] [IDM]? Could you give me five loaves of bread, or whatever [other food] that you can find?”
Así que ahora, sí tienes aquí cinco tartas de pan, dame lo que que tengas.
4 The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary bread here, but I have some of the sacred bread [that was placed before Yahweh]. Your men may eat it if they have not slept with [EUP] women [recently].”
Entonces el sacerdote, respondiendo a David, dijo: Aquí no tengo pan común, sino que hay pan consagrado; Ojalá los jóvenes se hayan alejado de las mujeres.
5 David replied, “They have not been near women for many days. I do not allow my men to defile themselves by sleeping with women while they are preparing to fight in battles. They must continue to keep themselves acceptable to God when they are on ordinary trips, and [today they have kept themselves acceptable to God] because now we are doing something very special/important.”
Y respondiendo David, dijo al sacerdote: Ciertamente nos han sido ocultas las mujeres; y como se ha hecho antes, cuando salimos a campañas, los jóvenes se purificaron, aunque era un viaje común; cuánto más hoy serán santificados.
6 The only bread that the priest had was the sacred bread that had been placed in Yahweh’s presence [in the Sacred tent]. So the priest gave David some of that bread. On that day the priest had taken those loaves from the table and replaced them with (fresh/newly baked) loaves.
Entonces el sacerdote le dio el pan consagrado, no había otro, solo el pan santo que había sido tomado de delante del Señor, para que se pusiera un nuevo pan reemplazado por el pan caliente del día.
7 It happened that Doeg, from the Edom people-group, was there on that day to make himself acceptable to Yahweh, [and he saw what Ahimelech did]. He was one of Saul’s officials and the leader of Saul’s shepherds.
Aquel día estaba allí cierto hombre de los siervos de Saúl, que se había mantenido ante el Señor; su nombre era Doeg, un edomita, el más fuerte de los mensajeros de Saúl.
8 David asked Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or a sword [that I could use]? The king [appointed us to do] this task [and told us to leave] immediately, so I did not have time to bring any weapons.”
Y David dijo a Ahimelec: ¿No tienes espada o lanza contigo aquí? porque he venido sin mi espada y otras armas, porque los asuntos del rey tenían que hacerse rápidamente.
9 Ahimelech replied, “I have only the sword that belonged to Goliath [the giant] from the Philistia people-group whom you killed in Elah Valley. It is wrapped in a cloth, and is behind the sacred vest [in the Sacred Tent]. If you want it, take it, because I have no other [weapon] here.” David replied, “Truly, there is no other sword that is [as good] as that one! Give it to me.”
Y el sacerdote dijo: La espada de Goliat, el filisteo, a quien mataste en el valle de Ela, está doblada aquí en un paño en la parte posterior del efod, toma eso, si quieres, porque no hay otra espada aquí. Y David dijo: No hay otra espada mejor que esa; damela.
10 [So Ahimelech gave it to him], and David left there. He [and his men] and went to Gath [city in the Philistia region], to stay with King Achish.
Entonces David se levantó y salió huyendo ese día por temor a Saúl, y fue a Aquis, el rey de Gat.
11 But the officers of King Achish [objected to David being there. They] said to King Achish, “This man is [RHQ] David, the king of Israel! He is the one [RHQ] whom [our enemies], the [Israeli] people, [honored by] dancing and singing, ‘Saul has killed thousands [of his enemies], but David has killed tens of thousands of them!’”
Y los criados de Aquis le dijeron: ¿No es éste David, el rey de la tierra? ¿No hicieron canciones sobre él en sus bailes, diciendo: Saúl ha matado a miles y David a decenas de miles?
12 David heard what those men were saying, so he was afraid of [what] King Achish [might do to him].
Y David tomó en serio estas palabras, temiendo a Aquis, el rey de Gat.
13 So he pretended that he was insane. He started scratching on the gates [of the city] and allowing his saliva to run down his beard.
Entonces, cambiando su comportamiento ante ellos, fingiendo locura ante ellos, rascaba las puertas de la ciudad y dejaba que la saliva saliera de su boca hasta su barbilla.
14 Then King Achish said to his men, “Look at this man! He is acting like an insane man! Why have you brought him to me?
Entonces Aquis dijo a sus siervos: ¡Miren! el hombre está claramente fuera de su cabeza; ¿Por qué lo has dejado venir ante mi?
15 Have you brought him because I do not have enough insane men here already [RHQ]? I do not want [RHQ] him to come into my house!”
¿Acaso me hacen falta locos, para que dejen que esta persona venga y haga tales locuras ante mí? ¿Había de entrar tal hombre en mi casa?