1 Samuel 14
1 Un día dijo Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, a su joven escudero: “Anda, pasémonos al pueblo de los filisteos, que está allí del otro lado”; pero no dijo nada a su padre.
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].
2 Saúl se encontraba en la extremidad de Gabaá, debajo del granado de Migrón; y la gente que tenía consigo eran unos seiscientos hombres.
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.
3 Aquías, hijo de Aquitob, hermano de Icabod, hijo de Fineés, hijo de Helí, sacerdote de Yahvé en Silo, vestía el efod. Aquella gente no sabía que Jonatán se había ido.
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].
4 Entre los caminos por donde Jonatán intentaba pasar al puesto de los filisteos, había una roca puntiaguda de este lado, y otra del lado opuesto, siendo el nombre de la primera Boses, y el nombre de la segunda Sene.
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.
5 Una de las rocas se alzaba por la parte norte, frente a Micmás, y la otra por la parte sur, frente a Gabaá.
One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba [town].
6 Dijo Jonatán a su escudero: “Ven, pasemos al puesto de esos incircuncisos, quizá obrará Yahvé por nosotros; porque a Yahvé nada le impide salvar con mucha o con poca gente.”
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.”
7 Le contestó su escudero: “Haz todo lo que te gustare, y vete a donde quieras. He aquí que yo estoy contigo, a tu disposición.”
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.”
8 Dijo entonces Jonatán: “Mira, vamos a pasar hacia aquellos hombres y nos mostraremos a ellos.
Then Jonathan said, “Okay, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistia army is, and allow them to see us.
9 Si nos dicen: «Quedaos quietos hasta que lleguemos a vosotros», nos quedaremos en nuestro lugar y no subiremos hasta ellos.
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.
10 Pero si dicen: «Subid hacia nosotros», subiremos; porque Yahvé los ha entregado en nuestras manos. Esto nos servirá de señal.”
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.”
11 Se mostraron los dos al puesto de los filisteos. Y dijeron los filisteos: “Mirad cómo los hebreos salen de las cavernas donde se habían escondido.”
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!”
12 Y dirigiéndose los hombres del puesto a Jonatán y a su escudero, dijeron: “Subid hacia nosotros y os daremos una lección.” Dijo entonces Jonatán a su escudero: “Sube en pos de mí, porque Yahvé los ha entregado en manos de Israel.”
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!”
13 Y subió Jonatán, trepando con manos y pies, seguido de su escudero; y (los filisteos) cayeron delante de Jonatán; y su escudero hizo estragos detrás de él.
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.
14 En esta primera matanza que hicieron Jonatán y su escudero, murieron unos veinte hombres, en un espacio como de media yugada.
In that first battle the two of them killed about 20 Philistia soldiers in an area that was about half an acre.
15 Y se produjo espanto en el campamento, en el campo y entre toda la gente. Se llenaron de pavor las tropas del puesto, y también las bandas de pillaje. Hasta la tierra tembló, pues fue un espanto de Dios.
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.
16 Miraron los centinelas de Saúl que estaban en Gabaá de Benjamín, y vieron una muchedumbre que se disolvía y corría por todos lados.
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.
17 Dijo, pues, Saúl al pueblo que estaba con él: “Pasad revista, y ved quién ha salido de entre nosotros.” Pasó revista, y resultó que faltaban Jonatán y su escudero.
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.
18 Dijo entonces Saúl a Ahías: “Trae aquí el Arca de Dios”; porque el Arca de Dios se hallaba en aquel tiempo entre los israelitas.
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.
19 Y mientras Saúl hablaba con el sacerdote, iba creciendo cada vez más el tumulto que había en el campamento de los filisteos, y Saúl dijo al sacerdote: “Retira tu mano.”
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.”]
20 Y se juntaron Saúl y toda la gente que le acompañaba, y se lanzaron al combate; y he aquí que la espada de cada uno (de los filisteos) se volvía contra el otro, siendo grandísima la confusión.
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.
21 También aquellos hebreos que antes estaban con los filisteos y con ellos habían subido al campamento, vinieron a juntarse con los de Israel que estaban con Saúl y Jonatán.
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.
22 Y todos los hombres de Israel que se habían escondido en la montaña de Efraím, luego que supieron que los filisteos habían huido, se agregaron y tomaron parte con ellos en la batalla.
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.
23 Así Yahvé salvó en aquel día a Israel; y la batalla siguió hasta Betaven.
So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven [town].
24 Los israelitas estaban exhaustos aquel día; porque Saúl había conjurado al pueblo, diciendo: “¡Maldito aquel que probare bocado antes de la tarde, hasta que yo haya tomado venganza de mis enemigos!” Y nadie del pueblo probó bocado.
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.
25 Llegó entonces todo el pueblo a un bosque donde había miel en el suelo.
The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.
26 Entró la gente en el bosque, y vio la miel que corría por el suelo, pero no hubo quien se llevase la mano a la boca; porque el pueblo temía el juramento.
They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.
27 Pero Jonatán que no había oído cuando su padre juramentó al pueblo, alargó la punta del bastón que tenía en la mano, la metió en un panal de miel, y se llevó la mano a la boca, con lo cual le brillaron los ojos.
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.
28 Entonces tomó la palabra uno del pueblo y dijo: “Tu padre ha obligado al pueblo con juramento, diciendo: ‘¡Maldito aquel que hoy probare bocado!’” Y el pueblo estaba ya exhausto.
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].”
29 Respondió Jonatán: “Mi padre pone en peligro el país. Mirad cómo brillan mis ojos por haber gustado un poco de esta miel.
Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey!
30 ¡Ojalá que el pueblo hubiera comido hoy del despojo de sus enemigos que han encontrado! ¿No sería entonces más grave la derrota de los filisteos?”
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!”
31 Derrotaron aquel día a los filisteos desde Micmás hasta Ayalón; pero estaba el pueblo sumamente extenuado.
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.
32 Y se arrojó el pueblo sobre el botín, agarraron ovejas, bueyes y novillos. Los degollaron en el suelo, y comió el pueblo carne con sangre.
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.
33 Se le dijo a Saúl: “He aquí que el pueblo peca contra Yahvé, comiendo carne con sangre.” El respondió: “Habéis prevaricado. Haced rodar aquí una piedra grande.”
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!”
34 Y agregó Saúl: “Dispersaos entre el pueblo y decidles que cada uno me traiga su buey, y cada uno su oveja, y degolladlos aquí; después podréis comer. Así no pecaréis contra Yahvé, comiendo (carne) con sangre.” Y todo el pueblo, cada uno de ellos, trajo aquella noche al buey que tenía a mano, y los degollaron allí.
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.
35 Y Saúl edificó un altar a Yahvé, siendo este el primer altar que edificó a Yahvé.
That was the first [time that he built an] altar for Yahweh.
36 Después dijo Saúl: “Descendamos esta noche en pos de los filisteos, para saquearlos hasta que raye el alba, y no dejemos de ellos hombre con vida.” Respondieron: “Haz cuanto bien te parezca.” Pero el sacerdote dijo: “Consultemos aquí a Dios.”
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].”
37 Preguntó, pues, Saúl a Dios: “¿Descenderé contra los filisteos? ¿Los entregarás en manos de Israel?” Mas (Dios) no le respondió aquel día.
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.
38 Entonces dijo Saúl: “Venid aquí todos los príncipes del pueblo: averiguad y ved cuál sea el pecado que se ha cometido hoy.
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.
39 Pues ¡vive Yahvé, el Libertador de Israel, que aunque tenga (la culpa) Jonatán mi hijo, morirá sin remisión!” Y entre todo el pueblo no hubo quien le respondiese.
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].
40 Entonces dijo a todo Israel “Estaos vosotros de un lado, y yo y Jonatán, mi hijo, estaremos del otro.” Y dijo el pueblo a Saúl: “Haz como bien te parezca.”
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.”
41 Dijo, pues, Saúl a Yahvé, el Dios de Israel: “Da Tú la decisión.” Y fueron sorteados Jonatán y Saúl, mas el pueblo salió libre.
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.
42 Luego dijo Saúl: “Echad suerte entre mí y mi hijo Jonatán.” Y cayó la suerte sobre Jonatán.
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.
43 Dijo, pues, Saúl a Jonatán: “Dime, ¿qué es lo que has hecho?” Y se lo contó Jonatán, diciendo: “Con la punta del bastón que tenía en mi mano, he gustado un poco de miel; ¡y por eso he de morir!”
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]?”
44 Dijo Saúl: “Hágame Dios esto y eso otro, Jonatán, si tú no mueres sin remedio.”
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!”
45 Pero el pueblo dijo a Saúl: “¿Jonatán ha de morir, el que ha obrado en Israel esta tan grande liberación? ¡No lo permita Dios! ¡Vive Yahvé que no caerá a tierra un solo cabello de su cabeza, pues con Dios ha obrado en este día!” Salvó así el pueblo a Jonatán, de manera que no murió.
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.
46 Y volvió Saúl, desistiendo de la persecución de los filisteos, los cuales se fueron a su tierra.
Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes.
47 Después que Saúl hubo ocupado el trono en Israel, hizo guerra contra todos sus enemigos que vivían al contorno: contra los moabitas, contra los hijos de Ammón, contra los idumeos, contra los reyes de Soba y contra los filisteos; y a dondequiera que se volvía, regresaba vencedor.
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.
48 Mostró valentía, derrotó a los amalecitas y libró a Israel de manos de los que lo despojaban.
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.
49 Los hijos de Saúl eran Jonatán, Jesuí y Melquisúa; sus dos hijas se llamaban: la mayor, Merob, y la menor, Micol.
Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malchishua. He also had two daughters, Merab and her younger sister Michal.
50 La mujer de Saúl se llamaba Ahinoam, hija de Ahimaas. El nombre del jefe del ejército era Abner, hijo de Ner, tío de Saúl.
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.
51 Porque Kis, padre de Saúl, y Ner, padre de Abner, eran hijos de Abiel.
Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel.
52 Durante toda la vida de Saúl hubo violenta guerra contra los filisteos, y cuando Saúl veía un hombre esforzado y valiente, lo agregó a sus filas.
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.
