1 Samuel 27
1 Pero David pensó para sí mismo: “Un día de estos Saúl va a atraparme. Creo que será mejor que huya a la tierra de los filisteos. Así Saúl dejará de buscarme por todo Israel y no me atrapará”.
And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.
2 Así que David y los seiscientos hombres que lo acompañaban se pusieron en marcha, cruzaron la frontera y se dirigieron a Aquis, hijo de Maoc, el rey de Gat.
So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 David y sus hombres se instalaron con Aquis en Gat. Todos los hombres tenían a sus familias con ellos, y David tenía a sus dos esposas, Ahinoam de Jezreel y Abigail del Carmelo, la viuda de Nabal.
And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.
4 Cuando Saúl se enteró de que David había huido a Gat, no siguió buscándolo.
And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.
5 David le dijo a Aquis: “Por favor, hazme un favor: asígname un lugar en una de las ciudades del campo para que pueda vivir allí. Yo, tu siervo, no merezco vivir en la ciudad real contigo”.
Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.
6 Aquis le dio de inmediato Siclag, y la ciudad sigue perteneciendo a los reyes de Judá hasta el día de hoy.
So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.
7 Y David vivió en el país de los filisteos durante un año y cuatro meses.
And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.
8 Durante ese tiempo, David y sus hombres hicieron incursiones contra los guesuritas, los girzitas y los amalecitas. Estos pueblos habían vivido en la tierra hasta Sur y Egipto desde tiempos antiguos.
And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.
9 Cuando David atacaba un lugar, no dejaba a nadie con vida. Tomaba los rebaños y las manadas, los asnos, los camellos y la ropa. Luego regresaba a Aquis.
And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.
10 Cuando Aquis le preguntaba: “¿Dónde has estado asaltando hoy?” David respondía: “En el desierto de Judá”, o “el desierto de Jerameel”, o “el desierto de los ceneos”.
And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.
11 David no dejó a nadie con vida que pudiera ir a Gat porque pensó: “Podrían delatarnos y decir: ‘David hizo esto’”. Así hizo todo el tiempo que vivió en el país de los filisteos.
Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.
12 Aquis confió en David y pensaba: “Se ha hecho tan ofensivo para su pueblo, los israelitas, que tendrá que servirme para siempre”.
And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.
