1 Samuel 30

1 Tres días después, David y sus hombres llegaron de nuevo a Siclag. Unos amalecitas habían hecho una incursión en el Néguev y en Siclag. Habían atacado Siclag y la habían incendiado.

And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

2 Habían capturado a las mujeres y a todos los demás allí, jóvenes y ancianos. No habían matado a nadie, pero se llevaron a todos con ellos al marcharse.

and had taken captive the women and all that were therein, both small and great; they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.

3 Cuando David y sus hombres volvieron a la ciudad, la encontraron quemada hasta los cimientos, y a sus mujeres e hijos capturados.

And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

4 David y sus hombres lloraron a gritos hasta no poder más.

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

5 Las dos esposas de David también habían sido tomadas como prisioneras: Ahinoam, de Jezreel, y Abigail, la viuda de Nabal, de Carmel.

And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

6 David estaba en un gran apuro, porque los hombres estaban tan molestos por la pérdida de sus hijos que empezaron a hablar de apedrearlo. Pero confiando en el Señor, su Dios,

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

7 David fue a ver al sacerdote Abiatar, hijo de Ahimelec, y le dijo: “Tráeme el efod”. Y Abiatar se lo trajo.

And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech: 'I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod.' And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

8 Entonces David le preguntó al Señor: “¿Debo perseguir a estos asaltantes? ¿Los alcanzaré?” “Sí, persíguelos”, contestó el Señor, “porque definitivamente los alcanzarás y rescatarás a los prisioneros”.

And David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them?' And He answered him: 'Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.'

9 David y seiscientos de sus hombres partieron hacia el valle de Besor.

So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

10 Doscientos de ellos se quedaron allí porque estaban demasiado cansados para cruzar el valle, mientras que David siguió adelante con cuatrocientos hombres.

But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

11 Se encontraron con un egipcio en el campo y se lo llevaron a David. Le dieron de comer y de beber.

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;

12 También le dieron un trozo de una torta de higos y dos tortas de pasas. Se los comió y se recuperó, porque llevaba tres días y tres noches sin comer ni beber.

and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins; and when he had eaten, his spirit came back to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

13 “¿De quién eres esclavo y de dónde vienes?” le preguntó David. “Soy egipcio – respondió –, esclavo de un amalecita. Mi amo me abandonó hace tres días cuando me enfermé.

And David said unto him: 'To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou?' And he said: 'I am a young Egyptian, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

14 Asaltamos a los queretanos en el Neguev, así como la parte que pertenece a Judá y el Neguev de Caleb. También quemamos Siclag”.

We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.'

15 “¿Puedes guiarme hasta esos asaltantes?” preguntó David. “Si me juras por Dios que no me matarás ni me entregarás a mi amo, entonces te llevaré hasta ellos”, respondió el hombre.

And David said to him: 'Wilt thou bring me down to this troop?' And he said: 'Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.'

16 Entonces llevó a David hasta donde los amalecitas, quienes estaban esparcidos por todo el lugar, comiendo, bebiendo y bailando debido al gran botín que habían tomado de las tierras de los filisteos y de Judá.

And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and feasting, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

17 David los atacó desde el atardecer hasta la noche siguiente. Nadie escapó, excepto cuatrocientos hombres que lograron huir, montados en camellos.

And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.

18 David recuperó todo lo que los amalecitas habían tomado, incluidas sus dos esposas.

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

19 Todo fue contabilizado: todos los adultos y niños, así como todo el botín que los amalecitas habían tomado. David recuperó todo.

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them; David brought back all.

20 También recuperó todos los rebaños y manadas. Sus hombres los llevaron por delante del resto del ganado, gritando: “¡Este es el botín de David!”.

And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said: 'This is David's spoil.'

21 Cuando David recuperó a los doscientos hombres que habían estado demasiado cansados para seguir con él desde el valle de Besor, salieron a recibirlo a él y a los hombres que lo acompañaban. Cuando David se acercó a los hombres para saludarlos,

And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

22 todos los hombres desagradables y buenos para nada de los que habían ido con David dijeron: “Ellos no estaban con nosotros, así que no compartiremos el botín que tomamos, excepto para devolverles a sus esposas e hijos. Que los tomen y se vayan”.

Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those that went with David, and said: 'Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.'

23 Pero David intervino diciendo: “No, hermanos míos, no deben hacer esto con lo que el Señor nos ha dado. Él nos ha protegido y nos ha entregado a los asaltantes que nos habían atacado.

Then said David: 'Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

24 ¿Quién los va a escuchar cuando digan tales cosas? La parte que reciban los que fueron a la batalla será la misma que la de los que se quedaron para guardar las provisiones”.

And who will hearken unto you in this matter? for as is the share of him that goeth down to the battle, so shall be the share of him that tarrieth by the baggage; they shall share alike.'

25 David hizo que esta fuera la regla y norma para Israel desde ese día hasta ahora.

And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

26 Cuando David regresó a Siclag, envió parte del botín a cada uno de sus amigos entre los ancianos de Judá, diciendo: “Aquí tienen un regalo para ustedes del botín de los enemigos del Señor”.

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying: 'Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD';

27 David lo envió a los que vivían en Betuel, Ramot Néguev, Jattir,

to them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir;

28 Aroer, Sifmot, Eshtemoa,

and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa;

29 Racal, y las ciudades de los jeraelitas y ceneos,

and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites;

30 Hormah, Bor-ashan, Athach,

and to them that were in Hormah, and to them that were in Bor-ashan, and to them that were in Athach;

31 Hebrón: todos los lugares a los que David y sus hombres habían ido.

and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.