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 came to Ziklag on the third day, that, the Amalekites, had made a raid into the South, and into 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 who were therein, from small even unto great, they had not put one to death, —but had driven them forth, and gone 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.
So, when David and his men came to the city, lo! it was burnt with fire, —and, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.
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 strength 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, the two wives of David, had been taken captive, —Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, 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 in sore distress, for the people had spoken of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were embittered, every man for his own sons and for his own daughters, —but David emboldened himself in Yahweh his God.
7 David fue a ver al sacerdote Abiatar, hijo de Ahimelec, y le dijo: “Tráeme el efod”. Y Abiatar se lo trajo.
Then said David to Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, Do bring near me, I pray thee, the ephod. So Abiathar brought near the ephod, unto 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 enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? shall I overtake it? And he said unto him: Pursue, for thou shalt, overtake, and thou shalt, rescue.
9 David y seiscientos de sus hombres partieron hacia el valle de Besor.
So David went, he, and the six hundred men, who were with him, and they came in as far as the ravine of Besor, —where, they who had to be 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, —but the two hundred men stayed, because they were too wearied to cross over the ravine of 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 took him unto David, —and gave him food, 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 cakes of raisins, and, when he had eaten, his spirit came back unto him, —for he had neither eaten food, nor drunk 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.
Then David said to him—Whose art thou? and whence art thou? And he said, A young man of Egypt, am I, servant to an Amalekite, and my lord left me behind, because I fell sick, three days ago.
14 Asaltamos a los queretanos en el Neguev, así como la parte que pertenece a Judá y el Neguev de Caleb. También quemamos Siclag”.
As for us, we invaded the South of the Cherithites, and against that which pertaineth unto Judah, and against the South of Caleb, —and, Ziklag, burned we 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 unto him, Wilt thou bring me down unto this troop? And he said—Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not put me to death, neither wilt thou surrender me into the hand of my lord, and I will bring thee down unto 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.
So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land, —eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which 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 closing twilight even unto the evening of the next day, —and there escaped not of them a man, 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 rescued all whom the Amalekites had taken, —his two wives also, did David rescue;
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 missing to them—whether small or great, whether spoil, or sons or daughters, or, any thing which they had taken unto themselves, —the whole, did David recover.
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, —they drave them before those other cattle, and they 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 unto the two hundred men, who had been too wearied to follow David, and whom they had suffered to remain at the ravine of Besor, —and they came forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him, and when David came near unto the people, they enquired of his success.
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 responded every man who was bad and abandoned, from among the men who had been with David, and said—Because they went not with me there shall not be given them of the spoil that we have rescued, —save, to every man, his wife and his children, let them put them forth, then, and go.
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 Yahweh hath given to 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”.
Who indeed, could hearken unto you, in this mutter? Surely, like the share of him that went down into the battle, even, so, shall be the share of him that remained by the stores—alike, shall they share.
25 David hizo que esta fuera la regla y norma para Israel desde ese día hasta ahora.
And so it came to pass, from that day forward, that he appointed it, for a statute and for a custom unto Israel, until 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, unto his friends, saying, —Lo! for you, a blessing, out of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh:
27 David lo envió a los que vivían en Betuel, Ramot Néguev, Jattir,
to them who were in Bethel, and to them who were in Ramoth of the South, and to them who were in Jattir,
28 Aroer, Sifmot, Eshtemoa,
and to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa,
29 Racal, y las ciudades de los jeraelitas y ceneos,
and to them who were in Racal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerameelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites,
30 Hormah, Bor-ashan, Athach,
and to them who were in Hormah, and to them who were in Cor-ashan, and to them who were in Athach,
31 Hebrón: todos los lugares a los que David y sus hombres habían ido.
and to them who were in Hebron, —and to all the places where David had been to and fro, he and his men.
