1 Samuel 12
1 Samuel dijo a todo Israel: “He aquí que he escuchado vuestra voz en todo lo que me habéis dicho, y he puesto un rey sobre vosotros.
And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.
2 Ahora, he aquí que el rey camina delante de ustedes. Yo soy viejo y canoso. He aquí que mis hijos están contigo. He caminado delante de ti desde mi juventud hasta hoy.
And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.
3 Aquí estoy. Atestigüen contra mí ante el Señor y ante su ungido. ¿De quién es el buey que he tomado? ¿De quién he tomado el asno? ¿A quién he defraudado? ¿A quién he oprimido? ¿De quién he tomado un soborno para que me ciegue los ojos? Te lo devolveré”.
Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
4 Dijeron: “No nos has defraudado, ni nos has oprimido, ni has tomado nada de la mano de nadie”.
And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
5 Les dijo: “Yahvé es testigo contra vosotros, y su ungido es testigo hoy, de que no habéis encontrado nada en mi mano.” Dijeron: “Él es testigo”.
Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.
6 Samuel dijo al pueblo: “Es Yahvé quien designó a Moisés y a Aarón, y quien sacó a vuestros padres de la tierra de Egipto.
And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
7 Ahora, pues, quédense quietos, para que yo pueda alegar ante Yahvé todos los actos justos de Yahvé, que hizo con ustedes y con sus padres.
Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.
8 “Cuando Jacob entró en Egipto, y vuestros padres clamaron a Yahvé, entonces Yahvé envió a Moisés y a Aarón, quienes sacaron a vuestros padres de Egipto y los hicieron habitar en este lugar.
When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your fathers came up to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your fathers out of Egypt, and he put them into this place.
9 Pero ellos se olvidaron de Yahvé, su Dios, y él los vendió en manos de Sísara, capitán del ejército de Hazor, y en manos de los filisteos, y en manos del rey de Moab; y pelearon contra ellos.
But they were false to the Lord their God, and he gave them up into the hands of Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab, who made war against them.
10 Ellos clamaron a Yahvé y dijeron: “Hemos pecado, porque hemos abandonado a Yahvé y hemos servido a los baales y a Astarot; pero líbranos ahora de la mano de nuestros enemigos, y te serviremos”.
Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.
11 Yahvé envió a Jerobaal, a Bedán, a Jefté y a Samuel, y os libró de la mano de vuestros enemigos de todas partes, y vivisteis seguros.
So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.
12 “Cuando viste que Nahas, el rey de los hijos de Amón, venía contra ti, me dijiste: ‘No, sino que un rey reinará sobre nosotros’, cuando Yahvé, tu Dios, era tu rey.
And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.
13 Ahora, pues, vean al rey que han elegido y al que han pedido. He aquí que el Señor ha puesto un rey sobre ustedes.
Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.
14 Si temes a Yahvé, le sirves y escuchas su voz, y no te rebelas contra el mandamiento de Yahvé, tanto tú como el rey que reina sobre ti son seguidores de Yahvé vuestro Dios.
If in the fear of the Lord you are his servants, hearing his voice and not going against the orders of the Lord, but being true to the Lord your God, you and the king ruling over you, then all will be well:
15 Pero si no escuchan la voz de Yahvé y se rebelan contra el mandamiento de Yahvé, la mano de Yahvé estará contra ustedes, como lo estuvo contra sus padres.
But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord, but go against his orders, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and against your king for your destruction, as it was against your fathers.
16 “Ahora, pues, quédense quietos y vean esta gran cosa que el Señor va a hacer ante sus ojos.
Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.
17 ¿No es hoy la cosecha de trigo? Invocaré a Yahvé, para que envíe truenos y lluvia; y ustedes sabrán y verán que es grande la maldad que han hecho ante los ojos de Yahvé, al pedir un rey.”
Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder and rain: so that you may see and be conscious of your great sin which you have done in the eyes of the Lord in desiring a king for yourselves.
18 Entonces Samuel invocó a Yahvé, y Yahvé envió truenos y lluvia aquel día. Entonces todo el pueblo temió mucho a Yahvé y a Samuel.
So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.
19 Todo el pueblo dijo a Samuel: “Ruega por tus siervos a Yahvé, tu Dios, para que no muramos, pues hemos añadido a todos nuestros pecados esta maldad de pedir un rey.”
And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.
20 Samuel dijo al pueblo: “No tengan miedo. Ciertamente han hecho todo este mal; pero no se aparten de seguir a Yahvé, sino que sirvan a Yahvé con todo su corazón.
Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;
21 No se aparten para ir en pos de cosas vanas que no pueden aprovechar ni liberar, porque son vanas.
And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.
22 Porque Yahvé no abandonará a su pueblo por causa de su gran nombre, porque a Yahvé le ha gustado hacer de ustedes un pueblo para sí mismo.
For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.
23 Además, en cuanto a mí, lejos de pecar contra Yahvé al dejar de orar por ustedes, los instruiré en el camino bueno y correcto.
And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.
24 Sólo temed a Yahvé y servidle de verdad con todo vuestro corazón, pues considerad las grandes cosas que ha hecho por vosotros.
Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.
25 Pero si sigues haciendo el mal, serás consumido, tanto tú como tu rey”.
But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king.
