1 Samuel 16
1 El Señor le dijo a Samuel: “¿Hasta cuándo llorarás por Saúl, ya que lo he rechazado como rey de Israel? Llena tu cuerno de aceite y vete. Te enviaré a Isaí, el betlemita, porque me he provisto de un rey entre sus hijos”.
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
2 Samuel dijo: “¿Cómo puedo ir? Si Saúl se entera, me matará”. Yahvé dijo: “Toma una novilla contigo y di: ‘He venido a sacrificar a Yahvé’.
And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.
3 Llama a Isaí al sacrificio, y yo te mostraré lo que debes hacer. Me ungirás al que yo te nombre”.
And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.
4 Samuel hizo lo que Yahvé había dicho y llegó a Belén. Los ancianos de la ciudad salieron a su encuentro temblando, y le dijeron: “¿Vienes en paz?”.
And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
5 Dijo: “Tranquilos; he venido a sacrificar a Yahvé. Santificaos y venid conmigo al sacrificio”. Santificó a Isaí y a sus hijos, y los llamó al sacrificio.
And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.
6 Cuando llegaron, miró a Eliab y dijo: “Ciertamente el ungido de Yahvé está delante de él.”
Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
7 Pero Yahvé dijo a Samuel: “No te fijes en su rostro ni en la altura de su estatura, porque lo he rechazado; porque yo no veo como ve el hombre. Porque el hombre mira la apariencia exterior, pero Yahvé mira el corazón”.
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
8 Entonces Isaí llamó a Abinadab y lo hizo pasar ante Samuel. Éste le dijo: “El Señor tampoco ha elegido a éste”.
Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
9 Luego Isaí hizo pasar a Shammah. Dijo: “Tampoco a éste lo ha elegido Yahvé”.
Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
10 Isaí hizo pasar a siete de sus hijos ante Samuel. Samuel dijo a Isaí: “Yahvé no ha elegido a éstos”.
And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.
11 Samuel dijo a Isaí: “¿Están todos tus hijos aquí?” Dijo: “Todavía queda el más joven. He aquí que está guardando las ovejas”. Samuel dijo a Isaí: “Envía a buscarlo, porque no nos sentaremos hasta que venga”.
Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
12 Envió y lo hizo entrar. Ahora era rubicundo, de rostro apuesto y buena apariencia. Yahvé dijo: “¡Levántate! Ungidlo, porque éste es”.
So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
13 Entonces Samuel tomó el cuerno de aceite y lo ungió en medio de sus hermanos. Entonces el Espíritu de Yahvé vino poderosamente sobre David desde aquel día. Samuel se levantó y se fue a Ramá.
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.
14 El Espíritu de Yahvé se apartó de Saúl, y un espíritu maligno de Yahvé lo perturbó.
Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
15 Los servidores de Saúl le dijeron: “Mira, un espíritu maligno de parte de Dios te perturba.
And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.
16 Que nuestro señor ordene ahora a sus siervos que están delante de usted que busquen a un hombre que sepa tocar el arpa. Entonces, cuando el espíritu maligno de Dios esté sobre ti, él tocará con su mano, y tú estarás bien”.
Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.
17 Saúl dijo a sus siervos: “Proporciónenme ahora un hombre que sepa tocar bien y tráiganmelo”.
And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.
18 Uno de los jóvenes respondió y dijo: “He aquí que he visto a un hijo de Isaí, el de Belén, que es hábil en el juego, valiente, hombre de guerra, prudente en la palabra y apuesto; y Yahvé está con él.”
Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.
19 Por eso Saúl envió mensajeros a Isaí y le dijo: “Envíame a tu hijo David, que está con las ovejas”.
So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
20 Isaí tomó un asno cargado de pan, un recipiente de vino y un cabrito, y los envió por medio de su hijo David a Saúl.
And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.
21 David llegó a Saúl y se presentó ante él. Lo amaba mucho, y se convirtió en su portador de la armadura.
And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.
22 Saúl envió a decir a Isaí: “Por favor, deja que David se presente ante mí, porque ha encontrado gracia ante mis ojos”.
And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.
23 Cuando el espíritu de Dios estaba sobre Saúl, David tomó el arpa y tocó con su mano; así Saúl se refrescó y se puso bien, y el espíritu malo se alejó de él.
And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.
