1 Samuel 2
1 Ana oró y dijo, “¡Mi corazón se regocija en Yahvé! Mi cuerno está exaltado en Yahvé. Mi boca se ensancha sobre mis enemigos, porque me alegro de tu salvación.
And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.
2 No hay nadie tan santo como Yahvé, porque no hay nadie más que tú, ni hay ninguna roca como nuestro Dios.
No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God but you: there is no Rock like our God.
3 “No sigas hablando con tanto orgullo. No dejes que la arrogancia salga de tu boca, porque Yahvé es un Dios de conocimiento. Por él se pesan las acciones.
Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
4 “Los arcos de los poderosos están rotos. Los que tropezaron están armados de fuerza.
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
5 Los que estaban llenos se han alquilado por el pan. Los que tenían hambre están satisfechos. Sí, la estéril ha dado a luz a siete. La que tiene muchos hijos languidece.
Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.
The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up. (Sheol h7585)
7 Yahvé empobrece y enriquece. Él baja, también levanta.
The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
8 Él levanta a los pobres del polvo. Él levanta al necesitado del estercolero para que se sienten con los príncipes y heredar el trono de la gloria. Porque las columnas de la tierra son de Yahvé. Ha puesto el mundo sobre ellos.
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
9 Él guardará los pies de sus santos, pero los malvados serán silenciados en la oscuridad; porque ningún hombre prevalecerá por su fuerza.
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.
10 Los que luchan contra Yahvé serán despedazados. Él tronará contra ellos en el cielo. “Yahvé juzgará los confines de la tierra. Dará fuerza a su rey, y exaltar el cuerno de su ungido”.
Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heaven: the Lord will be judge of the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, lifting up the horn of him on whom the holy oil has been put.
11 Elcana se fue a Ramá, a su casa. El niño sirvió a Yahvé ante el sacerdote Elí.
Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.
12 Los hijos de Elí eran hombres malvados. No conocían a Yahvé.
Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.
13 La costumbre de los sacerdotes con el pueblo era que cuando alguien ofrecía un sacrificio, el siervo del sacerdote se acercaba, mientras la carne estaba hirviendo, con un tenedor de tres dientes en la mano;
And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;
14 y lo clavaba en la sartén, o caldera, o caldero. El sacerdote tomaba para sí todo lo que el tenedor sacaba. Esto lo hacían con todos los israelitas que llegaban allí a Silo.
This he put into the pot, and everything which came up on the hook the priest took for himself. This they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
15 Antes de quemar la grasa, se acercaba el criado del sacerdote y le decía al hombre que sacrificaba: “Da carne para asar para el sacerdote, porque no aceptará de ti carne hervida, sino cruda.”
And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked.
16 Si el hombre le decía: “Que se queme primero la grasa, y luego toma la cantidad que desee tu alma”, entonces le decía: “No, pero me la darás ahora; y si no, la tomaré por la fuerza”.
And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.
17 El pecado de los jóvenes fue muy grande ante Yahvé, pues los hombres despreciaron la ofrenda de Yahvé.
And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.
18 Pero Samuel ministraba ante Yahvé, siendo un niño, vestido con un efod de lino.
But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.
19 Además, su madre le hizo un pequeño manto, y se lo traía de año en año cuando subía con su esposo a ofrecer el sacrificio anual.
And his mother made him a little robe and took it to him every year when she came with her husband for the year's offering.
20 Elí bendijo a Elcana y a su esposa, y dijo: “Que Yahvé les dé descendencia de esta mujer por la petición que se le hizo a Yahvé.” Luego se fueron a su casa.
And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.
21 Yahvé visitó a Ana, y ella concibió y dio a luz tres hijos y dos hijas. El niño Samuel creció ante Yahvé.
And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.
22 Elí era ya muy viejo, y oyó todo lo que sus hijos hacían a todo Israel, y cómo se acostaban con las mujeres que servían a la puerta de la Tienda de las Reuniones.
Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.
23 Les dijo: “¿Por qué hacéis tales cosas? Porque me he enterado de vuestros malos tratos por parte de todo este pueblo.
And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.
24 ¡No, hijos míos, porque no es una buena noticia lo que oigo! Ustedes hacen desobedecer al pueblo de Yahvé.
No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
25 Si un hombre peca contra otro, Dios lo juzgará; pero si un hombre peca contra Yahvé, ¿quién intercederá por él?” No obstante, no escucharon la voz de su padre, porque Yahvé pretendía matarlos.
If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.
26 El niño Samuel crecía y aumentaba el favor de Yahvé y de los hombres.
And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.
27 Un hombre de Dios se acercó a Elí y le dijo: “Yahvé dice: ‘¿Acaso me revelé a la casa de tu padre cuando estaban en Egipto en la esclavitud de la casa del faraón?
And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?
28 ¿Acaso no lo elegí de entre todas las tribus de Israel para que fuera mi sacerdote, para que subiera a mi altar, quemara incienso y llevara un efod ante mí? ¿No le di a la casa de su padre todas las ofrendas de los hijos de Israel hechas por el fuego?
Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?
29 ¿Por qué pateáis mi sacrificio y mi ofrenda, que yo he ordenado en mi morada, y honráis a vuestros hijos por encima de mí, para engordaros con lo mejor de todas las ofrendas de Israel, mi pueblo?’
Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?
30 “Por tanto, Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, dice: ‘Ciertamente dije que tu casa y la casa de tu padre andarían delante de mí para siempre’. Pero ahora Yahvé dice: ‘Lejos de mí; porque a los que me honran los honraré, y a los que me desprecian los maldeciré.
For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.
31 He aquí, vienen los días en que cortaré tu brazo y el brazo de la casa de tu padre, para que no haya un anciano en tu casa.
See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;
32 Verás la aflicción de mi morada, en toda la riqueza que daré a Israel. No habrá un anciano en tu casa para siempre.
And never again will there be an old man in your family.
33 El hombre tuyo que no corte de mi altar consumirá tus ojos y entristecerá tu corazón. Todo el aumento de tu casa morirá en la flor de su edad.
But one man of your family will not be cut off by my hand, and his eyes will be made dark, and grief will be in his heart: and all the offspring of your family will come to their end by the sword of men.
34 Esta será la señal que te llegará sobre tus dos hijos, sobre Ofni y Finees: en un solo día morirán los dos.
And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.
35 Yo me levantaré un sacerdote fiel que hará lo que está en mi corazón y en mi mente. Le construiré una casa segura. Él caminará delante de mi ungido para siempre.
And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.
36 Sucederá que todos los que queden en tu casa vendrán y se inclinarán ante él por una pieza de plata y un pan, y dirán: “Por favor, ponme en uno de los oficios de los sacerdotes, para que pueda comer un bocado de pan””.
Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.
