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.
Then Hannah prayed, saying, “I rejoice in [what] you, [, have done]. I am strong [MET] because I belong to you. I (laugh at/ridicule) my enemies, because you, Yahweh have rescued me [from being taunted by them].
2 No hay nadie tan santo como Yahvé, porque no hay nadie más que tú, ni hay ninguna roca como nuestro Dios.
There is no one who is holy like you, Yahweh. There is no other god like you. There is no one like you, our God, who can protect us [as though you were putting us beneath] a huge rock [where we can hide from danger].
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.
[You people who oppose God], stop boasting! Yahweh is a God who knows [everything], and he will evaluate/judge everyone’s actions. So don’t speak so arrogantly!
4 “Los arcos de los poderosos están rotos. Los que tropezaron están armados de fuerza.
Yahweh, you break the bows/weapons of mighty soldiers, and you give strength to those who stumble [because of being weak].
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.
Many people who previously had plenty to eat, now have to work for other people [to earn money] to buy food, but many who were always hungry are not hungry any more. The woman who did not have any children before, now has given birth to many/seven children, and the woman who had many children before, now is very lonely [because they have all died].
Yahweh, you cause some people to die, and you restore some people who are almost dead. For some people, [it seems that they will soon] go to where the dead people are, but you cause them to become healthy again. (Sheol h7585)
7 Yahvé empobrece y enriquece. Él baja, también levanta.
Yahweh, you cause some people to be poor and you cause some people to be rich, you humble some people and you honor some people.
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.
[Sometimes] you lift poor people up so that they are no longer [despondent, sitting in the dust, ] or sitting on heaps of ashes; you cause them to sit next to princes; you cause them to sit on chairs/thrones where people who are highly honored sit. Yahweh, you are the one who laid the foundations of the earth, and you have set the whole world on those foundations.
9 Él guardará los pies de sus santos, pero los malvados serán silenciados en la oscuridad; porque ningún hombre prevalecerá por su fuerza.
You will protect your loyal/faithful people [SYN], but you will cause the wicked to die [EUP] and descend to the dark [place where dead people are]. We do not defeat [our enemies] by our own strength;
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”.
Yahweh, you will break into pieces those who oppose you. You will cause thunder in the sky to show that you (oppose/are angry with) them. Yahweh, you will judge [people everywhere, even those who live in] the most remote places on the earth. You will give strength to the king whom you will appoint, and give him great power [over his enemies].”
11 Elcana se fue a Ramá, a su casa. El niño sirvió a Yahvé ante el sacerdote Elí.
Then Elkanah [and his family] returned to Ramah, but Samuel, the little boy, stayed to help Eli the priest serve Yahweh.
12 Los hijos de Elí eran hombres malvados. No conocían a Yahvé.
Eli’s two [, who were also priests, ] were very wicked. They did not revere (OR, respect/obey) Yahweh.
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;
While the people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices [in the huge pot at the temple], one of Eli’s sons, [would send his servant to come with a large three-pronged fork in his hand].
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.
[He] would stick the fork into [the meat in] the pot, and whatever meat fastened onto the fork, he would take [and give it] to the priest who sent him. Eli’s sons did this to all the Israeli people who came to Shiloh [to offer sacrifices].
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.”
Furthermore, before the fat [on the meat] was [cut off and] and burned [as a sacrifice to Yahweh], the servant of the priest would [sometimes] come to the man who was making the sacrifice and say to him, “Give me some meat [now to take] to the priest for him to roast! He wants raw meat; he does not want boiled meat.”
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”.
If the man said to the servant, “Let the priests [cut off and] burn the fat first; then you can take what you want,” the servant would reply, “No, give it to me now; if you do not give it to me, I will take it forcefully!”
17 El pecado de los jóvenes fue muy grande ante Yahvé, pues los hombres despreciaron la ofrenda de Yahvé.
Yahweh considered that the young [sons of Eli] were committing a very great sin, because they were treating very disrespectfully the offerings that were being given to Yahweh.
18 Pero Samuel ministraba ante Yahvé, siendo un niño, vestido con un efod de lino.
As for Samuel, who was still a very young boy, he continued to do work for Yahweh, wearing a little sacred linen vest [like the Supreme Priest wore].
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.
Each year his mother made a [new] little robe for him and took it to him when she went up [to Shiloh] with her husband to offer a sacrifice.
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.
Then Eli would [ask God to] bless Elkanah and his wife, and he would say to Elkanah, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will enable your wife to give birth to other children, to take the place of the one whom she dedicated to Yahweh.” Then Elkanah and his family would return home.
21 Yahvé visitó a Ana, y ella concibió y dio a luz tres hijos y dos hijas. El niño Samuel creció ante Yahvé.
And Yahweh was very kind to Hannah, and enabled her to give birth to three [other] sons and two daughters. Their son Samuel grew up while he was doing work for Yahweh [in the Sacred Tent].
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.
Eli became very old. He often heard about all the [evil] things that his sons were doing to the Israeli people. He heard that they [sometimes] (slept with/had sex with) the women who worked at the entrance to the tent where [God] spoke to [his people].
23 Les dijo: “¿Por qué hacéis tales cosas? Porque me he enterado de vuestros malos tratos por parte de todo este pueblo.
He said to them, “(It is terrible that you do such things!/Why do you do such things?) [RHQ] Many people keep telling me about the evil things that you do.
24 ¡No, hijos míos, porque no es una buena noticia lo que oigo! Ustedes hacen desobedecer al pueblo de Yahvé.
My sons, stop it! The reports [about you] that the people who belong to Yahweh tell others are terrible [EUP]!
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 person sins against another person, God can (intercede/act as a referee) between them. But if someone sins against Yahweh, no one can [RHQ] (intercede/act as a referee) between them!” But Eli’s sons would not listen to what their father said. This was because Yahweh had decided [that someone should] them.
26 El niño Samuel crecía y aumentaba el favor de Yahvé y de los hombres.
The boy Samuel continued to grow up, and the things that he did pleased Yahweh and the people.
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?
One day, a prophet came to Eli and told him, “This is what Yahweh has told me: ‘When your ancestors were slaves of the king of Egypt, I appeared to Aaron.
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?
From all the tribes of the Israeli people, I chose him [and his male descendants] to be priests for me. I appointed them to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear a sacred apron [as they worked] for me. And I declared that they could take [and eat some of the meat] that the Israeli people burned [on the altar].
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?’
So why do you show disrespect for the sacrifices and offerings that I commanded [the people to bring] to me [RHQ]? You are honoring your sons more than you are honoring me, by allowing them to get fat from eating the best parts of all the sacrifices that the Israeli people bring to me!’
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.
“Therefore, this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], declares: ‘I definitely promised that Aaron and his descendants would continue to serve [IDM] me forever.’ But now I declare this: ‘It will not continue like that! I will honor those who honor me, but I will despise those who despise me.
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.
Listen carefully! There will soon be a time when I will cause all the strong [young men] in your family to die. The result will be that no men in your family will [live long enough to] become old men.
32 Verás la aflicción de mi morada, en toda la riqueza que daré a Israel. No habrá un anciano en tu casa para siempre.
You will be distressed and envious as you see the blessings that I will give to [the other people in] Israel. And [I repeat that] no men in your family will ever live long enough to become old men.
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.
There is one of your descendants whom I will spare, and not prevent him from serving me as a priest. But he will become blind, and then he will always be sad and grieving. But all your other descendants will die violently.
34 Esta será la señal que te llegará sobre tus dos hijos, sobre Ofni y Finees: en un solo día morirán los dos.
And your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will both die on the same day. And that will prove to you [that all that I have said will come true/happen].
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.
‘have chosen another man to be my priest. He is one who will serve me faithfully: He will do everything I want [DOU] him to do. And I will enable him to have many descendants [IDM] who will be priests and will always serve me by helping the king whom I will choose.
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””.
All of your descendants who remain alive will have to go to that priest and ask him to give them money and food, and they will each have to say, “Please allow me to help the other priests, in order that I may [earn some money to] buy some food.”’”
