1 Samuel 20
1 David huyó de Naiot, en Ramá, y vino a decir a Jonatán: “¿Qué he hecho? ¿Cuál es mi iniquidad? ¿Cuál es mi pecado ante tu padre, para que busque mi vida?”
And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?
2 Él le dijo: “Ni mucho menos; no morirás. He aquí que mi padre no hace nada, ni grande ni pequeño, sino que me lo revela. ¿Por qué iba mi padre a ocultarme esto? No es así”.
And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.
3 Además, David juró y dijo: “Tu padre sabe bien que he hallado gracia ante tus ojos, y dice: ‘No dejes que Jonatán lo sepa, para que no se aflija’; pero en verdad, vive Yahvé y vive tu alma, que sólo hay un paso entre yo y la muerte.”
But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.
4 Entonces Jonatán dijo a David: “Todo lo que tu alma desee, lo haré por ti”.
Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.
5 David dijo a Jonatán: “He aquí que mañana es luna nueva, y no debo dejar de cenar con el rey; pero déjame que me esconda en el campo hasta el tercer día por la tarde.
And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.
6 Si tu padre me echa de menos, dile: ‘David me ha pedido encarecidamente que le deje ir a Belén, su ciudad, porque allí se celebra el sacrificio anual para toda la familia’.
And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.
7 Si él dice: “Está bien”, tu siervo tendrá paz; pero si se enoja, debes saber que el mal está determinado por él.
If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.
8 Trata, pues, con benevolencia a tu siervo, porque lo has llevado a un pacto de Yahvé contigo; pero si hay iniquidad en mí, mátame tú mismo, pues ¿para qué me has de llevar a tu padre?”
So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?
9 Jonatán dijo: “Lejos de ti, pues si yo supiera que el mal está determinado por mi padre a venir sobre ti, ¿no te lo diría?”
And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?
10 Entonces David dijo a Jonatán: “¿Quién me dirá si tu padre te responde con rudeza?”
Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?
11 Jonatán dijo a David: “¡Ven! Salgamos al campo”. Ambos salieron al campo.
And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out together into the open country.
12 Jonatán dijo a David: “Por Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, cuando haya sondeado a mi padre mañana a esta hora, o al tercer día, he aquí que si hay bien hacia David, ¿no enviaré entonces a ti y te lo revelaré?
And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?
13 Que Yahvé haga así con Jonatán y más aún, si a mi padre le agrada haceros mal, si no os lo revelo y os envío, para que vayáis en paz. Que Yahvé esté contigo como ha estado con mi padre.
May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.
14 No sólo me mostrarás la bondad amorosa de Yahvé mientras viva, para que no muera;
And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!
15 sino que tampoco cortarás tu bondad de mi casa para siempre, no, cuando Yahvé haya cortado a cada uno de los enemigos de David de la superficie de la tierra.”
And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.
16 Entonces Jonatán hizo un pacto con la casa de David, diciendo: “Yahvé lo exigirá de la mano de los enemigos de David.”
And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.
17 Jonatán hizo que David volviera a jurar, por el amor que le tenía, pues lo amaba como a su propia alma.
And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.
18 Entonces Jonatán le dijo: “Mañana es luna nueva, y se te echará de menos, porque tu asiento estará vacío.
Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.
19 Cuando hayas permanecido tres días, baja rápidamente y ven al lugar donde te escondiste cuando esto empezó, y quédate junto a la piedra Ezel.
And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.
20 Yo lanzaré tres flechas a su lado, como si disparara a una marca.
And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark.
21 He aquí que yo enviaré al muchacho, diciendo: “¡Ve, busca las flechas! Si le digo al muchacho: ‘Mira, las flechas están a este lado tuyo. Tómalas’; entonces ven, porque hay paz para ti y no hay peligro, vive Yahvé.
And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.
22 Pero si le digo al muchacho: ‘He aquí que las flechas están más allá de ti’, entonces vete, porque Yahvé te ha enviado.
But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.
23 En cuanto al asunto del que tú y yo hemos hablado, he aquí que Yahvé está entre tú y yo para siempre.”
As for what you and I were talking of, the Lord is between you and me for ever.
24 Entonces David se escondió en el campo. Cuando llegó la luna nueva, el rey se sentó a comer.
So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.
25 El rey se sentó en su silla, como otras veces, incluso en el asiento junto a la pared; y Jonatán se puso de pie, y Abner se sentó al lado de Saúl, pero el lugar de David estaba vacío.
And the king took his seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat.
26 Sin embargo, Saúl no dijo nada ese día, pues pensó: “Algo le ha sucedido. No está limpio. Seguramente no está limpio”.
But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.
27 Al día siguiente de la luna nueva, el segundo día, el lugar de David estaba vacío. Saúl le dijo a su hijo Jonatán: “¿Por qué no vino a comer el hijo de Isaí, ni ayer ni hoy?”.
And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?
28 Jonatán respondió a Saúl: “David me pidió encarecidamente permiso para ir a Belén.
And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,
29 Dijo: ‘Por favor, déjame ir, porque nuestra familia tiene un sacrificio en la ciudad. Mi hermano me ha ordenado que esté allí. Ahora, si he encontrado gracia ante tus ojos, por favor déjame ir a ver a mis hermanos’. Por eso no ha venido a la mesa del rey”.
Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.
30 Entonces la ira de Saúl ardió contra Jonatán, y le dijo: “Hijo de una perversa rebelde, ¿no sé que has elegido al hijo de Isaí para vergüenza tuya y de tu madre?
Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?
31 Porque mientras el hijo de Isaí viva en la tierra, tú no serás establecido, ni tu reino. Por lo tanto, ¡envía ahora y tráemelo, porque seguramente morirá!”
For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.
32 Jonatán respondió a su padre Saúl y le dijo: “¿Por qué ha de morir? ¿Qué ha hecho?”
And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?
33 Saúl le arrojó su lanza para herirlo. Con esto, Jonatán supo que su padre estaba decidido a dar muerte a David.
And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.
34 Así que Jonatán se levantó de la mesa con una furia terrible y no comió nada el segundo día del mes, pues estaba afligido por David, porque su padre lo había tratado de manera vergonzosa.
So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.
35 Por la mañana, Jonatán salió al campo a la hora señalada con David, y un niño pequeño con él.
Now in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said to David, and he had a little boy with him.
36 Le dijo a su niño: “Corre, encuentra ahora las flechas que yo tiro”. Mientras el niño corría, disparó una flecha más allá de él.
And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.
37 Cuando el niño llegó al lugar de la flecha que Jonatán había disparado, Jonatán gritó tras el niño y le dijo: “¿No está la flecha más allá de ti?”
And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?
38 Jonatán gritó tras el muchacho: “¡Ve rápido! ¡Apresúrate! No te demores”. El muchacho de Jonatán recogió las flechas y se acercó a su amo.
And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.
39 Pero el muchacho no sabía nada. Sólo Jonatán y David sabían el asunto.
But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.
40 Jonatán le dio las armas a su muchacho y le dijo: “Ve, llévalas a la ciudad”.
And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.
41 En cuanto el muchacho se fue, David se levantó del sur, se postró en tierra y se inclinó tres veces. Se besaron y lloraron mutuamente, y David fue el que más lloró.
And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.
42 Jonatán dijo a David: “Vete en paz, porque ambos hemos jurado en nombre de Yahvé, diciendo: “Yahvé está entre tú y yo, y entre mi descendencia y tu descendencia, para siempre””. Él se levantó y partió; y Jonatán entró en la ciudad.
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.
