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?”
David ran away from [the] Naioth [section] of Ramah [city]. He went to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done [to displease your father]? What did I do that was wrong? Why is he trying to kill me?”
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”.
Jonathan replied, “My father is surely not trying to kill you! He always tells me before he does anything that he is planning. He tells me about important things and unimportant things that he plans to do. (Why would he refuse to tell me [if he were planning to kill me]?/I am sure that he would not refuse to tell me [if he were planning to kill you].) [RHQ] So what you are saying cannot be true.”
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.”
Then David solemnly declared this to Jonathan: “Your father knows very well that you and I are very good friends, so he says to himself, ‘I will not tell Jonathan [what I am going to do]. If I tell Jonathan, he will be upset/distressed, [and then he will tell David].’ But just as certain as Yahweh lives and you live, I am only one step away from being killed.”
4 Entonces Jonatán dijo a David: “Todo lo que tu alma desee, lo haré por ti”.
Jonathan said to David, “I will do whatever you tell me to do.”
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.
David replied, “Tomorrow we will celebrate the Festival of the New Moon. I always eat with the king at that festival. But tomorrow I will hide in the field, and I will stay there for one night. I will stay there until the evening of the day after tomorrow.
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’.
If your father asks why I am not there at the festival, say to him, ‘David requested me to allow him to go to his home in Bethlehem, where his family will offer the sacrifice that they offer [during this festival] every 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 your father says ‘That is okay’, then I know I will be safe. But if he becomes extremely angry, you will know that he is determined to harm 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?”
Please be kind to me. Yahweh heard you when you made a solemn agreement with me [that you and I will always be loyal friends]. If I deserve to be punished [MTY], kill me yourself. I do not want [RHQ] you to allow your father to punish [IDM] me.”
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?”
Jonathan replied, “I will never do that! But if I find out that my father is determined to harm/kill you, I will certainly warn you.” [RHQ]
10 Entonces David dijo a Jonatán: “¿Quién me dirá si tu padre te responde con rudeza?”
David asked him, “How will I find out if your father answers you harshly?”
11 Jonatán dijo a David: “¡Ven! Salgamos al campo”. Ambos salieron al campo.
Jonathan replied, “Come with me. We will go out into the field.” So they went together out into the field.
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?
There Jonathan said to David, “I promise this while Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], is listening: At this time the day after tomorrow, I will find out what my father [is thinking about you]. If he is saying good things about you, I will certainly send a message to you to tell that to you [RHQ].
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.
But if he is planning to hurt/kill you, I will enable you to know [IDM] that, and enable you to go away safely. I desire that Yahweh will punish me severely if I do not do that [for you]. I desire/hope that Yahweh will be with you [and help you] like he has helped my father.
14 No sólo me mostrarás la bondad amorosa de Yahvé mientras viva, para que no muera;
But while I am still alive, please be kind to me in the same way that Yahweh is kind to me, and do not kill me [when you become king].
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.”
But [if I die, ] never stop being kind to my family, [even] after Yahweh has gotten rid of all your enemies all over 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.”
[David agreed]. So Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David. And he said, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will get rid of all your enemies.”
17 Jonatán hizo que David volviera a jurar, por el amor que le tenía, pues lo amaba como a su propia alma.
And Jonathan requested David to repeat his solemn promise to be his close friend, because Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.
18 Entonces Jonatán le dijo: “Mañana es luna nueva, y se te echará de menos, porque tu asiento estará vacío.
Then Jonathan said, “Tomorrow we will celebrate the Festival of the New Moon. When you are not sitting at your place when we eat, my father will (miss you/see that you are not there).
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.
The day after tomorrow, in the evening, go to the place where you hid before. Wait by the pile of stones.
20 Yo lanzaré tres flechas a su lado, como si disparara a una marca.
I will come out and shoot three arrows as though I were trying to shoot at a target. [The arrows will hit the ground] close to the pile of stones.
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.
Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back to me. If you hear me say to him, ‘They are closer to me’, then as surely as Yahweh lives, you will know that everything is fine, [and that Saul will not kill you].
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 tell him, ‘The arrows are farther away’, you will know that you must leave immediately, because Yahweh wants you to run away.
23 En cuanto al asunto del que tú y yo hemos hablado, he aquí que Yahvé está entre tú y yo para siempre.”
I hope/desire that Yahweh will watch you and me and enable us to never forget what we have promised each other.”
24 Entonces David se escondió en el campo. Cuando llegó la luna nueva, el rey se sentó a comer.
So David went and hid in the field. When the Festival of the New Moon started, the king sat down to eat.
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.
He sat where he usually sat, close to the wall. Jonathan sat across from him, and Abner [the army commander] sat next to Saul. But no one was sitting in the place where David [usually sat].
26 Sin embargo, Saúl no dijo nada ese día, pues pensó: “Algo le ha sucedido. No está limpio. Seguramente no está limpio”.
On that day, Saul did not say anything about David, because he was thinking, “Something must have happened that caused David to become unacceptable [to worship God].”
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?”.
But the next day, when David was not sitting at the place where he usually sat, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why has that son of Jesse not been here to eat with us yesterday and today?”
28 Jonatán respondió a Saúl: “David me pidió encarecidamente permiso para ir a Belén.
Jonathan replied, “David earnestly requested me that I permit him to go to Bethlehem.
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”.
He said, ‘Please allow me to go, because our family is going to offer a sacrifice. My [older] brother insisted that I be there. So please allow me to go to be with my [older] brothers.’ [I allowed David to go], and that is the reason that he is not here eating with you.”
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?
Saul was (furious/very angry) with Jonathan. He yelled at him, “You stupid bastard [EUP]! I know that you are being loyal to that son of Jesse. By doing that, you will bring shame to yourself and to 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!”
As long as Jesse’s son is living, you will never become the king, and you will never rule over a kingdom! So now, summon David, and bring him to me. He must be executed!”
32 Jonatán respondió a su padre Saúl y le dijo: “¿Por qué ha de morir? ¿Qué ha hecho?”
Jonathan asked his father, “Why should David be executed? What wrong 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.
Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan in order to kill him, [but the spear did not hit him]. So Jonathan knew that his father really wanted to kill David.
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.
Jonathan was very angry, and he left the room. On that second day of the festival, he refused to eat anything. He was disgusted about what his father had done, and he was worried about David.
35 Por la mañana, Jonatán salió al campo a la hora señalada con David, y un niño pequeño con él.
The following morning Jonathan went out to the field to give a message to David, like he had agreed that he would do. He took a young 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.
Jonathan said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” The boy started running, and Jonathan shot an arrow ahead of the boy.
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?”
When the boy ran to the place where the arrow hit the ground, Jonathan called out, “The arrow is further away!” [RHQ]
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.
Then he shouted to the boy, “Act quickly; do not wait! Do not stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and brought it back to Jonathan.
39 Pero el muchacho no sabía nada. Sólo Jonatán y David sabían el asunto.
But the boy did not understand the meaning of what Jonathan had said; only Jonathan and David knew.
40 Jonatán le dio las armas a su muchacho y le dijo: “Ve, llévalas a la ciudad”.
Then Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy and told him, “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.
When the boy left, David came out from the south side of the pile of stones behind which he had been hiding. He went to Jonathan and bowed [in front of Jonathan] three times, with his face touching the ground. Then David and Jonathan kissed each other [on the cheek/neck], and they cried together. But David cried more than Jonathan.
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.
Jonathan said to David, “May things go well for you as you go. Yahweh has heard what we solemnly promised to always do for each other, and what we said that our descendants must do for each other.” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.
