1 Samuel 12
1 Entonces Samuel dijo a todo Israel: Ciertamente escuché su voz en todo lo que me dijeron. Constituí un rey que reine sobre ustedes.
And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all things that you have said to me, and I have set a king over you.
2 Ahora, miren, su rey marcha al frente de ustedes. Yo ya soy anciano y canoso, y también mis hijos están delante de ustedes. Desde mi juventud hasta hoy yo anduve delante de ustedes.
And now, behold, the king goes before you; and I am grown old and shall rest; and, behold, my sons [are] among you; and, behold, I have gone about before you from my youth to this day.
3 Aquí estoy, testifiquen contra mí en presencia de Yavé y de su ungido, si tomé el buey o el asno de alguno, si calumnié a alguien, si agravié a alguno, o si de algún modo acepté soborno ante lo cual cerré mis ojos. Yo se lo restituiré.
Behold, [here am] I, answer against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose calf have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom of you have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even [to] a sandal? bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.
4 Entonces dijeron: Nunca nos calumniaste, ni agraviaste, ni tomaste algo de mano de algún hombre.
And they said to Samuel, You have not injured us, and you have not oppressed us; and you have not afflicted us, and you have not taken anything from any one's hand.
5 Y él les dijo: Yavé es testigo contra ustedes y su ungido es testigo hoy, que nada hallaron en mi mano. Ellos respondieron: Es testigo.
And Samuel said to the people, The Lord [is] witness among you, and his anointed [is] witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand: and they said, [He is] witness.
6 Samuel dijo al pueblo: Yavé es el que designó a Moisés y a Aarón, Quien sacó a sus antepasados de la tierra de Egipto.
And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, The Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron [is] witness, who brought our fathers up out of Egypt.
7 Ahora pues, estén quietos, para que yo razone con ustedes delante de Yavé sobre todos los actos justos que Yavé hizo con ustedes y con sus antepasados.
And now stand still, and I will judge you before the Lord; and I will relate to you all the righteousness of the Lord, the things which he has wrought among you and your fathers.
8 Después que Jacob entró en Egipto, sus antepasados clamaron a Yavé, y Yavé envió a Moisés y a Aarón, quienes sacaron a sus antepasados de Egipto, y los establecieron en este lugar.
When Jacob and his sons went into Egypt, and Egypt humbled them, then our fathers cried to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron; and they brought our fathers out of Egypt, and he made them to dwell in this place.
9 Pero ellos se olvidaron de Yavé su ʼElohim, y Él los entregó en mano de Sísara, jefe del ejército de Hazor, en mano de los filisteos, y en mano del rey de Moab, quienes pelearon contra ellos.
And they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hands of Sisara captain of the host of Jabis king of Asor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab; and he fought with them.
10 Entonces ellos clamaron a Yavé: Pecamos, abandonamos a Yavé y servimos a los baales y a Astarot. ¡Líbranos ahora de la mano de nuestros enemigos, y te serviremos!
And they cried to the Lord, and said, We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and the groves: and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.
11 Yavé envió a Jerobaal, Bedán, Jefté y Samuel, y los libró de mano de sus enemigos de alrededor y vivieron con seguridad.
And he sent Jerobaal, and Barac, and Jephthae, and Samuel, and rescued us out of the hand of our enemies round about, and you lived in security.
12 Pero cuando vieron que Nahas, rey de los hijos de Amón, venía contra ustedes, me dijeron: No. Un rey reinará sobre nosotros, aun cuando Yavé su ʼElohim era su Rey.
And you saw that Naas king of the children of Ammon came against you, and you said, Nay, none but a king shall reign over us; whereas the Lord our God [is] our king.
13 Ahora pues, aquí tienen al rey que eligieron, el cual pidieron. Ciertamente Yavé designó rey sobre ustedes.
And now behold the king whom you have chosen; and behold, the Lord has set a king over you.
14 Si temen a Yavé, le sirven, obedecen su voz y no son rebeldes a la Palabra de Yavé, y si tanto ustedes como su rey sirven a Yavé su ʼElohim, harán bien.
If you should fear the Lord, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not resist the mouth of the Lord, and you and your king that reigns over you should follow the Lord, [well].
15 Pero si no obedecen la voz de Yavé y son rebeldes a la Palabra de Yavé, la mano de Yavé estará contra ustedes y contra su rey.
But if you should not listen to the voice of the Lord, and you should resist the mouth of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be upon you and upon your king.
16 Aun ahora preséntense y vean la gran maravilla que hace Yavé ante sus ojos:
And now stand still, and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
17 ¿No es ahora la cosecha del trigo? Invocaré a Yavé para que Él envíe truenos y lluvia. Sabrán y verán que fue grande la perversidad que cometieron ante Yavé al pedir un rey para ustedes.
[Is it] not wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; and know you and see, that your wickedness [is] great which you have wrought before the Lord, having asked for yourselves a king.
18 Entonces Samuel invocó a Yavé. Ese día Yavé envió truenos y lluvia, y todo el pueblo temió grandemente a Yavé y a Samuel.
And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day; and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.
19 Todo el pueblo dijo a Samuel: Ora por tus esclavos ante Yavé tu ʼElohim para que no muramos, porque añadimos a todos nuestros pecados este mal de pedir rey para nosotros.
And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, and let us not die; for we have added to all our sins this iniquity, in asking for us a king.
20 Samuel respondió al pueblo: No teman. Ustedes cometieron todo este mal. Sin embargo, no se aparten de seguir a Yavé, sino sírvanle con todo su corazón.
And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: you have [indeed] wrought all this iniquity; only turn not from following the Lord, and serve the Lord with all your heart.
21 No se aparten tras vanidades que no aprovechan ni libran, porque son vanidades.
And turn not aside after the [gods] that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver [you], because they are nothing.
22 Porque Yavé no abandonará a su pueblo por su gran Nombre, pues Yavé se complació en convertirlos en pueblo suyo.
For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name's sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people.
23 Por tanto, lejos esté de mí que peque contra Yavé al cesar de orar por ustedes. Más bien los instruiré en el camino bueno y recto.
And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will serve the Lord, and show you the good and the right way.
24 Solo teman a Yavé, y sírvanle de verdad con todo su corazón, pues consideren cuán grandes cosas hizo por ustedes.
Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with all your heart, for you see what great things he has wrought with you.
25 Pero si persisten en hacer el mal, perecerán, tanto ustedes como su rey.
But if you continue to do evil, then shall you and your king be consumed.
