1 Samuel 19
1 Saúl dijo a su hijo Jonatán y a todos sus esclavos que mataran a David, pero Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, amaba mucho a David.
Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
2 Jonatán habló a David: Mi padre Saúl procura matarte. Te ruego que tengas cuidado por la mañana. Quédate en un lugar secreto y escóndete.
So he warned David, “My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide [in the field].
3 Yo saldré del campo donde tú estés. Me pondré junto a mi padre y le hablaré de ti. Veré qué responde y te lo informaré.
I will ask my father to go out there with me. [While we are out there], I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me.” [So David did what Jonathan told him to do].
4 Jonatán habló bien de David a su padre Saúl: No peque el rey contra su esclavo David, pues él no pecó contra ti. Sus obras son muy buenas para ti,
[The next morning], Jonathan spoke with his father, saying many good things about David. He said, “You should never do anything to harm your servant David! He has never done anything to harm you! Everything that he has done has helped you very much.
5 porque él puso su vida en la palma de su mano y mató al filisteo. Y Yavé otorgó una gran victoria a todo Israel. Tú lo viste y te alegraste de ello. ¿Por qué entonces quieres pecar contra sangre inocente al matar a David sin causa?
He was in danger of being killed when he fought against [Goliath, the champion of] the Philistia [army. By enabling David to kill him], Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David [RHQ]? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!”
6 Saúl escuchó la voz de Jonatán y juró: ¡Vive Yavé que no morirá!
Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, “I solemnly promise that just as certain as Yahweh lives, I will not kill David.”
7 Jonatán llamó a David y le contó todas esas cosas. Él mismo llevó a David ante Saúl, y estuvo delante de él como en tiempos pasados.
Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before.
8 Después hubo guerras otra vez, y David salió y combatió contra los filisteos. Los derrotó con gran matanza, y huyeron de él.
One day a war started again, and David [led his soldiers to] fight against the Philistia army. David’s [army] attacked them very furiously, with the result that the Philistia army ran away.
9 Pero el espíritu malo de parte de Yavé llegó otra vez a Saúl cuando él estaba sentado en su casa con su lanza en la mano, mientras David tañía.
But one day when sitting in his house, an evil spirit [sent] from Yahweh [suddenly] came upon Saul. While David was playing his harp [for Saul],
10 Saúl procuró clavar a David en la pared con la lanza, pero él se apartó de delante de Saúl, y la lanza se clavó en la pared. David huyó aquella noche.
Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David (dodged/jumped to one side), and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but that night David escaped.
11 Pero Saúl envió emisarios a la casa de David para que lo vigilaran y lo mataran por la mañana. Mical, la esposa de David, le advirtió y le dijo: Si no salvas tu vida esta noche, mañana estarás muerto.
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David [while he was leaving the house] the following morning. But David’s wife Michal [saw them and] warned him, “To survive, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!”
12 Mical descolgó a David por una ventana, y él salió, huyó y escapó.
So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
13 Mical tomó un ídolo doméstico y lo puso en la cama. Colocó una sábana de pelo de cabra en la cabecera y lo cubrió con ropas.
Then Michal took an idol and put it in the bed. She covered it with some [of David’s] clothes, and put some goat’s hair on the head of the idol.
14 Cuando Saúl envió emisarios para agarrar a David, ella dijo: Está enfermo.
When the messengers came [to the house the next morning], she told them that David was sick [and could not get out of bed].
15 Saúl volvió a enviar emisarios para que vieran a David y les dijo: ¡Tráiganmelo en la misma cama para que lo mate!
[When they reported that to] Saul, he told them to go back to David’s house. He said to them, “Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can kill him!”
16 Pero cuando entraron los emisarios, ¡ahí en la cama estaba el ídolo doméstico con la sábana de pelo de cabra en la cabecera!
But when those men entered David’s house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat’s hair on its head.
17 Y Saúl preguntó a Mical: ¿Por qué me engañaste y dejaste ir a mi enemigo para que se escapara? Mical respondió a Saúl: Porque él me dijo: Déjame escapar. ¿Por qué debo matarte?
[When they reported that to Saul, ] Saul [summoned] Michal [and] said to her, “Why did you trick me like that? You allowed my enemy to escape!” Michal replied to Saul, “David told me that if I did not help him escape, he would kill me!” [RHQ]
18 Así pues, David escapó y fue a Samuel en Ramá. Le informó todo cuanto Saúl le hizo. Luego él salió con Samuel y vivieron en Nayot.
After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel, who was [at his home] at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to [try to kill] him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth, [which was a section] of [Ramah city], and they stayed there.
19 Fue dado aviso a Saúl: Ciertamente David está en Nayot de Ramá.
Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
20 Entonces Saúl envió emisarios para que detuvieran a David, los cuales vieron a un grupo de profetas que profetizaban, y a Samuel que estaba entre ellos y los presidía. El Espíritu de ʼElohim llegó sobre los emisarios de Saúl, y ellos también profetizaron.
So Saul sent some messengers to capture David. [When] those messengers [arrived in Ramah, they] met some men who were proclaiming ecstatic messages, and Samuel was there, as their leader. When Saul’s messengers met them, the Spirit of God took control of Saul’s men, and they also spoke ecstatically.
21 Informaron a Saúl, quien envió otros emisarios. También ellos profetizaron. Saúl volvió a enviar emisarios por tercera vez, y también éstos profetizaron.
When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
22 Así que él mismo fue a Nayot de Ramá. Al llegar a la gran cisterna que está en Secú, preguntó: ¿Dónde están Samuel y David? Uno contestó: Ciertamente están en Nayot de Ramá.
Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the well at [a place named] Secu, he asked people there, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people replied, “They are at Naioth in Ramah [city].”
23 Fue a Nayot de Ramá. El Espíritu de ʼElohim llegó sobre él, y andaba y profetizaba hasta que llegó a Nayot de Ramá.
While Saul was walking toward Naioth, the Spirit of God also took control of him. [While he walked on], he continued speaking ecstatic messages until he came to Naioth.
24 Él también se despojó de sus ropas y profetizó de la misma manera en presencia de Samuel. Todo aquel día y aquella noche quedó desnudo en tierra. Por esto se suele decir: ¿También Saúl entre los profetas?
There he took off his clothes, and he spoke messages from God in front of Samuel. He lay on the ground doing that all day and all night. That is the reason that [when people see someone doing something that is very unexpected, they think about what happened to Saul, and] they say, “We are surprised, like the people were surprised to see Saul [acting like] a prophet?” [RHQ]
