2 Samuel 1
1 Aconteció que después de la muerte de Saúl, cuando David regresó de la derrota de los amalecitas, David permaneció dos días en Siclag.
After Saul died, David [and the men who were with him] returned to Ziklag [town] after defeating the descendants of Amalek. They stayed in Ziklag for two days.
2 Al tercer día sucedió que un hombre del campamento de Saúl llegó con sus ropas rotas y tierra sobre su cabeza. Ocurrió que cuando llegó a David, cayó en tierra y se postró.
On the third day, unexpectedly a man arrived there who had come from where Saul’s army was camped. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head [to show that he was grieving]. He came to David, and prostrated himself on the ground [in front of David to show respect for him].
3 David le preguntó: ¿De dónde vienes? Y él le respondió: Escapé del campamento de Israel.
David asked him, “Where have you come from?” The man replied, “I escaped from where the Israeli army had been camped.”
4 David le preguntó: ¿Cómo salieron las cosas? ¡Dímelo, por favor! Y él contestó: El pueblo huyó de la batalla, y muchos del pueblo cayeron y murieron. También Saúl y su hijo Jonatán murieron.
David asked him, “What happened? Tell me [about the battle]!” The man replied, “The Israeli soldiers ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed. And Saul and his son Jonathan (are dead/were also killed).”
5 Entonces David le preguntó: ¿Cómo sabes que Saúl y su hijo Jonatán murieron?
David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6 El joven que le informaba dijo: Me encontraba casualmente en la montaña Gilboa. Vi que Saúl estaba apoyado sobre su lanza y que los carruajes y los jinetes lo alcanzaron.
The young man replied, “It happened that I was on Gilboa Mountain [where the battle occurred], and I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The [enemy] chariots and their drivers had come very close to Saul.
7 Cuando él miró hacia atrás me vio y me llamó. Y respondí: Aquí estoy.
Saul turned around and saw me, and he called out to me. I answered him and said, ‘What do you want me to do?’
8 Y él me preguntó: ¿Quién eres tú? Y le respondí: Soy un amalecita.
He replied, ‘Who are you?’ I replied, ‘I am a descendant of Amalek.’
9 Entonces me dijo: Colócate junto a mí y mátame ya, porque la agonía se apoderó de mí, aunque mi vida está todavía en mí.
Then he said to me, ‘Come over here and kill me. I am still alive, but I am enduring a lot of pain.’
10 Así que me coloqué sobre él y lo maté, porque sabía que no podía vivir después de su caída. Tomé la corona que tenía en su cabeza y el brazalete de su brazo, y los traje aquí a mi ʼadón.
So I went to him and killed him, because I knew that he was wounded very badly and would (not continue to live/soon die). I took the crown that was on his head and the band/bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them to you.”
11 Entonces David agarró sus ropas y las rasgó. Todos los hombres que estaban con él hicieron lo mismo.
Then David and all the men who were with him tore their clothes [to show that they were very sad].
12 Hicieron duelo, lloraron y ayunaron hasta llegar la noche por Saúl, su hijo Jonatán, el pueblo de Yavé y la casa de Israel, porque cayeron por la espada.
They mourned for Saul and his son Jonathan, and they cried and (fasted/abstained from eating food) until it was evening. They also mourned for all the army of Yahweh, and for all the Israeli people, because many of their soldiers had been killed in the battle [MTY].
13 Luego David preguntó al joven que le informaba: ¿De dónde eres tú? Y él contestó: Soy hijo de un extranjero amalecita.
Then David asked the young man who had told him [about the battle], “Where are you from?” He replied, “My father is a descendant of Amalek, but we live in Israel.”
14 Y le dijo David: ¿Por qué no tuviste temor de extender tu mano para matar al ungido de Yavé?
David asked him, “(Why were you not afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king]?/You should have been afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king].) [RHQ]
15 Entonces David llamó a uno de los jóvenes y le dijo: ¡Arremete y mátalo! Y él lo hirió y murió.
You yourself said, ‘I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.’ So you have caused yourself to be guilty [MTY] of causing your own death!” Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, “Kill him!” So the soldier killed him by striking him [with a sword].
16 David le dijo: ¡Tu sangre sea sobre tu cabeza, pues tu boca atestiguó contra ti cuando dijiste: Yo maté al ungido de Yavé!
17 Entonces David lamentó con esta endecha a Saúl y su hijo Jonatán
Then David composed/wrote this sad song about Saul and Jonathan,
18 y mandó que enseñaran a los hijos de Judá [la endecha del ]Arco. Ciertamente está escrita en el rollo del Justo:
and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. [The song is called] ‘The Bow [and Arrow]’ and it has been written in the Book of Jashar:
19 ¡Pereció el esplendor de Israel sobre tus alturas! ¡Cómo cayeron los valientes!
“You Israeli people, your glorious [MTY] leaders have been killed on the mountains! [It is very sad that] those mighty men have died!
20 No lo proclamen en Gat, Ni lo anuncien en las plazas de Ascalón. Que no se alegren las hijas de los filisteos, Y no lo celebren las hijas de los incircuncisos.
“Do not tell it [to our enemies in the Philistia area]; do not tell to the people who live in Gath [city] what happened; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon [city], because if you tell them, [even] the women in that area will be happy; do not allow those (pagan women/women who do not know God) to rejoice.
21 ¡Oh montañas de Gilboa, Ni rocío ni lluvia caiga sobre ustedes, Ni sean campos de ofrendas! Porque allí fue manchado el escudo de los valientes. El escudo de Saúl no estaba ungido con aceite
I hope/desire that there will be no rain or dew on the mountains of [the] Gilboa [area] [APO], and that no grain will grow in the fields there, because there the shield of Saul, the mighty [king], fell on the ground. No one rubbed [olive] oil on Saul’s shield;
22 Sino con sangre de heridos y grasa de valientes. ¡Arco de Jonatán que jamás retrocedió! ¡Espada de Saúl que no volvía vacía!
instead, it was stained with the blood of those whom he had killed, and the fat of mighty enemy soldiers was smeared on it. Jonathan [PRS] did not retreat carrying his bow [and arrows], and Saul always [defeated his enemies when he fought them] with his sword. [PRS, LIT]
23 Saúl y Jonatán: Amados y amables en su vida, Ni en su muerte fueron separados. Más veloces que las águilas, Más fuertes que los leones.
“Saul and Jonathan were loved and they pleased many people. They were together [LIT] while they lived and when they died. [In battles] they were swifter than eagles and they were stronger than lions.
24 Oh hijas de Israel, lloren por Saúl, Quien las vestía de lino fino Y adornaba con oro sus ropas.
“You Israeli women, cry about Saul; He provided beautiful scarlet/red clothes for you and he gave you gold ornaments/jewelry to fasten on those clothes.
25 ¡Cómo cayeron los valientes en medio de la batalla! ¡Jonatán, herido en tus alturas!
“[It is very sad that] this mighty soldier has died! Jonathan has been killed on the mountains/hills.
26 ¡Cómo sufro por ti, oh Jonatán, hermano mío! ¡Ay, cómo te quería! Más maravilloso me fue tu amor que el mayor de las mujeres.
Jonathan, my dear friend, I grieve for you; you were very dear to me. You loved me in a wonderful manner; it was better than the way that a woman loves [her husband and her children].
27 ¡Cómo cayeron los valientes, Y perecieron las armas de guerra!
“It is very sad that those mighty men have died, and their weapons are now abandoned!
