1 Samuel 15
1 Y Samuel dijo a Saul: Jehová me envió a que te ungiese por rey sobre su pueblo Israel: oye pues la voz de las palabras de Jehová.
[One day] Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to appoint you to be the king of the Israeli people. So now listen to this message from Yahweh:
2 Así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos: Acuérdome de lo que hizo Amalec a Israel: que se le opuso en el camino, cuando subía de Egipto. Vé, pues, e hiere a Amalec,
Yahweh, [the commander] of the armies [of angels] has declared this: ‘I am going to punish [the descendants of] Amalek for [attacking] the Israeli people after the Israelis left Egypt.
3 Y destruiréis en él todo lo que tuviere; y no hayas piedad de él. Mata hombres y mujeres, niños y mamantes, vacas y ovejas, camellos y asnos.
So now go [with your army] and attack the Amalek people-group. Destroy them completely—destroy them and everything that belongs to them—the men and women, their children and infants, their cattle and sheep and camels and donkeys. Do not (spare any of them/allow any of them to remain alive)!’”
4 Y Saul juntó el pueblo, y reconociólos en Telaim, doscientos mil hombres de a pie, y diez mil varones de Judá.
So Saul summoned the army, and they gathered at Telaim [town]. There were 200,000 soldiers. 10,000 of them were from Judah, [and the others were from the other Israeli tribes].
5 Y viniendo Saul a la ciudad de Amalec puso emboscada en el valle.
Then Saul went [with his army] to a town where some of the Amalek people-group lived. [His army prepared to attack them suddenly by] hiding in the valley.
6 Y Saul dijo al Cineo: Idos, apartáos, y salíd de entre los de Amalec: porque no te destruya juntamente con él; porque tú hiciste misericordia con todos los hijos de Israel, cuando subían de Egipto. Y el Cineo se apartó de entre los de Amalec.
Then Saul sent this message to the Ken people-group [who lived in that area]: “You acted kindly toward all our Israeli [ancestors] when they left Egypt. But we are going to kill all of the Amalek people-group, [because they opposed/attacked our ancestors]. So move away from where the Amalek people-group live. [If you do not move away], you will be killed when they are killed.” So [when] the Ken people-group [heard that, they immediately] left that area.
7 Y Saul hirió a Amalec desde Hevila hasta llegar a Sur que está a la frontera de Egipto.
Then Saul’s [army] slaughtered the Amalek people-group, from Havilah [town in the east] to Shur [town in the west]. Shur was at the border [between Israel and] Egypt.
8 Y tomó vivo a Agag rey de Amalec, mas a todo el pueblo mató a filo de espada.
Saul’s army captured Agag, the king of the Amalek people-group, but they killed everyone else.
9 Y Saul y el pueblo perdonaron a Agag, a lo mejor de las ovejas, y al ganado mayor, a los gruesos, y a los carneros, y finalmente a todo lo bueno, que no lo quisieron destruir: mas todo lo que era vil y flaco destruyeron.
They not only (spared/did not kill) Agag, but they also took the best sheep and goats and cattle. They took everything that was good. They destroyed only the animals that they considered to be worthless.
10 Y fue palabra de Jehová a Samuel, diciendo:
Then Yahweh said to Samuel,
11 Pésame de haber puesto por rey a Saul; porque se ha vuelto de en pos de mí, y no ha cumplido mis palabras. Y pesó a Samuel: y clamó a Jehová toda aquella noche.
“I am sorry that I appointed Saul to be your king, because he has turned away from me and has not obeyed what I commanded him to do.” Samuel was very disturbed/upset [when he heard that], and he cried out to Yahweh all that night.
12 Y Samuel madrugó por venir a recibir a Saul por la mañana: y fue dado aviso a Samuel, diciendo: Saul es venido al Carmelo: y, he aquí, él se ha levantado un trofeo: y que volviendo había pasado, y descendido a Galgala.
Early the next morning, Samuel got up and went to talk with Saul. But someone told Samuel, “Saul went to Camel [city], where he has set up a monument to honor himself. Now he has left there and gone down to Gilgal.”
13 Vino pues Samuel a Saul, y Saul le dijo: Bendito seas tú de Jehová, yo he cumplido la palabra de Jehová.
When Samuel arrived [at Gilgal] he approached Saul, and Saul said to him, “I wish/desire that Yahweh will bless you! I have obeyed what Yahweh told me to do.”
14 Samuel entonces dijo: ¿Pues qué balido de ganados y bramido de bueyes es este que yo oigo con mis oídos?
But Samuel replied, “If that is true, why is it that I hear cattle mooing and I hear sheep bleating?”
15 Y Saul respondió: De Amalec los han traído: porque el pueblo perdonó a lo mejor de las ovejas, y de las vacas, para sacrificarlas a Jehová tu Dios: y los demás destruimos.
Saul replied, “The soldiers took them from the Amalek people-group. They saved the best sheep and cattle, in order to offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh, your God. But we have completely destroyed all the others.”
16 Entonces Samuel dijo a Saul: Déjame declararte lo que Jehová me ha dicho esta noche. Y él le respondió: Dí.
Samuel said to Saul, “Stop [talking]! Allow me to tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.” Saul replied, “Tell me [what he said].”
17 Y dijo Samuel: ¿Siendo tú pequeño en tus ojos, no has sido hecho cabeza a las tribus de Israel, y Jehová te ha ungido por rey sobre Israel?
Samuel said, “Previously you did not think that you were important. But now you have become [RHQ] the leader of the tribes of Israel. Yahweh appointed you to be their king.
18 Y envióte Jehová en jornada, y dijo: Vé, y destruye los pecadores de Amalec, y házles guerra hasta que los acabes.
And Yahweh sent you to do something [for him]. He said to you, ‘Go and get rid of all those sinful people, the Amalek people-group. Attack them and kill all of them.’
19 ¿Por qué pues no has oído la voz de Jehová, antes vuelto al despojo, has hecho lo malo en los ojos de Jehová?
So why did you not obey Yahweh [RHQ]? Why did your men take the best animals [RHQ]? Why did you do what Yahweh said was evil?” [RHQ]
20 Y Saul respondió a Samuel: Antes he oído la voz de Jehová, y fui a la jornada donde Jehová me envió, y he traído a Agag rey de Amalec, y he destruido los Amalecitas.
Saul replied to Samuel, “Hey, I did what Yahweh sent me to do! I brought back King Agag, but we killed everyone else!
21 Mas el pueblo tomó del despojo ovejas y vacas, las primicias del anatema, para sacrificarlas a Jehová tu Dios en Galgal.
My men brought back only the best sheep and cattle and other things, in order to sacrifice them to Yahweh your God here at Gilgal.”
22 Y Samuel dijo: ¿Tiene Jehová tanto contentamiento con los holocaustos y víctimas, como con obedecer a la palabra de Jehová? Ciertamente el obedecer es mejor que los sacrificios: y el escuchar, que el sebo de los carneros.
But Samuel replied, “Which [do you think] pleases Yahweh more, animals that are completely burned [on the altar] and other sacrifices, or people obeying him [SYN]? It is better to obey [Yahweh] than [to offer] sacrifices [to him]. It is better to pay attention to what he says than [to burn] the fat of rams, [even though God said they should be sacrificed to him].
23 Porque pecado es de adivinación la rebelión, e ídolo e idolatría, el quebrantar. Y por cuanto tú desechaste la palabra de Jehová, él también te ha desechado que no seas rey.
To rebel [against God] is as sinful as doing sorcery/black magic, and being stubborn is as sinful as worshiping idols. So, because you disobeyed what Yahweh told you to do, he has declared that you will no longer be king.”
24 Entonces Saul dijo a Samuel: Yo he pecado, que he quebrantado el dicho de Jehová, y tus palabras: porque temí al pueblo, y consentí a la voz de ellos: perdona pues ahora mi pecado,
Then Saul said to Samuel, “[Yes], I have sinned. I disobeyed what you told me to do, which is what Yahweh commanded. I did that because I was (afraid of/worried about) what my men would say [if I did not do what they wanted]. So I did what they demanded.
25 Y vuelve conmigo para que adore a Jehová.
But now, please forgive me for having sinned. And come back with me [to where the people are] in order that I may worship Yahweh.”
26 Y Samuel respondió a Saul: No volveré contigo; porque desechaste la palabra de Jehová, y Jehová te ha desechado que no seas rey sobre Israel.
But Samuel replied, “No, I will not go back with you. You have rejected/disobeyed what Yahweh commanded you to do. So he has rejected you, [and declared that you will no longer] be the king of Israel. [So I do not want to talk any more with you].”
27 Y volviéndose Samuel para irse, él echó mano del canto de su capa, y rompióse.
As Samuel turned to leave, Saul tried to stop him by grabbing the edge of Samuel’s robe, and it tore.
28 Entonces Samuel le dijo: Jehová ha rompido hoy de ti el reino de Israel, y lo ha dado a tu prójimo, mejor que tú.
Samuel said to him, “[You tore my robe! And] today Yahweh has torn away from you the kingdom of Israel! He will appoint someone else to be king, someone who is a better man than you are.
29 Y aun el Vencedor de Israel no mentirá, ni se arrepentirá: porque no es hombre para que se arrepienta.
And since the one who is the glorious [God] of the Israeli people does not lie, he will not change (his mind/what he has said). Humans sometimes change their minds, but God does not do that, because he is not a human.”
30 Y él dijo: Yo he pecado: mas ruégote que me honres delante de los ancianos de mi pueblo, y delante de Israel, y vuelve conmigo, para que adore a Jehová tu Dios.
Then Saul [pleaded again. He] said, “I know that I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the leaders of the Israeli people and in front of all the other Israeli people by coming back [to them] with me in order that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
31 Y volvió Samuel tras Saul, y adoró Saul a Jehová.
So Samuel finally agreed to do that, and they went together back [to where the people were], and Saul worshiped Yahweh there.
32 Y dijo Samuel: Traédme a Agag rey de Amalec. Y Agag vino a él delicadamente. Y dijo Agag: ciertamente se acercó la amargura de la muerte.
Then Samuel said, “Bring King Agag to me.” So they brought Agag to him. Agag was confidently expecting that they would spare him/not kill him. He was thinking, “Surely I will not have to endure an agonizing death!”
33 Y Samuel dijo: Como tu espada hizo las mujeres sin hijos; así tu madre será sin hijo entre las mujeres. Entonces Samuel cortó en piezas a Agag delante de Jehová en Galgal.
But Samuel said to him, “You have killed the sons of many women with your sword, so now your mother will no longer have a son.” And Samuel cut Agag into pieces [with his sword], there at Gilgal, in the presence of Yahweh.
34 Y Samuel se fue a Rama, y Saul subió a su casa en Gabaa de Saul.
Then Samuel left there and returned to his home in Ramah, and Saul went to his home in Gibeah.
35 Y nunca después vio Samuel a Saul en toda su vida: y Samuel lloraba a Saul, porque Jehová se había arrepentido de haber puesto a Saul por rey sobre Israel.
Samuel never saw Saul again, but he was very sad about [what] Saul [had done]. And Yahweh was very sorry that he had appointed Saul to be the king of Israel.
