1 Samuel 16
1 Y dijo Jehová a Samuel: ¿Hasta cuando has tú de llorar a Saul habiéndole yo desechado, que no reine sobre Israel? Hinche tu cuerno de aceite, y ven, enviarte he a Isaí de Belén: porque de sus hijos me he proveido de rey.
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
2 Y dijo Samuel: ¿Cómo iré? Si Saul lo entendiere, me matará. Jehová respondió: Toma una becerra de las vacas en tus manos, y dí: A sacrificar a Jehová he venido.
And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.
3 Y llama a Isaí al sacrificio, y yo te enseñaré lo que has de hacer, y ungirme has al que yo te dijere.
And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.
4 Y Samuel hizo como le dijo Jehová: y como él llegó a Belén, los ancianos de la ciudad le salieron a recibir con miedo: y dijeron: ¿Es pacífica tu venida?
And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
5 Y él respondió: Si. Vengo a sacrificar a Jehová; santificáos, y veníd conmigo al sacrificio: y santificando él a Isaí y a sus hijos llamólos al sacrificio.
And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.
6 Y aconteció, que como ellos vinieron, él vio a Eliab, y dijo: De cierto delante de Jehová está su ungido.
Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
7 Y Jehová respondió a Samuel: No mires a su parecer, ni a la altura de su estatura; porque yo le desecho; porque no es lo que el hombre ve, porque el hombre ve lo que está delante de sus ojos, mas Jehová ve el corazón.
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
8 E Isaí llamó a Abinadab, e hízole pasar delante de Samuel, el cual dijo: Ni a este ha elegido Jehová.
Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
9 E hizo pasar Isaí a Samma; y él dijo: tampoco a este ha elegido Jehová.
Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
10 E hizo pasar Isaí sus siete hijos delante de Samuel, y Samuel dijo a Isaí: Jehová no ha elegido a estos.
And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.
11 Y dijo Samuel a Isaí: ¿Hánse acabado los mozos? Y él respondió: Aun queda el menor que apacienta las ovejas. Y dijo Samuel a Isaí: Envía por él; porque no nos asentarémos a la mesa hasta que él venga aquí.
Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
12 Y él envió por él, y metióle delante: el cual era rojo, de hermoso parecer, y de bello aspecto. Entonces Jehová dijo: Levántate y úngele, que este es.
So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
13 Y Samuel tomó el cuerno del aceite, y ungióle de entre sus hermanos: y desde aquel día en adelante el Espíritu de Jehová tomó a David. Y levantándose Samuel, volvióse a Rama.
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.
14 Y el Espíritu de Jehová se apartó de Saul, y atormentábale el espíritu malo de parte de Jehová.
Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
15 Y los criados de Saul le dijeron: He aquí ahora que el espíritu malo de Dios te atormenta.
And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.
16 Diga pues nuestro señor a tus siervos que están delante de ti, que busquen alguno que sepa tañer arpa: para que cuando fuere sobre ti el espíritu malo de Dios, él taña con su mano, y estés mejor.
Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.
17 Y Saul respondió a sus criados: Mirádme pues ahora por alguno que taña bien, y traédmele.
And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.
18 Entonces uno de los criados respondió, diciendo: He aquí, yo he visto a un hijo de Isaí de Belén que sabe tañer: y es valiente de fuerza, y hombre de guerra: prudente en sus palabras, hermoso, y Jehová es con él.
Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.
19 Y Saul envió mensajeros a Isaí, diciendo: Envíame a David tu hijo, el que está con las ovejas.
So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
20 E Isaí tomó un asno cargado de pan, y un cuero de vino, y un cabrito de las cabras, y enviólo a Saul por mano de David su hijo.
And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.
21 Y viniendo David a Saul estuvo delante de él, y él le amó mucho, y fue hecho su escudero.
And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.
22 Y Saul envió a decir a Isaí: Yo te ruego que esté David conmigo, porque ha hallado gracia en mis ojos.
And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.
23 Y cuando el espíritu malo de Dios era sobre Saul, David tomaba la arpa y tañía con su mano, y Saul tenía refrigerio, y estaba mejor, y el espíritu malo se apartaba de él.
And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.
