1 Samuel 17
1 Y los Filisteos juntaron sus ejércitos para la guerra, y congregáronse en Soco, que es en Judá, y asentaron campo entre Soco y Azeca en el término de Donmim.
The Philistines gathered their army [to fight the Israeli army]. They gathered together near Socoh, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. They set up their tents at Ephes-Dammim, which is between Socoh and Azekah.
2 Y también Saul y los varones de Israel se juntaron, y asentaron el campo en el valle del Alcornoque: y ordenaron la batalla contra los Filisteos.
Saul gathered the Israeli army near Elah Valley, and they set up their tents. Then they all took their places, ready to fight the Philistines.
3 Y los Filisteos estaban sobre el un monte de la una parte, e Israel estaba sobre el otro monte de la otra parte; y el valle estaba entre ellos.
So the Philistine and Israeli armies faced each other. They were on two hills, with a valley between them.
4 Y salió un varón del campo de los Filisteos entre los dos campos, el cual se llamaba Goliat de Get, y tenía de altura seis codos y un palmo.
Then Goliath, from Gath [city], came out from the Philistine camp. He was a champion warrior/soldier. He was (over 9 feet/3 meters) tall.
5 Y traía un almete de acero en su cabeza, vestido de unas corazas de planchas: y el peso de las corazas tenía cinco mil siclos de metal.
He wore a helmet made of bronze [to protect his head], and he wore a coat made of metal plates [to protect his body]. The coat weighed (125 pounds/56 kg.).
6 Y sobre sus pies traía grebas de hierro, y un escudo de acero en sus hombros.
He wore bronze guards/protectors on his legs. He had a long bronze dagger fastened on his back.
7 El hasta de su lanza era como un enjullo de un telar, y el hierro de su lanza tenía seiscientos siclos de hierro, y su escudero iba delante de él.
He also had a big spear. It had a cord on it to enable him to throw it better (OR, which was as thick as a weaver’s beam). The tip of the spear was made of iron and weighed (15 pounds/almost 7 kg.). A soldier carrying a huge shield walked in front of him.
8 Y paróse, y dio voces a los escuadrones de Israel, diciéndoles: ¿Para qué salís a dar batalla? ¿No soy yo el Filisteo, y vosotros los siervos de Saul? Escogéd un varón de vosotros que venga contra mí.
Goliath stood there and shouted to the Israeli army, “Why are you all lined up for battle? I am the great Philistine [soldier], and I think [RHQ] you are [merely] Saul’s slaves. Choose one man to fight for all of you, and send him down here to me!
9 Si él pudiere pelear conmigo, y me venciere, nosotros seremos vuestros siervos. Y si yo pudiere más que él, y le venciere, vosotros seréis nuestros siervos, y nos serviréis.
If he fights with me and kills me, then my fellow Philistines will all be your slaves. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you Israelis will all be our slaves.
10 Y añadió el Filisteo: Yo he deshonrado hoy el campo de Israel: dádme varón que pelee conmigo.
I defy/challenge you men of the Israeli army. Send me a man who will fight with me!”
11 Y oyendo Saul y todo Israel estas palabras del Filisteo, fueron espantados, y hubieron gran miedo.
When Saul and all the Israeli soldiers heard that, they were extremely terrified [DOU].
12 Y David era hijo de un varón Éufrateo de Belén de Judá, cuyo nombre era Isaí, el cual tenía ocho hijos: y era este hombre en el tiempo de Saul viejo, y de grande edad entre los hombres.
David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was from the clan of Ephrath. He lived in Bethlehem, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. Jesse had eight sons. When Saul [was king], Jesse had already become a very old man [DOU].
13 Y los tres hijos mayores de Isaí habían ido a seguir a Saul en la guerra. Y los nombres de sus tres hijos, que habían ido a la guerra eran, Eliab el primogénito: el segundo Abinadab: y el tercero Samma.
Jesse’s three oldest sons, Eliab and Abinadab and Shammah, had gone with Saul to fight [the Philistines].
14 Y David era el menor. Y habiendo ido los tres mayores tras Saul,
David was Jesse’s youngest son. While his three oldest brothers were with Saul,
15 David había ido y vuelto de con Saul, para apacentar las ovejas de su padre en Belén.
David went back and forth: Sometimes he went to Saul’s camp, and sometimes he stayed in Bethlehem to take care of his father’s sheep.
16 Venía pues aquel Filisteo por la mañana y a la tarde, y presentábase por cuarenta días.
For 40 days Goliath came out from the Philistine camp and stood there [taunting the Israeli army/telling the Israelis to choose one man to fight with him]. He did it twice each day, once in the morning and once in the evening.
17 E Isaí dijo a David su hijo: Toma ahora para tus hermanos un efa de esta cebada tostada, y estos diez panes, y llévalo presto al campo a tus hermanos.
[One day], Jesse said to David, “Here is a sack of roasted grain and ten loaves of bread. Take these quickly to your [older] brothers.
18 Y estos diez quesos de leche llevarás al capitán, y vé a ver a tus hermanos, si están buenos, y tomarás prendas de ellos.
And here are ten large chunks of cheese. Take them to their commander. And see how things are going with your [older] brothers. Then [if they are okay, ] bring back something to show they are all right.”
19 Y Saul, y ellos, y todos los de Israel estaban al valle del Alcornoque peleando con los Filisteos.
His brothers were with Saul and all the other Israeli soldiers, camped alongside Elah Valley, [preparing to] fight the Philistines.
20 Y David se levantó de mañana, y dejando las ovejas a la guarda, cargóse y fuése, como Isaí le mandó: y vino a la trinchera al ejército, el cual había salido a la ordenanza, y ya tocaban alarma en batalla.
So David arranged for another shepherd to take care of the sheep. Early the next morning he took the food and went to the Israeli camp, as Jesse told him to do. He arrived there just as the Israeli soldiers were forming their ranks and going out to the battlefield. As they went, they were shouting a war cry.
21 Porque así los Israelitas como los Filisteos estaban en ordenanza, escuadrón contra escuadrón.
The Philistine army and the Israeli army stood [on the hillsides], facing each other, ready for the battle.
22 Y David dejó la carga de sobre sí en mano del que guardaba el bagaje, y corrió al escuadrón, y como llegó, preguntaba por sus hermanos, si estaban buenos.
David gave the food to the man who was taking care of the war equipment. [He told him to take care of the food that he brought], and then he went and greeted his older brothers.
23 Y estando él hablando con ellos, he aquí aquel varón que se ponía en medio de los dos campos, que se llamaba Goliat, Filisteo de Get, que subía de los escuadrones de los Filisteos, hablando las mismas palabras, las cuales David oyó.
While he was talking with them, he saw Goliath coming out from among the Philistine soldiers, shouting [to the Israelis], challenging them [to send a man to fight him]. David heard what Goliath was saying.
24 Y todos los varones de Israel que veían aquel varón, huían delante de él, y tenían gran temor.
When all the Israeli soldiers saw Goliath, they were terrified and started to ran away.
25 Y cada uno de los de Israel decía: ¿No habéis visto a aquel varón que sube? él sube para deshonrar a Israel. Al que le venciere, el rey le enriquecerá de grandes riquezas, y le dará su hija, y hará franca la casa de su padre en Israel.
They were saying to each other, “Look at him coming up toward us! And listen to him as he defies us Israelis! The king says that he will give a big reward to whoever kills this man. He also says that he will give his daughter to that man for him to marry her, and that he will no longer require that man’s family to pay taxes.”
26 Entonces habló David a los que estaban a par de él, diciendo: ¿Qué harán a aquel varón que venciere a este Filisteo, y quitare la deshonra de Israel? Porque ¿quién es este Filisteo incircunciso, para que deshonre los escuadrones del Dios viviente?
David talked to some of the men who were standing near him. He said, “What will be given to whoever kills this Philistine and frees us Israelis from this shame/disgrace? And who [does] this heathen Philistine [think he] is, defying/ridiculing the army that serves the all-powerful God?”
27 Y el pueblo le respondió las mismas palabras, diciendo: Así se hará al tal varón que le venciere.
They told him the same thing that the other men had said, about what the king would do for anyone who killed Goliath.
28 Y oyéndole hablar Eliab su hermano mayor con aquellos varones, Eliab se encendió en ira contra David, y dijo: ¿Para qué has descendido acá? ¿y a quién has dejado aquellas pocas ovejas en el desierto? Yo conozco tu soberbia y la malicia de tu corazón, que para ver la batalla has venido.
But when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking to the men, he was angry. He said to David, “Why have you come down here? Is someone taking care of those few sheep that you left in the desert? I know you are just a (smart-aleck/brat)! You just want to watch the battle!”
29 Y David respondió: ¿Qué he hecho ahora? ¿Estas, no son palabras?
David replied, “Have I done something wrong? I was merely asking a question!”
30 Y apartándose de él hacia otros, habló lo mismo, y respondiéronle los del pueblo como primero.
Then he walked over to another man and asked him the same question, but the man gave him the same answer. Each time he asked someone, he received the same answer.
31 Y fueron oídas las palabras que David había dicho, las cuales fueron recitadas delante de Saul: y él le hizo venir.
Finally, someone told king Saul what David had asked, and Saul sent someone to bring David to him.
32 Y dijo David a Saul: No desmaye ninguno a causa de él, tu siervo irá, y peleará con este Filisteo.
David told king Saul, “No one should (worry/become a coward) because of that Philistine man. I will go and fight with him!”
33 Y dijo Saul a David: No podrás tú ir contra aquel Filisteo para pelear con él, porque tú eres mozo, y él es hombre de guerra desde su juventud.
Saul said to David, “You are only a young man, and he has been a very capable soldier all his life. So you are not able to go and fight with him!”
34 Y David respondió a Saul: Tu siervo era pastor en las ovejas de su padre, y venía un león, o un oso, y tomaba algún cordero de la manada;
David replied, “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep [for many years]. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried away a lamb,
35 Y salía yo tras él, y heríale, y escapába le de su boca: y si se levantaba contra mí, yo le echaba mano de la quijada, y le hería y mataba.
I went after the lion or the bear and attacked it and rescued the lamb from the wild animal’s mouth. Then I grabbed the animal by its jaw/throat and struck it and killed it.
36 Fuese león, fuese oso, tu siervo le mataba; pues este Filisteo incircunciso será como uno de ellos, porque ha deshonrado al ejército del Dios viviente.
I have killed both lions and bears. And [I will do] the same to this heathen Philistine, because he has defied/ridiculed the army of the all-powerful God!
37 Y añadió David: Jehová que me ha librado de mano de león, y de mano de oso, él también me librará de la mano de este Filisteo. Y dijo Saul a David: Vé, y Jehová sea contigo.
Yahweh has rescued me from paws of lions and bears, and he will rescue me from this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “All right, go [and fight him], and [I hope/desire] that Yahweh will help you!”
38 Y Saul vistió a David de sus ropas, y puso sobre su cabeza un almete de acero, y vistióle corazas.
Then Saul gave to David his own clothes that he always wore in battles, and he gave him a bronze helmet and a coat made of metal plates.
39 Y ciñó David su espada sobre sus vestidos, y probó a andar: porque nunca lo había experimentado. Y dijo David a Saul: Yo no puedo andar con esto, porque nunca lo experimenté. Y echando de si David aquellas cosas,
David [put these things on. Then he] fastened his sword over them, and tried to walk. But he could not walk, because he was not accustomed to wearing those things. So David said to Saul, “I cannot fight wearing all these things, because I am not accustomed to [wearing] them!” So he took them off.
40 Tomó su cayado en su mano, y tomóse cinco piedras lisas del arroyo, y púsolas en el saco pastoril, y en el zurrón que traía, y fuése, su honda en su mano, hacia el Filisteo.
Then he took his walking/shepherd’s stick, and he picked up five smooth stones from the brook/stream. He put them in the pouch of his shoulder-bag. Then he put his sling in his hand and started walking toward Goliath.
41 Y el Filisteo venía andando y acercándose a David, y su escudero delante de él.
Goliath walked toward David, with the soldier who was carrying his shield walking in front of him. When he got near David,
42 Y como el Filisteo miró, y vio a David, túvole en poco, porque era mancebo, y rojo, y de hermoso parecer.
he looked at David closely. He saw that David had a handsome face and healthy body, but that he was only a young man. So he sneered at David.
43 Y dijo el Filisteo a David: ¿Soy yo perro que vienes a mí con palos? Y maldijo a David por sus dioses.
He said to David, “Are you coming to me with a stick because [you think that] I am a dog?” Then he called out to his gods to harm David.
44 Y dijo el Filisteo a David: Ven a mí, y daré tu carne a las aves del cielo, y a las bestias del campo.
He said to David, “Come here to me, and I will [kill you and] give your dead body to the birds and wild animals to eat!”
45 Y David dijo al Filisteo: Tú vienes a mí con espada, y lanza, y escudo; mas yo vengo a ti en el nombre de Jehová de los ejércitos, el Dios de los escuadrones de Israel, que tú has deshonrado.
David replied, “You are coming to me with a sword and a dagger and a spear. But I am coming to you (in the name/with the authority) of almighty Yahweh. He is the God whom the army of Israel [worships], and he is the God whom you have defied/ridiculed.
46 Jehová pues te entregará hoy en mi mano, y yo te venceré, y quitaré tu cabeza de ti: y daré los cuerpos de los Filisteos hoy a las aves del cielo, y a las bestias de la tierra, y sabrá toda la tierra, que hay Dios en Israel.
Today Yahweh will enable me to defeat you. I will strike you down and cut off your head. And [we Israelis will kill] many Philistine [soldiers and] give their bodies to the birds and wild animals to eat. And everyone in the world will [hear about it and] know that we Israeli people worship an [all-powerful] God.
47 Y toda esta congregación sabrá, que Jehová no salva con espada y lanza; porque de Jehová es la guerra, y él os entregará en nuestras manos.
And everyone here will know that Yahweh can rescue people without a sword or a spear. Yahweh always wins his battles, and he will enable us to defeat all of you [Philistines].”
48 Y aconteció, que como el Filisteo se levantó para ir y llegarse contra David, David se dio priesa y corrió al combate contra el Filisteo.
As Goliath came closer to attack David, David ran quickly toward him.
49 Y metiendo David su mano en el saco, tomó de allí una piedra, y tirósela con la honda, e hirió al Filisteo en la frente: y la piedra quedó hincada en su frente, y cayó en tierra sobre su rostro.
He put his hand into his shoulder-bag and took out one stone. He [put it in his sling and] hurled it toward Goliath. The stone hit Goliath on the forehead and penetrated his skull, and he fell face down onto the ground.
50 Y así venció David al Filisteo con honda y piedra: e hirió al Filisteo, y matóle, sin tener David espada en su mano.
Then David ran and stood over Goliath. He pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath and killed him with it, and then cut off his head. In that way David defeated the Philistine without having his own sword. He used [only] a sling and a stone! When the other Philistines saw that their great warrior was dead, they ran away.
51 Entonces corrió David, y púsose sobre el Filisteo, y tomando su espada, y sacándola de su vaina, le mató, y cortóle con ella la cabeza. Y como los Filisteos vieron su gigante muerto, huyeron.
52 Y levantándose los de Israel y de Judá, dieron grita, y siguieron a los Filisteos hasta llegar al valle, y hasta las puertas de Accarón. Y cayeron heridos de los Filisteos por el camino de Saraim hasta Get, y Accarón.
The Israeli men shouted and ran after them. They pursued them all the way to Gath and to the gates of Ekron [city]. They struck them as they went, with the result that dead/wounded Philistines were lying on the road all the way from Shaaraim to Gath and Ekron [towns].
53 Y tornando los hijos de Israel de seguir los Filisteos, robaron su campo.
When the Israelis returned from chasing the Philistines, they (plundered/took everything from) the Philistine camp.
54 Y David tomó la cabeza del Filisteo, y trájola a Jerusalem, y puso sus armas en su tienda.
David later took the head of Goliath to Jerusalem, but he kept Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
55 Mas cuando Saul vio a David que salía a encontrarse con el Filisteo, dijo a Abner el general del ejército: Abner; ¿cúyo hijo es aquel mancebo? Y Abner respondió:
As Saul watched David going toward Goliath, he said to Abner, the commanded of his army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “(As sure as you are alive/Truly) [IDM], I do not know.”
56 Vive tu alma, oh rey, que no lo sé. Y el rey dijo: Pregunta, pues, cúyo hijo es aquel mancebo.
Then the king said, “Find out whose son he is!”
57 Y cuando David volvía de matar al Filisteo, Abner le tomó, y le llevó delante de Saul teniendo la cabeza del Filisteo en su mano.
[Later, ] as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner took him to Saul. David was carrying Goliath’s head.
58 Y díjole Saul: Mancebo, ¿cúyo hijo eres? Y David respondió: Yo soy hijo de tu siervo Isaí de Belén.
Saul asked him, “Young man, whose son are you?” David replied, “[Sir, perhaps you have forgotten that] I am the son of your servant Jesse, who has served you faithfully, who lives in Bethlehem.”
