2 Samuel 1
1 Y aconteció después de la muerte de Saul, que vuelto David de la derrota de los Amalecitas, estuvo dos días en Siceleg:
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 Y al tercero día aconteció, que llegó uno del campo de Saul, rotos sus vestidos, y esparcida tierra sobre su cabeza. Y llegando a David, postróse en tierra, y le hizo reverencia.
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 Y preguntóle David: ¿De dónde vienes? Y él respondió: Heme escapado del campo de Israel.
David asked him, “Where have you come from?” The man replied, “I escaped from where the Israeli army had been camped.”
4 Y David le dijo: ¿Qué ha acontecido? Ruégote que me lo digas. Y él respondió: El pueblo huyó de la batalla, y también muchos del pueblo cayeron y son muertos: también Saul, y Jonatán su hijo 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 Y dijo David a aquel mancebo que le daba las nuevas: ¿Cómo sabes que Saul es muerto, y Jonatán su hijo?
David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6 Y el mancebo que le daba las nuevas respondió: Por casualidad vine al monte de Gelboé, y, he aquí Saul que estaba recostado sobre su lanza, y venían tras él carros y gente de a caballo:
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 Y como él miró atrás, me vio, y me llamó: y yo dije: Heme aquí:
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 dijo: ¿Quién eres tú? Y yo le respondí: Soy Amalecita.
He replied, ‘Who are you?’ I replied, ‘I am a descendant of Amalek.’
9 Y él me volvió a decir: Yo te ruego que te pongas sobre mí, y me mates, porque me toman angustias, y aun toda mi alma está 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 Yo entonces púseme sobre él, y le maté: porque sabía que no podía vivir después de su caída. Y tomé la corona que tenía en su cabeza, y la ajorca que traía en su brazo, y las he traído acá a mi señor.
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 trabando de sus vestidos rompiólos, y lo mismo hicieron los varones que estaban con él.
Then David and all the men who were with him tore their clothes [to show that they were very sad].
12 Y lloraron, y lamentaron; y ayunaron hasta la tarde por Saul y por Jonatán su hijo, y por el pueblo de Jehová, y por la casa de Israel, que habían caído a cuchillo.
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 Y David dijo a aquel mancebo, que le había traído las nuevas: ¿De dónde eres tú? Y él respondió: Yo 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 díjole David: ¿Cómo no hubiste temor de extender tu mano para matar al ungido de Jehová?
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 mancebos, y díjole: Llega, y mátale. Y él le 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 Y David le dijo: Tu sangre sea sobre tu cabeza, pues que tu boca atestiguó contra ti, diciendo: Yo maté al ungido de Jehová.
17 Y endechó David a Saul y a Jonatán su hijo, con esta endecha.
Then David composed/wrote this sad song about Saul and Jonathan,
18 Y dijo, que enseñasen al arco a los hijos de Judá. He aquí que así está escrito en el libro del derecho.
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 La gloria de Israel, muertos sobre tus collados: ¡cómo han caído 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 denunciéis en Get, no deis las nuevas en las plazas de Ascalón; porque no se alegren las hijas de los Filisteos: porque no salten de gozo 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 Montes de Gelboé, ni rocío ni lluvia caiga sobre vosotros; ni seáis tierras de ofrendas: porque allí fue desechado el escudo de los valientes, el escudo de Saul, como si no hubiera sido ungido de 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 Sin sangre de muertos, sin sebo de valientes, el arco de Jonatán nunca volvió atrás, ni la espada de Saul se tornó 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 Saul y Jonatán amados y queridos en su vida, en su muerte tampoco fueron apartados. Más ligeros que águilas, más fuertes que 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 Hijas de Israel llorád sobre Saul, que os vestía de escarlata en placeres: que adornaba vuestras ropas con ornamentos de oro.
“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 han caído los valientes en medio de la batalla, Jonatán, muerto en tus alturas!
“[It is very sad that] this mighty soldier has died! Jonathan has been killed on the mountains/hills.
26 Angustia tengo por ti, hermano mío Jonatán, que me fuiste muy dulce; más maravilloso me fue tu amor, que el amor 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 han caído los valientes, y perecieron las armas de guerra!
“It is very sad that those mighty men have died, and their weapons are now abandoned!
