1 Crónicas 12
1 Ahora, estos son los hombres que vinieron a David a Siclag, mientras él todavía estaba desterrado, debido a Saúl, el hijo de Cis; estaban entre los hombres fuertes, sus ayudantes en la guerra.
David went to Ziklag [town] to escape from [King] Saul. While he was there, many warriors came and joined him, and they helped him when he fought battles.
2 Estaban armados con arcos y podían enviar piedras y flechas desde el arco, con la mano derecha o con la izquierda: eran los hermanos de Saúl, de la tribu de Benjamín.
They carried bows [and arrows]. They were able to shoot arrows and to sling stones. They could use either their right arms or their left arms to do that. They were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.
3 Ahiezer era su jefe, luego Joás, los hijos de Sema de Guibea; y Jeziel y Pelet, los hijos de Azmavet; y Beraca y Jehú de Anatot;
Their leader was Ahiezer. Next in command was Joash. They were both sons of Shemaah from Gibeah [city]. [These are the names of some of those warriors: ] Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu from Anathoth [town];
4 Ismaías, el Gabaonita, un gran hombre entre los treinta, y su jefe; y Jeremías, Jehaziel, Johanan, Jozabad de Gedera;
Ishmaiah from the Gibeon [city], who was a leader of the thirty mighty warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah [town];
5 Eluzai, Jerimot, Bealias, Semarias, Sefatias el Harufita;
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph [town];
6 Elcana, Isaías y Azareel, Joezer, Jasobeam, Coreitas;
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam, who were descendants of Korah;
7 Y Joela y Zebadías, los hijos de Jeroham de Gedor.
Joelah and Zebadiah, who were sons of Jeroham, from Gedor [town].
8 Y algunos de los gaditas, al lado de David, fueron a su fortaleza en el desierto, hombres grandes y fuertes, entrenados para la guerra, expertos en el uso de armas, cuyos rostros eran como los rostros de leones, y eran de patas rápidas como venados en las montañas;
Some men from the tribe of Gad [east of the Jordan River] joined David when he was at his fortress in [the caves in] the desert. They were brave warriors who were trained for fighting battles and able to use shields and spears well. They [SYN] were as fierce as [SIM, MTY] lions, and they could run as fast as [HYP, SIM] deer/gazelles on the hills/mountains.
9 Ezer su jefe, Obadiah, el segundo; Eliab, el tercero;
Ezer was their leader. Next in command was Obadiah. Next was Eliab.
10 Mismana, el cuarto; Jeremías, el quinto;
Next was Mishmannah. Next was Jeremiah.
11 Atai, el sexto; Eliel el séptimo;
Next was Attai. Next was Eliel.
12 Johanan, el octavo; Elzabad, el noveno;
Next was Johanan. Next was Elzabad.
13 Jeremías décimo; Macbanai, y undécimo;
Next was [another man whose name was] Jeremiah. The last was Macbannai.
14 Estos gaditas eran capitanes del ejército; el menor de ellos era el capitán de más de cien hombres y el mayor de los mil.
Those men from the tribe of Gad were all army officers. Some of them commanded 1,000 soldiers, and some of them commanded 100 soldiers.
15 Fueron los que pasaron por el Jordán en el primer mes, cuando el río se desbordó, e hicieron huir a todas las personas de los valles, al este y al oeste.
They crossed [to the west side of] the Jordan [River] during March, [at the time of the year] when the river was flooded. They chased from there all the people who lived in the valleys on both sides of the river.
16 Y algunos de los hijos de Benjamín y Judá vinieron a David en su fortaleza.
Some other men from the tribe of Benjamin and from Judah also came to David in his fortress.
17 Y saliendo a ellos David, les dijo: Si han venido en paz para ayudarme, mi corazón se unirá al de ustedes; pero si has venido a entregarme a aquellos que me quitarían la vida, aunque mis manos están limpias de cualquier mal, entonces el Dios de nuestros padres puede verlo y castigarte.
David went out [of the cave] to meet them and said to them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, I am eager to have you join with me. But if you have come to enable my enemies to capture me, even though I [SYN] have not done anything to harm you, I hope/wish that the God whom our ancestors (worshiped/belonged to) will see it and condemn/punish you.”
18 Entonces vino el espíritu sobre Amasai, que era el jefe de los capitanes, y dijo: Somos tuyos, David, estamos de tu lado, oh hijo de Isaí: que la paz esté contigo y que la paz a los que te ayudan porque Dios es tu ayudante. Entonces David los llevó a su ejército y los convirtió en capitanes del ejército.
Then [God’s] Spirit came upon Amasai, who was another leader of the thirty [greatest warriors], and he said, “David, we want to be with you; you who are the son of Jesse, we will join you. We know that things will go very well [DOU] for you and for those who are with you, because your God is helping you.”
19 Y algunos de los hombres de Manasés se acercaron a David, cuando fue con los filisteos a la guerra contra Saúl, pero no les ayudó: porque los señores de los filisteos, después de discutir, lo despidieron, diciendo: Volverá a su maestro Saúl, al precio de nuestras vidas.
So David welcomed those men, and he appointed them to be leaders of his soldiers. Some men from the tribe of Manasseh also joined David when he went with the soldiers of Philistia to fight against Saul’s [army]. But David and his men did not really help the army of Philistia. After the leaders of Philistia talked [about David and his soldiers], they sent David away. They said, “If David joins his master Saul again, we will all be killed {his army will kill all of us}!”
20 Luego, cuando regresó a Siclag, se acercó a él, de los hombres de Manasés, Adnas y Jozabad y Jediael y Micael y Jozabad y Elihu y Ziletai, capitanes de miles de los ejércitos de Manasés.
When David went to Ziklag, these were the men from the tribe of Manasseh who went with him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, [another man whose name was] Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each of them had been a commander of 1,000 men [in Saul’s army].
21 Y ayudaron a David contra las bandas armadas, porque todos ellos eran grandes hombres de guerra y capitanes en el ejército.
They were all brave soldiers, and they helped David to fight against the groups of men who roamed throughout the country, robbing people. So those men became commanders in David’s army.
22 Y de día en día llegaron más partidarios a David, hasta que tuvo un gran ejército como el ejército de Dios.
Every day more men joined David’s men, and his army became large, like [SIM] the army of God (OR, a very huge army).
23 Estos son los números de los jefes de los hombres armados, listos para la guerra, que llegaron a David en Hebrón, para entregar el reino de Saúl en sus manos, como el Señor lo había dicho.
These are the numbers of soldiers who were ready for battle who joined David at Hebron [city]. They came to help him to become the king of Israel to replace Saul, as Yahweh had promised would happen.
24 Había seis mil ochocientos lanceros de los hijos de Judá, armados para la guerra;
There were 6,800 men from Judah, who carried shields and spears.
25 Siete mil, cien de los hijos de Simeón, grandes hombres de guerra;
There were 7,100 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were all strong warriors trained to fight battles.
26 De los hijos de Leví, cuatro mil seiscientos.
There were 4,600 men from the tribe of Levi.
27 Y Joiada, la principal de la familia de Aarón, y con él tres mil setecientos hombres;
Jehoiada, who was a leader descended from Aaron, was in that group of descendants of Levi, and there were 3,700 men with him.
28 Y Sadoc, un joven, grande y fuerte en la guerra, con veintidós capitanes de la gente de su padre.
Zadok, a strong young soldier, was also in that group, and there were 22 other leaders from his clan who came with him.
29 Y de los hijos de Benjamín, los hermanos de Saúl, tres mil; durante ese tiempo, la mayor parte de ellos había sido fiel a Saúl.
There were 3,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who were Saul’s relatives. Most of them had previously wanted one of Saul’s descendants to be the king.
30 Y de los hijos de Efraín, veinte mil ochocientos grandes hombres de guerra, hombres de gran nombre en sus familias.
There were 20,800 men from the tribe of Ephraim who were all brave warriors and trained for fighting battles and famous in their own clans.
31 Y de la media tribu de Manasés, dieciocho mil, nombrados por nombre, vinieron a hacer rey a David.
There were 18,000 men from the half of the tribe of Manasseh [that lived west of the Jordan River]. They were all chosen to go and help David become the king.
32 Y de los hijos de Isacar, había doscientos jefes, hombres que tenían conocimiento experto de los tiempos y lo que era mejor que hiciera Israel, y todos sus hermanos estaban bajo sus órdenes.
There were 200 men who were leaders from the tribe of Issachar, along with their relatives. Those leaders always knew what the Israelis should do, and they knew the right time to do it.
33 De Zabulón, había cincuenta mil hombres que salieron con el ejército, expertos en organizar la batalla, para ayudar con todo tipo de armas; Hombres de corazón verdadero.
There were 55,000 men from the tribe of Zebulun. They were all experienced warriors and knew how to use all kinds of weapons well. They were completely loyal to David.
34 Y de Neftalí, mil capitanes con treinta y siete mil lanzas y escudos.
There were 1,000 officers from the tribe of Naphtali. With them were 37,000 soldiers, each carrying shields and spears.
35 Y de los de Dan, veintiocho mil seiscientos, expertos en ordenar la pelea.
There were 28,600 soldiers from the tribe of Dan, all trained to fight battles.
36 De la tribu de Aser, cuarenta mil que salieron con el ejército, expertos en infantería.
There were 47,000 experienced soldiers from the tribe of Asher, all trained to fight battles.
37 Desde el otro lado del Jordán, había ciento veinte mil de Rubén y de Gad y los hombres de la media tribu de Manasés, armados con todo tipo de instrumentos de guerra.
There were also 120,000 soldiers from the area east of the Jordan [River who joined David]. They were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They had all kinds of weapons.
38 Todos estos hombres de guerra, expertos en organizar la batalla, llegaron a Hebrón con el propósito de hacer que David fuera rey sobre todo Israel; y todo el resto de Israel se unió en su deseo de hacer rey a David.
All those men were soldiers who volunteered to be in David’s army. They came to Hebron wanting very much to enable David to be the king of all of the Israeli people.
39 Por tres días estuvieron allí con David, festejando en su mesa, porque sus hermanos habían preparado la comida para ellos.
The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, because their families had given them food to take with them.
40 Y los que estaban cerca, hasta Isacar, Zabulón, Neftalí, vinieron con comida en asnos y camellos y mulas y bueyes, con comida para comer y tortas de higos, pasas, vino, aceite, bueyes, ovejas en gran número, porque había gozo en Israel.
Also, their fellow Israelis came from as far away as the area where the tribes of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali lived, bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought a lot of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, [olive] oil, cattle and sheep. And throughout Israel, the people were very joyful.
