1 Samuel 14

1 Un día Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, dijo al joven que estaba con él, cuidando de sus armas: Ven, vamos a la guarnición filistea que está al otro lado. Pero no le dijo nada a su padre.

One day, Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me; we will go over to where the Philistia soldiers have put up their tents.” [So they went], but Jonathan did not tell his father [what they were going to do].

2 Y Saúl todavía esperaba en la parte más alejada de Geba, debajo de un granado en Migrón: había unos seiscientos hombres con él;

On that day, Saul and the 600 soldiers who were with him were sitting around a pomegranate tree at a place where the people threshed grain, near Gibeah.

3 Y Ahías, hijo de Ahitob, hermano de Icabod, hijo de Finees, hijo de Elí, sacerdote del Señor en Silo, que tenía el efod. Y la gente no tenía idea de que Jonatan se había ido.

Ahijah the priest was also there. He was wearing the sacred vest. Ahijah was the son of Ahitub, who was a brother of Ichabod. Ichabod and Ahitub were the sons of Phinehas, who was the son of Eli, who had been Yahweh’s priest at Shiloh. No one knew that Jonathan had left [the Israeli camp].

4 Ahora, entre los estrechos caminos sobre las montañas por las que Jonatán se dirigía hacia las fuerzas de los filisteos, había una roca afilada que sobresalía en un lado y una roca afilada en el otro lado, una se llamaba Boses y el otro Sene.

Jonathan planned that he and the young man would go through a narrow (pass/place between two cliffs) to get to where the Philistia army was. The cliff on one side of the pass was named Bozez, and the other cliff was named Seneh.

5 Una roca subió al norte frente a Micmas y la otra al sur frente a Guibeá.

One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba [town].

6 Y Jonatán dijo a su joven siervo que tenía sus armas: Ven, vamos a los ejércitos de estos hombres que no tienen circuncisión: puede ser que el Señor nos ayude, porque no hay límite a su poder; el Señor puede dar la salvación por un gran ejército o por una pequeña banda.

Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me. We will go to where those (pagans/people who do not believe in Yahweh) [MTY] have set up their tents. Perhaps Yahweh will help us. It does not matter whether we are only two men or many people; nothing can hinder Yahweh from enabling us to defeat them.”

7 Y su criado le dijo: Haz lo que esté en tu mente; mira, estoy contigo en cada impulso de tu corazón.

The young man who was carrying Jonathan’s weapons said, “Do what you think is the best thing for us to do. I will help you.”

8 Entonces Jonatán dijo: Ahora pasaremos a estos hombres y dejaremos que nos vean.

Then Jonathan said, “Okay, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistia army is, and allow them to see us.

9 Si nos dicen: Quédate quieto donde estás hasta que lleguemos a ustedes; entonces mantendremos nuestros lugares y no subiremos a ellos.

If they then say to us, ‘You two stay there until we come down to you,’ we will stay there and not go up to them.

10 Pero si ellos dicen: Vengan acá; luego subiremos, porque el Señor los ha entregado en nuestras manos, y esta será la señal para nosotros.

But if they say to us, ‘Come up here [and fight against] us,’ that will show us that Yahweh will enable us to defeat them. Then we will go up and fight them.”

11 Y dejaron que los filisteos los vieran a los dos; y los filisteos dijeron: ¡Miren! Los hebreos están saliendo de los agujeros donde se han cubierto.

When the two of them crossed the valley, the Philistia soldiers saw them coming. They said, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes in which they have been hiding!”

12 Y los hombres armados de la fuerza respondieron a Jonatán y su siervo, diciendo: Vengan a nosotros y le dejaremos ver algo. Entonces Jonatán dijo a su siervo: Sube conmigo, porque el Señor los ha entregado en manos de Israel.

Then the Philistia soldiers who were closest to Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons said, “Come up here, and we will teach you something [about how to fight] [IDM]!” Jonathan said to the young man who was with him, “Come behind me and climb up, because Yahweh is going to help us to defeat them!”

13 Subió Jonatán con sus manos y sus pies, y su siervo subió tras él; y los filisteos caían ante Jonatán, y su siervo los mataba después de él.

So Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and his feet [because it was very steep]. The young man climbed up following him. As Jonathan climbed, he struck and killed many Philistia soldiers, and the young man who was with him killed many more as he followed behind Jonathan.

14 En su primer ataque, Jonatán y su criado mataron a la espada a unos veinte hombres, todos en el espacio de medio acre de tierra.

In that first battle the two of them killed about 20 Philistia soldiers in an area that was about half an acre.

15 Y había gran temor en los campamentos, y por el campo y entre todos los hombres de la fuerza armada, y los que merodeaban temblaban de miedo; incluso la tierra tembló con un gran temblor y hubo un temor por Dios.

Then all the other Philistia soldiers, the ones in the camp and the ones who had been attacking the Israeli towns, ones who were out in the field much closer, panicked. Then God caused the ground to shake, and they all became terrified/very afraid.

16 Y los vigilantes de Saúl, mirando desde Geba en la tierra de Benjamín, vieron a todo el ejército fluir y correr aquí y allá.

Saul’s (lookouts/men who were watching to see if enemies were coming) were in Gibeah [town] in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. They saw that the soldiers of the Philistia army were running away in all directions.

17 Entonces Saúl dijo a la gente que estaba con él: Pasen revista y veamos quién se ha ido de nosotros. Y cuando fueron contados, se vio que Jonatán y su escudero no estaban allí.

Saul [realized that some of his soldiers must have attacked the Philistia army. So he] said to the soldiers who were with him, “Check to see if any of our men are not here.” So they checked, and they found out that Jonathan and the man who carried his weapons were gone.

18 Y Saúl dijo a Ahías: Que venga aquí el cofre del pacto. Porque él cofre del pacto estaba con Israel en ese momento.

So Saul said to Ahijah [the Supreme Priest], “Bring the sacred vest here [and find out what we should do].” On that day Ahijah was wearing the sacred vest, going in front of the Israelis.

19 Mientras Saúl hablaba con el sacerdote, el ruido en los campamentos de los filisteos se hizo cada vez más fuerte; Y Saúl dijo al sacerdote: detén tu mano.

But while Saul was talking to the priest, [he saw that] the Philistia soldiers were becoming more panicked/confused. So Saul said to Ahijah, “Take your hand down [from the sacred vest. Do not waste any more time using the marked stones in the vest to find out what Yahweh wants us to do.”]

20 Entonces Saúl y todas las personas que estaban con él se reunieron y avanzaron a la lucha: y la espada de cada uno se volvió contra el hombre que estaba a su lado, y se oyó un gran ruido.

Then Saul gathered his men and they went toward the battle. They found that the Philistia soldiers were so confused that they were striking each other with their swords.

21 Entonces los hebreos que habían estado con los filisteos por algún tiempo, y habían subido con ellos a sus campamentos, se dieron vuelta y se unieron a los que estaban con Saúl y Jonatán.

Before that, some of the Hebrew men had deserted their army and gone to join with the Philistia army. But now those men [revolted and] joined with Saul and Jonathan and the other Israeli soldiers.

22 Y todos los hombres de Israel que se habían refugiado en la región montañosa de Efraín, al oír que los filisteos habían huido, los persiguieron y los atacaron.

Some of the Israeli soldiers had previously run away and hidden in the mountains where the tribe of Ephraim lived. But when they heard that the Philistia soldiers were running away, they [came down and] joined the other Israeli soldiers and pursued the Philistia soldiers.

23 Entonces él Señor salvó a Israel aquel día, y la lucha se extendió a Bet-avén.

So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven [town].

24 Y todo el pueblo de Israel estaba en gran apuro, unos veinte mil hombres, y la lucha fue general en toda la región montañosa de Efraín. Pero Saúl cometió un gran error ese día al poner bajo juramento a la gente, diciendo: “Que se maldiga al hombre que come antes de que llegue la noche y que haya castigado a los que están en mi contra”. Así que la gente no había comido.

Before Saul’s soldiers went to the battle, Saul declared to them solemnly, “I do not want any of you to eat any food before this evening, before we have defeated all our enemies. If anyone eats anything, [Yahweh] will curse/punish him.” So none of the Israeli soldiers ate any food, and they became faint/weak because they were very hungry.

25 Y había miel en el campo, y todo el pueblo vino a la miel, habiendo salido las abejas;

The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.

26 Pero ningún hombre se llevó la mano a la boca por temor a la maldición.

They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.

27 Pero Jonatán, no sabiendo el juramento que su padre había puesto sobre la gente, extendiendo la vara que tenía en la mano, la puso en la miel y se la puso en la boca; entonces sus ojos brillaron.

But Jonathan did not hear what his father commanded [because he had left the camp very early in the morning]. So [when he saw] a honeycomb, he dipped the end of his walking stick into it and ate some honey. After he ate the honey, he felt stronger.

28 Entonces uno de los de la gente le dijo: Tu padre juró a la gente, diciendo: Que se maldiga al hombre que come algo hoy. Y la gente era débil, necesitando comida.

But one of the Israeli soldiers saw him and said to him, “Your father solemnly declared to us that [Yahweh] would curse/punish anyone who ate any food today. So now we are [very tired and] weak from being hungry [because we obeyed him].”

29 Entonces Jonatán dijo: Mi padre ha hecho que los problemas lleguen a la tierra: ahora mira qué tan brillantes se han vuelto mis ojos porque he tomado un poco de esta miel.

Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey!

30 ¡Cuánto más si la gente hubiera tomado libremente su comida de los bienes de los que luchaban contra ellos! ¿No habría habido una destrucción mucho mayor entre los filisteos?

If he had permitted all of us to eat from the food we took from our enemies while we were pursuing them, we would have been able to kill many more of their soldiers!”

31 Ese día vencieron a los filisteos de Micmas hasta Ajalón, y la gente estaba débil por la necesidad de comida.

The Israelis pursued and killed Philistia soldiers all that day, from Micmash [town west] to Aijalon. But they continued to become weaker from being hungry.

32 Apresurándose a los bienes tomados en la lucha, la gente tomó carneros y ovejas y becerros, y los mató allí en la tierra, y comió, tomando la carne con la sangre en ella.

They had taken [many] sheep and cattle that the Philistia soldiers had abandoned. Now, because they were extremely hungry, they butchered some of those animals and ate the meat without draining the blood from the animals.

33 Entonces se dijo a Saúl: Mira, la gente está pecando contra el Señor, tomando la sangre con la carne. Y dijo a los que le dieron la noticia: Ahora, hágame rodar una gran piedra aquí.

One of the soldiers told Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against Yahweh by eating meat that still has blood in it!” Saul replied [to the men who were near him], “They have disobeyed Yahweh! Roll a large stone over here!”

34 Entonces Saúl dijo: Llamen al pueblo y díganles: Vengan todos los hombres aquí con su toro y sus ovejas, y matenlos aquí, y tomen su comida: no pequen contra el Señor tomando la sangre con la carne. Así que toda la gente llevó sus toros esa noche y los mató allí.

After they did that, he said to those men, “Go and tell all the soldiers that each of them must bring an ox or a sheep to me, and kill it here on this stone, [and drain the blood] before he eats any of the meat. They should not sin against Yahweh by eating meat [from some animal] without draining its blood.” So that night all the soldiers brought animals and slaughtered them there. Then Saul built an altar to [worship] Yahweh.

35 Entonces Saúl levantó un altar al Señor: este fue el primer altar que él puso al Señor.

That was the first [time that he built an] altar for Yahweh.

36 Entonces Saúl dijo: Bajemos después de los filisteos por la noche, atacándolos hasta la mañana, hasta que no haya un hombre de ellos vivo. Y ellos dijeron: Haz lo que te parezca correcto. Entonces el sacerdote dijo: Consultemos a Dios.

Then Saul said [to the Israeli soldiers], “Let’s pursue the Philistia soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive.” The Israeli soldiers answered, “We will do whatever you think is the best thing for us to do.” But the priest said, “We should ask Yahweh [what he thinks we should do].”

37 Y Saúl, deseando instrucciones de Dios, dijo: ¿Voy a bajar después de los Filisteos? ¿Los entregarás en manos de Israel? Pero no le dio respuesta ese día.

So Saul asked God, “Should we pursue the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?” But God did not answer Saul that day.

38 Y Saúl dijo: Acérquense, jefes del pueblo, y recibamos un mensaje de Dios y veamos en quién está este pecado hoy.

Then Saul summoned all the leaders of his army. He said to them, “[I am sure that God has not answered me because] someone has sinned. We must find out what sin someone has committed.

39 Porque, por el Señor viviente, el salvador de Israel, aunque el pecador sea Jonatán, hijo mío, la muerte ciertamente será su destino. Pero ningún hombre entre todas las personas le dio una respuesta.

Yahweh has rescued us [from the Philistia army]. Just as certain as Yahweh lives, whoever has sinned must be executed. Even if it is my son Jonathan who has sinned, he must be executed.” [His men knew who was guilty], but none of them said anything [to Saul].

40 Entonces dijo a todo Israel: Estarás de un lado, y yo estaré con Jonatán, mi hijo, del otro lado. Y la gente le dijo a Saúl: Haz lo que te parezca bien.

Then Saul said to all the Israeli soldiers, “You stand on one side. My son Jonathan and I will stand on the other side.” His men replied, “Do whatever you think is best.”

41 Entonces Saúl dijo al Señor, el Dios de Israel: ¿Por qué no me has dado una respuesta hoy? Si el pecado está en mí o en mi hijo Jonatán, oh Señor Dios de Israel, da Urim, y si está en tu pueblo Israel, echa suertes. Y por decisión del Señor, y Jonatán quedó marcado, y la gente quedó libre.

Then Saul prayed to Yahweh, the Israelis’ God, “Tell me who is guilty and who is not guilty.” Then the priest (cast lots/threw the stones that were marked), and they indicated that it was [either] Jonathan or Saul who was the guilty one, and that the other men were not guilty.

42 Y Saúl dijo: Toma tu decisión entre mi hijo Jonatán y yo. Y Jonatán fue tomado.

Then Saul said to the priest, “Throw the stones again to indicate which of us two is guilty.” So he did, and the stones indicated that Jonathan was the guilty one.

43 Entonces Saúl dijo a Jonatán: Cuéntame lo que has hecho. Y Jonatán le contó la historia y dijo: Ciertamente tomé un poco de miel con la punta de mi vara; Y ahora la muerte será mi destino.

Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done [that was wrong].” Jonathan replied, “I ate a little bit of honey. It was only a little bit that was on the end of my stick. Do I [deserve to be] executed [because of doing that]?”

44 Y Saúl dijo: Que el castigo de Dios sea conmigo y aun añada, si no mueres, Jonatán.

Saul replied, “Yes, you must be executed! I hope/wish that God will strike me and kill me if you are not executed for having done that!”

45 Y el pueblo dijo a Saúl: ¿Ha de venir la muerte a Jonatán, el trabajador de esta gran salvación para Israel? Que no sea así: por el Señor vivo, no se debe tocar un solo cabello de su cabeza, porque él ha estado trabajando con Dios hoy. Así que la gente libró a Jonatan de la muerte.

But the Israeli soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan has won a great victory for all us Israelis. Should he be executed for eating some honey [RHQ]? Certainly not! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, we will not allow you to injure him in any manner [IDM], [because] today God helped Jonathan [to kill many soldiers of the Philistia army]!” So [by saying that] the Israeli soldiers rescued Jonathan, and he was not executed.

46 Entonces Saúl, volviendo atrás, dejó de seguir a los filisteos, y los filisteos volvieron a su lugar.

Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes.

47 Cuando Saúl ocupó su lugar como gobernante de Israel, hizo la guerra a los que estaban contra él por todos lados, Moab y los amonitas y Edom y los reyes de Soba y los filisteos: y dondequiera que se volvía, los vencía.

After Saul became the ruler/king of the Israeli people, his army fought against their enemies in many areas. They fought against armies of the Moab people-group, the Ammon people-group, the Edom people-group, the kings of Zobah [city/area], and the Philistia people-group. Wherever the Israeli army fought, they defeated their enemies.

48 Y reunió un ejército, venció a los amalecitas y salvó a Israel de mano de los saqueadores.

Saul’s army fought bravely and defeated the [very tall] descendants of Amalek. His army rescued the Israelis from those who had (plundered/forcefully taken things from) them.

49 Ahora bien, los hijos de Saúl fueron Jonatán e Isui y Malquisua; y estos son los nombres de sus hijas: la mayor se llamaba Merab y la menor Mical;

Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malchishua. He also had two daughters, Merab and her younger sister Michal.

50 El nombre de la esposa de Saúl fue Ahinoam, la hija de Ahimaas; El capitán de su ejército fue Abner, el hijo de Ner, hermano del padre de Saúl.

Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul’s army was Abner, who was the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

51 Cis, el padre de Saúl, y Ner, el padre de Abner, eran hijos de Abiel.

Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel.

52 A lo largo de la vida de Saúl hubo una guerra amarga contra los filisteos; y cada vez que Saúl veía a un hombre fuerte o a un buen luchador, lo mantenía cerca de sí mismo.

All the time that Saul was alive, his army fought against the Philistia army. And whenever Saul saw a young man who was (brave/not afraid to fight) and strong, he forced him to join his army.