1 Samuel 18
1 Ahora, después de que terminó la conversación de David con Saúl, el alma de Jonatán se unió al alma de David, y David se volvió tan querido para él como su propia vida.
After David finished talking with Saul, [he met Saul’s son, Jonathan.] Jonathan [immediately] liked David; in fact, he began to love/like him as much as he loved/liked himself.
2 Y ese día Saúl tomó a David y no le permitió volver a la casa de su padre.
From that day, Saul kept David with him, and did not let him return home.
3 Entonces Jonatán y David llegaron a un acuerdo juntos, debido a que Jonatán lo amaba como a su propia alma.
Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. [They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends].
4 Y Jonatán se quitó la túnica que llevaba puesta y se la dio a David, con todo su atuendo militar, incluso su espada y su arco y la banda alrededor de su cuerpo.
Jonathan took off his own outer robe and gave it to David. He also gave David his soldier’s tunic, his sword, his bow [and arrows], and his belt.
5 Y David fue a dondequiera que Saúl lo envió, e hizo con sabiduría: y Saúl lo puso a la cabeza de sus hombres de guerra, y esto agradó a todo el pueblo, así como a los siervos de Saúl.
[David went wherever Saul sent him. And] whatever Saul told him to do, David did it very successfully. As a result, Saul appointed David to be a commander in the army. All the officers and other men in the army (approved of/were very pleased with) that.
6 Ahora, en su camino, cuando David regresó después de la destrucción del filisteo, las mujeres salieron de todos los pueblos de Israel, con cantos y bailes, y se encontraron con David con melodía y alegría e instrumentos musicales.
But, when the men in the army were returning home after David had killed Goliath, the women came out from many [HYP] towns in Israel to meet/greet King Saul. They were singing and dancing very joyfully, playing tambourines and lyres.
7 Y las mujeres, unas a otras en su canto, dijeron: Saúl ha matado a sus miles y David a sus decenas de miles.
As they danced, they sang this song to each other: “Saul has killed 1,000 [enemy soldiers], But David has killed 10,000 [of them].”
8 Y Saúl estaba muy enojado, y esta frase le resultaba desagradable; y él dijo: Le han dado crédito a David por decenas de miles, y para mí solo por miles: ¿qué más hay para él sino el reino?
[When] Saul [heard them singing that, he] did not like it. He became very angry. He said [to himself], “They are saying that David [killed] 10,000 men, but that I [have killed] only 1,000. Soon they will want to make him their king!” [RHQ]
9 Y desde aquel día Saúl miraba con envidia a David.
From that time, Saul watched David very closely because he was suspicious [that David would try to become king].
10 Al día siguiente, un espíritu maligno de Dios vino sobre Saúl y empezó a hablar incoherencias entre los sirvientes de su casa, mientras que David tocaba música para él, como lo hacía día tras día. y Saúl tenía su lanza en la mano.
The next day, an evil spirit sent by God suddenly took control of Saul. He began to act like a madman, inside his house. David was playing the lyre for him, as he did every day. Saul was holding a spear in his hand,
11 Y Saúl, balanceando la lanza en su mano, dijo: Le daré un golpe a David y lo clavaré en la pared. Y David se escapó de él dos veces.
and he hurled it [at David], saying to himself, “I will fasten David to the wall with the spear!” He did that two times, but David jumped aside [both times].
12 Entonces Saúl temió a David, porque el Señor estaba con David y se había ido de Saúl.
Because [it became evident that] Yahweh had abandoned Saul but [that] he was helping David, Saul was afraid of David.
13 Entonces Saúl lo despidió y lo convirtió en capitán de más de mil; y salía a campaña y volvía.
So he appointed David as a commander of 1,000 soldiers and sent David away from him, [hoping that David would be killed in a battle]. But when David led his soldiers [in their battles],
14 Y en todas sus obras David hizo sabiamente; y el Señor estaba con él.
he always had great success, because Yahweh was helping him.
15 Y cuando Saúl vio lo sabio que lo había hecho, tuvo miedo de él.
When Saul heard that David [and his soldiers were] very successful, he became more afraid of David.
16 Pero todo Israel y Judá amaban a David, porque él salía y regresaba delante de ellos.
But all the people of Israel and of Judah loved David, because he led the soldiers very successfully [in the battles].
17 Entonces Saúl dijo a David: Aquí está mi hija mayor, Merab, a quien te daré por tu esposa: sé fuerte conmigo, luchando en las guerras del Señor. Porque dijo Saúl: Que no sea por mí que venga su muerte, sino por los filisteos.
One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my oldest daughter, Merab, to be your wife. I will do that if you serve me bravely by fighting battles for Yahweh [against the Philistines]”. He said that because he thought, “I will not try to get rid of David by myself. I will allow the Philistines to do that.”
18 Entonces David dijo a Saúl: ¿Quién soy yo, y cuál es la familia de mi padre en Israel, para que yo sea yerno del rey?
But David said to Saul, “I am not [RHQ] a very important person, and my family is not very important, and my clan is not a very important Israeli clan. So I do not deserve to become your son-in-law.” [RHQ]
19 Pero cuando llegó el momento de entregar a Merab, la hija de Saúl, a David, ella fue entregada a Adriel de Mehola.
So, when it was time for Merab to be given to David to become his wife, instead, Saul gave her to a man named Adriel, from Meholah [town].
20 Y la hija de Saúl, Mical, estaba enamorada de David, y Saúl se lo dijo y se alegró.
But Saul’s other daughter, Michal, fell in love with David. When they told Saul about that, he was pleased.
21 Entonces Saúl dijo: Se la daré, para que pueda ser un peligro para él, y para que las manos de los filisteos estén contra él. Entonces Saúl dijo a David: Hoy serás mi yerno por segunda vez.
He thought, “I will let Michal marry him, in order that she may trap him, and the Philistines will be able to kill him.” So he said to David, [“You can marry Michal],” and by saying that, he indicated for the second time that David would become his son-in-law.
22 Entonces Saúl dio órdenes a sus siervos, diciendo: Habla en secreto con David y dile: Mira cómo el rey se deleita en ti y cómo te aman todos sus siervos; sé el yerno del rey.
Saul told his servants, “Talk to David privately, and say to him, ‘Listen, the king is pleased with you, and all of us his servants love you. So now [we think that] you should [marry Michal and] become the king’s son-in-law.’”
23 Y los criados de Saúl dijeron estas cosas a David. Y David dijo: ¿Te parece algo pequeño ser el yerno del rey, ya que soy un hombre pobre, que no tiene gran nombre?
So they told that to David. But David said, “It would be a great honor [RHQ] to become the king’s son-in-law. But [I do not think that I should do that, because] I am only a poor and insignificant man.”
24 Y los criados de Saúl le contaron lo que David había dicho.
When the servants told Saul what David had said,
25 Entonces Saúl dijo: Entonces dile a David: El rey no desea ningún precio de novia, sino solo los prepucios de cien filisteos para que el rey pueda vencer a sus enemigos. Pero fue en la mente de Saúl que David podría llegar a su fin por las manos de los filisteos.
Saul replied, “Go and say to David, ‘[In order for] the king [to allow you to marry Michal, he] wants [you to kill] 100 Philistines [and cut off] their foreskins [and bring the foreskins to him to prove that you have killed them]. In that way he will get revenge on his enemies.’” But what Saul wanted was that the Philistines would kill David [while David was trying to kill them].
26 Y cuando sus siervos dijeron estas palabras a David, se alegró mucho de ser el yerno del rey. Y los días aún no habían pasado.
When the servants told that to David, he was very pleased that he could become the king’s son-in-law [by doing that. The king had said how many days he would allow for David to do that]. But before that time ended,
27 Entonces David y sus hombres se levantaron y fueron y mataron a doscientos de los filisteos; y David tomó sus prepucios y dio el número completo de ellos al rey, para que él pudiera ser el yerno del rey. Y Saúl le dio a su hija Mical por su esposa.
David and his men went and killed, [not 100, but] 200 Philistines! He brought their foreskins to Saul, and counted them [while Saul was watching], in order to prove that he had [done what the king required so that he could become Saul’s son-in-law. So then Saul was obligated] to allow David to marry his daughter Michal.
28 Y a Saúl le quedó claro que el Señor estaba con David; y fue amado por todo Israel.
But when Saul realized that Yahweh was helping David, and that his daughter loved David,
29 Y el temor de Saúl a David se hizo aún mayor, y él siguió odiándolo, día tras día.
he became more afraid of David. So, as long as Saul lived, he was David’s enemy.
30 Entonces los gobernantes de los filisteos salieron a la guerra: y cada vez que salían, David hacía más sabiamente que todos los demás siervos de Saúl, para que su nombre se honrara grandemente.
The Philistine armies repeatedly came to fight the Israelis, but every time they fought, David and his soldiers were more successful than any of Saul’s other army commanders. As a result, David became very famous.
