1 Samuel 21
1 Entonces David se acercó a Nob y al sacerdote Ahimelec. Ahimelec se llenó de temor al encontrarse con David y le dijo: ¿Por qué estás solo, sin tener un hombre contigo?
Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?
2 Y David dijo al sacerdote Ahimelec: El rey me dio órdenes y me dijo: No digas nada a nadie sobre el negocio al que te envío y las órdenes que te he dado, y cierto lugar Se ha fijado para los hombres.
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.
3 Así que ahora, sí tienes aquí cinco tartas de pan, dame lo que que tengas.
So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.
4 Entonces el sacerdote, respondiendo a David, dijo: Aquí no tengo pan común, sino que hay pan consagrado; Ojalá los jóvenes se hayan alejado de las mujeres.
And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
5 Y respondiendo David, dijo al sacerdote: Ciertamente nos han sido ocultas las mujeres; y como se ha hecho antes, cuando salimos a campañas, los jóvenes se purificaron, aunque era un viaje común; cuánto más hoy serán santificados.
And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made holy.
6 Entonces el sacerdote le dio el pan consagrado, no había otro, solo el pan santo que había sido tomado de delante del Señor, para que se pusiera un nuevo pan reemplazado por el pan caliente del día.
So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.
7 Aquel día estaba allí cierto hombre de los siervos de Saúl, que se había mantenido ante el Señor; su nombre era Doeg, un edomita, el más fuerte de los mensajeros de Saúl.
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, kept back before the Lord; his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the strongest of Saul's runners.
8 Y David dijo a Ahimelec: ¿No tienes espada o lanza contigo aquí? porque he venido sin mi espada y otras armas, porque los asuntos del rey tenían que hacerse rápidamente.
And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.
9 Y el sacerdote dijo: La espada de Goliat, el filisteo, a quien mataste en el valle de Ela, está doblada aquí en un paño en la parte posterior del efod, toma eso, si quieres, porque no hay otra espada aquí. Y David dijo: No hay otra espada mejor que esa; damela.
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.
10 Entonces David se levantó y salió huyendo ese día por temor a Saúl, y fue a Aquis, el rey de Gat.
Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
11 Y los criados de Aquis le dijeron: ¿No es éste David, el rey de la tierra? ¿No hicieron canciones sobre él en sus bailes, diciendo: Saúl ha matado a miles y David a decenas de miles?
And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?
12 Y David tomó en serio estas palabras, temiendo a Aquis, el rey de Gat.
And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.
13 Entonces, cambiando su comportamiento ante ellos, fingiendo locura ante ellos, rascaba las puertas de la ciudad y dejaba que la saliva saliera de su boca hasta su barbilla.
So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.
14 Entonces Aquis dijo a sus siervos: ¡Miren! el hombre está claramente fuera de su cabeza; ¿Por qué lo has dejado venir ante mi?
Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?
15 ¿Acaso me hacen falta locos, para que dejen que esta persona venga y haga tales locuras ante mí? ¿Había de entrar tal hombre en mi casa?
Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?
