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 went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. And he said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is 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 the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’

3 Así que ahora, sí tienes aquí cinco tartas de pan, dame lo que que tengas.

Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”

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, responding to David, said to him: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially 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 responded to the priest, and said to him: “Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”

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.

Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.

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 among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.

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.

Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”

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: “Behold, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so 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.

And so, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he 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, when they had seen David, said to him: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, saying, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’”

12 Y David tomó en serio estas palabras, temiendo a Aquis, el rey de Gat.

Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of 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.

And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.

14 Entonces Aquis dijo a sus siervos: ¡Miren! el hombre está claramente fuera de su cabeza; ¿Por qué lo has dejado venir ante mi?

And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to 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?

Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”