2 Samuel 1
1 Después de la muerte de Saúl, cuando David, después de haber regresado de la destrucción de los amalecitas, había estado en Siclag durante dos días;
After Saul died, David [and the men who were with him] returned to Ziklag [town] after defeating the descendants of Amalek. They stayed in Ziklag for two days.
2 Al tercer día, un hombre salió del campamento de Saúl, con su ropa rasgada y la tierra sobre su cabeza: y cuando vino a David, descendió sobre la tierra y le dio honor.
On the third day, unexpectedly a man arrived there who had come from where Saul’s army was camped. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head [to show that he was grieving]. He came to David, and prostrated himself on the ground [in front of David to show respect for him].
3 Y le dijo David: ¿De dónde vienes? Y él dijo: He venido huyendo del campamento de Israel.
David asked him, “Where have you come from?” The man replied, “I escaped from where the Israeli army had been camped.”
4 Y le dijo David: ¿Cómo anduvieron las cosas? Dame las noticias Y en respuesta, él dijo: La gente ha salido huyendo de la lucha, y una gran cantidad de ellos están muertos; y Saúl y su hijo Jonatán han muerto.
David asked him, “What happened? Tell me [about the battle]!” The man replied, “The Israeli soldiers ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed. And Saul and his son Jonathan (are dead/were also killed).”
5 Entonces David dijo al joven que le había dado la noticia: ¿Por qué estás seguro de que Saúl y su hijo Jonatán están muertos?
David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6 Y el joven dijo: Llegué por casualidad al monte Gilboa, y vi a Saúl sosteniéndose en su lanza; y los carros de guerra y los jinetes lo alcanzaron.
The young man replied, “It happened that I was on Gilboa Mountain [where the battle occurred], and I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The [enemy] chariots and their drivers had come very close to Saul.
7 Y mirando hacia atrás, me vio y me gritó. Y respondiéndole, dije: Heme aquí.
Saul turned around and saw me, and he called out to me. I answered him and said, ‘What do you want me to do?’
8 Y me dijo: ¿Quién eres? Y dije, soy una amalecita.
He replied, ‘Who are you?’ I replied, ‘I am a descendant of Amalek.’
9 Entonces me dijo: Ven, acércate a mí y muéstrame, porque el dolor de la muerte me tiene agarrado, pero mi vida sigue siendo fuerte en mí.
Then he said to me, ‘Come over here and kill me. I am still alive, but I am enduring a lot of pain.’
10 Entonces puse mi pie sobre él y le di su golpe mortal, porque estaba seguro de que no seguiría viviendo después de su caída: y me quité la corona de la cabeza y la banda de su brazo. y los tengo aquí para mi señor.
So I went to him and killed him, because I knew that he was wounded very badly and would (not continue to live/soon die). I took the crown that was on his head and the band/bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them to you.”
11 Entonces David dio paso a un amargo dolor, y así lo hicieron todos los hombres que estaban con él:
Then David and all the men who were with him tore their clothes [to show that they were very sad].
12 Y hasta la tarde se entregaron a la pena y al llanto, y no comieron, llorando por Saúl y por Jonatán, su hijo, y por el ejército del Señor y por los hombres de Israel; porque habían llegado a su fin por la espada.
They mourned for Saul and his son Jonathan, and they cried and (fasted/abstained from eating food) until it was evening. They also mourned for all the army of Yahweh, and for all the Israeli people, because many of their soldiers had been killed in the battle [MTY].
13 Y David dijo al joven que le había dado la noticia: ¿De dónde vienes? Y él dijo: Soy extranjero, hijo de un un amalecita.
Then David asked the young man who had told him [about the battle], “Where are you from?” He replied, “My father is a descendant of Amalek, but we live in Israel.”
14 Y le dijo David: ¿No tuviste temor de extender tu mano para matar al que fue ungido con el aceite santo?
David asked him, “(Why were you not afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king]?/You should have been afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king].) [RHQ]
15 Entonces David envió a uno de sus jóvenes y le dijo: Acércate y ponle fin. Y le dio muerte.
You yourself said, ‘I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.’ So you have caused yourself to be guilty [MTY] of causing your own death!” Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, “Kill him!” So the soldier killed him by striking him [with a sword].
16 Y díjole David: Pon tu sangre sobre tu cabeza; porque tu boca ha dado testimonio contra ti, diciendo: He matado al hombre ungido del Señor.
17 Entonces David hizo esta canción de dolor para Saúl y Jonatán, su hijo:
Then David composed/wrote this sad song about Saul and Jonathan,
18 Está registrado en el libro de Jaser para enseñar a los hijos de Judá y dijo:
and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. [The song is called] ‘The Bow [and Arrow]’ and it has been written in the Book of Jashar:
19 ¡La gloria, oh Israel, está muerta en tus lugares altos! ¡Cómo se han reducido los grandes!
“You Israeli people, your glorious [MTY] leaders have been killed on the mountains! [It is very sad that] those mighty men have died!
20 No des noticias de ello en Gat, que no se diga en las calles de Ascalón; o las hijas de los filisteos se alegrarán, las hijas de los hombres sin circuncisión serán exaltadas de alegría.
“Do not tell it [to our enemies in the Philistia area]; do not tell to the people who live in Gath [city] what happened; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon [city], because if you tell them, [even] the women in that area will be happy; do not allow those (pagan women/women who do not know God) to rejoice.
21 Oh montañas de Gilboa, que no haya llueva ni haya rocio, ni campos de ofrenda; porque allí se han avergonzado los escudos de los héroes, el escudo de Saúl, como si no hubiera sido ungido.
I hope/desire that there will be no rain or dew on the mountains of [the] Gilboa [area] [APO], and that no grain will grow in the fields there, because there the shield of Saul, the mighty [king], fell on the ground. No one rubbed [olive] oil on Saul’s shield;
22 De la sangre de los muertos, de la grasa de los fuertes, el arco de Jonatán no se volvió, la espada de Saúl no volvió sin usar.
instead, it was stained with the blood of those whom he had killed, and the fat of mighty enemy soldiers was smeared on it. Jonathan [PRS] did not retreat carrying his bow [and arrows], and Saul always [defeated his enemies when he fought them] with his sword. [PRS, LIT]
23 Saúl y Jonatán fueron amados y agradables; en sus vidas y en su muerte no fueron separados; fueron más rápidos que las águilas, eran más fuertes que los leones.
“Saul and Jonathan were loved and they pleased many people. They were together [LIT] while they lived and when they died. [In battles] they were swifter than eagles and they were stronger than lions.
24 Oh, hijas de Israel, ten dolor por Saúl, por quien estabas delicadamente vestida con ropas rojas, con ornamentos de oro en tus vestidos.
“You Israeli women, cry about Saul; He provided beautiful scarlet/red clothes for you and he gave you gold ornaments/jewelry to fasten on those clothes.
25 ¡Cómo han sido abatidos los grandes en la lucha! Jonathan está muerto en tus lugares altos.
“[It is very sad that] this mighty soldier has died! Jonathan has been killed on the mountains/hills.
26 Estoy lleno de pena por ti, mi hermano Jonathan: muy querido, has estado conmigo: tu amor por mí fue una maravilla, más que el amor de las mujeres.
Jonathan, my dear friend, I grieve for you; you were very dear to me. You loved me in a wonderful manner; it was better than the way that a woman loves [her husband and her children].
27 ¡Cómo han sido abatidos los grandes, y perecido las armas de guerra!
“It is very sad that those mighty men have died, and their weapons are now abandoned!
