1 Samuel 2
1 Entonces Ana oró, y dijo: “Exalta mi corazón en Yahvé, en Yahvé que ha ensalzado mi brazo. Se ha abierto mi boca contra mis enemigos, pues me alegro de la salvación que de Ti he recibido.
And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.
2 No hay santo como Yahvé; porque no hay otro fuera de Ti; no hay roca como nuestro Dios.
No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God but you: there is no Rock like our God.
3 No habléis tanto ni tan orgullosamente; no salgan palabras insolentes de vuestra boca; pues Yahvé es un Dios que todo lo sabe, un Dios que pesa las acciones.
Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
4 Se quebró el arco de los fuertes, y los débiles se han ceñido de fuerza.
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
5 Los que antes estaban hartos se han alquilado por pan, mientras los que andaban hambrientos no tienen más hambre. La estéril ha dado a luz siete veces, y se marchitó la que muchos hijos tenía.
Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.
The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up. (Sheol h7585)
7 Yahvé da la pobreza y la riqueza, abate y también ensalza.
The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
8 Levanta del polvo al pobre, y saca del muladar al menesteroso, para sentarle entre los príncipes, y en herencia un trono glorioso. Pues Yahvé dio columnas a la tierra, asentó sobre ellas el orbe.
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
9 Él guarda los pasos de sus santos; mas los impíos morirán en tinieblas, que no por fuerza prevalece el hombre.
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.
10 Sean aplastados los enemigos de Yahvé; desde los cielos tronará contra ellos. Yahvé juzgará los extremos de la tierra; a su Rey le dará el poder, y exaltará la frente de su Ungido.
Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heaven: the Lord will be judge of the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, lifting up the horn of him on whom the holy oil has been put.
11 Después regresó Elcaná a Rama, a su casa; y el niño servía a Yahvé bajo la vigilancia del sacerdote Helí.
Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.
12 Los hijos de Helí eran hijos de Belial; no conocían a Yahvé,
Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.
13 ni los deberes de los sacerdotes para con el pueblo. Pues cuando alguno ofrecía sacrificios, mientras aún se cocía la carne venía ya el criado del sacerdote, teniendo en la mano un tridente,
And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;
14 y lo metía en la caldera o en la cazuela; o en la olla, o en el puchero, y todo cuanto sacaba el tridente, lo tomaba el sacerdote para sí. Así hacían ellos con todos los israelitas que venían allí a Silo.
This he put into the pot, and everything which came up on the hook the priest took for himself. This they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
15 Aun antes de quemarse el sebo, venía el criado del sacerdote, y decía al que lo inmolaba: “Dame carne para asársela al sacerdote; pues no tomará de ti carne cocida, sino cruda.”
And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked.
16 Y si el hombre le respondía: “Hay que quemar primero el sebo, y luego toma para ti cuanto desee tu alma”, le decía: “No, ahora mismo me la darás; de lo contrario la tomaré por fuerza.”
And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.
17 Era, pues, muy grande el pecado de aquellos jóvenes delante de Yahvé; porque esos hombres trataban con desprecio las ofrendas de Yahvé.
And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.
18 EL niño Samuel servía ante Yahvé, ceñido de un efod de lino.
But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.
19 Hacíale su madre todos los años un manto pequeño, y se lo traía cuando subía con su marido a ofrecer el sacrificio anual.
And his mother made him a little robe and took it to him every year when she came with her husband for the year's offering.
20 Y Helí bendijo a Elcaná y a su mujer, diciendo: “Yahvé te conceda hijos de esta mujer en lugar del (hijo) que ha cedido a Yahvé. Y se volvieron a su lugar.
And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.
21 En efecto Yahvé visitó a Ana, y ella concibió y dio a luz tres hijos y dos hijas. Entre tanto el niño Samuel crecía en la presencia de Yahvé.
And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.
22 Cuando Helí, que era ya muy viejo, supo cuanto hacían sus hijos a todo Israel, y que se acostaban con las mujeres que servían a la entrada del Tabernáculo de la Reunión,
Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.
23 les dijo: “¿Por qué hacéis tales cosas? Todo este pueblo me habla de vuestras fechorías.
And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.
24 No, hijos míos; porque son malos los rumores que tengo que oír. Vosotros hacéis prevaricar al pueblo de Yahvé.
No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
25 Si un hombre peca contra otro, Dios interviene como árbitro; pero si uno peca contra Yahvé, ¿quién intercederá por él?” Mas ellos no quisieron escuchar la voz de su padre, porque Yahvé había dispuesto quitarles la vida.
If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.
26 Mientras tanto el niño Samuel iba creciendo, y era grato a Dios y a los hombres.
And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.
27 Vino a Helí un hombre de Dios, y le dijo: “Así dice Yahvé: ¿No me he bien manifestado a la casa de tu padre, cuando estaban en Egipto, en la casa del Faraón?
And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?
28 ¿No le escogí de entre todas las tribus de Israel, para sacerdote mío, para que subiese a mi altar, para que quemase el incienso y llevase el efod en mi presencia? ¿Y no di a la casa de tu padre (parte de) todas las ofrendas de los hijos de Israel ofrecidas mediante el fuego?
Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?
29 ¿Por qué, pues, habéis pisoteado mis sacrificios y mis oblaciones que Yo he mandado ofrecer en mi morada? ¿Y por qué respetas tú, más que a Mí, a tus hijos, para engordaros con lo mejor de todas las ofrendas de Israel mi pueblo?
Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?
30 Por eso dice Yahvé, el Dios de Israel: Yo había prometido solemnemente que tu casa y la casa de tu padre andarían delante de Mí para siempre. Mas ahora, dice Yahvé, ¡lejos de Mí sea eso! Porque Yo honraré a los que me honren, y los que me desprecien serán despreciados;
For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.
31 He aquí que vendrán días en que Yo cortaré tu brazo y el brazo de la casa de tu padre, de modo que no haya anciano en tu casa.
See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;
32 Tú verás a (tu) rival en (mi) morada en todo aquel tiempo en que Él colmará de bienes a Israel. Y no habrá nunca anciano en tu casa.
And never again will there be an old man in your family.
33 Con todo no haré desaparecer a todos los tuyos de junto a mi altar, para que de este modo se consuman tus ojos y desfallezca tu alma; pero todos los descendientes de tu casa morirán apenas hayan llegado a la edad viril.
But one man of your family will not be cut off by my hand, and his eyes will be made dark, and grief will be in his heart: and all the offspring of your family will come to their end by the sword of men.
34 Y te servirá de señal lo que va a suceder a tus dos hijos, Ofní y Fineés: En un mismo día morirán ambos.
And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.
35 Suscitaré para Mí un sacerdote fiel, que obrará según mi corazón y según mi alma; y voy a edificarle casa estable, y él andará delante de mí Ungido para siempre.
And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.
36 Y todo aquel que quede de tu casa vendrá, y se postrará delante de él, para (pedir) una monedita de plata y una torta de pan, diciendo: ‘Admíteme por favor a algún ministerio sacerdotal, para que tenga un bocado de pan’.”
Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.
