1 Samuel 15
1 And Samuel said to Saul: “The Lord sent me, so that I would anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the voice of the Lord.
Y Samuel dijo a Saul: Jehová me envió a que te ungiese por rey sobre su pueblo Israel: oye pues la voz de las palabras de Jehová.
2 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have taken account of all that Amalek has done to Israel, how he stood against him in the way, when he ascended from Egypt.
Así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos: Acuérdome de lo que hizo Amalec a Israel: que se le opuso en el camino, cuando subía de Egipto. Vé, pues, e hiere a Amalec,
3 Now therefore, go and strike Amalek, and demolish all that is his. You shall not spare him, and you shall not covet anything out of the things that are his. Instead, kill from man even to woman, and little ones as well as infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
Y destruiréis en él todo lo que tuviere; y no hayas piedad de él. Mata hombres y mujeres, niños y mamantes, vacas y ovejas, camellos y asnos.
4 And so, Saul instructed the people, and he numbered them like lambs: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.
Y Saul juntó el pueblo, y reconociólos en Telaim, doscientos mil hombres de a pie, y diez mil varones de Judá.
5 And when Saul had arrived as far as the city of Amalek, he placed ambushes at the torrent.
Y viniendo Saul a la ciudad de Amalec puso emboscada en el valle.
6 And Saul said to the Kenite: “Go away, withdraw, and descend from Amalek. Otherwise, I will include you with him. For you showed mercy to all the sons of Israel, when they ascended from Egypt.” And so the Kenite withdrew from the midst of Amalek.
Y Saul dijo al Cineo: Idos, apartáos, y salíd de entre los de Amalec: porque no te destruya juntamente con él; porque tú hiciste misericordia con todos los hijos de Israel, cuando subían de Egipto. Y el Cineo se apartó de entre los de Amalec.
7 And Saul struck down Amalek, from Havilah even until you arrive at Shur, which is opposite the region of Egypt.
Y Saul hirió a Amalec desde Hevila hasta llegar a Sur que está a la frontera de Egipto.
8 And he apprehended Agag, the king of Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword.
Y tomó vivo a Agag rey de Amalec, mas a todo el pueblo mató a filo de espada.
9 And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments, and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and they were not willing to destroy them. Yet truly, whatever was vile or worthless, these they demolished.
Y Saul y el pueblo perdonaron a Agag, a lo mejor de las ovejas, y al ganado mayor, a los gruesos, y a los carneros, y finalmente a todo lo bueno, que no lo quisieron destruir: mas todo lo que era vil y flaco destruyeron.
10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying
Y fue palabra de Jehová a Samuel, diciendo:
11 “It displeases me that I have appointed Saul as king. For he has forsaken me, and he has not fulfilled the work of my words.” And Samuel was greatly saddened, and he cried out to the Lord, all night long
Pésame de haber puesto por rey a Saul; porque se ha vuelto de en pos de mí, y no ha cumplido mis palabras. Y pesó a Samuel: y clamó a Jehová toda aquella noche.
12 And when Samuel had risen while it was still dark, so that he might go to Saul in the morning, it was reported to Samuel that Saul had arrived at Carmel, and that he had erected for himself a triumphant arch. And, while returning, he had continued on and descended to Gilgal. Therefore, Samuel went to Saul. And Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord, from the best of the spoils, which he had brought from Amalek.
Y Samuel madrugó por venir a recibir a Saul por la mañana: y fue dado aviso a Samuel, diciendo: Saul es venido al Carmelo: y, he aquí, él se ha levantado un trofeo: y que volviendo había pasado, y descendido a Galgala.
13 And when Samuel had gone to Saul, Saul said to him: “You are the blessed of the Lord. I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.”
Vino pues Samuel a Saul, y Saul le dijo: Bendito seas tú de Jehová, yo he cumplido la palabra de Jehová.
14 And Samuel said, “Then what is this voice of the flocks, which resounds in my ears, and of the herds, which I am hearing?”
Samuel entonces dijo: ¿Pues qué balido de ganados y bramido de bueyes es este que yo oigo con mis oídos?
15 And Saul said: “They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain.”
Y Saul respondió: De Amalec los han traído: porque el pueblo perdonó a lo mejor de las ovejas, y de las vacas, para sacrificarlas a Jehová tu Dios: y los demás destruimos.
16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Permit me, and I will reveal to you what the Lord has said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”
Entonces Samuel dijo a Saul: Déjame declararte lo que Jehová me ha dicho esta noche. Y él le respondió: Dí.
17 And Samuel said: “Was it not when you were little in your own eyes that you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you as king over Israel.
Y dijo Samuel: ¿Siendo tú pequeño en tus ojos, no has sido hecho cabeza a las tribus de Israel, y Jehová te ha ungido por rey sobre Israel?
18 And the Lord sent you on the way, and he said: ‘Go and put to death the sinners of Amalek. And you shall fight against them, even unto utter annihilation.’
Y envióte Jehová en jornada, y dijo: Vé, y destruye los pecadores de Amalec, y házles guerra hasta que los acabes.
19 Why then, did you not listen to the voice of the Lord? Instead, you turned to the spoils, and you did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”
¿Por qué pues no has oído la voz de Jehová, antes vuelto al despojo, has hecho lo malo en los ojos de Jehová?
20 And Saul said to Samuel: “On the contrary, I did listen to the voice of the Lord, and I walked in the way along which the Lord sent me, and I led back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I put to death Amalek.
Y Saul respondió a Samuel: Antes he oído la voz de Jehová, y fui a la jornada donde Jehová me envió, y he traído a Agag rey de Amalec, y he destruido los Amalecitas.
21 But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were slain, to immolate to the Lord their God at Gilgal.”
Mas el pueblo tomó del despojo ovejas y vacas, las primicias del anatema, para sacrificarlas a Jehová tu Dios en Galgal.
22 And Samuel said: “Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.
Y Samuel dijo: ¿Tiene Jehová tanto contentamiento con los holocaustos y víctimas, como con obedecer a la palabra de Jehová? Ciertamente el obedecer es mejor que los sacrificios: y el escuchar, que el sebo de los carneros.
23 Therefore, it is like the sin of paganism to rebel. And it is like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey. For this reason, therefore, because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king.”
Porque pecado es de adivinación la rebelión, e ídolo e idolatría, el quebrantar. Y por cuanto tú desechaste la palabra de Jehová, él también te ha desechado que no seas rey.
24 And Saul said to Samuel: “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the word of the Lord, and your words, by fearing the people and obeying their voice.
Entonces Saul dijo a Samuel: Yo he pecado, que he quebrantado el dicho de Jehová, y tus palabras: porque temí al pueblo, y consentí a la voz de ellos: perdona pues ahora mi pecado,
25 But now, I beg you, to bear my sin, and to return with me, so that I may adore the Lord.”
Y vuelve conmigo para que adore a Jehová.
26 And Samuel said to Saul: “I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
Y Samuel respondió a Saul: No volveré contigo; porque desechaste la palabra de Jehová, y Jehová te ha desechado que no seas rey sobre Israel.
27 And Samuel turned away, so that he might depart. But Saul took hold of the edge of his cloak, and it tore.
Y volviéndose Samuel para irse, él echó mano del canto de su capa, y rompióse.
28 And Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you this day. And he has delivered it to your neighbor, who is better than you are.
Entonces Samuel le dijo: Jehová ha rompido hoy de ti el reino de Israel, y lo ha dado a tu prójimo, mejor que tú.
29 Moreover, the One who triumphs within Israel will not spare, and he will not be moved to repentance. For he is not a man, that he should repent.”
Y aun el Vencedor de Israel no mentirá, ni se arrepentirá: porque no es hombre para que se arrepienta.
30 Then he said: “I have sinned. But now, honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may adore the Lord your God.”
Y él dijo: Yo he pecado: mas ruégote que me honres delante de los ancianos de mi pueblo, y delante de Israel, y vuelve conmigo, para que adore a Jehová tu Dios.
31 Therefore, Samuel turned again after Saul. And Saul adored the Lord.
Y volvió Samuel tras Saul, y adoró Saul a Jehová.
32 And Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag, the king of Amalek.” And Agag, very fat and trembling, was presented to him. And Agag said, “Does bitter death separate in this manner?”
Y dijo Samuel: Traédme a Agag rey de Amalec. Y Agag vino a él delicadamente. Y dijo Agag: ciertamente se acercó la amargura de la muerte.
33 And Samuel said, “Just as your sword caused women to be without their children, so will your mother be without her children among women.” And Samuel cut him into pieces, before the Lord at Gilgal.
Y Samuel dijo: Como tu espada hizo las mujeres sin hijos; así tu madre será sin hijo entre las mujeres. Entonces Samuel cortó en piezas a Agag delante de Jehová en Galgal.
34 Then Samuel went away to Ramah. But Saul ascended to his house at Gibeah.
Y Samuel se fue a Rama, y Saul subió a su casa en Gabaa de Saul.
35 And Samuel did not see Saul any more, until the day of his death. Yet truly, Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord regretted that he had appointed him as king over Israel.
Y nunca después vio Samuel a Saul en toda su vida: y Samuel lloraba a Saul, porque Jehová se había arrepentido de haber puesto a Saul por rey sobre Israel.
