1 Samuel 21

1 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?”

Y vino David a Nobe a Aquimelec el sacerdote, y Aquimelec le salió a recibir espantado, y díjole: ¿Cómo vienes tú solo, y nadie contigo?

2 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.’

Y respondió David a Aquimelec el sacerdote: El rey me encomendó un negocio, y me dijo: Nadie sepa cosa alguna de este negocio a que yo te envío, y que yo te he mandado: y yo señalé a los criados un cierto lugar.

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

Por tanto ¿qué tienes ahora a mano? Dáme cinco panes en mi mano, o lo que se hallare.

4 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?”

Y el sacerdote respondió a David, y dijo: No tengo pan común a la mano: solamente tengo pan sagrado. Mas si los criados se han guardado, mayormente de mujeres.

5 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.”

Y David respondió al sacerdote y díjole: De cierto las mujeres nos han sido vedadas desde ayer, y desde anteayer cuando salí: y los vasos de los mozos fueron santos, aunque el camino es profano: cuanto más que hoy será santificado con los vasos.

6 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.

Así el sacerdote le dio el pan sagrado, porque allí no había otro pan, que los panes de la proposición, que habían sido quitados de delante de Jehová, para que se pusiesen panes calientes el día que los otros fueron quitados.

7 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.

Aquel día estaba allí uno de los siervos de Saul encerrado delante de Jehová, el nombre del cual era Doeg Idumeo, príncipe de los pastores de Saul.

8 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.”

Y David dijo a Aquimelec: ¿No tienes aquí a mano lanza, o espada? Porque no tomé en mi mano mi espada ni mis armas: porque el mandamiento del rey era de priesa.

9 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.”

Y el sacerdote respondió: La espada de Goliat el Filisteo, que tú venciste en el valle del Alcornoque, está aquí envuelta en un velo detrás del efod: Si tú te la quieres tomar, tóma la: porque aquí no hay otra sino aquella. Y David dijo: No hay otra tal; dámela.

10 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.

Y levantándose David aquel día, huyo de la presencia de Saul, y vínose a Aquis rey de Get.

11 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?’”

Y los siervos de Aquis le dijeron: ¿No es este David el rey de la tierra? ¿No es este a quién cantaban en los corros, diciendo: Hirió Saul sus miles, y David sus diez miles?

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

Y David puso estas palabras en su corazón, y tuvo gran temor de Aquis rey de Get.

13 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.

Y mudó su habla delante de ellos: y fingióse ser loco entre las manos de ellos: y escribía en las portadas de las puertas, dejando correr su saliva por su barba.

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

Y dijo Aquis a sus siervos: Catád; ¿Habéis visto un hombre furioso? ¿por qué le habéis traído a mí?

15 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?”

¿Fáltanme a mi locos, qué trajeseis este, que hiciese del loco delante de mí? ¿Este había de venir a mi casa?