1 Samuel 30
1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
Cuando al tercer día David y su gente llegaron a Siceleg, los amalecitas habían irrumpido en el Négueb y en Siceleg, y habían tomado a Siceleg y le pegaron fuego,
2 and had taken captive the women and all that were therein, both small and great; they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.
llevándose cautivas a las mujeres que había en ella, y a chicos y grandes, pero sin matar a nadie. Llevándoselos (a todos) habían retomado el camino.
3 And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
Llegados David y sus hombres a la ciudad, la vieron quemada; y sus mujeres, sus hijos y sus hijas habían sido llevados cautivos.
4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
Entonces David la gente que estaba con él alzaron la voz, y lloraron hasta que se les acabaron las fuerzas para llorar.
5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
También las dos mujeres de David habían sido hechas cautivas: Ahinoam la jesreelita, y Abigail de Carmel, mujer de Nabal.
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.
David se halló en grandes angustias, porque el pueblo hablaba de apedrearle; pues el espíritu de toda la gente estaba amargado, cada cual a causa de sus hijos y de sus hijas. Pero David se confortó en Yahvé, su Dios.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech: 'I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod.' And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
Y dijo David al sacerdote Abiatar, hijo de Aquimelec: “Tráeme el efod.” Trajo Abiatar el efod a David,
8 And David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them?' And He answered him: 'Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.'
y David consultó a Yahvé, diciendo: “¿Perseguiré a estos salteadores? ¿Les daré alcance?” Y le respondió: “Persigue, porque de cierto los alcanzarás y recobrarás (lo robado).”
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
Entonces David se puso en marcha, él y los seiscientos hombres que estaban con él, y llegaron al torrente Besor, donde se quedaron los rezagados.
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
David continuó la persecución con cuatrocientos hombres, quedándose los doscientos hombres que estaban demasiado cansados para pasar el torrente Besor.
11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;
Hallaron en el campo un egipcio, al cual llevaron a David. Le dieron pan y comió, y le dieron de beber agua.
12 and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins; and when he had eaten, his spirit came back to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
Le dieron también un trozo de torta de higos secos, y dos atados de pasas. Y cuando hubo comido, se recobró; pues no había comido pan, ni bebido agua, en tres días y tres noches.
13 And David said unto him: 'To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou?' And he said: 'I am a young Egyptian, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
Preguntole David: “¿De quién eres y de dónde vienes?” Contestó: “Soy un esclavo egipcio que sirvo a un amalecita; hace tres días me abandonó mi amo, porque caí enfermo.
14 We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.'
Hicimos una incursión en la parte meridional de los cereteos y de Judá, y por el mediodía de Caleb; y hemos quemado a Siceleg.”
15 And David said to him: 'Wilt thou bring me down to this troop?' And he said: 'Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.'
Díjole David: “¿Podrás conducirme a donde están los salteadores?” Él respondió: “Júrame por Dios que no me matarás ni me entregarás en mano de mi amo, y yo te llevaré hasta esa gente.”
16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and feasting, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Los condujo allá, y he aquí que (los amalecitas) se habían extendido sobre toda aquella región y estaban comiendo, bebiendo y haciendo fiesta, a causa de todo el gran botín que habían tomado de la tierra de los filisteos y de la tierra de Judá.
17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.
Y los derrotó David desde el crepúsculo hasta la tarde del día siguiente; y no escapó nadie de ellos, salvo cuatrocientos mozos que montados en camellos lograron huir.
18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
David recobró todo cuanto los amalecitas habían robado, y rescató también a sus dos mujeres.
19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them; David brought back all.
No les faltó cosa alguna, ni chica ni grande, ni hijos ni hijas, ni nada del botín ni de cuanto les habían quitado. David lo recuperó todo.
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said: 'This is David's spoil.'
Además tomó David todo el ganado menor y mayor; y llevaron delante de él ese ganado, diciendo: “Este es el botín de David.”
21 And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
Cuando David llegó a los doscientos hombres que habían estado demasiado cansados para seguir a David, y a quienes él había dejado junto al torrente Besor, salieron estos al encuentro de David y del pueblo que le acompañaba, y David se acercó a la gente y los saludó.
22 Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those that went with David, and said: 'Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.'
Entonces todos los malos y perversos de entre los hombres que habían seguido a David, comenzaron a decir: “Por cuanto no salieron con nosotros, no les daremos nada del botín que hemos rescatado, sino tan solo a cada hombre su mujer y sus hijos. ¡Que se los lleven y se vayan!”
23 Then said David: 'Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
Pero David dijo: “No hagáis así, hermanos míos, con lo que Yahvé nos ha dado, ya que Él nos ha guardado y ha entregado en nuestras manos a los salteadores que se habían arrojado sobre nosotros.
24 And who will hearken unto you in this matter? for as is the share of him that goeth down to the battle, so shall be the share of him that tarrieth by the baggage; they shall share alike.'
¿Quién podrá aprobar lo que proponéis?, porque la parte debe ser la misma para el que bajó al combate y para el que se quedó con el bagaje. Ambos participen por igual.”
25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
Y fue así desde aquel día en adelante, y David lo puso por ley y estatuto en Israel, que subsiste hasta el día de hoy.
26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying: 'Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD';
Llegado que hubo David a Siceleg, envió del botín a los ancianos de Judá, amigos suyos, diciendo: “Aquí tenéis un regalo del despojo de los enemigos de Yahvé.”
27 to them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir;
(Mandó también regalos) a los de Betul, a los de Ramot-Négueb, a los de Jatir,
28 and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa;
a los de Arara, a los de Sefomot, a los de Estemoa,
29 and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites;
a los de Racal, a los de las ciudades de Jerameel, a los de las ciudades de los cineos,
30 and to them that were in Hormah, and to them that were in Bor-ashan, and to them that were in Athach;
a los de Horma, a los de Cor-Asán, a los de Atac,
31 and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
los de Hebrón, y a todos los lugares que David y sus hombres habían frecuentado.
