1 Samuel 30
1 Three days later, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, [they discovered that] men of the Amalek people-group had raided Ziklag and [towns in] the southern part of Judah. They had destroyed Ziklag and burned down all the buildings.
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 They had captured the women [and the children] and everyone else, and had taken them away. But they had not killed anyone.
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 When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw that the town had been burned, and that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured and taken away.
Llegados David y sus hombres a la ciudad, la vieron quemada; y sus mujeres, sus hijos y sus hijas habían sido llevados cautivos.
4 David and his men cried loudly, until [they were so weak that] they could not cry [any more].
Entonces David la gente que estaba con él alzaron la voz, y lloraron hasta que se les acabaron las fuerzas para llorar.
5 David’s two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had also been taken away.
También las dos mujeres de David habían sido hechas cautivas: Ahinoam la jesreelita, y Abigail de Carmel, mujer de Nabal.
6 David’s men were threatening to [kill him by] throwing stones at him, because they were very angry because their sons and daughters [had been taken away]. David was very distressed, but Yahweh his God gave him strength.
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 David [did not know what to do, so he] said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring to me the sacred vest.” So Abiathar brought it,
Y dijo David al sacerdote Abiatar, hijo de Aquimelec: “Tráeme el efod.” Trajo Abiatar el efod a David,
8 and David asked Yahweh, “Should I [and my men] pursue the men [who took our families]? Will we [be able to] catch up to them?” Yahweh answered [by means of the stones in Abiathar’s sacred pouch], “Yes, pursue them. You will catch up to them, and you will be able to rescue [your families].”
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 and the 600 men who were with him left, and they came to the Besor Ravine. Some of his men stayed there [with some of their supplies].
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 David and 400 men continued to pursue [the men who captured their families]. The other 200 men stayed there at the ravine, because they were so exhausted that they could not cross the ravine.
David continuó la persecución con cuatrocientos hombres, quedándose los doscientos hombres que estaban demasiado cansados para pasar el torrente Besor.
11 [As David and the 400 men were going], they saw a man from Egypt in a field; so they took him to David. They gave the man some water to drink and some food to eat.
Hallaron en el campo un egipcio, al cual llevaron a David. Le dieron pan y comió, y le dieron de beber agua.
12 They also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters/packs of raisins. The man had not had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights, but [after he ate and drank] he felt refreshed.
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 David asked him, “Who is your master? And where do you come from?” He replied, “I am from Egypt. I am a slave of a man from the Amalek people-group. Three days ago my master left me here, because I was sick [and I was not able to go with them].
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 had raided the southern part of Judah where the Kereth people-group live, and some other towns in Judah, and the area south [of Hebron city] where the descendants of Caleb live. We also burned Ziklag [town].”
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 David asked him, “Can you lead us to this group of raiders?” He replied, “Yes, [I will do that] if you ask God to listen while you promise that you will not kill me or give me back to my master. If you promise that, I will take you to them.”
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 [David agreed to do that, ] so the man from Egypt led David [and his men] to where the men from the Amalek people-group were. Those men were lying on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating because of having captured many things from the Philistia and Judah areas.
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 David [and his men] fought against them from sunset that day until the evening of the following day. Four hundred of them escaped and rode away on camels, but none of the others escaped.
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 David rescued his two wives, and he and his men got back everything else that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken.
David recobró todo cuanto los amalecitas habían robado, y rescató también a sus dos mujeres.
19 Nothing was missing. They took all their people back [to Ziklag]—young people and old people, [their wives], their sons and their daughters. They also recovered all the other things that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken from Ziklag.
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 They took with them the sheep and cattle that had been captured, and his men caused those animals to go in front of them, saying, “These are animals that we captured in the battle; they belong to David!”
Además tomó David todo el ganado menor y mayor; y llevaron delante de él ese ganado, diciendo: “Este es el botín de David.”
21 David and his men got back to where the other 200 men were waiting, the men who did not go with David because they were very exhausted. They had stayed at Besor Ravine. [When they saw David and his men coming], they went out to greet them. And David [greeted them and] said to them, “I hope that things are going well with you!”
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 But some of the men who had gone with David, men who were evil and troublemakers, said, “These 200 men did not go with us. So we should not give to them any of the things that we recovered/captured. Each of them should take only his wife and children and go [back to their homes].”
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 David replied, “No, my fellow Israelis, it would not be right to divide up like that the things that Yahweh has allowed us to capture. Yahweh has protected us and enabled us to defeat the enemies who attacked our town.
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 (Who will pay attention to you if you say things like that?/No one will pay attention to you if you say things like that.) [RHQ] The men who stayed here with our supplies will get the same amount that the men who went into the battle will get. They will all receive the same amount.”
¿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 David made that to be a law [DOU] for the Israeli people, and that is still a law in Israel.
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 When David [and all the others] arrived in Ziklag, David sent to his friends who were leaders in Judah some of the things that they had captured from the Amalek people-group. He said to them, “Here is a present for you. These are things that we took from Yahweh’s enemies.”
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 [Here is a list of the cities and towns to whose leaders David sent gifts: ] Bethel, Ramoth in the southern part of Judah, Jattir,
(Mandó también regalos) a los de Betul, a los de Ramot-Négueb, a los de Jatir,
28 Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,
a los de Arara, a los de Sefomot, a los de Estemoa,
29 Racal, the cities where the descendants of Jehrameel lived and the cities where the Ken people-group lived,
a los de Racal, a los de las ciudades de Jerameel, a los de las ciudades de los cineos,
30 Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach,
a los de Horma, a los de Cor-Asán, a los de Atac,
31 Hebron, and all the other places where David and his men had gone [when they were hiding from Saul].
los de Hebrón, y a todos los lugares que David y sus hombres habían frecuentado.
