1 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Samuel 15 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Samuel dijo a Saúl: El Señor me envió para ungirte como rey sobre su pueblo Israel. Ahora escucha las palabras del Señor.
1 Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of Yahweh’s words.
2 Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos: Voy a castigar a Amalec por lo que hizo a Israel cuando lo atacó en el camino, después de que Israel salió de Egipto.
2 Yahweh of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way when he came up out of Egypt.
3 Ve ahora y ataca a Amalec. Destruye por completo todo lo que tiene y no tengas compasión. Mata a hombres y mujeres, niños y bebés, bueyes y ovejas, camellos y asnos.
3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
4 Saúl reunió al pueblo y lo contó en Telaim: había doscientos mil soldados de infantería y diez mil hombres de Judá.
4 Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 Saúl llegó a la ciudad de Amalec y preparó una emboscada en el valle.
5 Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.
6 Entonces dijo a los ceneos: Apártense y salgan de entre los amalecitas, para que no los destruya junto con ellos, porque ustedes trataron con bondad a los israelitas cuando salieron de Egipto. Así que los ceneos se apartaron de los amalecitas.
6 Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7 Saúl atacó a los amalecitas desde Havila hasta Shur, al este de Egipto.
7 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is before Egypt.
8 Capturó vivo a Agag, rey de Amalec, y mató a todo el pueblo a filo de espada.
8 He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9 Pero Saúl y el pueblo dejaron con vida a Agag. También conservaron lo mejor de las ovejas, los bueyes, los animales gordos, los corderos y todo lo que era bueno. No quisieron destruir por completo esas cosas. Solo destruyeron por completo lo que era débil y sin valor.
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, of the fat calves, of the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
10 Entonces la palabra del Señor vino a Samuel:
10 Then Yahweh’s word came to Samuel, saying,
11 Lamento haber hecho rey a Saúl, porque se ha apartado de mí y no ha obedecido mis órdenes. Samuel se entristeció mucho y clamó al Señor toda la noche.
11 “It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
12 Samuel se levantó temprano para ir al encuentro de Saúl. Le informaron: Saúl fue a Carmel y levantó allí un monumento para sí mismo. Después siguió adelante y bajó a Gilgal.
12 Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, turned, passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”
13 Cuando Samuel llegó, Saúl le dijo: Que el Señor te bendiga. He obedecido la orden del Señor.
13 Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.”
14 Samuel preguntó: Entonces, ¿qué es ese balido de ovejas que oigo y ese mugido de bueyes?
14 Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”
15 Saúl respondió: Los trajeron de los amalecitas. El pueblo conservó las mejores ovejas y los mejores bueyes para ofrecerlos al Señor tu Dios. Todo lo demás lo destruimos por completo.
15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest.”
16 Samuel dijo a Saúl: Basta. Déjame decirte lo que el Señor me dijo anoche. Saúl respondió: Habla.
16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.” He said to him, “Say on.”
17 Samuel dijo: Aunque tú te considerabas poco importante, ¿no llegaste a ser jefe de las tribus de Israel? El Señor te ungió como rey sobre Israel.
17 Samuel said, “Though you were little in your own sight, weren’t you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;
18 El Señor te envió con esta orden: Ve y destruye por completo a esos pecadores, los amalecitas. Lucha contra ellos hasta acabar con ellos.
18 and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’
19 ¿Por qué no obedeciste al Señor? ¿Por qué te lanzaste sobre lo que habían tomado y actuaste mal ante los ojos del Señor?
19 Why then didn’t you obey Yahweh’s voice, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight?”
20 Saúl respondió a Samuel: Sí obedecí al Señor. Fui por el camino que el Señor me mandó, traje a Agag, rey de Amalec, y destruí por completo a los amalecitas.
20 Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed Yahweh’s voice, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 Pero el pueblo tomó del botín ovejas y bueyes, lo mejor de lo que estaba destinado a la destrucción, para ofrecerlo al Señor tu Dios en Gilgal.
21 But the people took of the plunder, sheep and cattle, the best of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.”
22 Samuel respondió: ¿Se agrada el Señor tanto de los holocaustos y sacrificios como de que se obedezca su voz? Obedecer es mejor que ofrecer sacrificios, y escuchar es mejor que ofrecer la grasa de los carneros.
22 Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
23 Rebelarse contra el Señor es tan grave como el pecado de la adivinación, y la obstinación es como la idolatría. Porque rechazaste la palabra del Señor, él te ha rechazado como rey.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”
24 Saúl dijo a Samuel: He pecado. Desobedecí la orden del Señor y tus palabras porque tuve miedo del pueblo e hice lo que ellos querían.
24 Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
25 Ahora, por favor, perdona mi pecado y vuelve conmigo para que adore al Señor.
25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.”
26 Samuel respondió a Saúl: No volveré contigo. Tú rechazaste la palabra del Señor, y el Señor te ha rechazado como rey de Israel.
26 Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected Yahweh’s word, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
27 Cuando Samuel se dio vuelta para irse, Saúl agarró el borde de su manto y lo rasgó.
27 As Samuel turned around to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
28 Samuel le dijo: Hoy el Señor ha arrancado de ti el reino de Israel y se lo ha dado a otro que es mejor que tú.
28 Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
29 Además, la Gloria de Israel no miente ni cambia de propósito, porque no es un hombre para cambiar de propósito.
29 Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”
30 Saúl respondió: He pecado. Pero, por favor, hónrame ahora delante de los ancianos de mi pueblo y delante de Israel. Vuelve conmigo para que adore al Señor tu Dios.
30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
31 Samuel volvió con Saúl, y Saúl adoró al Señor.
31 So Samuel went back with Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
32 Entonces Samuel dijo: Tráiganme a Agag, rey de los amalecitas. Agag se acercó temblando de miedo y dijo: Sin duda ya ha pasado el peligro de muerte.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
33 Samuel dijo: Así como tu espada dejó a muchas mujeres sin hijos, también tu madre quedará sin hijo entre las mujeres. Entonces Samuel cortó a Agag en pedazos delante del Señor en Gilgal.
33 Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Then Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
34 Samuel se fue a Ramá, y Saúl regresó a su casa en Guibeá de Saúl.
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35 Samuel no volvió a ver a Saúl durante el resto de su vida, pero lloraba por él. Y el Señor lamentaba haber hecho a Saúl rey sobre Israel.
35 Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned for Saul. Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
People & places in this chapter
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Agag
King of Amalek, whom Saul captured alive against the LORD's command to destroy everything, and whom Samuel hacked to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Samuel 15:9; 1 Samuel 15:32
Saul
Israel's first king, anointed by Samuel but later rejected for his disobedience to God.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9-10; 1 Samuel 15
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 9:16; 1 Samuel 12:14; 1 Chronicles 22:12–13; 1 Samuel 13:13; Psalm 2:10–11
- 2 Deuteronomy 25:17–19; Numbers 24:20; Exodus 17:8–16; Hosea 7:2; Amos 8:7
- 3 Deuteronomy 20:16–18; Numbers 24:20; Isaiah 14:21–22; 1 Samuel 22:19; Numbers 31:17
- 4 Joshua 15:24; 1 Samuel 11:8; 1 Samuel 13:15
- 6 Judges 1:16; Numbers 10:29–32; Numbers 24:21–22; Judges 4:11; Exodus 18:19
- 7 Genesis 25:18; Genesis 16:7; 1 Samuel 14:48; 1 Samuel 27:8; Genesis 2:11
- 8 1 Samuel 30:1; Numbers 24:7; Esther 3:1; 1 Kings 20:34–42; Joshua 11:12
- 9 1 Samuel 15:15; 1 Samuel 15:19; 1 Samuel 15:3; Joshua 7:21; 2 Samuel 6:13
- 11 1 Samuel 13:13; Genesis 6:6; Psalm 119:136; 2 Samuel 24:16; Jeremiah 9:18
- 12 Joshua 15:55; 1 Samuel 25:2; 2 Samuel 18:18; 1 Kings 18:42; Joshua 4:8–9
- 13 Judges 17:2; Ruth 3:10; Proverbs 28:13; Proverbs 30:13; Luke 18:11
- 14 Psalm 36:2; Jeremiah 2:22–23; Romans 3:19; Malachi 3:13–15; Jeremiah 2:18–19
- 15 1 Samuel 15:9; 1 Samuel 15:21; Exodus 32:22–23; Genesis 3:12–13; Proverbs 28:13
- 16 1 Samuel 9:27; 1 Kings 22:16; 1 Samuel 12:7
- 17 1 Samuel 15:1–3; 1 Samuel 9:21; 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 10:1; Matthew 18:4
- 18 Genesis 15:16; Job 31:3; Genesis 13:13; Numbers 16:38; Proverbs 10:29
- 19 1 Samuel 14:32; 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Chronicles 36:12; Jeremiah 7:11; Habakkuk 2:9–12
- 20 1 Samuel 15:13; Matthew 19:20; Romans 10:3; Job 34:5; Job 35:2
- 21 1 Samuel 15:15; Exodus 32:22–23; Genesis 3:13
- 22 Hosea 6:6; Psalm 51:16–17; Proverbs 21:3; Amos 5:21–24; Mark 12:33
- 23 Jeremiah 28:16; 1 Samuel 13:14; Leviticus 20:6; Galatians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 6:16
- 24 2 Samuel 12:13; Isaiah 51:12–13; Proverbs 29:25; Galatians 1:10; Numbers 22:34
- 25 Exodus 10:17
- 26 Hosea 4:6; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 16:1; Jeremiah 6:19; 1 Samuel 15:23
- 27 1 Kings 11:30–31
- 28 1 Samuel 28:17–18; Acts 13:22; Romans 13:1; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Daniel 4:17
- 29 Numbers 23:19; Ezekiel 24:14; Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:18; 2 Timothy 2:13
- 30 John 12:43; John 5:44; Isaiah 29:13; 2 Timothy 3:5; Luke 18:9–14
- 32 Jeremiah 48:44; Revelation 18:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
- 33 Judges 1:7; Genesis 9:6; Matthew 7:2; Revelation 18:6; James 2:13
- 34 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 7:17
- 35 1 Samuel 19:24; 1 Samuel 15:11; 1 Samuel 16:1; Jeremiah 9:1–2; Genesis 6:6
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