1 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 David huyó de Naiot, en Ramá, y fue a ver a Jonatán. Le preguntó: ¿Qué he hecho? ¿Cuál es mi culpa? ¿Qué pecado he cometido contra tu padre para que quiera matarme?
1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
2 Jonatán respondió: ¡De ninguna manera! No morirás. Mi padre no hace nada, grande o pequeño, sin decírmelo. ¿Por qué habría de ocultarme esto? No puede ser.
2 He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
3 Pero David volvió a jurar: Tu padre sabe muy bien que me tienes cariño y piensa: Jonatán no debe saber esto porque le causaría dolor. Pero tan cierto como que vive el Señor y que tú vives, solo hay un paso entre la muerte y yo.
3 David swore moreover, and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved;’ but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
4 Jonatán dijo a David: Haré por ti todo lo que me pidas.
4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
5 David respondió: Mañana es luna nueva, y se espera que yo me siente a comer con el rey. Déjame esconderme en el campo hasta la tarde.
5 David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
6 Si tu padre nota que no estoy, dile: David me pidió permiso para ir a Belén, su pueblo, porque su familia celebra allí su ofrenda anual.
6 If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem, his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
7 Si él dice: Está bien, entonces tu siervo estará a salvo. Pero si se enoja, sabrás que está decidido a hacerme daño.
7 If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
8 Muéstrame bondad, pues tú hiciste un pacto con tu siervo delante del Señor. Pero si soy culpable de algo, mátame tú mismo. ¿Para qué llevarme ante tu padre?
8 Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”
9 Jonatán respondió: ¡Nunca! Si yo supiera que mi padre está decidido a hacerte daño, sin duda te lo diría.
9 Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn’t I tell you that?”
10 David preguntó a Jonatán: ¿Quién me avisará si tu padre te responde con dureza?
10 Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
11 Jonatán dijo: Ven, salgamos al campo. Y los dos salieron juntos.
11 Jonathan said to David, “Come! Let’s go out into the field.” They both went out into the field.
12 Entonces Jonatán dijo a David: Que el Señor, Dios de Israel, sea testigo. Mañana a esta hora hablaré con mi padre. Si él está bien dispuesto hacia ti, te enviaré un mensaje para decírtelo.
12 Jonathan said to David, “By Yahweh, the God of Israel, when I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, won’t I then send to you and disclose it to you?
13 Pero si mi padre quiere hacerte daño y yo no te lo digo ni te dejo ir en paz, que el Señor me castigue severamente. Que el Señor esté contigo como estuvo con mi padre.
13 Yahweh do so to Jonathan and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in peace. May Yahweh be with you as he has been with my father.
14 Mientras yo viva, muéstrame la bondad del Señor para que no muera.
14 You shall not only show me the loving kindness of Yahweh while I still live, that I not die;
15 Y nunca dejes de mostrar bondad a mi familia, ni siquiera cuando el Señor elimine de la tierra a todos los enemigos de David.
15 but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when Yahweh has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the surface of the earth.”
16 Si alguna vez el nombre de Jonatán desaparece de la familia de David, que el Señor pida cuentas a David.
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “Yahweh will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
17 Jonatán hizo jurar nuevamente a David por el amor que le tenía, porque lo amaba como a sí mismo.
17 Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18 Jonatán le dijo: Mañana es luna nueva. Notarán que no estás porque tu asiento estará vacío.
18 Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
19 Al tercer día, tu ausencia será muy evidente. Ve al lugar donde te escondiste la vez pasada y espera junto a aquella colina.
19 When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel.
20 Yo dispararé flechas hacia un lado, como si tirara a un blanco.
20 I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
21 Luego enviaré al muchacho a buscar las flechas. Si le digo: Mira, las flechas están más acá de ti; recógelas, entonces podrás salir, porque estarás a salvo y no habrá peligro, tan cierto como que vive el Señor.
21 Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come, for there is peace to you and no danger, as Yahweh lives.
22 Pero si le digo al muchacho: Mira, las flechas están más allá de ti, entonces vete, porque el Señor te envía lejos.
22 But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go your way, for Yahweh has sent you away.
23 En cuanto al pacto del que tú y yo hemos hablado, el Señor será testigo entre tú y yo para siempre.
23 Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.”
24 David se escondió en el campo. Cuando llegó la luna nueva, el rey se sentó a comer.
24 So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon had come, the king sat himself down to eat food.
25 El rey se sentó en su lugar acostumbrado junto a la pared. Jonatán estaba enfrente, y Abner se sentó al lado de Saúl. Pero el lugar de David estaba vacío.
25 The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.
26 Saúl no dijo nada aquel día porque pensó: Algo le habrá sucedido y está impuro. Sí, debe estar impuro.
26 Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.”
27 Al día siguiente, el segundo día de la luna nueva, el lugar de David seguía vacío. Entonces Saúl preguntó a su hijo Jonatán: ¿Por qué el hijo de Isaí no vino a comer ni ayer ni hoy?
27 On the next day after the new moon, the second day, David’s place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why didn’t the son of Jesse come to eat, either yesterday, or today?”
28 Jonatán respondió a Saúl: David me pidió con insistencia permiso para ir a Belén.
28 Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.
29 Me dijo: Nuestra familia celebra una ofrenda en el pueblo, y mis hermanos me han ordenado que esté allí. Así que, si cuento con tu favor, déjame ir a ver a mis hermanos. Por eso no ha venido a la mesa del rey.
29 He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”
30 Entonces Saúl se llenó de ira contra Jonatán y le dijo: ¡Hijo de mujer malvada y rebelde! ¿Crees que no sé que has escogido al hijo de Isaí, para vergüenza tuya y de tu madre?
30 Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
31 Mientras el hijo de Isaí viva sobre la tierra, ni tú ni tu reino estarán seguros. Manda a buscarlo y tráemelo, porque tiene que morir.
31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not be established, nor will your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”
32 Jonatán preguntó a su padre Saúl: ¿Por qué debe morir? ¿Qué ha hecho?
32 Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
33 Entonces Saúl lanzó su lanza contra Jonatán para herirlo. Así Jonatán comprendió que su padre estaba decidido a matar a David.
33 Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
34 Jonatán se levantó de la mesa lleno de ira y no comió nada el segundo día de la luna nueva. Estaba muy triste por David, porque su padre lo había humillado.
34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.
35 A la mañana siguiente, Jonatán salió al campo a la hora acordada con David. Llevaba consigo a un muchacho.
35 In the morning, Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
36 Le dijo: Corre y busca las flechas que voy a disparar. Mientras el muchacho corría, Jonatán disparó una flecha más allá de él.
36 He said to his boy, “Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
37 Cuando el muchacho llegó al lugar donde había caído la flecha, Jonatán gritó detrás de él: ¿No está la flecha más allá de ti?
37 When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
38 Luego volvió a gritar: ¡Rápido! ¡Apresúrate! ¡No te detengas! El muchacho recogió la flecha y volvió a su señor.
38 Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
39 El muchacho no sabía lo que estaba sucediendo. Solo Jonatán y David conocían el asunto.
39 But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 Jonatán entregó su arco y sus flechas al muchacho y le dijo: Llévalos de regreso al pueblo.
40 Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
41 Cuando el muchacho se fue, David salió de su escondite junto a la colina. Se inclinó rostro en tierra tres veces. Luego David y Jonatán se besaron y lloraron juntos. David lloró aún más.
41 As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept with one another, and David wept the most.
42 Jonatán dijo a David: Ve en paz, porque los dos hemos jurado en el nombre del Señor: El Señor será testigo entre tú y yo, y entre tus descendientes y los míos, para siempre. Entonces David se fue y Jonatán regresó al pueblo.
42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘Yahweh is between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
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Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Cross references (37)
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- 1 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 1 John 3:21; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 24:9
- 2 John 17:8; 1 Samuel 9:15; Genesis 44:7; Joshua 22:29; 1 Samuel 14:45
- 3 Deuteronomy 6:13; 1 Samuel 27:1; 1 Samuel 25:26; 2 Kings 2:6; 1 Samuel 1:26
- 5 Numbers 10:10; 1 Samuel 19:2; Numbers 28:11; Psalm 81:3; Proverbs 22:3
- 6 1 Samuel 17:58; 1 Samuel 9:12; Deuteronomy 12:5; 1 Samuel 16:2–5; John 7:42
- 7 1 Samuel 25:17; Esther 7:7; Deuteronomy 1:23; 1 Samuel 20:9; 2 Samuel 17:4
- 8 1 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 14:32; 1 Samuel 23:18; 1 Samuel 20:16; 1 Chronicles 12:17
- 9 1 Samuel 19:2; 1 Samuel 20:42; 1 Samuel 20:38
- 10 1 Samuel 20:30–34; Proverbs 18:23; Genesis 42:30; 1 Kings 12:13; 1 Samuel 25:17
- 12 Proverbs 25:2–3; Psalm 139:1–4; Psalm 17:3; Job 31:4; Joshua 22:22
- 13 1 Chronicles 22:11; Joshua 1:5; 1 Chronicles 22:16; Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 17:37
- 14 2 Samuel 9:3; Ephesians 5:1–2
- 15 2 Samuel 21:7; 2 Samuel 9:1–7; 1 Samuel 24:21
- 16 1 Samuel 25:22; 1 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 4:7–8; 2 Samuel 21:8; Genesis 15:18
- 17 Proverbs 18:24; 1 Samuel 18:1; 1 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 1:26; Deuteronomy 13:6
- 18 1 Samuel 20:5; 1 Samuel 20:25
- 19 1 Samuel 19:2; 1 Samuel 20:5
- 21 Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 5:2; Amos 8:14; Jeremiah 12:16
- 22 1 Samuel 20:37
- 23 1 Samuel 20:42; 1 Samuel 20:14–15; Genesis 31:50; Genesis 16:5
- 24 Isaiah 1:11–15; Proverbs 17:1; Psalm 50:16–21; Proverbs 21:3; Proverbs 15:17
- 25 1 Samuel 20:18; Judges 16:20
- 26 Leviticus 15:5; Leviticus 11:24; Leviticus 11:27; Leviticus 7:20–21; Leviticus 11:40
- 27 1 Samuel 19:15; Matthew 13:55; 1 Samuel 25:10; Isaiah 11:1–2; 1 Samuel 22:7–9
- 28 1 Samuel 20:6
- 29 1 Samuel 17:28
- 30 Proverbs 21:24; James 1:19–20; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 15:2
- 31 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 19:6; 1 Samuel 26:16; 1 Samuel 19:11–15; 2 Samuel 19:28
- 32 Matthew 27:23; 1 Samuel 19:5; Luke 23:22; Genesis 31:36; Proverbs 31:8–9
- 33 1 Samuel 20:7; 1 Samuel 18:11; 1 Samuel 19:10
- 34 Mark 3:5; Ephesians 4:26; Ecclesiastes 7:20
- 35 1 Samuel 20:19; 2 Samuel 20:5
- 36 1 Samuel 20:20–22
- 37 1 Samuel 20:22
- 38 Luke 17:31–32; Proverbs 6:4–5; Psalm 55:6–9; Matthew 24:16–18; Mark 13:14–16
- 41 Genesis 29:11; 1 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 19:39; 2 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 10:1
- 42 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 23:18; 1 Samuel 20:22–23; Numbers 6:26; Luke 7:50
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… have, between Me and you, or between Me and every living soul, and whatever suchlike expressions there are used, is found in the Greek to be, in the middle of Me and you, which is?na m?son. David also and Jonathan establish a sign between them, that they may not disagree with a difference of thought: and that which in Latin …
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