1 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Samuel 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Audio: Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA), read by Joyfull · About the recordings
1 Ana oró y dijo: Mi corazón se alegra en el Señor. El Señor me ha dado fuerza. Ahora puedo hablar con alegría frente a mis enemigos, porque me alegro en tu salvación.
1 Hannah prayed, and said, “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
2 No hay nadie santo como el Señor. No hay otro Dios fuera de ti. No hay roca como nuestro Dios.
2 There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
3 No hablen con tanto orgullo ni salgan palabras arrogantes de sus bocas. El Señor es un Dios que todo lo sabe, y él juzga las acciones.
3 “Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.
4 Los arcos de los guerreros son quebrados, pero los débiles se llenan de fuerza.
4 “The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
5 Los que antes tenían comida de sobra ahora trabajan por pan, pero los que tenían hambre ya no pasan hambre. La mujer que no tenía hijos ha dado a luz siete, pero la que tenía muchos hijos ha quedado sin fuerzas.
5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.
6 El Señor da muerte y da vida. Hace bajar al lugar de los muertos y también hace subir.
6 “Yahweh kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up.
7 El Señor hace pobre y hace rico. Él humilla y también levanta.
7 Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
8 Levanta del polvo al pobre y saca al necesitado del lugar más bajo. Los sienta entre los gobernantes y les da un lugar de honor. Porque del Señor son los pilares de la tierra, y sobre ellos estableció el mundo.
8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.
9 Él protege a sus santos, pero los malvados llegarán a su fin en la oscuridad, porque nadie vence por su propia fuerza.
9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.
10 Los que luchan contra el Señor serán quebrantados. Él tronará contra ellos desde el cielo. El Señor juzgará hasta los confines de la tierra. Dará fuerza a su rey y aumentará el poder de su ungido.
10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
11 Entonces Elcana regresó a su casa en Ramá. El niño Samuel servía al Señor bajo la dirección del sacerdote Elí.
11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.
12 Los hijos de Elí eran hombres malvados que no conocían al Señor.
12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.
13 Los sacerdotes tenían esta costumbre con el pueblo: cuando alguien presentaba una ofrenda y la carne se estaba cocinando, el siervo del sacerdote llegaba con un tenedor grande de tres puntas.
13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
14 Lo metía en la olla, y todo lo que sacaba con el tenedor era para el sacerdote. Así hacían en Silo con todos los israelitas que iban allí.
14 and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork brought up for himself. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.
15 Además, antes de quemar la grasa, el siervo del sacerdote iba al hombre que presentaba la ofrenda y le decía: Dame carne para asarla para el sacerdote. Él no quiere carne cocida en agua, sino carne cruda.
15 Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.”
16 Si el hombre respondía: Primero hay que quemar la grasa, y después puedes tomar todo lo que quieras, el siervo decía: No. Dámela ahora, o la tomaré por la fuerza.
16 If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
17 El pecado de estos jóvenes era muy grave ante el Señor, porque trataban con desprecio las ofrendas del Señor.
17 The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised Yahweh’s offering.
18 Pero Samuel servía delante del Señor aunque todavía era niño, y llevaba puesto un efod de lino.
18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
19 Cada año su madre le hacía una pequeña túnica y se la llevaba cuando subía con su esposo para presentar la ofrenda anual.
19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 Elí bendecía a Elcana y a su esposa y decía: Que el Señor te dé hijos de esta mujer en lugar del hijo que ella entregó al Señor. Después regresaban a su casa.
20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home.
21 El Señor tuvo misericordia de Ana, y ella dio a luz tres hijos y dos hijas. Mientras tanto, el joven Samuel crecía delante del Señor.
21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
22 Elí ya era muy anciano, y oía hablar de todo lo que sus hijos hacían a Israel.
22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
23 Entonces les dijo: ¿Por qué hacen estas cosas? Oigo de todo este pueblo acerca de sus malas acciones.
23 He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.
24 No, hijos míos. No es bueno lo que oigo decir al pueblo del Señor acerca de ustedes.
24 No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey.
25 Si un hombre peca contra otro, Dios será juez entre ellos. Pero si un hombre peca contra el Señor, ¿quién defenderá su causa? Sin embargo, ellos no escucharon a su padre, porque el Señor había decidido hacerlos morir.
25 If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.
26 El joven Samuel seguía creciendo y tenía el favor del Señor y de la gente.
26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh and also with men.
27 Entonces un hombre de Dios vino a Elí y le dijo: El Señor dice: ¿No me revelé a la familia de tu antepasado cuando estaban en Egipto bajo el poder de Faraón?
27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?
28 Lo escogí de entre todas las tribus de Israel para que fuera mi sacerdote, subiera a mi altar, quemara incienso y llevara el efod. También di a la familia de tu antepasado todas las ofrendas presentadas por fuego por los hijos de Israel.
28 Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
29 Entonces, ¿por qué desprecias mis sacrificios y mis ofrendas que ordené? ¿Por qué honras a tus hijos más que a mí, y tú y ellos se engordan con lo mejor de todas las ofrendas de Israel, mi pueblo?
29 Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’
30 Por eso el Señor, Dios de Israel, dice: Yo había dicho que tu familia y la familia de tu antepasado estarían delante de mí para siempre. Pero ahora el Señor dice: ¡Eso no sucederá! Yo honraré a los que me honran, pero los que me desprecian serán despreciados.
30 “Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
31 Vienen días en que acabaré con tu fuerza y con la fuerza de la familia de tu antepasado.
31 Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house.
32 Nunca más habrá un anciano en tu familia.
32 You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever.
33 Sin embargo, dejaré con vida a uno de tu familia. Sus ojos se apagarán y su corazón se llenará de tristeza, pero todos los demás descendientes de tu familia morirán por la espada.
33 The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.
34 Esta será la señal para ti: tus dos hijos, Ofni y Finees, morirán el mismo día.
34 This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.
35 Levantaré para mí un sacerdote fiel, que hará lo que está en mi corazón y en mi mente. Le daré una familia que permanecerá, y él servirá siempre delante de mi ungido.
35 I will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house. He will walk before my anointed forever.
36 Entonces cualquiera de tu familia que quede vendrá y se inclinará ante él por una moneda de plata o un pedazo de pan, y le dirá: Te ruego que me des algún trabajo entre los sacerdotes para que pueda tener algo de comer.
36 It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Eli
The priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years, blessed Hannah, took in the boy Samuel, failed to restrain his wicked sons, and died at ninety-eight when he heard the ark of…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 2:22
Hophni
A priest at Shiloh and son of Eli, who treated the LORD's offering with contempt and died the same day as his brother Phinehas when the ark of God was captured.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 4:4
Phinehas
A priest at Shiloh and son of Eli, who died on the day the ark of God was captured; his wife died in childbirth after naming their son Ichabod.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 4:4
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 1:46–56; Psalm 13:5; Isaiah 12:2–3; Philippians 4:6; Psalm 92:10
- 2 2 Samuel 22:32; Isaiah 44:6; Psalm 86:8; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 89:8
- 3 1 Kings 8:39; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 24:12; Jude 15–16; Hebrews 4:12
- 4 Psalm 76:3; Psalm 37:15; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 46:9; Hebrews 11:34
- 5 Psalm 113:9; Jeremiah 15:9; Luke 1:53; Psalm 34:10; Isaiah 54:1
- 6 Deuteronomy 32:39; Isaiah 26:19; Jonah 2:2–6; 2 Kings 5:7; Job 5:18
- 7 Psalm 75:7; Job 5:11; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Job 1:21; James 4:10
- 8 Psalm 113:7–8; James 2:5; Daniel 2:48; Daniel 6:3; 1 Samuel 15:17
- 9 Psalm 91:11–12; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 33:16–17; 1 Peter 1:5; Job 5:24
- 10 Psalm 2:9; Psalm 89:24; Psalm 18:13–14; Psalm 96:13; Exodus 15:6
- 11 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 3:1; 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 3:15
- 12 Romans 1:28–30; Jeremiah 2:8; Romans 1:21; Judges 2:10; 2 Corinthians 6:15
- 13 Leviticus 7:29–34
- 14 Exodus 29:27–28; 1 Samuel 2:29; Isaiah 56:11; 2 Peter 2:13–15; Malachi 1:10
- 15 Leviticus 3:16; Romans 16:18; Leviticus 3:3–5; Philippians 3:19; Jude 12
- 16 Leviticus 7:23–25; Leviticus 3:16; 1 Peter 5:2–3; Judges 18:25; Nehemiah 5:15
- 17 Malachi 2:7–9; Genesis 13:13; Malachi 2:13; Genesis 6:11; 2 Kings 21:6
- 18 Exodus 28:4; 1 Samuel 3:1; 1 Samuel 2:11; 2 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samuel 22:18
- 19 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 1:21; Exodus 23:14
- 20 1 Samuel 1:27–28; Luke 2:34; Ruth 4:11; Genesis 27:27–29; Ruth 2:12
- 21 Luke 2:40; Genesis 21:1; 1 Samuel 3:19; 1 Samuel 2:26; Judges 13:24
- 22 Exodus 38:8; Jeremiah 7:9–10; 1 Samuel 2:13–17; Hosea 4:9–11; Ezekiel 22:26
- 23 Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 3:3; Acts 9:4; Jeremiah 8:12; Acts 14:15
- 24 1 Kings 15:30; 2 Corinthians 6:8; Acts 6:3; 1 Timothy 3:7; Matthew 18:7
- 25 Joshua 11:20; Numbers 15:30; Hebrews 10:26; 1 Samuel 3:14; 1 Timothy 2:5
- 26 Luke 2:52; Luke 2:40; Acts 2:47; Luke 1:80; 1 Samuel 2:21
- 27 Judges 13:6; 1 Kings 13:1; Deuteronomy 33:1; Exodus 4:14–16; Exodus 4:27
- 28 Exodus 28:1; Leviticus 8:7–8; Numbers 18:19; Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 7:34–35
- 29 Matthew 10:37; Deuteronomy 32:15; 1 Samuel 2:13–17; Malachi 1:12–13; Luke 14:26
- 30 John 12:26; Jeremiah 18:9–10; Proverbs 3:9–10; Malachi 1:6; Psalm 91:14
- 31 1 Samuel 22:17–20; 1 Kings 2:26–27; 1 Samuel 4:11–20; 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 4:2
- 32 Zechariah 8:4; 1 Samuel 4:11; Psalm 78:59–64; 1 Kings 2:26–27; 1 Samuel 4:22
- 33 1 Kings 2:26–27; 1 Samuel 22:21–23; 1 Kings 1:19; 1 Kings 1:7; Matthew 2:16–18
- 34 1 Samuel 4:11; 1 Kings 13:3; 1 Samuel 4:17; 1 Samuel 3:12; 1 Kings 14:12
- 35 2 Samuel 7:27; 2 Samuel 7:11; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Samuel 25:28; Psalm 18:50
- 36 1 Kings 2:27; Ezekiel 44:10–12; Malachi 1:13; 1 Samuel 2:29–30
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The Lord hath ascended into the heavens, and hath thundered: He shall judge the ends of the earth, for He is righteous: and He giveth strength to our kings, and shall exalt the horn of His Christ." Do you say that these are the words of a single weak woman giving thanks for the birth of a son?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"For them that glorify me," saith He, "I will glorify; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed." Let us, I say, do all things unto His glory; that we may attain unto that blessed portion, unto which God grant we may all attain, by the grace and love towards man of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
If thou findest fault with Him who saith, The Lord killeth, and maketh alive, why dost thou honour Peter, who raised up Tabitha, but struck Sapphira dead?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For even as ten thousand times signifies often, so here too. For by saying, "The barren hath borne seven," the Scripture means many.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)