1 Samuel · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
1 Samuel 17 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Entonces los filisteos reunieron sus ejércitos para la guerra y se concentraron en Soco, que pertenece a Judá. Acamparon en Efes-damim entre Soco y Azeca.
1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephesdammim.
2 Saúl y los hombres de Israel se reunieron y acamparon en el valle de Ela. Dispusieron la batalla contra los filisteos.
2 Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 Los filisteos estaban a un lado sobre una colina y los de Israel al frente de ellos sobre otra colina. El valle estaba entre ellos.
3 The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4 De entre el campamento de los filisteos salió un retador llamado Goliat, de Gat, cuya altura era de 2,9 metros.
4 A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.
5 Llevaba un casco de bronce en la cabeza, e iba vestido con una cota de malla de bronce que pesaba cinco kilogramos.
5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
6 Sobre sus piernas llevaba grebas de hierro y una lanza de bronce sobre sus hombros.
6 He had bronze shin armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.
7 El asta de su lanza era como un rodillo de tejedores, y su punta pesaba 6,6 kilogramos. Su escudero iba delante de él.
7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.
8 Se paró y gritó a los ejércitos de Israel: ¿Por qué salieron a alinearse en orden de batalla? ¿No soy yo un filisteo y ustedes son esclavos de Saúl? ¡Escójanse un hombre que baje contra mí!
8 He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
9 Si él puede pelear conmigo y me mata, entonces seremos sus esclavos. Pero si yo prevalezco contra él y lo mato, entonces ustedes serán nuestros esclavos y nos servirán.
9 If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”
10 Y añadió el filisteo: Hoy yo desafío al ejército de Israel. ¡Denme un hombre para que luchemos!
10 The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”
11 Cuando Saúl y todo Israel oyeron estas palabras del filisteo, se turbaron y tuvieron mucho temor.
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
12 Ahora bien, David era hijo de un hombre efrateo de Belén de Judá, llamado Isaí, quien tenía ocho hijos. En los días de Saúl, ese anciano tenía edad muy avanzada.
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.
13 Los tres hijos mayores de Isaí habían ido a la guerra con Saúl. Los nombres de los tres hijos que fueron a la guerra eran: Eliab, el primogénito, Abinadab, el segundo, y Samá, el tercero.
13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 David era el menor. Fueron los tres mayores tras Saúl,
14 David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.
15 pero David se apartó de Saúl y volvió a apacentar el rebaño de su padre en Belén.
15 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16 El filisteo salía por la mañana y por la tarde. Así lo hizo durante 40 días.
16 The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17 Isaí dijo a su hijo David: Toma ahora una medida de este grano tostado y estos diez panes para tus hermanos. Llévalos pronto al campamento a tus hermanos.
17 Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;
18 Lleva también estos diez quesos para el jefe de 1.000, y mira si tus hermanos están bien. Trae noticias de ellos,
18 and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand; and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”
19 pues Saúl y ellos, y todos los hombres de Israel luchan contra los filisteos en el valle de Ela.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 Por la mañana, David se levantó temprano, y dejó el rebaño al cuidado de un guarda. Tomó [las provisiones] y fue como Isaí le mandó. Y llegó al campamento cuando el ejército salía en orden de batalla y daba el grito de guerra.
20 David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle.
21 Se dispusieron en orden de batalla, tanto Israel como los filisteos, ejército contra ejército.
21 Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
22 David dejó su carga en manos del guardián del equipo militar, corrió al frente de batalla y entró a saludar a sus hermanos.
22 David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
23 Mientras conversaba con ellos, ahí estaba el retador, el filisteo de Gat llamado Goliat, quien salía del ejército de los filisteos y habló las mismas palabras. Y David las oyó.
23 As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.
24 Cuando todos los hombres de Israel veían a aquel hombre, huían de su presencia y tenían gran temor.
24 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were terrified.
25 Los hombres de Israel decían: ¿Vieron a ese hombre que sale? Ciertamente sale para desafiar a Israel. Sucederá que al varón que lo mate, el rey lo enriquecerá con grandes riquezas, le dará su hija, y dará a la casa de su padre la excepción [de tributos] en Israel.
25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father’s house tax-free in Israel.”
26 David preguntó a los varones que estaban junto a él: ¿Qué harán al hombre que venza a ese filisteo y quite la afrenta de Israel? Porque ¿quién es este filisteo incircunciso para que se enfrente a los escuadrones del ʼElohim viviente?
26 David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27 El pueblo le respondió las mismas palabras: Así se hará al varón que lo mate.
27 The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
28 Eliab, su hermano mayor, lo oyó hablar con aquellos hombres y se encendió en ira contra David, y dijo: ¿Para qué viniste? ¿Con quién dejaste las pocas ovejas en la región despoblada? Yo conozco tu insolencia y la perversidad de tu corazón, porque viniste para mirar la batalla.
28 Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”
29 David respondió: ¿Qué hice yo ahora? ¿No fue solo una pregunta?
29 David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
30 Se apartó de él hacia otro y preguntó lo mismo. Y el pueblo le respondió lo mismo que antes.
30 He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.
31 Las palabras que David dijo le fueron referidas a Saúl, quien envió a llamarlo.
31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
32 David dijo a Saúl: No desmaye el corazón de alguno por causa de él. Tu esclavo irá y peleará contra ese filisteo.
32 David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
33 Pero Saúl respondió a David: No podrás tú ir contra ese filisteo para pelear contra él, porque tú eres un muchacho, y él es guerrero desde su juventud.
33 Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
34 Pero David respondió a Saúl: Tu esclavo es pastor de las ovejas de mi padre. Si viene un león o un oso y se lleva algún cordero del rebaño,
34 David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
35 salgo tras él, lo golpeo y lo rescato de su boca. Si me ataca, lo agarro por la quijada y lo golpeo hasta matarlo.
35 I went out after him, struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, struck him, and killed him.
36 Sea león o sea oso, tu esclavo los mata. Este filisteo incircunciso será como uno de ellos, porque desafía a los escuadrones del ʼElohim viviente.
36 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”
37 Y David añadió: Yavé, Quien me libró de las garras del león y de las garras del oso, Él también me librará de la mano de este filisteo. Entonces Saúl dijo a David: Vé, y Yavé sea contigo.
37 David said, “Yahweh, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”
38 Saúl vistió a David con sus propias ropas. Le colocó un casco de bronce en su cabeza y lo protegió con una coraza.
38 Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
39 Sobre la armadura le ató su propia espada. David intentó andar, porque nunca [las] había probado. Luego David dijo a Saúl: Con esto no puedo andar, porque no estoy entrenado. David se quitó todas aquellas cosas
39 David strapped his sword on his clothing and he tried to move, for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these, for I have not tested them.” Then David took them off.
40 y tomó su cayado en la mano. Escogió cinco piedras lisas del arroyo, las echó en el zurrón y con su honda en su mano se acercó al filisteo.
40 He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag which he had. His sling was in his hand; and he came near to the Philistine.
41 El filisteo caminaba y se acercaba a David, y su escudero iba delante de él.
41 The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.
42 Cuando el filisteo miró y vio a David, lo despreció, porque era un joven rubio y de buen parecer.
42 When the Philistine looked around and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.
43 Y el filisteo preguntó a David: ¿Soy yo un perro para que vengas contra mí con palos? Y al invocar sus ʼelohim maldijo a David.
43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 El filisteo también dijo a David: ¡Ven a mí, y daré tu carne a las aves del cielo y a las bestias del campo!
44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the field.”
45 Entonces David respondió al filisteo: Tú vienes contra mí con espada y lanza larga y corta, pero yo voy contra ti en el Nombre de Yavé de las huestes, el ʼElohim de los escuadrones de Israel, a quien tú provocaste.
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 Hoy Yavé te entregará en mis manos. Yo te heriré y te cortaré la cabeza. Entregaré los cadáveres del campamento de los filisteos a las aves del cielo y a las bestias de la tierra, para que toda la tierra sepa que hay ʼElohim en Israel,
46 Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky and to the wild animals of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
47 y toda esta gente sepa que Yavé no salva con la espada y la lanza. Por cuanto esta batalla es de Yavé, Él los entregará en nuestras manos.
47 and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.”
48 Sucedió que cuando el filisteo comenzó a andar para encontrarse con David, éste se apresuró y corrió hacia la línea de batalla contra el filisteo.
48 When the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 Al meter David su mano en el zurrón, sacó una piedra, la lanzó con la honda e hirió al filisteo en la frente. La piedra quedó clavada en la frente, y [él] cayó sobre su rostro en tierra.
49 David put his hand in his bag, took a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
50 Así David, sin tener espada en su mano, prevaleció sobre el filisteo con una honda y una piedra. Hirió al filisteo y lo mató.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.
51 Entonces David corrió, se puso en pie sobre el filisteo, tomó la espada de éste, la sacó de su vaina y lo remató. Con ella le cortó la cabeza. Los filisteos, al ver a su caudillo muerto, huyeron.
51 Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
52 Entonces los hombres de Israel y de Judá se levantaron, gritaron y persiguieron a los filisteos hasta llegar al valle y las puertas de Ecrón. Los muertos de entre los filisteos estaban tendidos por el camino de Saraim, hasta Gat y Ecrón.
52 The men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as Gai and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron.
53 Los hijos de Israel se volvieron de perseguir a los filisteos y saquearon su campamento.
53 The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
54 David tomó la cabeza del filisteo y la llevó a Jerusalén, pero las armas de él las puso en su tienda.
54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
55 Cuando Saúl vio a David que salía a encontrarse con el filisteo, preguntó a Abner, jefe del ejército: Abner, ¿de quién es hijo ese muchacho? Y Abner respondió:
55 When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”
56 ¡Vive tu alma, oh rey, no sé! Y el rey dijo: Averigua tú de quién es hijo ese muchacho.
56 The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”
57 Al volver David de matar al filisteo, Abner lo tomó y lo llevó delante de Saúl, con la cabeza del filisteo en su mano.
57 As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 Saúl le preguntó: Joven, ¿de quién eres hijo? Y David respondió: Soy hijo de tu esclavo Isaí de Belén.
58 Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abinadab
A brother of David who passed before Samuel and later served in Saul's army.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Samuel 17:13
Abner
The son of Saul's uncle Ner and commander of Saul's army, who made Ish-bosheth king, later promised to bring Israel over to David, and was killed by Joab at Hebron in revenge for…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:50; 1 Samuel 17:55; 2 Samuel 2:8
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Eliab
Jesse's tall firstborn, passed over when Samuel came to anoint a king from among his sons.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:28
Goliath
A Philistine champion from Gath, six cubits and a span tall, who defied Israel's ranks until David killed him with a sling and a stone; his sword was later kept at Nob.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 17:4; 1 Samuel 17:23; 1 Samuel 17:54
Cross references (50)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 15:35; 2 Chronicles 28:18; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Chronicles 11:13; Joshua 10:10–11
- 2 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 17:19
- 4 Joshua 11:22; 1 Samuel 17:23; 1 Chronicles 20:4–8; 2 Samuel 21:16–22; Deuteronomy 3:11
- 6 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Kings 10:16; 2 Chronicles 9:15
- 7 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Samuel 17:41; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 1 Chronicles 20:5
- 8 1 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Chronicles 21:3
- 9 1 Samuel 11:1
- 10 1 Samuel 17:25–26; 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Samuel 17:36; 2 Samuel 21:21; Numbers 23:7–8
- 11 Joshua 1:9; Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 51:12–13; Proverbs 28:1
- 12 Genesis 35:19; 1 Samuel 16:10–11; 1 Samuel 16:18; Ruth 4:22; 1 Samuel 17:58
- 13 1 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Samuel 21:21; 1 Samuel 17:28; 2 Samuel 13:3; 1 Samuel 16:6–9
- 14 1 Samuel 16:11; Genesis 25:23
- 15 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 16:19–23
- 16 Matthew 4:2; Luke 4:2
- 17 1 Samuel 25:18; Ruth 2:14; 2 Samuel 17:28; Luke 11:13; Matthew 7:11
- 18 Genesis 37:14; 1 Samuel 16:20; 1 Thessalonians 3:5–6; Acts 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:29
- 20 Luke 19:43; 1 Samuel 26:5; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Samuel 26:7; Ephesians 6:1–2
- 22 Luke 10:5–6; Judges 18:15; Genesis 37:14; Isaiah 10:28; Matthew 10:12–13
- 23 1 Samuel 17:8–10
- 24 1 Samuel 13:6–7; 1 Samuel 17:11; Deuteronomy 32:30; Numbers 13:33; Isaiah 30:17
- 25 Joshua 15:16; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 2:7; Ezra 7:24; Revelation 2:17
- 26 1 Samuel 11:2; Deuteronomy 5:26; 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 17:10
- 27 1 Samuel 17:25
- 28 Matthew 10:36; Proverbs 18:19; Genesis 37:11; Genesis 37:4; Genesis 37:8
- 29 1 Peter 3:9; Acts 11:2–4; Proverbs 15:1; 1 Corinthians 2:15
- 30 1 Samuel 17:26–27
- 31 Proverbs 22:29
- 32 Deuteronomy 20:1–3; 1 Samuel 16:18; Psalm 3:6; Isaiah 35:4; Psalm 27:1–3
- 33 Numbers 13:31; Deuteronomy 9:2; Revelation 13:4; Psalm 11:1; 1 Samuel 17:56
- 35 Amos 3:12; 2 Timothy 4:17–18; Daniel 6:22; Judges 14:5–6; Psalm 91:13
- 36 1 Samuel 17:10; Isaiah 36:18; Isaiah 37:28–29; Romans 2:28–29; Ezekiel 32:19
- 37 2 Timothy 4:17–18; Psalm 138:7–8; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10; Psalm 18:16–17; Psalm 63:7
- 39 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; Zechariah 4:6; Hosea 1:7
- 40 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; Judges 15:15–16; Judges 20:16; Matthew 10:10; Judges 7:16–20
- 42 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Samuel 17:33; Psalm 123:3–4; 2 Corinthians 11:27–29; Proverbs 16:18
- 43 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 3:8; 1 Samuel 24:14; 2 Kings 8:13; Proverbs 26:2
- 44 Proverbs 18:12; 1 Kings 20:10–11; Ezekiel 28:9–10; Jeremiah 9:23; 1 Samuel 17:46
- 45 2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Chronicles 32:8; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 18:2
- 46 Isaiah 52:10; Joshua 4:24; 2 Kings 19:19; 1 Kings 8:43; Deuteronomy 28:26
- 47 Psalm 44:6–7; Zechariah 4:6; Hosea 1:7; Proverbs 21:30–31; 1 Samuel 14:6
- 48 Proverbs 28:1; Psalm 27:1
- 49 1 Corinthians 1:27–28; 2 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 22:34
- 50 Judges 15:15; 1 Samuel 17:39; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 23:21; 1 Samuel 13:22
- 51 Hebrews 11:34; 1 Samuel 21:9; 2 Samuel 23:21; Esther 7:10; Psalm 7:15–16
- 52 Joshua 15:11; Joshua 15:33–36; Joshua 15:45–46; 1 Samuel 14:21–22; Judges 7:23
- 53 Jeremiah 30:16; Jeremiah 4:20; 2 Kings 7:7–16
- 54 Exodus 16:33; 1 Samuel 21:9; Joshua 4:7–8
- 55 1 Samuel 16:21–22; 1 Samuel 17:58
- 57 1 Samuel 17:54
- 58 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 16:18–19
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences