1 Samuel · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
1 Samuel 20 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 David corrió desde Naiot en Ramá hasta donde estaba Jonatán y le preguntó: “¿Qué he hecho? ¿Qué mal he hecho? ¿Qué cosa terrible le he hecho a 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 “¡Nada!” Respondió Jonatán. “¡No vas a morir! ¡Escucha! Mi padre me cuenta todo lo que planea, sea lo que sea. ¿Por qué iba mi padre a ocultarme algo así? No es cierto”.
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 soy tu amigo, y por eso seguro ha pensado: ‘Jonatán no puede enterarse de esto, porque si no se enfadará mucho’. Te juro por la vida del Señor, y por tu propia vida, que mi vida pende de un hilo”.
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 “Dime qué quieres que haga por ti y lo haré”, le dijo Jonatán a David.
4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
5 “Bueno, la fiesta de la Luna Nueva es mañana, y tengo que sentarme a comer con el rey. Pero si te parece bien, pienso ir a esconderme en el campo hasta la noche de dentro de tres días.
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 me echa de menos, dile: ‘David ha tenido que pedirme urgentemente permiso para bajar a Belén, su ciudad natal, a causa de un sacrificio anual que se celebra allí para todo su grupo familiar’.
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 dice: ‘Está bien’, entonces no hay problema para mí, tu siervo, pero si se enfada, sabrás que pretende 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 Así que, por favor, trátame bien, como prometiste cuando hiciste un acuerdo conmigo ante el Señor. Si he hecho mal, ¡mátame tú mismo! ¿Por qué me llevas a tu padre para que lo haga?”
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 “¡De ninguna manera!” respondió Jonatán. “Si supiera con certeza que mi padre tiene planes para hacerte daño, ¿no crees que 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 “Entonces, ¿quién me va a avisar si tu padre te da una respuesta desagradable?” preguntó David.
10 Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
11 “Vamos, salgamos al campo”, dijo Jonatán. Así que ambos salieron al campo.
11 Jonathan said to David, “Come! Let’s go out into the field.” They both went out into the field.
12 Jonatán le dijo a David: “Te prometo por el Señor, el Dios de Israel, que mañana a esta hora o pasado mañana interrogaré a mi padre. Si las cosas se ven bien para ti, te enviaré un mensaje y te lo haré saber.
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 planea hacerte daño, que el Señor me castigue muy severamente, si no te lo hago saber enviándote un mensaje para que puedas salir a salvo. Que el Señor esté contigo, como lo 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 viva, por favor, demuéstrame un amor digno de confianza como el 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 por favor, no retires tu amor fiel a mi familia, aunque el Señor haya eliminado a todos tus enemigos de la tierra”.
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 Jonatán hizo un acuerdo solemne con la familia de David, diciendo: “Que el Señor imponga su castigo a los enemigos de 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 se lo hizo jurar a David una vez más, basándose en el amor que le profesaba, pues Jonatán ya amaba a David 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 Entonces Jonatán le dijo a David: “La fiesta de la Luna Nueva es mañana. Se te echará de menos, porque tu lugar 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 Dentro de tres días, ve rápidamente al lugar donde te escondiste cuando todo esto empezó, y quédate allí junto al montón de piedras.
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 lanzaré tres flechas a su lado, como si estuviera disparando a un blanco.
20 I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
21 Luego enviaré a un muchacho y le diré: ‘¡Ve a buscar las flechas!’ Si le digo concretamente: ‘Mira, las flechas están a este lado; tráelas aquí’, entonces te juro por la vida del Señor que puedes salir sin peligro.
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 tendrás que salir, porque el Señor quiere que te vayas.
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 a lo que tú y yo hablamos, recuerda que el Señor es 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 Así que David se escondió en el campo. Cuando llegó la fiesta de 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 Se sentó en su lugar habitual, junto al muro, frente a Jonatán. Abner se sentó junto a 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 ese día porque pensó: “Seguramente le ha pasado algo a David que lo hace ceremonialmente impuro; sí, seguro está 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 Pero el segundo día, el día después de la Luna Nueva, el lugar de David seguía vacío. Saúl le preguntó a su hijo Jonatán: “¿Por qué el hijo de Isaí no ha venido a cenar 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: “David tuvo que pedirme urgentemente permiso para ir a Belén.
28 Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.
29 Me dijo: ‘Por favor, déjame ir, porque nuestra familia va a celebrar un sacrificio en la ciudad y mi hermano me dijo que tenía que estar allí. Si piensas bien de mí, por favor, déjame ir a ver a mis hermanos’. Por eso se ausentó de 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 Saúl se enojó mucho con Jonatán y le dijo: “¡Rebelde hijo de puta! ¿Crees que no sé que prefieres al hijo de Isaí? ¡Qué vergüenza! ¡Eres una vergüenza para la madre que te dio a luz!
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 siga vivo, tú y tu reinado no estarán seguros. Ahora ve 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 “¿Por qué tiene que morir?” preguntó Jonatán. “¿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, tratando de matarlo, por lo que supo que su padre definitivamente quería a David muerto.
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 abandonó la mesa, y estaba absolutamente furioso. No quiso comer nada en el segundo día de la fiesta, pues estaba muy molesto por la forma vergonzosa en que su padre había tratado a David.
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 Por la mañana, Jonatán fue al campo, al lugar que había acordado con David, y un muchacho iba con él.
35 In the morning, Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
36 Entonces le dijo al muchacho: “Corre y encuentra las flechas que yo tire”. De modo que el muchacho comenzó a correr y Jonatán le disparó una flecha.
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 de Jonatán, éste le gritó: “¿No ves que la flecha está más adelante?
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 ¡Apúrate! ¡Hazlo rápido! ¡No esperes!” El muchacho recogió las flechas y se las llevó a su amo.
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 sospechaba nada; sólo Jonatán y David sabían lo que significaba.
39 But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 Jonatán le dio el arco y las flechas al muchacho y le dijo: “Llévatelas a la ciudad”.
40 Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
41 Después de que el muchacho se había ido, David se levantó de donde estaba, junto al montón de piedras, se tiró al suelo boca abajo y se inclinó tres veces. Entonces él y Jonatán se besaron y lloraron juntos como amigos, aunque David fue el que más lloró.
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 le dijo a David: “Vete en paz, porque los dos hemos hecho un juramento solemne en nombre del Señor. Dijimos: ‘El Señor será testigo entre tú y yo, y entre mis descendientes y los tuyos para siempre’”. Entonces David se marchó, y Jonatán volvió a la ciudad.
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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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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