Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
1 Samuel 21
1Se levantó David y se fue, y Jonatán se volvió a la ciudad. Then David went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. And he said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”2David llegó a Nob, al sacerdote Aquimelec, el cual lo recibió con miedo, y le dijo: “¿Por qué estás solo, y nadie viene contigo?” And David said to the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’3Respondió David al sacerdote Aquimelec: “El rey me ha dado un encargo y me ha dicho: «Nadie sepa nada del asunto a que te envío y que te he encargado». Por eso he citado a los muchachos a tal y tal lugar. Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”4Y ahora, ¿qué tienes a mano? Dame cinco panes en mi mano, o cualquier cosa que hallares.” And the priest, responding to David, said to him: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?”5El sacerdote contestó a David, diciendo: “Tan común no tengo a mano, mas hay pan santo, si es que tu gente se ha abstenido de mujeres.” And David responded to the priest, and said to him: “Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”6Respondió David al sacerdote y le dijo: “Te aseguro que nos hemos abstenido de mujeres ayer y anteayer, desde cuando salí; los cuerpos de mi gente están puros; y aunque el viaje es profano, sin embargo se encuentran ahora santificados sus cuerpos.” Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.7Entonces el sacerdote le dio pan santo, pues no había allí (otro) pan, sino solamente el pan de la proposición, que había sido retirado de la presencia de Yahvé, para reemplazarlo por pan caliente en el día en que fue retirado. Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.8Estaba allí aquel mismo día un hombre de los siervos de Saúl, que se había encerrado delante de Yahvé; se llamaba Doeg, idumeo, el mayoral de los pastores de Saúl. Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”9Luego preguntó David a Aquimelec: “¿No tienes aquí en tu poder una lanza o espada?, pues ni mi espada, ni (otra de) mis armas he traído conmigo, por cuanto urgía la orden del rey.” And the priest said: “Behold, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so give it to me.”10Dijo el sacerdote: “He aquí la espada de Goliat el filisteo, a quien tú mataste en el valle del Terebinto. Está envuelta en el manto, detrás del efod. Si quieres tomarla, tómala, que aquí no hay otra sino esta.” Respondió David: “No hay otra semejante a ella; dámela.” And so, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he went to Achish, the king of Gath.11Se levantó David, y huyendo aquel día de Saúl, se fue a Aquís, rey de Gat. And the servants of Achish, when they had seen David, said to him: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, saying, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’ ”12Mas los siervos dijeron a Aquís: “¿No es este aquel David, el rey del país? ¿No es este aquel de quien cantaban en medio de danzas: Mató Saúl sus mil, pero David sus diez mil?” Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.13David guardó estas palabras en su corazón y tuvo mucho miedo de Aquís, rey de Gat. And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.14Fingió ante ellos haber perdido su juicio y aparentaba estar loco en medio de ellos, escribiendo garabatos en las hojas de las puertas y dejando correr la saliva por su barba. And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?15Dijo entonces Aquís a sus siervos: “Ya veis que este hombre es un loco. ¿Por qué me lo habéis traído? ¿Acaso me faltan locos? ¿Cómo es, pues, que habéis traído este para que haga locuras delante de mí? ¿Y un hombre tal habrá de entrar en mi casa?” Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”