2 Samuel 21

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	Biblia Sagrada
1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, "There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death."	1 David emprendió el camino, mientras Jonatán entraba en la ciudad.
2 So the king called the Gibeonites. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to slay them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.	2 David llegó a Nob, donde se encontraba el sacerdote Ajimélec. Este salió con miedo a su encuentro, y le preguntó: «¿Cómo vienes solo y sin compañía?».
3 And David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? And how shall I make expiation, that you may bless the heritage of the LORD?"	3 David le respondió: «El rey me ha dado órdenes, diciéndome: “Nadie sepa nada del asunto al que te envío y de lo que te he ordenado”. A los criados, los he citado en tal lugar.
4 The Gibeonites said to him, "It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel." And he said, "What do you say that I shall do for you?"	4 Y bien, ¿qué tienes a mano? Dame cinco panes o lo que haya».
5 They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel,	5 El sacerdote le dijo: «No tengo a mano pan común, sino pan consagrado; bastaría con que los criados se hayan guardado al menos de mujer».
6 let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them up before the LORD at Gibeon on the mountain of the LORD." And the king said, "I will give them."	6 David le respondió: «Ciertamente. Siempre que salgo a luchar, nos abstenemos de mujeres y los criados se mantienen puros. Aunque es un viaje profano, hoy están puros sus cuerpos».
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the LORD which was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.	7 El sacerdote le entregó el pan consagrado, pues no había otro pan que el de la proposición, que se retira de la presencia del Señor para poner pan reciente ese día.
8 The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adri-el the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;	8 Aquel día se encontraba allí uno de los servidores de Saúl, detenido ante el Señor. Se llamaba Doeg, edomita, jefe de los pastores de Saúl.
9 and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the LORD, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.	9 David preguntó a Ajimélec: «No hay por aquí a mano una lanza o una espada? Pues ni siquiera cogí la espada ni las armas, por tratarse de un asunto urgente del rey».
10 Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens; and she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.	10 El sacerdote respondió: «Ahí está la espada de Goliat, el filisteo, al que mataste en el valle del Terebinto, envuelta en un paño, detrás del efod. Si la quieres, cógela, ya que aquí no hay más que esa». David dijo: «No hay otra mejor. Dámela».
11 When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,	11 David emprendió aquel día la huida lejos de la presencia de Saúl y llegó adonde estaba Aquís, rey de Gat.
12 David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa;	12 Los servidores de Aquís le dijeron: «¡Oh rey del país! ¿No es este David, de quien se cantaba en los corros:“Saúl mató a mil, | David a diez mil”?».
13 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.	13 David se dio cuenta del comentario y sintió mucho miedo de Aquís, rey de Gat.
14 And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they did all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded supplications for the land.	14 Entonces fingió ante él tener perturbada la razón. Tambaleándose ante ellos, hacía signos en las hojas del portón, dejando caer la baba sobre la barba.
15 The Philistines had war again with Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines; and David grew weary.	15 Aquís dijo a sus servidores: «¿No veis que es un hombre que está loco? ¿Por qué me lo habéis traído?
16 And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was girded with a new sword, thought to kill David.	16 ¿Necesito yo locos, para que me hayáis traído a este a hacer locuras delante a mí? ¿Pensáis que va a entrar a mi servicio?».
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men adjured him, "You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel."
18 After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was one of the descendants of the giants.
19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, the Bethlehemite, slew Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
20 And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was descended from the giants.
21 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shime-i, David's brother, slew him.
22 These four were descended from the giants in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.