1 Samuel 21

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Se levantó David y se fue, y Jonatán volvió a la ciudad.	1 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?”
2 Llegó David a Nob, donde el sacerdote Ajimélek; vino Ajimélek temblando al encuentro de David y le preguntó: «Por qué vienes solo y no hay nadie contigo?»	2 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.’
3 Respondió David al sacerdote Ajimélek: «El rey me ha dado una orden y me ha dicho: «Que nadie sepa el asunto a que te mando y lo que te ordeno». A los muchachos los he citado en tal lugar.	3 Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”
4 Así pues, ¿qué tienes a mano? Dame cinco panes o lo que haya».	4 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?”
5 Respondió el sacerdote a David: «No tengo a mano pan profano, pero hay pan consagrado, si es que los muchachos se han abstenido al menos del trato con mujeres».	5 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.”
6 Respondió David al sacerdote:» Ciertamente que la mujer nos está prohibida, como siempre que salgo a campaña, y los cuerpos de los muchachos están puros; aunque es un viaje profano, cierto que hoy sus cuerpos están puros».	6 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.
7 Diole entonces el sacerdote panes consagrados, porque no había allí otro pan sino el pan de la presencia, el retirado de delante de Yahveh para colocar pan reciente el día que tocaba retirarlo.	7 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.
8 Estaba allí aquel día uno de los servidores de Saúl, detenido ante Yahveh; se llamaba Doeg, edomita, el más robusto de los pastores de Saúl.	8 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.”
9 Dijo David a Ajimélek: «¿No tienes aquí a mano una lanza o una espada? Porque ni siquera he cogido mi espada y mis armas, pues urgía la orden del rey».	9 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.”
10 Respondió el sacerdote: «Ahí está la espada de Goliat el filisteo que mataste en el valle del Terebinto, envuelta en un paño detrás del efod; si la quieres tómala; fuera de ésta, no hay otra». Dijo David: «Ninguna mejor. Dámela».	10 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.
11 Se levantó David y huyó aquel día de Saúl, yendo donde Akís, rey de Gat.	11 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?’ ”
12 Los servidores de Akís le dijeron: «¿No es este David, rey de la tierra? ¿No es éste a quien cantaban en corro : Saúl mató sus millares y David sus miríadas?»	12 Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.
13 Meditó David estas palabras y temió mucho a Akís, rey de Gat.	13 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.
14 Y se fingió demente ante sus ojos haciéndose el loco en medio de ellos; tamborileaba sobre el batiente de la puerta y dejaba caer la saliva sobre su barba.	14 And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?
15 Dijo pues Akís a sus servidores: «Mirad, este hombre está loco. ¿Para qué me lo habéis traído?	15 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?”
16 ¿Es que me hacen falta locos, que me habéis traído a este para que haga el loco a mi costa? ¿Va a entrar éste en mi casa?»