1 Samuel 21

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 En seguida David partió, 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 David llegó a Nob, donde estaba el sacerdote Ajimélec. Este salió a su encuentro muy asustado y le dijo: «¿Por qué estás tú solo, sin nadie que te acompañe?».	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 David respondió al sacerdote Ajimélec: «El rey me dio un encargo y me dijo: «Que nadie sepa nada de la misión que te encomiendo ni de la orden que te di». En cuanto a los demás muchachos, les he dado cita 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 Si tienes a mano cinco panes, o lo que sea, dámelos ahora mismo».	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 El sacerdote respondió a David: «No tengo a mano pan común; sólo hay pan consagrado, con tal que los muchachos se hayan abstenido de tener relaciones 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 «¡Seguro que sí!, respondió David al sacerdote; las mujeres nos han estado vedadas, como siempre que yo salgo de campaña. Si los muchachos mantienen puros sus cuerpos aún en una expedición profana, ¡con mayor razón tendrán hoy sus cuerpos en estado de pureza!».	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 Entonces el sacerdote le dio pan consagrado, porque allí no había otro pan que el de la ofrenda, el que se retira de la presencia del Señor cuando se lo reemplaza por pan fresco.	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 Aquel día, estaba obligado a quedarse allí, delante del Señor, uno de los servidores de Saúl, llamado Doeg, el edomita, que era el jefe 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 David dijo a Ajimélec: «¿No tienes a mano una lanza o una espada? Porque yo no he traído ni mi espada ni mis armas, debido a la urgencia de la misión encomendada por el 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 El sacerdote respondió: «La espada de Goliat, el filisteo que tú derrotaste en el valle del Terebinto, está allí, envuelta en un paño, detrás del efod. Tómala, si quieres, porque aquí no hay otra». «No hay otra espada igual a esa, respondió David: ¡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 Ese mismo día, David partió y huyó lejos de Saúl, y llegó adonde estaba Aquís, 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 Aquís dijeron al rey: «¿Este no es David, el rey del país? ¿No es este aquel por quien cantaban y danzaban, diciendo: Saúl ha matado a miles y David a decenas de miles?».	12 Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.
13 David se tomó muy a pecho esas palabras y tuvo miedo de Aquís, 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 Entonces se hizo pasar por loco públicamente y se puso a divagar delante de ellos: arañaba las puertas y dejaba correr la saliva por su barba.	14 And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?
15 Aquís dijo a sus servidores: «¿Pero no ven que se ha vuelto loco? ¿A qué me lo han 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 ¿Acaso me faltan locos para que encima me traigan a esto a hacer aquí sus locuras? ¿Cómo va a entrar en mi casa un hombre así?».