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1 Samuel 15
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Desobediencia de Saúl

15 Entonces Samuel dijo a Saúl: «El Señor me envió a que te ungiera por rey sobre Su pueblo, sobre Israel(A); ahora pues, está atento a[a] las palabras del Señor. 2 Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos: “Yo castigaré[b] a Amalec por lo que hizo a Israel(B), cuando se puso contra él en el camino mientras subía de Egipto. 3 Ve ahora, y ataca[c] a Amalec, y destruye[d] por completo[e] todo lo que tiene, y no te apiades de él(C); antes bien, da muerte tanto a hombres como a mujeres, a niños como a niños de pecho, a bueyes como a ovejas, a camellos como a asnos(D)”».

4 Entonces Saúl convocó al pueblo, y los contó[f] en Telaim(E): 200,000 soldados de a pie, y 10,000 hombres de Judá. 5 Saúl fue a la ciudad de Amalec y se emboscó en el valle. 6 Y dijo Saúl a los quenitas(F): «Váyanse, apártense, desciendan de entre los amalecitas, para que yo no los destruya junto con ellos; porque ustedes mostraron misericordia a todos los israelitas cuando subían de Egipto(G)». Entonces los quenitas se apartaron de entre los amalecitas.

7 Saúl derrotó[g] a los amalecitas(H) desde Havila(I) en dirección a Shur(J), que está al oriente[h] de Egipto. 8 Capturó vivo a Agag, rey de los amalecitas(K), y destruyó por completo a todo el pueblo a filo de espada(L). 9 Pero Saúl y el pueblo perdonaron a Agag, y lo mejor de las ovejas, de los bueyes, de los animales engordados, de los corderos y de todo lo bueno. No lo quisieron destruir por completo; pero todo lo despreciable y sin valor lo destruyeron totalmente(M).

10 Entonces vino la palabra del Señor a Samuel: 11 «Me pesa haber hecho rey a Saúl(N), porque ha dejado de seguirme[i](O) y no ha cumplido Mis mandamientos». Y Samuel se conmovió, y clamó al Señor toda la noche(P). 12 Y se levantó Samuel muy de mañana para ir al encuentro de Saúl; y se le dio aviso a Samuel: Saúl se ha ido a Carmel(Q), donde se ha levantado un monumento para sí, y dando la vuelta, ha seguido adelante bajando[j] a Gilgal(R).

13 Entonces Samuel vino a Saúl, y Saúl le dijo: «¡Bendito seas del Señor(S)! He cumplido el mandamiento del Señor». 14 Pero Samuel dijo: «¿Qué es este balido[k] de ovejas en mis oídos y el mugido[l] de bueyes que oigo(T)?». 15 Y Saúl respondió: «Los han traído de los amalecitas, porque el pueblo perdonó lo mejor de las ovejas y de los bueyes, para sacrificar al Señor tu Dios(U); pero lo demás lo destruimos por completo». 16 Dijo entonces Samuel a Saúl: «Espera, déjame declararte lo que el Señor me dijo anoche». Y él le dijo: «Habla».

17 Y Samuel dijo: «¿No es verdad que aunque eras pequeño a tus propios ojos, fuiste nombrado jefe de las tribus de Israel(V) y el Señor te ungió rey sobre Israel, 18 y que el Señor te envió en una misión[m], y te dijo: “Ve, y destruye por completo a los pecadores, los amalecitas, y lucha contra ellos hasta que sean exterminados(W)?”. 19 ¿Por qué, pues, no obedeciste la voz del Señor, sino que te lanzaste sobre el botín e hiciste lo malo ante los ojos del Señor(X)?».

20 Entonces Saúl dijo a Samuel: «Yo obedecí la voz del Señor(Y), y fui en la misión[n] a la cual el Señor me envió, y he traído a Agag, rey de Amalec, y he destruido por completo a los amalecitas. 21 Pero el pueblo tomó del botín ovejas y bueyes, lo mejor de las cosas dedicadas al anatema[o], para ofrecer sacrificio al Señor tu Dios(Z) en Gilgal». 22 Y Samuel dijo:

«¿Se complace el Señor tanto
En holocaustos y sacrificios(AA)
Como en la obediencia[p] a la voz del Señor?
Entiende, el obedecer es mejor que un sacrificio(AB),
Y el prestar atención, que la grasa de los carneros.
23 -»Porque la rebelión es como el pecado de adivinación(AC),
Y la desobediencia[q], como la iniquidad e idolatría(AD).
Por cuanto tú has desechado la palabra del Señor,
Él también te ha desechado para que no seas[r] rey(AE)».

Saúl rechazado por el Señor

24 Entonces Saúl dijo a Samuel: «He pecado(AF). En verdad he quebrantado el mandamiento[s] del Señor y tus palabras, porque temí al pueblo y escuché su voz(AG). 25 Ahora pues, te ruego que perdones mi pecado y vuelvas conmigo para que adore al Señor(AH)». 26 Pero Samuel respondió a Saúl: «No volveré contigo; porque has desechado la palabra del Señor, y el Señor te ha desechado para que no seas[t] rey sobre Israel(AI)».

27 Cuando Samuel se volvía para irse, Saúl asió el borde de su manto, y este se rasgó(AJ). 28 Entonces Samuel le dijo: «Hoy el Señor ha arrancado de ti el reino de Israel(AK), y lo ha dado a un prójimo tuyo que es mejor que tú. 29 También la Gloria[u](AL) de Israel no mentirá ni cambiará Su propósito, porque Él no es hombre para que cambie de propósito(AM)». 30 Saúl respondió: «He pecado, pero te ruego que me honres ahora delante de los ancianos de mi pueblo y delante de Israel(AN) y que regreses conmigo para que yo adore al Señor tu Dios(AO)». 31 Volvió Samuel tras Saúl, y Saúl adoró al Señor.

32 Entonces Samuel dijo: «Tráiganme a Agag, rey de los amalecitas». Y Agag vino a él alegremente. Y Agag dijo: «Ciertamente, la amargura de la muerte ha pasado ya». 33 Pero Samuel dijo: «Como tu espada ha dejado a las mujeres sin hijos, así también tu madre será sin hijo entre las mujeres(AP)». Y Samuel despedazó a Agag delante del Señor en Gilgal.

34 Luego Samuel se fue a Ramá(AQ), pero Saúl subió a su casa en Guibeá de Saúl(AR). 35 Samuel no vio más a Saúl mientras vivió(AS). Y Samuel lloraba por Saúl(AT), pues el Señor se había arrepentido de haber puesto a Saúl por rey sobre Israel.

Footnotes

  1. 15:1 Lit. escucha el sonido de.
  2. 15:2 O visitaré.
  3. 15:3 Lit. hiere.
  4. 15:3 Lit. destruyan.
  5. 15:3 O dedica al anatema, y así en el resto del cap.
  6. 15:4 O los alistó.
  7. 15:7 Lit. hirió.
  8. 15:7 Lit. antes.
  9. 15:11 Lit. se ha vuelto de en pos de Mí.
  10. 15:12 Lit. y descendió.
  11. 15:14 Lit. sonido.
  12. 15:14 Lit. sonido.
  13. 15:18 Lit. un camino.
  14. 15:20 Lit. el camino.
  15. 15:21 O a la destrucción.
  16. 15:22 Lit. obedecer.
  17. 15:23 O insubordinación.
  18. 15:23 Lit. de ser.
  19. 15:24 Lit. la boca.
  20. 15:26 Lit. de ser.
  21. 15:29 O Eminencia.
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The Lord Rejects Saul as King

15 Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint(A) you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. 2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites(B) for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally(C) destroy[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

4 So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand from Judah. 5 Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine. 6 Then he said to the Kenites,(D) “Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(E) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(F) near the eastern border of Egypt. 8 He took Agag(G) king of the Amalekites alive,(H) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared(I) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[b] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 “I regret(J) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned(K) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”(L) Samuel was angry,(M) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

12 Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel.(N) There he has set up a monument(O) in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal.”

13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?”

15 Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.”

16 “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”

“Tell me,” Saul replied.

17 Samuel said, “Although you were once small(P) in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.’ 19 Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder(Q) and do evil in the eyes of the Lord?”

20 “But I did obey(R) the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

22 But Samuel replied:

“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
    as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,(S)
    and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,(T)
    and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected(U) the word of the Lord,
    he has rejected you as king.”

24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned.(V) I violated(W) the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid(X) of the men and so I gave in to them. 25 Now I beg you, forgive(Y) my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord.”

26 But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected(Z) the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”

27 As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe,(AA) and it tore.(AB) 28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn(AC) the kingdom(AD) of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.(AE) 29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie(AF) or change(AG) his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”

30 Saul replied, “I have sinned.(AH) But please honor(AI) me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.

32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.”

Agag came to him in chains.[c] And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

33 But Samuel said,

“As your sword has made women childless,
    so will your mother be childless among women.”(AJ)

And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel left for Ramah,(AK) but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah(AL) of Saul. 35 Until the day Samuel(AM) died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned(AN) for him. And the Lord regretted(AO) that he had made Saul king over Israel.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 and 21.
  2. 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  3. 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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Saul Spares King Agag

15 Samuel also said to Saul, (A)“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, (B)how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and (C)attack[a] Amalek, and (D)utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”

4 So Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

6 Then Saul said to (E)the Kenites, (F)“Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For (G)you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 (H)And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from (I)Havilah all the way to (J)Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 (K)He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and (L)utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people (M)spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

Saul Rejected as King

10 Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 11 (N)“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has (O)turned back from following Me, (P)and has not performed My commandments.” And it (Q)grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night. 12 So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul went to (R)Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal.” 13 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, (S)“Blessed are you of the Lord! I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”

14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”

15 And Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; (T)for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.”

16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”

And he said to him, “Speak on.”

17 So Samuel said, (U)“When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel? 18 Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are [b]consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the [c]spoil, and do evil in the sight of the Lord?”

20 And Saul said to Samuel, (V)“But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 (W)But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

22 So Samuel said:

(X)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (Y)to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of [d]witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(Z)He also has rejected you from being king.”

24 (AA)Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I (AB)feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord.”

26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, (AC)for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

27 And as Samuel turned around to go away, (AD)Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. 28 So Samuel said to him, (AE)“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29 And also the Strength of Israel (AF)will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.”

30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet (AG)honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.

32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” So Agag came to him cautiously.

And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

33 But Samuel said, (AH)“As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel went to (AI)Ramah, and Saul went up to his house at (AJ)Gibeah of Saul. 35 And (AK)Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:3 Lit. strike
  2. 1 Samuel 15:18 exterminated
  3. 1 Samuel 15:19 plunder
  4. 1 Samuel 15:23 divination
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1 Samuel 15
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15 Afterward, Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now, therefore, obey the Voice of the Words of the LORD.

2 “Thus says the LORD of Hosts: ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how they laid in wait for them on the road, as they came up from Egypt.

3 ‘Now go and strike Amalek, and destroy all that they have, and have no compassion on them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

4 And Saul assembled the people in Telaim and counted them, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek and set a watch at the river.

6 And Saul said to the Kenites, “Go! Depart! Get yourselves down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed mercy to all the children of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

7 So Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah (as you come to Shur, that is before Egypt),

8 and took Agag, the king of the Amalekites, alive and destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

9 But Saul and the people spared Agag and the better sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs and all that was good; and they would not destroy them. But everything that was vile and worth nothing, that they destroyed.

10 Then came the Word of the LORD to Samuel, saying,

11 “I regret that I have made Saul king; for he has turned from Me and has not performed My Commandments.” And Samuel was moved and cried to the LORD all night.

12 And when Samuel arose early to meet Saul in the morning, one told Samuel, saying, “Saul has gone to Carmel. And behold, he has made himself a place there, from where he returned and departed and has gone down to Gilgal.”

13 Then Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “Blessed be you of the LORD! I have fulfilled the Commandment of the LORD!”

14 But Samuel said, “What, then, does the bleating of the sheep in my ears mean, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”

15 And Saul answered, “They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. And the rest we have destroyed.”

16 Again, Samuel said to Saul, “Let me tell you what the LORD has said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Say on.”

17 Then Samuel said, “When you were little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel? For the LORD anointed you king over Israel.

18 “And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go and destroy those sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until you destroy them!’

19 “Now, why have you not obeyed the Voice of the LORD, but have turned to the prey and have done wickedly in the sight of the LORD?”

20 And Saul said to Samuel, “Yea, I have obeyed the Voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag, the king of Amalek, and have destroyed the Amalekites.

21 “But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen and the best of the things which should have been destroyed, to offer to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”

22 And Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great a pleasure in Burnt Offerings and Sacrifices as when the Voice of the LORD is obeyed? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen is better than the fat of rams.

23 “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft; and transgression is wickedness and idolatry. Because you have cast away the Word of the LORD, therefore He has cast away you from being king.”

24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. For I have transgressed the Commandment of the LORD, and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

25 “Now, therefore, please take away my sin and turn back with me, so that I may worship the LORD.”

26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you. For you have cast away the Word of the LORD, and the LORD has cast away you, so that you shall not be king over Israel.”

27 And as Samuel turned himself to go away, he caught the lap of his coat, and it tore.

28 Then Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

29 “For indeed the Strength of Israel will neither lie nor repent. For He is not a man that He should repent.”

30 Then he said, “I have sinned. But, please honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.

31 So, Samuel turned back and followed Saul. And Saul worshipped the LORD.

32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag, the king of the Amalekites, here to me.” And Agag came to him pleasantly; and Agag said, “Truly the bitterness of death has passed.”

33 And Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among other women.” And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

34 So Samuel departed to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house, to Gibeah of Saul.

35 And Samuel no longer came to see Saul until the day of his death. But Samuel mourned for Saul. And the LORD regretted that He made Saul king over Israel.

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