2 Samuel 12
1 and to send: depart LORD [obj] Nathan to(wards) David and to come (in): come to(wards) him and to say to/for him two human to be in/on/with city one one rich and one be poor
Yahweh [told the prophet Nathan what David had done, and he] sent Nathan to tell [this story to] David: “[I heard about] two men [who] were living in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor.
2 to/for rich to be flock and cattle to multiply much
The rich man owned a lot of cattle and sheep.
3 and to/for be poor nothing all that if: except if: except ewe-lamb one small which to buy and to live her and to magnify with him and with son: child his together from morsel his to eat and from cup his to drink and in/on/with bosom: embrace his to lie down: lay down and to be to/for him like/as daughter
But the poor man had only one little female lamb, which he had bought. He raised the lamb, and it grew up with his children. He would give the lamb some of his own food and let it drink from his cup. He let the lamb sleep in his arms. The lamb was like a daughter to him.
4 and to come (in): come traveller to/for man [the] rich and to spare to/for to take: take from flock his and from cattle his to/for to make to/for to journey [the] to come (in): come to/for him and to take: take [obj] ewe-lamb [the] man [the] be poor and to make her to/for man [the] to come (in): come to(wards) him
[One day] a visitor came to [visit] the rich man. The rich man did not want to take one of his own animals [and kill it] to prepare a meal for the visitor. So instead, he stole the poor man’s lamb [and killed it] and prepared a meal for his visitor.”
5 and to be incensed face: anger David in/on/with man much and to say to(wards) Nathan alive LORD for son: descendant/people death [the] man [the] to make: do this
[When] David [heard that, he] was very angry about [what] the rich man [had done]. He said to Nathan, “I solemnly declare that the man who did that should be executed!
6 and [obj] [the] ewe-lamb to complete fourfold consequence which to make: do [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this and upon which not to spare
But before he is executed, he should pay back to the poor man four lambs for doing this, and for not having pity [on the poor man].”
7 and to say Nathan to(wards) David you(m. s.) [the] man thus to say LORD God Israel I to anoint you to/for king upon Israel and I to rescue you from hand: power Saul
Nathan said to David, “You are the man [I have been talking about]! And this is what Yahweh, the God we Israelis [worship], says to you: ‘I appointed you to be king of Israel, after having rescued you from Saul.
8 and to give: give [emph?] to/for you [obj] house: household lord your and [obj] woman: wife lord your in/on/with bosom: embrace your and to give: give [emph?] to/for you [obj] house: household Israel and Judah and if little and to add to/for you like/as them and like/as them
I gave you his palace and his wives. I caused you to become the king to rule Israel and Judah. If [you had told me that] you were not content with what I gave you, I would have given you twice as much!
9 why? to despise [obj] word LORD to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil (in/on/with eye: seeing my *Q(K)*) [obj] Uriah [the] Hittite to smite in/on/with sword and [obj] woman: wife his to take: take to/for you to/for woman: wife and [obj] him to kill in/on/with sword son: descendant/people Ammon
So why have you despised my commandment [about not committing adultery]? You have done what I consider to be very evil! You have arranged for Uriah to be killed in a battle by the Ammon people-group’s soldiers, and you have taken his wife to be your wife!
10 and now not to turn aside: depart sword from house: household your till forever: enduring consequence for to despise me and to take: take [obj] woman: wife Uriah [the] Hittite to/for to be to/for you to/for woman: wife
You have despised me, and have taken Uriah’s wife to be your wife. So for many generations some of your descendants will die violently. [MTY, PRS]
11 thus to say LORD look! I to arise: rise upon you distress: evil from house: household your and to take: take [obj] woman: wife your to/for eye: before(the eyes) your and to give: give to/for neighbor your and to lie down: lay down with woman: wife your to/for eye: seeing [the] sun [the] this
I solemnly declare to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring trouble to you. I will take your wives and give them to him, and he will have sexual relations with them in the daytime, where everyone can see it, and you will know all about it.
12 for you(m. s.) to make: do in/on/with secrecy and I to make: do [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this before all Israel and before [the] sun
What you did, you did secretly, but what I will cause to happen, everyone in Israel will be able to see it [or know about it]. [IDM]’”
13 and to say David to(wards) Nathan to sin to/for LORD and to say Nathan to(wards) David also LORD to pass: bring sin your not to die
David replied, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh has forgiven you for your sin: You will not die [because of this sin].
14 end for to spurn to spurn [obj] enemy LORD in/on/with word: because [the] this also [the] son: child [the] born to/for you to die to die
But, you have shown contempt for Yahweh by doing this. So, your baby will die.”
15 and to go: went Nathan to(wards) house: home his and to strike LORD [obj] [the] youth which to beget woman: wife Uriah to/for David and be incurable
Then Nathan went home. Then Yahweh caused the baby t o become very sick, the one that Uriah’s wife had given birth to.
16 and to seek David [obj] [the] God about/through/for [the] youth and to fast David fast and to come (in): come and to lodge and to lie down: lay down (in/on/with sackcloth *X*) land: soil [to]
So David prayed to God that the child [would not die]. He (fasted/abstained from food), and he went into [the room where he slept] and lay all night on the floor.
17 and to arise: establish old: elder house: household his upon him to/for to arise: establish him from [the] land: soil and not be willing and not to fatten with them food
[The next morning] his advisors stood around him and urged him to get up. But he would not get up, and he would not eat any food with them.
18 and to be in/on/with day [the] seventh and to die [the] youth and to fear servant/slave David to/for to tell to/for him for to die [the] youth for to say behold in/on/with to be [the] youth alive to speak: speak to(wards) him and not to hear: hear in/on/with voice our and how? to say to(wards) him to die [the] youth and to make: do distress: harm
One week later the baby died. David’s servants were afraid to tell that to David. They said [to each other], “Hey, while the baby was still alive, we talked to him, but he would not answer us. Now, if we tell him that the baby is dead [RHQ], he may do something to harm himself!”
19 and to see: see David for servant/slave his to whisper and to understand David for to die [the] youth and to say David to(wards) servant/slave his to die [the] youth and to say to die
But when David saw that his servants were whispering something to each other, he realized that the baby must be dead. So he asked them, “Is the baby dead?” They replied, “Yes, he is dead.”
20 and to arise: rise David from [the] land: soil and to wash: wash and to anoint and to pass (mantle his *Q(K)*) and to come (in): come house: temple LORD and to bow and to come (in): come to(wards) house: home his and to ask and to set: make to/for him food and to eat
Then David got up from the floor. He bathed himself, put lotions on his body, and put on other clothes, Then he went into Yahweh’s Sacred Tent and worshiped Yahweh. Then he went home. He asked his servants for some food. They gave him some, and he ate it.
21 and to say servant/slave his to(wards) him what? [the] word: thing [the] this which to make: do in/on/with for the sake of [the] youth alive to fast and to weep and like/as as which to die [the] youth to arise: rise and to eat food
Then his servants said to him, “We do not understand [RHQ] why you have done this! While the baby was still alive, you cried for him and refused to eat anything. But now that the baby has died, [you are not crying any more!] You got up and ate some food!”
22 and to say in/on/with still [the] youth alive to fast and to weep for to say who? to know (and be gracious me *Q(K)*) LORD and to live [the] youth
David replied, “While the baby was still alive, I fasted and cried. I thought, ‘Who knows? Yahweh may be merciful to me and not allow the baby to die’.
23 and now to die to/for what? this I to fast be able to/for to return: return him still I to go: went to(wards) him and he/she/it not to return: return to(wards) me
But now the baby is dead. So (there is no reason for me to (fast/abstain from eating food) any more./why should I (fast/abstain from eating food) any more?) [RHQ] (Can I bring him back to me?/I certainly cannot bring him back to me!) [RHQ] [Some day] I will go to where he is, but he will not return to me.”
24 and to be sorry: comfort David [obj] Bathsheba Bathsheba woman: wife his and to come (in): come to(wards) her and to lie down: lay down with her and to beget son: child (and to call: call by *Q(K)*) [obj] name his Solomon and LORD to love: lover him
Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba. Then he (slept/had sexual relations) with her, and she [became pregnant again and] gave birth to another son. David named that son Solomon. Yahweh loved that little boy.
25 and to send: depart in/on/with hand: to Nathan [the] prophet and to call: call by [obj] name his Jedidiah in/on/with for the sake of LORD
He told the prophet Nathan to tell David to name the baby boy Jedediah [which means ‘loved by Yahweh’, ] because Yahweh loved him.
26 and to fight Joab in/on/with Rabbah son: descendant/people Ammon and to capture [obj] city [the] kingship
(Meanwhile/While all that was happening), Joab’s [soldiers] attacked Rabbah, [the capital city] of the Ammon people-group; and they captured the king’s fortress.
27 and to send: depart Joab messenger to(wards) David and to say to fight in/on/with Rabbah also to capture [obj] city [the] water
Then Joab sent messengers to David, to tell him this: “My troops are attacking Rabbah, and we have captured the city’s water supply.
28 and now to gather [obj] remainder [the] people and to camp upon [the] city and to capture her lest to capture I [obj] [the] city and to call: call by name my upon her
Now gather your troops and come and surround the city and capture it. If you do not do that, my troops will capture the city and it will then be named ‘the City of Joab’.”
29 and to gather David [obj] all [the] people and to go: went Rabbah [to] and to fight in/on/with her and to capture her
So David gathered all his troops. They went [with David] to Rabbah and attacked it and captured it.
30 and to take: take [obj] crown king their from upon head his and weight her talent gold and stone precious and to be upon head David and spoil [the] city to come out: send to multiply much
Then David took the crown from the head of the king of Rabbah (OR, from the head of [Milcom] the god of Rabbah) and put it on his own head. It [was very heavy; it] weighed (75 pounds/34 kg.), and it had many very valuable stones fastened to it. His soldiers also took many other valuable things from the city.
31 and [obj] [the] people which in/on/with her to come out: send and to set: make in/on/with saw and in/on/with incision [the] iron and in/on/with axe [the] iron and to pass [obj] them (in/on/with brick *Q(K)*) and so to make: do to/for all city son: descendant/people Ammon and to return: return David and all [the] people Jerusalem
Then they brought the people of Rabbah out of the city and forced them to [work for them] using saws and iron picks and axes. David’s troops also forced them to make bricks. David’s soldiers did this in all the towns of the Ammon people-group. Then David and all of his army returned to Jerusalem.
