2 Samuel 11
1 En la primavera, en la época del año en que los reyes salen a la guerra, David envió a Joab y a sus oficiales y a todo el ejército israelí al ataque. Masacraron a los amonitas y sitiaron Rabá. Sin embargo, David se quedó en Jerusalén.
[In that region], kings usually went [with their armies] to fight [their enemies] in the springtime. But the following year, in the springtime, David [did not do that. Instead, he] stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent [his commander] Joab [to lead the army]. So Joab went with the other officers and the rest of the Israeli army. They [crossed the Jordan River and] defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then they surrounded [their capital city, ] Rabbah.
2 Una tarde, David se levantó de dormir la siesta y se paseó por el tejado del palacio. Desde el tejado vio a una mujer bañándose, una mujer muy hermosa.
Late one afternoon, after David got up from taking a nap, he walked around on the [flat] roof of his palace. He saw a woman who was bathing [in the courtyard of her house]. The woman was very beautiful.
3 David envió a alguien a averiguar sobre la mujer. Le dijeron: “Es Betsabé, hija de Eliam y esposa de Urías el hitita”.
David sent a messenger to find out who she was. [The messenger returned] and said, “She is [RHQ] Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and her husband is Uriah, from the Heth people-group.”
4 David envió mensajeros a buscarla. Cuando ella llegó a él, David tuvo relaciones sexuales con ella. (Ella acababa de purificarse al tener la regla). Después volvió a casa.
Then David sent more messengers to get her. They brought her to David, and he (slept/had sex) [EUP] with her. (She had just finished performing the rituals to make herself pure [after her monthly menstrual period].) Then Bathsheba went back home.
5 Betsabé quedó embarazada y le envió un mensaje a David para decirle: “Estoy embarazada”.
[After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
6 Entonces David envió un mensaje a Joab, diciéndole: “Envíame a Urías el hitita”. Y Joab lo envió a David.
Then David sent a message to Joab. He said, “Send Uriah, from the Heth people-group, to me.” So Joab did that. He sent Uriah to David.
7 Cuando Urías fue a verlo, David le preguntó cómo estaba Joab, cómo estaba el ejército y cómo iba la guerra.
When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
8 Entonces David le dijo a Urías: “Vete a casa y descansa”. Urías abandonó el palacio, y el rey le envió un regalo después de su partida.
Then David, [hoping that Uriah would go home and sleep with his wife, ] said to Uriah, “Okay, go home and relax for a while. [IDM]” So Uriah left, and David gave someone a gift [of some food] to take to Uriah’s house.
9 Pero Urías no se fue a su casa. Durmió en la sala de guardia a la entrada del palacio con todos los guardias del rey.
But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
10 A David le dijeron: “Urías no fue a casa”, así que le preguntó a Urías: “¿No acabas de regresar de estar fuera? ¿Por qué no has ido a casa?”
When someone told David that Uriah did not go to his house [that night], David [summoned him again and] said to him, “Why didn’t you go home [to be with your wife last night], after having been away for a long time?” [RHQ]
11 Urías respondió: “El Arca y los ejércitos de Israel y de Judá están viviendo en tiendas, y mi amo Joab y sus hombres están acampados al aire libre. ¿Cómo voy a ir a casa a comer y beber y a dormir con mi mujer? Por mi vida no haré tal cosa”.
Uriah replied, “The soldiers of Judah and Israel are camping in the open fields, and even our commander Joab is sleeping in a tent, and the sacred chest is with them. (How could I/It would not be right for me to) go home, eat and drink, and sleep with my wife [RHQ]. I solemnly declare [IDM] that I will never do such a thing!”
12 Pero David le dijo: “Quédate aquí hoy, y mañana te enviaré de vuelta”. Así que Urías se quedó en Jerusalén ese día y el siguiente.
Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today. I will let you return [to the battle] tomorrow.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and that night.
13 David invitó a Urías a cenar. Urías comió y bebió con él, y David emborrachó a Urías. Pero por la noche se fue a dormir en su estera con los guardias del rey, y no volvió a casa.
The next day, David invited him [to a meal]. So Uriah had a meal with David, and David made him drink a lot of wine so that he would get drunk, [hoping that if he was drunk, he would sleep with his wife]. But that night, Uriah again did not go home. Instead, he slept on his cot with the king’s servants.
14 Por la mañana, David le escribió una carta a Joab y se la dio a Urías para que se la llevara.
[Someone reported that to] David, [so] the next morning he wrote a letter to Joab, and gave it to Uriah to take to Joab.
15 En la carta, David le decía a Joab: “Pon a Urías justo al frente, donde la lucha es peor, y luego retrocede detrás de él para que lo ataquen y lo maten”.
In the letter, he wrote, “Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is the (worst/most severe). Then command the soldiers to pull back from him, in order that he will be killed [by our enemies].”
16 Mientras Joab asediaba la ciudad, hizo que Urías ocupara un lugar donde sabía que lucharían los hombres más fuertes del enemigo.
[So after] Joab [got the letter], as his army was surrounding the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew that their enemies’ strongest and best soldiers would be fighting.
17 Cuando los defensores de la ciudad salieron y atacaron a Joab, algunos de los hombres de David murieron, incluido Urías el hitita.
The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
18 Joab envió a David un informe completo sobre la batalla.
Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
19 Le ordenó al mensajero que dijera: “Cuando termines de contarle al rey todo sobre la batalla,
He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
20 si el rey se enoja y te pregunta: ‘¿Por qué te acercaste tanto al pueblo en el ataque? ¿Acaso no sabías que iban a lanzar flechas desde la muralla?
if David is angry [because so many officers were killed], he may ask you, ‘Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight [RHQ]? Did you not know that they would shoot [arrows at you while they were standing on top] of the city wall [RHQ]?
21 ¿Quién mató a Abimelec, hijo de Jerub-Beshet? ¿No fue una mujer la que dejó caer una piedra de molino sobre él desde el muro, matándolo allí en Tebez? ¿Por qué se acercó tanto a la muralla?’ Tú dile: ‘Además, tu oficial Urías el hitita fue asesinado’”.
Do you not remember how Abimelech, the son of Gideon, was killed? A woman [who lived] in Thebez threw a huge (millstone/stone for grinding grain) on him from [the top of] tower, and he died. So why did your troops go near to the city wall?’ If the king asks this, then tell him, ‘Your officer Uriah also was killed.’”
22 El mensajero se fue, y cuando llegó le dijo a David todo lo que Joab le había indicado.
So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
23 El mensajero le explicó a David: “Los defensores eran más fuertes que nosotros, y salieron a atacarnos en campo abierto, pero los obligamos a retroceder hasta la entrada de la puerta de la ciudad.
The messenger said to David, “Our enemies were very brave, and came out of the city to fight us in the fields. [They were defeating us] but we forced them back to the city gate.
24 Sus arqueros nos dispararon desde la muralla y mataron a algunos de los hombres del rey. También mataron a su oficial Urías el hitita”.
Then their archers shot arrows at us from [the top of] the city wall. They killed some of your officers. They killed your officer Uriah, too.”
25 Entonces David le dijo al mensajero: “Dile esto a Joab: ‘No te alteres por esto, pues la espada destruye a la gente al azar. Prosigue tu ataque contra la ciudad y conquístala’. Anímalo diciéndole esto”.
David said to the messenger, “Go back to Joab and say to him, ‘Do not be distressed [about what happened], because no one ever knows who will be killed in a battle.’ Tell him that the next time his troops should attack the city more strongly, and capture it.”
26 Cuando la mujer de Urías se enteró de que su marido había muerto, se puso de luto por él.
When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
27 Una vez terminado el período de luto, David mandó traerla a su palacio, y ella se convirtió en su esposa y le dio un hijo. Pero lo que David había hecho estaba mal ante los ojos del Señor.
When her time of mourning was ended, David sent messengers to bring her to the palace. Thus, she became David’s wife. She later gave birth to a son. But Yahweh was very displeased with what David had done.
