2 Samuel 11
1 A la vuelta del año, en el tiempo en que salen los reyes, David envió con él a Joab y a sus siervos, y a todo Israel; y destruyeron a los hijos de Amón y sitiaron Rabá. Pero 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 Al anochecer, David se levantó de su cama y se paseó por el tejado de la casa real. Desde el tejado vio a una mujer bañándose, y la mujer era muy hermosa de ver.
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 preguntar por la mujer. Le dijo: “¿No es ésta Betsabé, la hija de Eliam, 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, y la tomó; ella entró a él, y él se acostó con ella (pues estaba purificada de su impureza); y ella volvió a su 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 La mujer concibió, y envió a avisar a David, diciendo: “Estoy embarazada”.
[After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
6 David envió a Joab: “Envíame a Urías el hitita”. Joab envió a Urías 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 llegó a él, David le preguntó cómo le había ido a Joab, cómo le había ido al pueblo y cómo había prosperado la guerra.
When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
8 David le dijo a Urías: “Baja a tu casa y lávate los pies”. Urías salió de la casa del rey, y se envió tras él un regalo del rey.
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 durmió a la puerta de la casa del rey con todos los servidores de su señor, y no bajó a su casa.
But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
10 Cuando se lo contaron a David, diciendo: “Urías no bajó a su casa”, David le dijo a Urías: “¿No vienes de viaje? ¿Por qué no has bajado a tu 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 dijo a David: “El arca, Israel y Judá están en tiendas, y mi señor Joab y los servidores de mi señor están acampados en el campo. ¿Debo, pues, entrar en mi casa para comer y beber, y acostarme con mi mujer? Mientras vivas tú y tu alma, no haré esto”.
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 David le dijo a Urías: “Quédate aquí también hoy, y mañana te dejaré partir”. 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 Cuando David lo llamó, comió y bebió delante de él, y lo embriagó. Al anochecer, salió a acostarse en su cama con los servidores de su señor, pero no bajó a su 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 escribió una carta a Joab y la envió por mano de Urías.
[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 le decía: “Envía a Urías a la vanguardia de la batalla más caliente, y retírate de él, para que sea golpeado y muera”.
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 Cuando Joab vigilaba la ciudad, destinó a Urías al lugar donde sabía que había hombres valientes.
[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 Los hombres de la ciudad salieron y lucharon con Joab. Algunos de ellos cayeron, incluso de los siervos de David, y también murió 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 Entonces Joab envió a contarle a David todo lo concerniente a la guerra;
Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
19 y le ordenó al mensajero que dijera: “Cuando termines de contarle al rey todo lo concerniente a la guerra,
He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
20 sucederá que, si se levanta la ira del rey y te pregunta: ‘¿Por qué te acercaste tanto a la ciudad para pelear? ¿No sabías que iban a disparar 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 golpeó a Abimelec, hijo de Jerubbeshet? ¿No le arrojó una mujer una piedra de molino desde el muro, para que muriera en Tebas? ¿Por qué te acercaste tanto a la muralla?” Entonces dirás: “Tu siervo Urías el hitita también ha muerto”.
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 fue, y vino y le mostró a David todo lo que Joab le había enviado.
So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
23 El mensajero dijo a David: “Los hombres se impusieron a nosotros, y salieron al campo; y estuvimos sobre ellos hasta la entrada de la puerta.
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 Los tiradores dispararon contra tus siervos desde el muro; y algunos de los siervos del rey han muerto, y tu siervo Urías el hitita también ha muerto.”
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 dijo al mensajero: “Dile a Joab: ‘No dejes que esto te disguste, pues la espada devora a uno como a otro. Haz que tu batalla sea más fuerte contra la ciudad, y derríbala’. Anímalo”.
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, hizo duelo por su marido.
When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
27 Cuando pasó el luto, David la envió y la llevó a su casa, y ella se convirtió en su esposa y le dio un hijo. Pero lo que David había hecho desagradó a Yahvé.
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.
