2 Samuel 12
1 Yahvé envió a Natán a David. Se acercó a él y le dijo: “Había dos hombres en una ciudad: uno rico y otro pobre.
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
2 El rico tenía muchos rebaños y manadas,
The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
3 pero el pobre no tenía nada, excepto una ovejita que había comprado y criado. Creció junto a él y a sus hijos. Comía de su comida, bebía de su copa, se acostaba en su seno y era como una hija para él.
But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
4 Llegó un viajero al hombre rico, y éste no quiso tomar de su propio rebaño y de su propia manada para preparar al caminante que había venido a él, sino que tomó el cordero del pobre y lo preparó para el hombre que había venido a él.”
Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.
5 La ira de David se encendió contra el hombre, y dijo a Natán: “¡Vive Yahvé, que el hombre que ha hecho esto merece morir!
And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
6 ¡Debe restituir el cordero cuatro veces, porque ha hecho esto y porque no ha tenido piedad!”
And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
7 Natán le dijo a David: “¡Tú eres el hombre! Esto es lo que dice Yahvé, el Dios de Israel: ‘Yo te ungí como rey de Israel, y te libré de la mano de Saúl.
And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;
8 Te di la casa de tu amo y las mujeres de tu amo en tu seno, y te di la casa de Israel y de Judá; y si eso hubiera sido poco, te habría añadido muchas cosas más.
I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.
9 ¿Por qué has despreciado la palabra de Yahvé, para hacer lo que es malo a sus ojos? Has herido con la espada a Urías el hitita, has tomado a su mujer para que sea tu esposa, y lo has matado con la espada de los hijos de Amón.
Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Ahora, pues, la espada nunca se apartará de tu casa, porque me has despreciado y has tomado a la mujer de Urías el hitita como esposa.’
So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
11 “Esto es lo que dice el Señor: ‘He aquí que yo suscito contra ti el mal de tu propia casa; y tomaré tus mujeres ante tus ojos y se las daré a tu prójimo, y él se acostará con tus mujeres a la vista de este sol.
The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.
12 Porque tú hiciste esto en secreto, pero yo haré esto delante de todo Israel y delante del sol’”.
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
13 David dijo a Natán: “He pecado contra Yahvé”. Natán le dijo a David: “También Yahvé ha quitado tu pecado. No morirás.
And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
14 Sin embargo, como con esta acción has dado gran ocasión a los enemigos de Yahvé para blasfemar, también el niño que te nazca morirá.”
But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
15 Entonces Natán se fue a su casa. El Señor golpeó al niño que la mujer de Urías le dio a David, y éste quedó muy enfermo.
Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.
16 David, pues, rogó a Dios por el niño; y David ayunó, y entró y se acostó toda la noche en el suelo.
So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
17 Los ancianos de su casa se levantaron junto a él para levantarlo de la tierra; pero él no quiso, y no comió pan con ellos.
And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
18 Al séptimo día, el niño murió. Los siervos de David tuvieron miedo de decirle que el niño había muerto, pues dijeron: “He aquí que, mientras el niño vivía, le hablamos y no escuchó nuestra voz. ¿Cómo se va a perjudicar entonces si le decimos que el niño ha muerto?”
And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?
19 Pero cuando David vio que sus sirvientes cuchicheaban juntos, se dio cuenta de que el niño estaba muerto; y David dijo a sus sirvientes: “¿Ha muerto el niño?” Dijeron: “Está muerto”.
But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.
20 Entonces David se levantó de la tierra, se lavó y se ungió, y se cambió de ropa; entró en la casa de Yahvé y adoró. Luego llegó a su casa; y cuando pidió, le pusieron pan delante y comió.
Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.
21 Entonces sus servidores le dijeron: “¿Qué es lo que has hecho? Ayunaste y lloraste por el niño mientras vivía, pero cuando el niño murió, te levantaste y comiste pan.”
Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.
22 Dijo: “Mientras el niño vivía, yo ayunaba y lloraba, porque decía: “¿Quién sabe si Yahvé no tendrá piedad de mí para que el niño viva?”
And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?
23 Pero ahora ha muerto. ¿Por qué he de ayunar? ¿Puedo hacer que vuelva a nacer? Iré hacia él, pero no volverá a mí”.
But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
24 David consoló a su mujer Betsabé, se acercó a ella y se acostó con ella. Ella dio a luz un hijo, al que llamó Salomón. Yahvé lo amó;
And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.
25 y envió por medio del profeta Natán, y lo llamó Jedidías, por amor a Yahvé.
And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
26 Joab luchó contra Rabá, de los hijos de Amón, y tomó la ciudad real.
Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
27 Joab envió mensajeros a David y le dijo: “He luchado contra Rabá. Sí, he tomado la ciudad de las aguas.
And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.
28 Reúne, pues, ahora al resto del pueblo y acampa contra la ciudad y tómala; no sea que yo tome la ciudad y sea llamada con mi nombre.”
So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.
29 David reunió a todo el pueblo y fue a Rabá, luchó contra ella y la tomó.
Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.
30 Tomó la corona de su rey de la cabeza; su peso era de un talento de oro, y en ella había piedras preciosas; y fue puesta sobre la cabeza de David. Sacó de la ciudad una gran cantidad de botín.
And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.
31 Sacó al pueblo que estaba en ella y lo puso a trabajar bajo sierras, bajo picos de hierro, bajo hachas de hierro, y lo hizo ir al horno de ladrillos; y así hizo con todas las ciudades de los hijos de Amón. Luego David y todo el pueblo regresaron a Jerusalén.
And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.
