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.
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 El rico tenía muchos rebaños y manadas,
The rich man owned a lot of cattle and sheep.
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 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 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.”
[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 La ira de David se encendió contra el hombre, y dijo a Natán: “¡Vive Yahvé, que el hombre que ha hecho esto merece morir!
[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 ¡Debe restituir el cordero cuatro veces, porque ha hecho esto y porque no ha tenido piedad!”
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 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.
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 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 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 ¿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.
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 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.’
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 “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.
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 Porque tú hiciste esto en secreto, pero yo haré esto delante de todo Israel y delante del sol’”.
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 David dijo a Natán: “He pecado contra Yahvé”. Natán le dijo a David: “También Yahvé ha quitado tu pecado. No morirás.
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 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, you have shown contempt for Yahweh by doing this. So, your baby will die.”
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 home. Then Yahweh caused the baby t o become very sick, the one that Uriah’s wife had given birth to.
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 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 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.
[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 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?”
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 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 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 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 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 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, “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 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?”
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 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 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 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;
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 y envió por medio del profeta Natán, y lo llamó Jedidías, por amor a Yahvé.
He told the prophet Nathan to tell David to name the baby boy Jedediah [which means ‘loved by Yahweh’, ] because Yahweh loved him.
26 Joab luchó contra Rabá, de los hijos de Amón, y tomó la ciudad real.
(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 Joab envió mensajeros a David y le dijo: “He luchado contra Rabá. Sí, he tomado la ciudad de las aguas.
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 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.”
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 David reunió a todo el pueblo y fue a Rabá, luchó contra ella y la tomó.
So David gathered all his troops. They went [with David] to Rabbah and attacked it and captured 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.
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 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.
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.
