2 Samuel 17
1 Además, Ajitófel dijo a Absalón: “Déjame elegir ahora doce mil hombres, y me levantaré y perseguiré a David esta noche.
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.
2 Lo atacaré cuando esté cansado y agotado, y lo asustaré. Todo el pueblo que está con él huirá. Golpearé sólo al rey,
We will attack him while he is tired and discouraged, and cause him to be very frightened. All the soldiers who are with him will run away. We will kill only the king.
3 y haré volver a todo el pueblo hacia ti. El hombre que buscas es como si todos regresaran. Todo el pueblo estará en paz”.
Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like [SIM] a (bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married). You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.”
4 El dicho agradó a Absalón y a todos los ancianos de Israel.
Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.
5 Entonces Absalón dijo: “Llama ahora también a Husai el arquita, y oigamos igualmente lo que dice.”
But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”
6 Cuando Husai se acercó a Absalón, éste le habló diciendo: “Ajitófel ha hablado así. ¿Haremos lo que él dice? Si no, habla”.
So when Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had suggested. Then he asked Hushai, “What do you think we should do? If you do not think that we should do what Ahithophel suggests, tell us [what you think that we should do].”
7 Husai dijo a Absalón: “El consejo que Ajitófel ha dado esta vez no es bueno”.
Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.
8 Husai dijo además: “Tú conoces a tu padre y a sus hombres, que son hombres poderosos, y son fieros de mente, como una osa despojada de sus cachorros en el campo. Tu padre es un hombre de guerra, y no se alojará con el pueblo.
You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like [SIM] a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night.
9 He aquí que ahora está escondido en algún pozo o en otro lugar. Sucederá que cuando algunos de ellos hayan caído al principio, quien lo oiga dirá: “¡Hay una matanza entre el pueblo que sigue a Absalón!”
Right now he is probably already hiding in one of the pits, or in some other place. [If his soldiers start to attack your soldiers, and] if they kill some of them, whoever hears about that will say ‘Many of the soldiers with Absalom have been killed!’
10 Incluso el que es valiente, cuyo corazón es como el de un león, se derretirá por completo; porque todo Israel sabe que tu padre es un hombre valiente, y que los que están con él son hombres valientes.
Then your other soldiers, even if they are as fearless [SIM, IDM] as lions, they will become very afraid. Do not forget that everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great/strong soldier, and that the soldiers who are with him are also very brave/courageous.
11 Pero yo aconsejo que se reúna contigo todo Israel, desde Dan hasta Beerseba, como la arena que está junto al mar para la multitud; y que vayas a la batalla en tu propia persona.
“So what I suggest is that you summon all the Israeli soldiers, from Dan [in the far north] to Beersheba [in the far south]. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. And then you yourself lead us into the battle.
12 Así llegaremos a él en algún lugar donde se encuentre, y lo iluminaremos como cae el rocío en la tierra, y no dejaremos ni uno solo de él y de todos los hombres que están con él.
We will find [your father], wherever he is, and we will attack him [from all sides], like [SIM] dew covers all the ground. And neither he nor any of the soldiers who are with him will survive.
13 Además, si se ha metido en una ciudad, todo Israel llevará cuerdas a esa ciudad, y la arrastraremos al río, hasta que no se encuentre allí ni una sola piedra pequeña.”
If he escapes into some city, all our soldiers will bring ropes and pull that city down into the valley. As a result, not one stone will be left there [on top of the hill where that city was]!”
14 Absalón y todos los hombres de Israel dijeron: “El consejo de Husai el arquita es mejor que el consejo de Ajitófel.” Porque Yahvé había ordenado derrotar el buen consejo de Ajitofel, con el propósito de que Yahvé trajera el mal a Absalón.
Absalom and all the other Israeli men [who were with him] said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, [they would have been able to defeat/kill David]. But [as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested], Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.
15 Entonces Husai dijo a Sadoc y a los sacerdotes Abiatar: “Ajitófel aconsejó a Absalón y a los ancianos de Israel de esta manera, y yo he aconsejado de esta otra.
Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.
16 Ahora, pues, enviad rápidamente a decir a David: “No te alojes esta noche en los vados del desierto, sino pasa de una vez, no sea que el rey sea devorado, y todo el pueblo que está con él.”
Then he said to them, “Send [a message] quickly to David. Tell him to not stay at the place where people walk across the river, near the desert. Instead, he and his soldiers must cross [the Jordan River] immediately, in order that they will not be killed/wiped out.”
17 Jonatán y Ahimaas se hospedaban junto a En Rogel, y una sirvienta iba a informarles, y ellos iban y se lo contaban al rey David, pues no podían arriesgarse a que los vieran entrar en la ciudad.
[The priest’s two sons, ] Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were waiting at En-Rogel [Spring], outside Jerusalem. They did not [dare to] enter the city, because if someone saw them, [he would report it to Absalom]. [While they were at En-Rogel, ] a female servant [of the two priests] would frequently go to them and report to them [what was happening], and then they would go and report it to King David.
18 Pero un muchacho los vio y se lo dijo a Absalón. Entonces ambos se fueron rápidamente y llegaron a la casa de un hombre en Bahurim, que tenía un pozo en su patio; y bajaron allí.
But a young man saw them, and went and reported it to Absalom. [They found out what the young man had done, ] so both of them left quickly and went to stay in the house of a man in Bahurim. That man had a well in his courtyard; so the two men went down into the well [to hide].
19 La mujer tomó y extendió la cubierta sobre la boca del pozo, y esparció sobre ella grano molido; y no se supo nada.
The man’s wife took a cloth/mat and covered the well, and scattered grain on top of it in order that no one would know [that two men were hiding inside it].
20 Los siervos de Absalón fueron a la casa de la mujer y le dijeron: “¿Dónde están Ajimaas y Jonatán?” La mujer les dijo: “Han pasado el arroyo de las aguas”. Cuando los buscaron y no pudieron encontrarlos, volvieron a Jerusalén.
Some of Absalom’s soldiers [found out where the two men had gone. So they] went to the house, and asked the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” She replied, “They crossed the river.” So the soldiers [crossed the river and] searched for them. But they could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
21 Después de partir, salieron del pozo y fueron a avisar al rey David, y le dijeron: “Levántate y pasa rápido por encima del agua, porque así ha aconsejado Ajitófel contra ti.”
After they had gone, the two men came out of the well and went and reported to King David [what had happened and] what Ahithophel had suggested. Then they said to him, “Cross the river quickly!”
22 Entonces David se levantó, y todo el pueblo que estaba con él, y pasaron el Jordán. A la luz de la mañana no faltaba ninguno de ellos que no hubiera pasado el Jordán.
So David and all his soldiers quickly started to cross the Jordan [River], and by dawn they had all crossed to the other side.
23 Cuando Ajitófel vio que su consejo no era seguido, ensilló su asno, se levantó y se fue a su ciudad, puso en orden su casa y se ahorcó; murió y fue enterrado en la tumba de su padre.
When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave [to his family] instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself [because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed]. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors [had been buried].
24 Entonces David llegó a Mahanaim. Absalón pasó el Jordán, él y todos los hombres de Israel con él.
David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].
25 Absalón puso a Amasa al frente del ejército en lugar de Joab. Amasa era hijo de un hombre que se llamaba Ithra, el israelita, que había entrado con Abigail, la hija de Nahas, hermana de Zeruiah, la madre de Joab.
Absalom had appointed [his cousin] Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. Amasa’s mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.
26 Israel y Absalón acamparon en la tierra de Galaad.
Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].
27 Cuando David llegó a Mahanaim, Sobi, hijo de Nahas, de Rabá, de los hijos de Amón, y Maquir, hijo de Amiel, de Lodebar, y Barzilai, galaadita, de Rogelim,
When David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah [city] in the Ammon area, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-Debar [city], and Barzillai from Rogelim [town] in [the] Gilead [region]
28 trajeron camas, cuencos, vasijas de barro, trigo, cebada, harina, grano tostado, frijoles, lentejas, grano tostado,
brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.
29 miel, mantequilla, ovejas y queso del rebaño, para que David y el pueblo que estaba con él comieran; porque decían: “El pueblo está hambriento, cansado y sediento en el desierto.”
They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream/cheese for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty [from marching] in the desert.
