2 Samuel 11
1 Aconteció en la primavera del año, en el tiempo cuando los reyes suelen salir en campaña, que David envió a Joab, y con él a sus esclavos y a todo Israel, los cuales destruyeron a los amonitas y sitiaron a Rabá. Pero David permaneció 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 Sucedió que a la hora del atardecer David se levantó de su lecho y se paseaba por la azotea de la casa real. Desde la azotea vio a una mujer que se bañaba, y ella era 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 mandó a preguntar por aquella mujer, y uno dijo: ¿No es ésta Betsabé, hija de Eliam, esposa de Urías el heteo?
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. Cuando ella fue, él se unió a ella. Después que ella se purificó de su impureza, regresó 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 mandó a informar a David: 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 mandó decir a Joab: Envíame a Urías heteo. Y 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 por la salud de Joab, del pueblo y el estado de la guerra.
When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
8 Después dijo David a Urías: Baja a tu casa y lava tus pies. Y al salir Urías de la casa real, le fue enviado un presente 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 en la entrada de la casa del rey con todos los esclavos de su ʼadón, 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 Informaron de esto a David: Urías no bajó a su casa. David preguntó a Urías: ¿No viniste de un viaje? ¿Por qué no bajas 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 respondió a David: El Arca, Israel y Judá permanecen en tiendas, y mi ʼadón Joab y los esclavos de mi ʼadón acampan a campo abierto. ¿Y yo debo ir a mi casa a comer, a beber y a dormir con mi esposa? ¡Por tu vida y la vida de tu alma, yo 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 David dijo a Urías: Quédate aquí hoy, y mañana te dejaré ir. Así pues, Urías se quedó en Jerusalén aquel 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 lo invitó, y comió y bebió con él hasta embriagarlo. Pero al llegar la noche fue a acostarse en su cama con los esclavos de su ʼadón, y 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 Cuando llegó la mañana, David escribió una carta a Joab la cual envió por medio 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 dijo: Coloquen a Urías al frente, en lo más recio de la batalla, y retírense de él, para que sea herido 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 Así que cuando Joab asediaba la ciudad, asignó a Urías el lugar donde sabía que estaban los hombres más 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 contra Joab. Cayeron algunos de los esclavos de David, y Urías heteo también murió.
The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
18 Joab comunicó a David todos los sucesos de la guerra,
Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
19 y le encomendó al mensajero: Cuando termines de narrar al rey todos los sucesos de la guerra,
He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
20 si sucede que sube la ira del rey y te pregunta: ¿Por qué se acercaron tanto a la ciudad para luchar? ¿No saben lo que lanzan desde el muro?
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 hirió a Abimelec, hijo de Jerobaal? ¿No fue una mujer que lanzó desde el muro un pedazo de rueda de molino, y murió en Tebes? ¿Por qué se acercaron tanto al muro? Entonces tú responderás: También tu esclavo Urías heteo murió.
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 al llegar a David, le narró todo aquello a lo cual Joab lo envió.
So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
23 Y el mensajero dijo a David: Prevalecieron contra nosotros los hombres que salieron al campo, pero los hicimos retroceder 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 Entonces los arqueros tiraron contra tus esclavos desde arriba del muro y murieron algunos de los esclavos del rey. También murió tu esclavo Urías heteo.
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 David dijo al mensajero: Dirás esto a Joab: Que esto no te desagrade, porque la espada devora tanto a uno como a otro. Refuerza tu ataque contra la ciudad y destrúyela. Y tú, aliéntalo.
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 Al oír la esposa de Urías que su esposo murió, hizo duelo por su esposo.
When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
27 Cuando pasó el luto, David mandó traerla a su casa. Ella fue su esposa y le dio un hijo. Pero lo que David hizo fue desagradable delante de Yavé.
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.
