2 Samuel 12
1 Yavé envió a Natán a hablar con David. Al llegar a él le dijo: En una ciudad había dos hombres, uno rico y uno 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 numerosos rebaños y manadas vacunas,
The rich man owned a lot of cattle and sheep.
3 pero el pobre no tenía sino una corderita que compró y crió. Ella creció juntamente con él y con sus hijos. Comía de su pan, bebía de su vaso, dormía en su regazo 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 Pero un viajero llegó al hombre rico, y éste no quiso tomar de sus ovejas ni de sus manadas vacunas para guisarlas para el viajero que le llegó. Más bien tomó la corderita de aquel hombre pobre y la guisó para el hombre que llegó 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 Entonces el furor de David se encendió muchísimo contra aquel hombre y dijo a Natán: ¡Vive Yavé, que el hombre que hizo tal cosa es digno de muerte!
[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 pagar cuatro veces el valor de la corderita, porque hizo tal cosa y no tuvo compasión.
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 Entonces Natán dijo a David: ¡Tú eres ese hombre! Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: Yo te ungí como rey sobre Israel y te protegí 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 entregué la casa de tu ʼadón, y coloqué en tu seno las mujeres de tu ʼadón. Te di la casa de Israel y la de Judá, y si esto es muy poco, te añado mucho 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 despreciaste la Palabra de Yavé e hiciste lo malo ante Él? Mataste a espada a Urías heteo, tomaste a su esposa como mujer tuya y lo asesinaste con la espada de los amonitas.
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 Por lo cual ahora la espada no se apartará de tu casa por cuanto me despreciaste, y tomaste la esposa de Urías heteo para que sea tu mujer.
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 Yavé dice: Ciertamente Yo levantaré el mal contra ti desde tu propia casa. Tomaré tus mujeres de delante de ti, las daré a tu prójimo y él se unirá con tus mujeres a la vista de todos.
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 Por cuanto tú procediste en secreto, Yo haré esto delante de todo Israel y a pleno día.
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: ¡Pequé contra Yavé! Y Natán dijo a David: También Yavé remitió 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 Pero como blasfemaste grandemente a Yavé con este asunto, el hijo que te nació ciertamente morirá.
But, you have shown contempt for Yahweh by doing this. So, your baby will die.”
15 Natán regresó a su casa. Yavé hirió al niño que la esposa de Urías dio a luz a David, y se agravó.
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 rogó a ʼElohim por el niño. Ayunó, se retiró y pasó la noche acostado 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 colocaron a su lado para levantarlo del suelo, pero él no quiso, ni tampoco comió 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 aconteció que el niño murió. Los esclavos de David temían informarle que el niño murió, pues se decían: Ciertamente cuando el niño estaba vivo, le hablábamos y no quiso escuchar nuestra voz. ¡Cuánto más se afligirá si le decimos que el niño murió!
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 al ver David que sus esclavos susurraban entre ellos, comprendió que el niño murió y les preguntó: ¿Murió el niño? Y ellos respondieron: Murió.
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 del suelo, se lavó, se ungió y cambió sus ropas. Al entrar en la Casa de Yavé, se postró. Luego fue a su casa, pidió comida, le sirvieron 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 Sus esclavos le dijeron: ¿Qué es esto que hiciste? Mientras el niño vivía, ayunabas y llorabas, 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 Y él respondió: Mientras el niño estaba vivo, yo ayunaba y lloraba porque decía: ¿Quién sabe si Yavé se compadecerá de mí y el niño vivirá?
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 cuando murió, ¿para qué ayuno? ¿Podré hacerlo volver? Yo voy a él, pero él no vendrá 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 esposa Betsabé. Luego fue a ella y se unió a ella. Dio a luz un hijo, y lo llamó Salomón. Yavé 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 [palabra] por medio del profeta Natán, quien lo llamó Jedidías, amado de Yavé.
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 luchaba contra Rabá de los amonitas y conquistó 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 para que le dijeran: Estoy luchando contra Rabá y corté las aguas de la ciudad.
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 Ahora pues, reúne al resto del pueblo, acampa contra la ciudad y conquístala, 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 Así que David reunió a todo el pueblo, marchó hacia Rabá y luchó contra ella y la conquistó.
So David gathered all his troops. They went [with David] to Rabbah and attacked it and captured it.
30 Tomó la corona de la cabeza de su rey, cuyo peso era 33 kilogramos de oro y tenía una piedra preciosa. Fue puesta sobre la cabeza de David. Él sacó de la ciudad un botín muy grande.
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 También sacó a los hombres que estaban en ella y los obligó a trabajar con sierras, instrumentos de hierro para trillar y hachas de hierro, y los llevó a los hornos de cocer ladrillos. Esto hizo a todas las ciudades de los amonitas. Y David regresó con todo el pueblo 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.
