2 Samuel 17
1 Entonces Ahitofel dijo a Absalón: Permíteme que escoja 12.000 hombres, y me levante para perseguir a David esta misma noche.
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.
2 Caeré sobre él cuando esté cansado y desalentado. Lo atemorizaré de modo que huya toda la gente que lo acompaña. Mataré solo 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 porque él es el hombre a quien tú buscas. Así devolveré a ti a todo el pueblo. Cuando todos vuelvan, 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 consejo 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 Pero Absalón dijo: Llamen también ahora a Husai arquita, para que también oigamos lo que él diga.
But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”
6 Cuando Husai fue, le habló a Absalón: Ahitofel habló esta palabra. ¿Realizaremos su plan? Si no [te parece], habla tú.
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 Entonces Husai dijo a Absalón: Esta vez el consejo que dio Ahitofel no es bueno.
Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.
8 Y Husai agregó: Tú conoces a tu padre y a sus hombres que son valientes. Están amargados como una osa a la cual le roban sus cachorros en el campo. Tu padre es un experto en guerra y no pasará la noche 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 Mira, ahora estará escondido en alguna cueva o en algún otro lugar. Cuando él caiga sobre ellos en el primer ataque, sucederá que cualquiera que lo oiga dirá: ¡Hubo 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 Aun el hombre valiente que tenga corazón como el corazón de un león, desfallecerá completamente, porque todo Israel sabe que tu padre es un hombre fuerte y los que están con él son 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 Por lo cual aconsejo que todo Israel, desde Dan hasta Beerseba se reúna contigo en gran número como la arena que está en la orilla del mar, y que tú en persona marches a la batalla.
“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 De esta manera iremos contra él en algún lugar donde esté y caeremos sobre él como cae el rocío sobre la tierra. Y nadie quedará vivo, ni él ni alguno de 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 Si se refugia en alguna ciudad, entonces todos los de Israel llevaremos cuerdas fuertes a aquella ciudad, y la arrastraremos hasta el valle, hasta que no quede allí ni una piedra.
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 Entonces Absalón y todos los hombres de Israel dijeron: El consejo de Husai arquita es mejor que el consejo de Ahitofel. Yavé dispuso que el buen consejo de Ahitofel se frustrara para que Yavé derramara la calamidad sobre 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 Husai dijo a los sacerdotes Sadoc y Abiatar: Así y así Ahitofel aconsejó a Absalón y a los ancianos de Israel. Así y así yo les aconsejé.
Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.
16 Por tanto, envíen de inmediato informe a David: No pases la noche en los vados de la región despoblada, sino cruza al otro lado sin falta, no sea que el rey y el pueblo que está con él sean destruidos.
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 estaban junto a la fuente de Rogel. Pero como no podían exponerse a ser vistos si entraban a la ciudad, una esclava fue y les informó, y ellos salieron para informar al rey David.
[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 e informó a Absalón. Así que los dos se dieron prisa, llegaron a la casa de un hombre de Bahurim que tenía un pozo en su patio, al cual bajaron.
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 Su esposa tenía una manta que extendió sobre la boca del pozo, y esparció sobre ella trigo trillado, y nada se supo del asunto.
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 Entonces los esclavos de Absalón fueron a la casa de la mujer y preguntaron: ¿Dónde están Ahimaas y Jonatán? Y ella les respondió: Pasaron el vado del río. Y los buscaron, pero al no hallarlos, 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 que regresaron, aconteció que ellos subieron del pozo, y fueron a informar al rey David. Y le dijeron: ¡Levántense y crucen rápidamente las aguas, porque así y así Ahitofel aconsejó contra ustedes!
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 David se levantó y todo el pueblo que estaba con él, y cruzaron el Jordán. Al amanecer no quedaba alguno que no cruzara 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 Entonces Ahitofel, al ver que no habían seguido su consejo, aparejó su asno, subió en él, y fue a su casa en su ciudad. Y después de establecer orden en su familia, se ahorcó y murió. Fue enterrado en el sepulcro 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 David llegó a Mahanaim cuando Absalón cruzaba el Jordán con todos los hombres de Israel.
David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].
25 Absalón designó a Amasa como jefe del ejército en lugar de Joab. Este Amasa era hijo de un hombre llamado Itra, israelita, el cual estaba ligado a Abigail, hija de Nahas, hermana de Sarvia, 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 acampó con Absalón 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 llevaron camas, tazones, vasijas de barro, trigo, cebada, harina, grano tostado, habas, lentejas, semilla tostada,
brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.
29 miel, leche, ovejas y quesos de vaca, y los presentaron a David y al pueblo que estaba con él para que comieran, pues pensaron: El pueblo estará hambriento, cansado y sediento en región despoblada.
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.
