2 Samuel 3
1 La guerra entre la casa de Saúl y la casa de David fue larga, pero David se fortalecía, mientras la casa de Saúl se debilitaba cada vez más.
There was a long war between those who wanted Saul’s son to be their king and those who wanted David to be their king. But more and more people began to want David to be the king, while the number of people who wanted Saul’s son to be the king continued to become smaller.
2 A David le nacieron hijos en Hebrón: Su primogénito fue Amnón, de Ahinoam jezreelita,
David’s wives gave birth to six sons at Hebron. The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam, from Jezreel [city].
3 su segundo Quileab, de Abigail, la que fue esposa de Nabal el carmelita, el tercero Absalón, hijo de Maaca, hija de Talmai, rey de Gesur,
The next one was Kileab, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal, from Carmel [city]. The next one was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of [the] Geshur [region].
4 el cuarto Adonías, hijo de Haggit, el quinto Sefatías, hijo de Abital,
The next one was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. The next one was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
5 y el sexto Itream, de Egla, esposa de David. Estos le nacieron a David en Hebrón.
The youngest one was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, [another one of] David’s wives. Those sons of David were all born in Hebron.
6 Durante el transcurso de la guerra entre la casa de Saúl y la casa de David, Abner se fortalecía en la casa de Saúl.
While those who wanted Saul’s son to rule over them and those who wanted David to rule over them continued to fight against each other, Abner was becoming more influential among those who wanted Saul’s son to be the king.
7 Saúl tuvo una concubina llamada Rizpa, hija de Aja. Entonces Is-boset le dijo a Abner: ¿Por qué te uniste a la concubina de mi padre?
When Saul was alive, he had as one of his wives a slave woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. [But one day Abner had sexual relations with her]. So Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you had sexual relations with [EUP] my father’s slave wife?”
8 Abner se irritó muchísimo por las palabras de Is-boset y dijo: ¿Soy yo la cabeza de un perro que pertenece a Judá? Hasta hoy muestro favor a la casa de Saúl tu padre, a sus hermanos y amigos, de manera que no te entregué en mano de David. ¿Y ahora me echas en cara un asunto de mujeres?
Abner became very angry about what Ishbosheth said to him. He said to Ishbosheth, “(Do you think that I am a [worthless] dog [MET] from Judah?/You are treating me as though I am a [worthless] dog [MET] from Judah.) [RHQ] From the beginning, I have been loyal to Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends. And I have prevented you from being defeated by David’s army. So now (why are you criticizing me about [what I have done with] some woman?/you should not be criticizing me about [what I have done with] some woman.) [RHQ]
9 Así haga ʼElohim a Abner y aún le añada, si lo que Yavé juró a David no lo obtengo para él,
Yahweh solemnly promised that he would not allow Saul and his descendants to continue to rule. He promised that he would cause David to rule over all the tribes of Israel and Judah, from Dan [city] far in the north to Beersheba [city] far in the south. So I hope/desire that God will punish me severely [HYP] if I do not enable that to happen!”
10 al traspasar el reino de la casa de Saúl y confirmar el trono de David sobre Israel y sobre Judá, desde Dan hasta Beerseba.
11 Is-boset no pudo responder a Abner porque le temía.
Ishbosheth was very afraid of Abner, so he did not say anything in reply to Abner.
12 Entonces Abner envió mensajeros a David para decirle de parte de él: ¿De quién es la tierra? Y que también le dijeran: Haz pacto conmigo, y ciertamente mi mano estará contigo para que todo Israel se vuelva a ti.
Then Abner sent messengers to David [when he was at Hebron], to say to him, “[Either you or I] should be [RHQ] the ruler of this entire nation, [but not Isbosheth. However, ] if you make an agreement with me, I will help you by encouraging all the people of Israel to (be want you to be their king/start to support) you.”
13 Y él respondió: Bien, yo haré pacto contigo, pero una cosa te pido: No verás mi semblante sin que primero traigas a Mical, hija de Saúl, cuando vengas a verme.
David sent back this reply: “Good! I am willing to make an agreement with you. But before that happens, there is one thing that you must do. When you come to see me, you must bring my wife Michal, Saul’s daughter.”
14 David envió mensajeros a Is-boset, hijo de Saúl y dijo: Devuélveme mi esposa Mical, a quien desposé conmigo por 100 prepucios de filisteos.
Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, to say to him, “I [had to kill] 100 men from Philistia [and cut off] their foreskins to give to Saul to pay for Michal [to be my wife]. So now give her back to me!”
15 Entonces Is-boset envió a quitársela a [su esposo], Paltiel, hijo de Lais.
So Ishbosheth sent some men to take Michal from her husband Palti. But [when they took her, ] her husband followed them all the way to Bahurim [town], crying as he went.
16 Pero su esposo salió con ella. Caminaba y lloraba detrás de ella hasta Bahurim, donde Abner le dijo: ¡Anda, devuélvete! Y él regresó.
Then Abner [turned and] said to him, “Go back [home]!”, so he did.
17 Abner consultó con los ancianos de Israel: En tiempos pasados ustedes buscaban a David para que fuera su rey.
Abner went to the Israeli leaders and talked with them. He said, “For a long time you have wanted David to be your king.
18 Ahora pues, háganlo, porque Yavé habló a David: Por medio de mi esclavo David libraré a mi pueblo Israel de la mano de los filisteos y todos sus enemigos.
So now you have an opportunity to do that. Keep in mind that Yahweh promised this: ‘With the help of David, who serves me [well], I will rescue my people from the people of Philistia, and from the power [MTY] of all their other enemies’.”
19 Abner habló también a los hijos de Benjamín. Luego él mismo fue a Hebrón para decirle a David todo lo que parecía bien a los ojos de Israel y a la casa de Benjamín.
Abner also spoke to the people of the tribe of Benjamin. Then he went to Hebron, to tell David what all the people of Israel and the people of the tribe of Benjamin had agreed to do.
20 Abner fue con 20 hombres a David en Hebrón. Éste hizo un banquete para Abner y sus hombres.
When Abner came with 20 of his soldiers to see David at Hebron, David made a feast for all of them.
21 Abner dijo a David: Me levantaré, iré y reuniré a todo Israel para mi ʼadón el rey y que hagan un pacto contigo a fin de que tú reines sobre todo lo que desea tu corazón. Así David despidió a Abner, y éste se fue en paz.
Afterwards, Abner said to David, “Sir/Your majesty, I will now go and encourage all the people of Israel to accept you to be their king, as you have desired.” Then Abner left, peacefully.
22 Los esclavos de David y Joab llegaron de una incursión y llevaron consigo un gran botín. Pero Abner no estaba con David en Hebrón, pues lo despidió y él se fue en paz.
Soon after that, Joab and some of David’s other soldiers returned [to Hebron] after raiding [one of their enemies’ villages], bringing with them a lot of things that they had captured. But Abner was not there at Hebron, because David had sent him safely home.
23 Cuando Joab llegó con todo el ejército que estaba con él, informaron a Joab: Abner, hijo de Ner, vino al rey, y él lo despidió, y se fue en paz.
When Joab and the soldiers who were with him arrived, someone told him that Abner had come there and talked with the king, and that the king allowed to go home safely.
24 Entonces Joab fue al rey y dijo: ¿Qué hiciste? ¡Ciertamente Abner vino a ti! ¿Por qué lo dejaste ir? ¡Ya salió!
So Joab went to the king and said, “Why have you done that? Listen to me! Abner [is your enemy, but] when he came to you, you allowed him [RHQ] to leave!
25 ¡Tú sabes que Abner, hijo de Ner, vino a engañarte para saber adónde vas y de dónde vienes, y saber todo lo que haces!
Do you not know that he came to you to deceive you and to find out everything that you are doing, and all the places that you go to?”
26 Cuando Joab salió de la presencia de David, envió mensajeros tras Abner, y lo devolvieron desde el pozo de Sira, pero David no lo supo.
After Joab left David, he sent some messengers to get Abner. They found him at Sirah Well, and brought him back to Hebron, but David did not know that they had done that.
27 Cuando Abner regresó a Hebrón, Joab lo llamó aparte en medio de la puerta para hablarle en privado. Allí lo hirió por la quinta costilla, de modo que murió, a causa de la sangre de Asael, hermano de Joab.
So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab met him at the city gate, and took him aside as though he wanted to speak with him privately. Then he stabbed Abner in the stomach [with his knife/sword]. In that way he murdered Abner because Abner had killed [MTY] Joab’s brother Asahel.
28 Cuando David supo esto, dijo: ¡Yo y mi reino somos inocentes ante Yavé para siempre de la sangre de Abner, hijo de Ner!
Later, after David heard what had happened, he said, “Yahweh knows that I and the people of my kingdom are not at all (responsible for/guilty of) murdering [MTY] Abner.
29 ¡Recaiga sobre la cabeza de Joab y sobre toda la casa de su padre! ¡Que nunca falte de la casa de Joab uno que padezca flujo, que sea leproso, que se apoye en muleta, que muera a espada o que carezca de pan!
I hope/desire that Joab and all his family will be punished [MTY] for doing that! I hope/desire that there will always be someone in his family who has sores, or someone who is a leper, or some man who is forced to do women’s work, or someone who is killed in a battle, or someone who does not have enough food to eat!”
30 Así Joab y Abisai su hermano asesinaron a Abner, porque él dio muerte a Asael, hermano de ellos, durante la batalla en Gabaón.
That is how Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.
31 Después David dijo a Joab y a todo el pueblo que estaba con él: ¡Rasguen sus ropas, átense tela áspera y hagan duelo por Abner! Y el rey David iba detrás del féretro.
Then David said to Joab and to all Joab’s soldiers, “Tear your clothes and put on coarse cloth [to show that you are sad], and mourn for Abner!” And [at the funeral], King David walked behind [the men who were carrying] the coffin.
32 Sepultaron a Abner en Hebrón. El rey alzó su voz y lloró junto al sepulcro de Abner. Todo el pueblo también lloró.
They buried Abner’s body at Hebron. And at the grave, the king cried loudly, and all the other people also cried.
33 El rey pronunció esta endecha por Abner: ¿Tenía que morir Abner como muere un insensato?
David sang this sad song to lament for Abner: “It is not right that [RHQ] Abner died like outlaws die!
34 Tus manos no estaban atadas, Ni impedidos tus pies con grillos. Más bien, como el que cae ante los hijos de iniquidad, así caíste tú. Y todo el pueblo volvió a llorar por él.
No one tied his hands or put chains on his feet, [like they do to criminals]. No, he was murdered by wicked men!”
35 Después todo el pueblo fue a rogar a David que comiera ese día, pero David juró: Así me haga ʼElohim y aun me añada si yo pruebo pan o cualquier otra cosa antes que se oculte el sol.
Then many [HYP] people came to David to tell him to eat some food before sunset, but David refused. He said, “I hope/desire that God will punish me severely [HYP] if I eat any food before the sun goes down!”
36 Todo el pueblo supo esto, y lo vio con agrado. Todo cuanto hacía el rey parecía bien al pueblo.
All the people saw what David did, and they were pleased. Truly, everything that the king did pleased the people.
37 Así todo el pueblo y todo Israel entendió aquel día que la muerte de Abner, hijo de Ner, no provino del rey.
So all the people realized that the king had not wanted Abner to be killed.
38 El rey dijo a sus esclavos: ¿No saben ustedes que un jefe y un gran hombre cayó hoy en Israel?
The king said to his officials, “(Do you not realize that a leader and a great man has died today in Israel?/You should realize that a leader and a great man has died today in Israel.) [RHQ]
39 Y yo, aunque fui ungido como rey, fui benévolo, mientras que esa gente, los hijos de Sarvia, fueron más duros que yo. ¡Que Yavé retribuya al malhechor según su perversidad!
Even though Yahweh appointed me to be the king, today I feel weak. These two sons of Zeruiah, [Joab and Abishai], are very violent; I cannot control them. So I hope/desire that Yahweh will punish them severely in return for this wicked thing that they have done!”
