2 Samuel 16
1 Y cuando David había pasado un poco más allá de la cima de la pendiente, Ziba, el siervo de Mefiboset, se acercó a él, con dos asnos en los cuales había doscientos panes y cien tortas de uvas secas y Cien frutas de verano y una bolsa de vino.
When David [and the others] had gone a little way past the top of the hill, Mephibosheth’s servant Ziba met him. He had with him two donkeys that were carrying 200 loaves of bread, 100 bunches/clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of fresh fruit, and a leather bag full of wine.
2 Y David dijo a Siba: ¿Cuál es tu razón para esto? Y Siba dijo: Los asnos son para el uso del pueblo del rey, y el pan y el fruto son alimento para los jóvenes; y el vino es para beber para aquellos que son vencidos por el cansancio en en desierto.
The king said to Ziba, “What are these for?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for your family to ride on, the bread and the fruit are for your soldiers to eat, and the wine is for them to drink when they become exhausted in the desert.”
3 Y el rey dijo: ¿Y dónde está el hijo de tu amo? Y Siba dijo: Todavía está en Jerusalén; porque dijo: Hoy Israel me devolverá el reino de mi padre.
The king said, “Where is Mephibosheth, the grandson of your [former] master [Saul]?” Ziba [deceived David by] saying, “He stayed in Jerusalem, because he thinks that now the Israeli people will allow him to rule the kingdom that his grandfather Saul ruled.”
4 Entonces el rey dijo a Siba: En verdad, todo lo que fue de Mefiboset es tuyo. Y Siba dijo: ¡Honro a mi señor, que tenga gracia ante tus ojos, mi señor, oh rey!
The king said to Ziba, “Okay, everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” Ziba replied, “Your Majesty, I will humbly serve you; and I desire/hope that you will always be pleased with me.”
5 Y cuando el rey David vino a Bahurim, un hombre de la familia de Saúl llamado Simei, el hijo de Gera, salió de allí y lo llamó con una maldición.
When King David [and those with him] arrived at Bahurim [town], a man named Shimei met him. Shimei, whose father was Gera, was one of Saul’s relatives. Shimei was cursing David as he approached.
6 Y tiraba piedras a David, a todos los siervos del rey, a todo el pueblo y a todos los hombres de guerra a su lado, a la derecha y a la izquierda.
Then he threw stones at David and his officials, even though the officials and David’s bodyguards surrounded David.
7 Y Simei dijo, con maldiciones: Vete, vete, hombre de sangre, por todas las buenas cosas.
Shimei cursed David and said to him, “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!
8 El Señor te ha castigado por toda la sangre de la familia de Saúl, cuyo reino has tomado; y el Señor le ha dado el reino a Absalón, tu hijo. Ahora tú mismo eres tomado en tu maldad, porque eres un hombre sanguinario.
Yahweh is (getting revenge on/punishing) you all for murdering [MTY] many people in Saul’s family. And now he is giving Saul’s kingdom to your son Absalom. You murderer, you are being paid back for the many people that you have killed/murdered [MTY]!”
9 Entonces Abisai, hijo de Sarvia, dijo al rey: ¿Habrá este perro muerto seguir maldiciendo a mi señor el rey? Déjame ir y quitarle la cabeza.
Then Abishai said to the king, “Your Majesty, this man is [as worthless as] [MET] a dead dog! (Why should he be allowed to curse you?/He should not be allowed to curse you.) [RHQ] Allow me to go over there and cut off his head!”
10 Y el rey dijo: ¿Qué tengo que ver contigo, hijos de Sarvia? Déjalo que siga maldiciendo, porque el Señor ha dicho: Pon una maldición sobre David, y quién le dirá: ¿Por qué lo has hecho?
But the king replied, “You two sons of Zeruiah, (do not tell me what to do/this does not concern you) [RHQ]. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do that, certainly no one should say ‘(Why are you doing that?/You should not be doing that.) [RHQ]’”
11 Entonces David dijo a Abisai y a todos sus siervos: Ya ves cómo mi hijo, la descendencia de mi cuerpo, ha hecho planes contra mi vida: ¿cuánto más puede este Benjamita hacer eso? Déjalo ser, y déjalo seguir maldiciendo; porque el Señor le ha dado órdenes.
Then David said to Abishai and to all his officials, “You know that my own son is trying to kill me. So [it is not surprising that] this man from the tribe of Benjamin is also trying to kill me. So ignore him, and allow him to curse me, because [perhaps he thinks that] Yahweh told him to do that.
12 Puede ser que el Señor tome nota de mis errores y me devuelva el bien en respuesta a su maldición sobre mí hoy.
Perhaps Yahweh will see that I am having all this trouble, and [some day he will repay me by] (blessing/doing good things for) me in return for this man cursing me today.”
13 Entonces David y sus hombres siguieron su camino, y Simei fue por la ladera de la colina paralela a ellos, maldiciendo y enviándole piedras y polvo.
Then David and those who were with him walked along the road, and Shimei continued walking along the hillside near him. While he walked along, he cursed David and threw stones and dirt at him.
14 Entonces el rey y su pueblo llegaron al Jordán fatigados, y tomaron allí su descanso.
When David and those who were with him arrived at the Jordan [River], they were very tired. So they rested there.
15 Y Absalón y los hombres de Israel vinieron a Jerusalén, y Ahitofel estaba con él.
While that was happening, Absalom and all the Israeli people who were with him had arrived in Jerusalem. Ahithophel had also arrived there.
16 Entonces Husai el Arquita, amigo de David, vino a Absalón y dijo: ¡Larga vida al rey, larga vida al rey!
When David’s friend Hushai came to Absalom, he said to Absalom, “I desire/hope that the king will live a long time! May you live for many years!”
17 Y Absalón dijo: ¿Es este tu amor por tu amigo? ¿Por qué no fuiste con tu amigo?
Absalom said to Hushai, “You have been loyal [RHQ] to your friend [David for a long time]. So why did you not go with him [instead of coming to me]?”
18 Entonces Husai dijo a Absalón: No es así; Estoy por ese hombre que el Señor y este pueblo y todos los hombres de Israel han tomado como rey, y tomaré mi lugar con él.
Hushai replied, “I will serve the one whom Yahweh and these people and all the other people of Israel have chosen [to be their king]. So I will stay with you.
19 ¡Y más que esto! ¿Dónde está mi lugar como sirviente? ¿No es ante su hijo? Como he sido siervo de tu padre, así seré tuyo.
You are my master [King David’s] son; if I do not serve you, what other man should I serve [RHQ]? I will serve you as I served your father.”
20 Entonces Absalón dijo a Ahitofel: Da tu opinión ahora, ¿qué vamos a hacer?
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “What do you advise that we should do?”
21 Y Ahitofel dijo a Absalón: Ve con las concubinas de tu padre que están aquí cuidando de su casa; entonces todo Israel tendrá la noticia de que te has hecho aborrecible a tu padre y las manos de tus partidarios serán fuertes.
Ahithophel replied, “Your father left some of his slave wives in the palace to take care of it. Have sex [EUP] with them. When everyone in Israel hears that you have done that, they will realize that you are acting very contemptuously toward your father. Then all those who are with you will be very encouraged.”
22 Así que pusieron la tienda de campaña para Absalón en la parte superior de la casa, y Absalón entró a las concubinas de su padre ante los ojos de todo Israel.
So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof [of the palace]. And Absalom went into the tent and had sex [EUP] with his father’s slave wives, [one by one, ] and everyone [HYP] could see [him going into the tent].
23 En aquellos días, las opiniones de Ahitofel eran tan valoradas como si a través de él un hombre pudiera obtener dirección de Dios; así fueron valorados por David tanto como por Absalón.
In those days, people accepted what Ahithophel recommended as though he were speaking the words of God. So just as David had always accepted what Ahithophel said, now Absalom did also.
