2 Samuel 17
1 Entonces Ahitofel dijo a Absalón: Déjame sacar doce mil hombres y esta misma noche iré tras David.
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.
2 Y subiré con él cuando esté cansado y débil, y lo llenaré de temor. Y todas las personas que están con él huirán; y haré un ataque al rey solamente.
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 Y haré que todas las personas regresen a ti. Es la vida de un solo hombre a quien quieres; así 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 Y el dicho agradó a Absalón y a los hombres responsables de Israel.
Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.
5 Entonces Absalón dijo: Envía ahora a Husai el Arquita, y escuchemos lo que tiene que decir.
But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”
6 Y cuando llegó Husai, Absalón le dijo: Esto es lo que dijo Ahitofel: ¿debemos hacer lo que él dice? Si no, ¿cuál es tu sugerencia?
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 Y Husai dijo a Absalón: La idea de Ahitofel no es buena en este momento.
Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.
8 Hushai dijo además: Tú tienes conocimiento de tu padre y sus hombres, que son hombres de guerra y que sus sentimientos son amargos, como los de un oso en el campo cuyos cachorros le han sido arrebatados: y tu padre es un hombre de guerra, y no tomará su noche de descanso con la gente;
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 Pero ciertamente se habrá escondido en una cueva o lugar secreto; y si algunos de los nuestros, en el primer ataque, son vencidos, cualquier audiencia dirá: hay destrucción entre las personas que están del lado de 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 Entonces, incluso el más fuerte, cuyo corazón es como el corazón de un león, se desanimará; porque todo Israel es consciente de que tu padre es un hombre de guerra, y los que están con él son fuertes y sin miedo.
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 Pero mi sugerencia es que todo Israel, desde Dan hasta Beerseba, se reúna con ustedes, un gran ejército como las arenas del mar en número; y que tú mismo salgas entre ellos.
“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 Entonces lo veremos en algún lugar, dondequiera que esté, cayendo sobre él al igual que el rocío sobre la tierra. Y de él y de todos los hombres que están con él, ninguno se saldrá con la vida.
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 Y si él ha entrado en alguna ciudad, entonces todo Israel debe llevar cuerdas fuertes a esa ciudad, y los arrastraremos hacia el valle, hasta que no se vea una piedra pequeña allí.
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: La sugerencia de Husai es mejor que la de Ahitofel. Porque el propósito del Señor era hacer que los sabios designios de Ahitofel no tuvieran efecto, para que el Señor enviará el mal a 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 Entonces Husai dijo a Sadoc y Abiatar, los sacerdotes: Esta es la sugerencia hecha por Ahitofel a Absalón y a los hombres responsables de Israel, y esto es lo que les dije.
Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.
16 Ahora envíe las noticias rápidamente a David y diga: No tome su descanso nocturno por el camino a través de las tierras baldías, sino asegúrese de pasar; o el rey y todas las personas con él serán 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 Ahora Jonatán y Ahimaas estaban esperando junto a En-rogel; y una sirvienta fue de vez en cuando y les dio noticias y fueron con las noticias al rey David, ya que no era prudente que se dejarán ver en la ciudad.
[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 niño los vio y se lo comunicó a Absalom; de modo que los dos se fueron rápidamente y llegaron a la casa de un hombre en Bahurim que tenía un pozo de agua en su jardín,
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 Y una mujer cubrió el agujero con una tapa, y puso encima un grano triturado, y nadie lo supo.
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 Y los siervos de Absalón se acercaron a la mujer de la casa y dijeron: ¿Dónde están Ahimaas y Jonatán? Y la mujer les dijo: Han ido de aquí al arroyo. Y después de buscarlos y no ver nada de ellos, regresaron 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 Cuando se fueron los criados, salieron del pozo y fueron a dar al rey David la noticia; y dijeron: Levántate y ve rápidamente sobre el río Jordán, porque tal y cual es el diseño de Ahitofel contra ti.
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 Entonces David y todas las personas que estaban con él subieron por el Jordán al amanecer, todos habían cruzado 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 Cuando Ahitofel vio que su sugerencia no se había cumplido, alistó su asno y regresó a su casa, a la ciudad de donde venía, y habiendo puesto su casa en orden, fue y se ahorcó; así que llegó a su fin y 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 Y vino David a Mahanaim. Y Absalón, con todos los hombres de Israel, pasó por el Jordán.
David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].
25 Y Absalón puso a Amasa a la cabeza del ejército en lugar de Joab. Ahora Amasa era hijo de un hombre llamado Itra, el ismaelita, que había sido amante de Abigail, hija de Nahas, hermana de Sarvia, la 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 E Israel y Absalón levantaron sus campamentos en la tierra de Galaad.
Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].
27 Cuando David había venido a Mahanaim, salieron a recibirlo Sobi, el hijo de Nahas de Rabá, el Amon, y Maquir, el hijo de Amiel de Lodebar, y Barzilai de Galaad 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 Con camas y lavabos y ollas, y grano y harina, y todo tipo de alimentos secos,
brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.
29 Y miel y manteca y ovejas y quesos de leche, para David y su pueblo; porque decían: Este pueblo viene del desierto, que necesita comida, bebida y descanso.
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.
