2 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Samuel 12 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 El Señor envió a Natán para hablar con David. Natán fue a verlo y le dijo: Había dos hombres en una misma ciudad. Uno era rico y el otro pobre.
1 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the other poor.
2 El rico tenía muchas ovejas y vacas.
2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
3 El pobre no tenía más que una pequeña corderita que había comprado y criado. Creció con él y con sus hijos. Comía de su comida, bebía de su vaso y dormía en sus brazos. Era para él como una hija.
3 but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him.
4 Un viajero llegó a la casa del hombre rico. El rico no quiso tomar una oveja o una vaca de sus propios animales para preparar comida al visitante. En cambio, tomó la corderita del hombre pobre y la preparó para su huésped.
4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he didn’t want to take of his own flock and of his own herd to prepare for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
5 David se enfureció contra aquel hombre y dijo a Natán: Tan cierto como que vive el Señor, el hombre que hizo esto merece morir.
5 David’s anger burned hot against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves to die!
6 Tendrá que devolver cuatro veces el valor de la corderita, porque hizo esto y no tuvo compasión.
6 He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity!”
7 Entonces Natán dijo a David: Tú eres ese hombre. El Señor, Dios de Israel, dice: Yo te ungí como rey sobre Israel y te libré de las manos de Saúl.
7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
8 Te di la casa de tu señor y puse sus mujeres bajo tu autoridad. También te di Israel y Judá. Y si eso hubiera sido poco, te habría dado todavía más.
8 I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.
9 ¿Por qué despreciaste la palabra del Señor haciendo lo malo ante sus ojos? Mataste a Urías el hitita con la espada y tomaste a su esposa como tu esposa. Lo mataste por medio de la espada de los hijos de Amón.
9 Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Por eso la espada nunca se apartará de tu familia, porque me despreciaste y tomaste como esposa a la mujer de Urías el hitita.
10 Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’
11 El Señor dice: Haré que de tu propia familia venga el mal contra ti. Delante de tus ojos tomaré a tus mujeres y se las daré a otro, y él se acostará con ellas a plena luz del día.
11 “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
12 Tú actuaste en secreto, pero yo haré esto delante de todo Israel y a plena luz del día.
12 For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’”
13 David dijo a Natán: He pecado contra el Señor. Natán respondió: El Señor ha quitado tu pecado. No morirás.
13 David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
14 Sin embargo, porque con este acto has mostrado desprecio por el Señor, el hijo que te ha nacido ciertamente morirá.
14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.”
15 Después Natán regresó a su casa. El Señor hirió al hijo que la esposa de Urías había dado a David, y el niño enfermó gravemente.
15 Then Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he was very sick.
16 David rogó a Dios por el niño. Ayunó, entró en su casa y pasó la noche acostado en el suelo.
16 David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.
17 Los ancianos de su casa se acercaron e intentaron levantarlo del suelo, pero él no quiso levantarse ni comer con ellos.
17 The elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he didn’t eat bread with them.
18 Al séptimo día murió el niño. Los servidores de David tenían miedo de decirle que había muerto, porque pensaban: Mientras el niño vivía, le hablábamos y no nos escuchaba. ¿Qué hará si le decimos que el niño ha muerto?
18 On the seventh day, the child died. David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him and he didn’t listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself if we tell him that the child is dead?”
19 David vio que sus servidores hablaban en voz baja entre ellos y comprendió que el niño había muerto. Les preguntó: ¿Ha muerto el niño? Ellos respondieron: Sí.
19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
20 Entonces David se levantó del suelo, se lavó, se puso aceite y se cambió de ropa. Entró en la casa del Señor y adoró. Después regresó a su casa, pidió comida y comió.
20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into Yahweh’s house, and worshiped. Then he came to his own house; and when he requested, they set bread before him and he ate.
21 Sus servidores le preguntaron: ¿Por qué actúas así? Mientras el niño vivía, ayunabas y llorabas. Pero ahora que murió, te levantas y comes.
21 Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”
22 David respondió: Mientras el niño vivía, ayuné y lloré porque pensaba: ¿Quién sabe? Tal vez el Señor tenga misericordia de mí y deje vivir al niño.
22 He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
23 Pero ahora está muerto. ¿Por qué voy a seguir ayunando? ¿Puedo hacer que vuelva a la vida? Yo iré a donde él está, pero él no volverá a mí.
23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
24 David consoló a su esposa Betsabé. Se acostó con ella, y ella tuvo un hijo al que llamó Salomón. El Señor lo amó.
24 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
25 Por medio del profeta Natán, el Señor mandó que el niño fuera llamado Jedidías.
25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
26 Joab continuó luchando contra Rabá, ciudad de los hijos de Amón, y conquistó la parte de la ciudad que controlaba el agua.
26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
27 Entonces Joab envió mensajeros a David para decirle: He luchado contra Rabá y he tomado la ciudad del agua.
27 Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
28 Ahora reúne al resto del pueblo, sitia la ciudad y tómala. Si yo la conquisto, recibirá mi nombre.
28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”
29 David reunió a todo el pueblo, fue a Rabá, luchó contra ella y la conquistó.
29 David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.
30 Quitó de la cabeza de Milcom su corona, que pesaba un talento de oro y tenía piedras preciosas. La corona fue puesta sobre la cabeza de David. También tomó de la ciudad una gran cantidad de botín.
30 He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David’s head. He brought a great quantity of plunder out of the city.
31 Sacó a sus habitantes y los puso a trabajar con sierras, trillos de hierro, hachas de hierro y en la fabricación de ladrillos. Hizo lo mismo con todas las ciudades de los hijos de Amón. Después David y todo el pueblo regresaron a Jerusalén.
31 He brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work under saws, under iron picks, under axes of iron, and made them go to the brick kiln; and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Bathsheba
Wife of David and mother of Solomon, remembered amid both sin and grace.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 1-2; Matthew 1:6
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Joab
Son of Zeruiah and commander of David's army, who killed Abner and Amasa, besieged Rabbah, killed Absalom in the oak, and carried out David's census.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 12:26
Nathan
The prophet to whom David confided his wish to build a house for the ark, who carried the LORD's promise of an enduring house to David, rebuked him with the parable of the ewe…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 7:2; 2 Samuel 7:4; 2 Samuel 12:1
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 51:1–19; 1 Kings 20:35–41; Judges 9:7–15; Isaiah 5:1–7; 1 Kings 13:1
- 2 2 Samuel 12:8; 2 Samuel 3:2–5; Job 1:3; 2 Samuel 5:13–16; 2 Samuel 15:16
- 3 Micah 7:5; 2 Samuel 11:3; Deuteronomy 13:6; Proverbs 5:18–19
- 4 James 1:14; 2 Samuel 11:3–4; Genesis 18:2–7
- 5 Genesis 38:24; Romans 2:1; 1 Samuel 26:16; Luke 6:41–42; 1 Samuel 25:21–22
- 6 Exodus 22:1; Proverbs 6:31; Luke 19:8; James 2:13
- 7 Matthew 14:14; 1 Samuel 16:13; 2 Samuel 22:1; 1 Samuel 18:21; 2 Samuel 22:49
- 8 Psalm 84:11; 2 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 2:4
- 9 1 Samuel 15:19; Psalm 90:8; Amos 2:4; Jeremiah 18:10; Psalm 139:1–2
- 10 2 Samuel 18:14–15; Matthew 26:52; Romans 2:4; 2 Samuel 13:28–29; Genesis 20:3
- 11 2 Samuel 16:21–22; Deuteronomy 28:30; 2 Samuel 13:1–14; 2 Samuel 15:10; 2 Samuel 13:28–29
- 12 2 Samuel 16:22; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Luke 12:1–2; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Samuel 11:4–15
- 13 Proverbs 28:13; 2 Samuel 24:10; Zechariah 3:4; Psalm 51:4; Micah 7:18–19
- 14 Romans 2:24; Isaiah 52:5; Psalm 89:31–33; Psalm 94:12; Proverbs 3:11–12
- 15 1 Samuel 25:38; Psalm 104:29; Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 26:10; 2 Kings 15:5
- 16 2 Samuel 13:31; Jonah 3:9; Esther 4:16; 1 Kings 21:27; 2 Samuel 12:22
- 17 2 Samuel 3:35; 1 Samuel 28:23
- 18 Numbers 20:15
- 20 Job 1:20; Ruth 3:3; Lamentations 3:39–41; Job 2:10; Ecclesiastes 9:8
- 21 1 Corinthians 2:15
- 22 Isaiah 38:5; Isaiah 38:1–3; Jonah 3:9–10; Joel 1:14; Jonah 1:6
- 23 Genesis 37:35; Job 30:23; Luke 23:43; Job 7:8–10
- 24 Matthew 1:6; 1 Chronicles 28:5–6; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 22:9–10; 2 Samuel 7:12
- 25 2 Samuel 7:4; Nehemiah 13:26; 1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 1:23; 2 Samuel 12:1–14
- 26 1 Chronicles 20:1–3; Deuteronomy 3:11; 2 Samuel 11:25
- 27 Ezekiel 21:20; Deuteronomy 3:11; 2 Samuel 11:1
- 28 John 7:18
- 30 1 Chronicles 20:2
- 31 1 Chronicles 20:3; Amos 1:3; 2 Samuel 8:2; Psalm 21:8–9
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And David's anger being kindled against the man, he commanded that he should be put to death, and the lamb restored fourfold to the poor man; thus unwittingly condemning the sin he had wittingly committed. And when he had been shown this, and God's punishment had been denounced against him, he wiped out his sin in deep penitence.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… Saul, and give thee all that pertained to thy master, and all the house of Israel and Judah, and if it had been little for thee, I would have added thus and thus; and wherefore hast thou done that which was evil in my sight?" For not for all sins are there the same punishments, but many and diverse, according …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… standing round: for he had seen in thought the angel-host of the Lord, and he trembled as seeing Him who is invisible; and to the messenger, or rather by him in answer to God who sent him, he said, I have sinned against the Lord.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Luke ascends through Nathan another son of the same David, through whom he was purged from his sin. For we read, that Nathan was sent to him to reprove him, and that he might through repentance be healed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Moreover her husband in war he caused to be killed: and after this deed there was sent to him Nathan the prophet; sent by the Lord, to reprove him for so great an outrage.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)