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1 Cuando el general Joab hijo de Sarvia comprendió cuánto deseaba David ver a Absalón,
1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
2 envió por una mujer de Tecoa, que tenía reputación de gran sabiduría, y le dijo que pidiera una entrevista con el rey. Pero antes de que la mujer se presentara delante del rey, Joab le dijo: ―Vístete de luto, no te eches perfume, como si estuvieras de duelo por un hijo muerto. Luego irás donde el rey y le dirás todo lo que yo te diga.
2 Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil; but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
3 Not in this translation
3 Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 Cuando la mujer llegó ante el rey, se arrojó con el rostro al suelo frente a él y clamó: ―¡Mi señor, por favor, ayúdeme!
4 When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”
5 ―¿Qué te pasa? —le preguntó el rey. ―Soy viuda —contestó ella—, y mis dos hijos tuvieron una pelea en el campo. Puesto que no hubo nadie que los separara, uno de ellos mató al otro.
5 The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
6 Not in this translation
6 Your servant had two sons; and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.
7 Ahora el resto de la familia pide que yo entregue a mi otro hijo para ejecutarlo por haber asesinado a su hermano. Pero si lo hago no tendré ningún hijo, y el nombre de mi marido será desarraigado de la tierra.
7 Behold, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”
8 ―Déjalo por mi cuenta —dijo el rey—, yo veré que nadie lo toque.
8 The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
9 ―Gracias, mi señor, rey —contestó ella—. Yo llevaré la culpa si lo critican a usted por ayudarme de esta manera.
9 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
10 ―No te preocupes. Si alguien te amenaza, avísame. Yo puedo asegurarte que jamás volverá a molestarte.
10 The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.”
11 Entonces ella dijo: ―Júreme por Dios que no permitirá que nadie le haga daño a mi hijo. No deseo más derramamiento de sangre. ―Prometo por Dios —respondió él— que ni un solo cabello de tu hijo caerá a tierra.
11 Then she said, “Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.”
12 ―Ahora, déjeme que le pida una cosa más —dijo ella. ―Habla —contestó él.
12 Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”
13 ―¿Por qué no hace usted por todo el pueblo de Dios lo que ha prometido hacer por mí? —preguntó ella—. Usted se ha condenado a sí mismo al tomar esta decisión, pues se ha negado a recibir en casa a su hijo que está desterrado.
13 The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
14 Todos debemos morir. Nuestras vidas son como el agua que es derramada en tierra, que no puede volverse a recoger. Pero Dios lo bendecirá a usted con una vida más larga si permite que su hijo regrese del destierro.
14 For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
15 Pero, yo he venido a rogarle por mi hijo, porque mi vida y la vida de mi hijo han sido amenazadas y yo me dije: “Quizás el rey me oirá y nos librará de los que quieren acabar con nuestra existencia en Israel.
15 Now therefore, seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid. Your servant said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’
16 Not in this translation
16 For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
17 Sí, el rey nos dará paz nuevamente”. Yo sé que usted es como el ángel de Dios y puede discernir entre el bien y el mal. Quiera Dios estar con usted.
17 Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’”
18 ―Quiero saber una cosa —dijo el rey. ―¿De qué se trata, mi señor, el rey? —preguntó ella.
18 Then the king answered the woman, “Please don’t hide anything from me that I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king now speak.”
19 ―¿Fue Joab quien te envió? Y la mujer respondió: ―¿Cómo podría negarlo? Sí, Joab me envió y me dijo lo que tenía que decir.
19 The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
20 Él lo hizo para que usted pueda ver el asunto desde un ángulo diferente. Pero usted es tan sabio como un ángel de Dios y sabe todo lo que ocurre en la tierra.
20 Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are on the earth.”
21 Entonces el rey llamó a Joab y le dijo: ―Bien, anda y trae a Absalón.
21 The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have granted this thing. Go therefore, and bring the young man Absalom back.”
22 Joab se inclinó a tierra delante del rey, lo bendijo y dijo: ―Al fin sé que mi señor, el rey, tiene buena voluntad hacia mí, pues me ha concedido esta petición.
22 Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”
23 Joab fue a Guesur y trajo a Absalón a Jerusalén.
23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24 Pero el rey David ordenó que Absalón se fuera a su propia casa, pues no quería verlo nunca. Por eso, Absalón se fue a su casa sin ver al rey.
24 The king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn’t see the king’s face.
25 En todo Israel no había alguien tan hermoso como Absalón, y nadie recibía tantos elogios como él.
25 Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.
26 Se cortaba el cabello una vez al año, cuando le resultaba demasiado pesado. ¡El pelo que se cortaba pesaba unos dos kilos!
26 When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.
27 Tenía tres hijos y una hija, Tamar, que era muy hermosa.
27 Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.
28 Después de dos años de estar en Jerusalén sin presentarse ante el rey, Absalón
28 Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.
29 llamó a Joab para que intercediera por él; pero Joab no quiso ir. Absalón lo mandó a buscar por segunda vez, pero nuevamente se negó a acudir.
29 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. Then he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
30 Entonces Absalón dijo a sus siervos: «Vayan y préndanle fuego al campo de cebada de Joab, que está junto al mío». Ellos así lo hicieron.
30 Therefore he said to his servants, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
31 Entonces Joab se presentó ante Absalón y le preguntó: ―¿Por qué tus siervos han quemado mi campo?
31 Then Joab arose and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
32 Y Absalón le respondió: ―Porque yo quería que le preguntaras al rey por qué me hizo venir de Guesur si no me quería ver. ¡Mejor me habría quedado allá! Arréglame una entrevista con el rey, y si él me encuentra culpable de asesinato, que me ejecute.
32 Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore, let me see the king’s face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”’”
33 Joab le comunicó al rey lo que Absalón había dicho. Al fin, David citó a Absalón, y este fue y se inclinó delante del rey, y David lo besó.
33 So Joab came to the king and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.
People & places in this chapter
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People
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
Tamar
A daughter born to Absalom, along with three sons, described as a beautiful woman.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 14:27
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Samuel 13:39; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 19:4; Proverbs 29:26; 1 Chronicles 2:16
- 2 2 Chronicles 11:6; Ruth 3:3; Amos 1:1; 2 Chronicles 20:20; Jeremiah 6:1
- 4 1 Samuel 25:23; 2 Kings 6:26–28; 2 Samuel 1:2; Luke 18:3–5; Job 29:12–14
- 5 2 Samuel 12:1–3; Judges 9:8–15
- 7 Numbers 35:19; Matthew 21:38; Deuteronomy 19:12–13; Genesis 27:45; Genesis 4:14
- 8 Proverbs 18:13; Job 29:16; 2 Samuel 12:5–6; Isaiah 11:3–4; 2 Samuel 16:4
- 9 1 Samuel 25:24; 1 Kings 2:33; Matthew 27:25; Numbers 35:33; Deuteronomy 21:1–9
- 11 1 Samuel 14:45; Matthew 10:30; Numbers 35:19; Acts 27:34; 1 Kings 1:52
- 12 Genesis 18:27; Jeremiah 12:1; Acts 26:1; 1 Samuel 25:24; Genesis 44:18
- 13 2 Samuel 13:37–38; 2 Samuel 12:7; 1 Kings 20:40–42; Judges 20:2; 2 Samuel 7:8
- 14 Job 30:23; Numbers 35:28; Hebrews 9:27; Numbers 35:15; Job 34:15
- 17 1 Samuel 29:9; 2 Samuel 19:27; 2 Samuel 14:20; Hebrews 5:14; 1 Kings 3:9
- 18 Jeremiah 38:14; Jeremiah 38:25; 1 Samuel 3:17–18
- 19 2 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 1:26; Luke 21:15; Deuteronomy 5:32; 2 Samuel 11:14–15
- 20 2 Samuel 14:17; 2 Samuel 19:27; 1 Corinthians 8:1–2; Proverbs 29:5; 2 Samuel 5:23
- 21 2 Samuel 14:11; Mark 6:26; 1 Samuel 14:39
- 22 Exodus 33:16–17; Ruth 2:2; Job 31:20; Genesis 6:8; Job 29:11
- 23 2 Samuel 13:37–38; 2 Samuel 3:3
- 24 Revelation 22:4; 2 Samuel 3:13; Exodus 10:28; Genesis 43:3; 2 Samuel 14:28
- 25 Isaiah 1:6; Job 2:7; Deuteronomy 28:35; Proverbs 31:30; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 26 Ezekiel 44:20; 1 Corinthians 11:14; 2 Samuel 18:9; Ezekiel 45:9–14; Leviticus 19:36
- 27 2 Samuel 18:18; 2 Samuel 13:1; Jeremiah 22:30; Isaiah 14:22; Job 18:16–19
- 29 2 Samuel 14:30–31; Esther 1:12; Matthew 22:3
- 30 Judges 15:4–5; 2 Kings 10:6–7; 2 Samuel 13:28–29; 1 Kings 21:9–14; 2 Kings 9:33
- 32 1 Samuel 20:8; Exodus 14:12; Proverbs 28:13; Matthew 25:44; Exodus 17:3
- 33 Luke 15:20; Genesis 33:4; Genesis 45:15; Genesis 27:26
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