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1 Joab se enteró de que el rey estaba muy afligido y llorando por la muerte de su hijo Absalón.
1 Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
2 Cuando el pueblo se enteró del profundo dolor del rey por su hijo, el gozo de la maravillosa victoria de aquel día se convirtió en profunda tristeza.
2 The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”
3 Todo el pueblo se replegó y entró en la ciudad como si estuvieran avergonzados y hubieran sido derrotados en la batalla.
3 The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4 El rey, con el rostro entre las manos, lloraba: «¡Hijo mío Absalón, hijo mío Absalón, hijo mío!».
4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Entonces Joab fue a la habitación del rey y le dijo: «Avergüenza a todos sus siervos que han salvado su vida y la de sus hijos e hijas, y la de sus esposas y concubinas; como si hubiéramos cometido un delito.
5 Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who today have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
6 ¡Parece que ama a los que lo odian, y odia a los que lo aman! Se ve claramente que nosotros nada significamos para usted. Si Absalón estuviera vivo, y todos nosotros hubiéramos muerto, usted estaría feliz.
6 in that you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have declared today that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and we had all died today, then it would have pleased you well.
7 Ahora, levántese y hable de corazón a los que lo siguen, porque le aseguro por el Señor, que si no lo hace, ninguno de ellos se quedará aquí para la noche. ¡Eso será peor desgracia que todas las desgracias juntas que haya tenido!».
7 Now therefore arise, go out and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don’t go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.”
8 Al oír esto, el rey salió y se sentó junto a la entrada de la ciudad. Cuando el pueblo lo supo, fue y se presentó delante de él. Por su parte, los israelitas que habían acompañado a Absalón regresaron a sus casas.
8 Then the king arose and sat in the gate. The people were all told, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
9 Y por todas partes sólo se hablaba de lo que había sucedido. La gente comentaba: «El rey David nos libró del poder de nuestros enemigos. Fue él quien nos salvó del dominio de los filisteos. Pero por culpa de Absalón tuvo que huir del país.
9 All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
10 Siendo que Absalón, al que habíamos elegido como rey, ha muerto, ¿por qué no le rogamos al rey David que regrese y siga siendo nuestro rey?».
10 Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don’t you speak a word of bringing the king back?”
11 Ante aquellos comentarios, David envió un mensaje a los sacerdotes Sadoc y Abiatar pidiéndoles que hablaran con los ancianos de Judá y les dijeran: «¿Por qué son ustedes los últimos en hacer volver al rey? Porque todo Israel está dispuesto a hacerlo, y solamente ustedes no se han pronunciado. Ustedes son mi tribu, sangre de mi sangre y carne de mi carne».
11 King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house?
12 Not in this translation
12 You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
13 Y les ordenó que le dijeran a Amasá: «Por cuanto eres mi sobrino, que Dios me quite la vida si no te nombro jefe de mi ejército, en lugar de Joab».
13 Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’”
14 Entonces Amasá convenció a todos los caudillos de Judá, y ellos respondieron como un solo hombre. Entonces mandaron este mensaje al rey: «Vuelva a nosotros y traiga consigo a todos los que lo acompañan».
14 He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
15 Así que el rey emprendió el regreso hacia Jerusalén. Cuando llegaron al río Jordán, parecía que todos los de Judá habían ido a Guilgal a encontrarse con él y acompañarlo a cruzar el río.
15 So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
16 Y Simí hijo de Guerá, benjamita que era oriundo de Bajurín, pasó corriendo entre los hombres de Judá para dar la bienvenida al rey David.
16 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17 Mil hombres de la tribu de Benjamín estaban con él, incluyendo a Siba, el siervo de Saúl, con sus quince hijos y veinte criados. Habían ido apresuradamente al Jordán para llegar antes que el rey,
17 There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul’s house, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
18 y trabajaron duramente ayudando a cruzar el río a la familia del rey y a los soldados, y los ayudaron en todas las formas que pudieron. Cuando el rey acabó de cruzar el Jordán, Simí se postró delante de él,
18 A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had come over the Jordan.
19 y le rogó: ―Señor, rey mío, perdóneme las terribles cosas que hice cuando salía usted de Jerusalén.
19 He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
20 Sé muy bien cuán grande ha sido mi pecado. Por eso he querido ser el primero de toda la tribu de José en saludarle.
20 For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
21 Abisay hijo de Sarvia exclamó: ―¡Simí merece la muerte por haber maldecido al ungido del Señor!
21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”
22 ―No hables de esa manera —exclamó David—. Este no es día para castigar, sino día de celebración. Una vez más soy el rey de Israel.
22 David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”
23 Y volviéndose a Simí le dijo: ―Te perdono la vida.
23 The king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” The king swore to him.
24 También llegó de Jerusalén Mefiboset, nieto de Saúl. No se había lavado los pies ni la ropa, ni se había cortado la barba desde el día en que el rey salió de Jerusalén. El rey le preguntó: ―¿Por qué no viniste conmigo, Mefiboset?
24 Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
25 Not in this translation
25 When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”
26 Y él contestó: ―Mi rey y señor, mi siervo Siba me engañó. Yo le dije: “Prepara mi burro para que pueda ir con el rey”. Como usted sabe, yo soy cojo.
26 He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
27 Luego Siba me calumnió diciendo que yo me había negado a acompañarle. Pero yo sé que usted es como un ángel de Dios. Haga lo que estime mejor.
27 He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.
28 Después de todo, mi familia y yo no merecíamos sino la muerte; sin embargo, mi señor el rey me ha honrado permitiéndome comer en su propia mesa. ¿Cómo podría yo quejarme?
28 For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should appeal any more to the king?”
29 ―Muy bien —respondió David—. Mi decisión es que tú y Siba se dividan la tierra por partes iguales.
29 The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”
30 ―Que él se quede con todo —dijo Mefiboset—. Para mí es suficiente regalo que usted haya regresado sano y salvo.
30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”
31 Barzilay el galaadita, que había provisto de alimentos al rey y a su ejército durante su exilio en Majanayin, también llegó de Roguelín para ayudar al rey a pasar el río. Ya estaba muy viejo, pues tenía unos ochenta años, pero era muy rico.
31 Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king to conduct him over the Jordan.
32 Not in this translation
32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
33 ―Ven conmigo y vive en Jerusalén —le dijo el rey a Barzilay—. Yo cuidaré de ti.
33 The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”
34 ―No —respondió él—, yo soy demasiado viejo para ello.
34 Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35 Ya tengo ochenta años y la vida ha perdido el gusto para mí. El alimento y el vino ya no me saben a nada, y ni siquiera puedo escuchar bien las voces de los cantores y cantoras. Yo sólo sería una carga para mi señor, el rey.
35 I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?
36 El único honor que quiero es cruzar el río con usted.
36 Your servant will just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
37 Y luego permítame que regrese y muera en mi ciudad, donde mi padre y mi madre están enterrados. Pero aquí está Quimán, su siervo. Que él vaya con usted a la ciudad y reciba todas las buenas cosas que usted quiera darle.
37 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.”
38 ―Bien —dijo el rey—. Quimán irá conmigo, y yo haré por él lo que habría hecho por ti.
38 The king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you request of me, that I will do for you.”
39 Todo el pueblo cruzó el río Jordán con el rey; y después que David besó y dio su bendición a Barzilay, este regresó a su casa.
39 All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.
40 El rey siguió a Guilgal, llevando a Quimán consigo. Y la mayor parte de Judá y la mitad de Israel estaba allí para recibirlo.
40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
41 Pero los hombres de Israel se quejaron al rey, porque solamente fueron hombres de Judá los que les ayudaron a cruzar al río a él y a su familia.
41 Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”
42 ―¿Por qué no? —respondieron los hombres de Judá—. El rey es de nuestra tribu. ¿Por qué esto les ha de causar enojo? ¿Acaso le hemos cobrado? Él no nos ha dado ni comida ni regalos.
42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”
43 ―Pero hay diez tribus en Israel —respondieron los otros—, de modo que tenemos diez veces más derecho delante del rey que ustedes. ¿Por qué no nos invitaron? No olviden que fuimos los primeros en hablar de hacer volver al rey. La disputa continuó, y las palabras de los de Judá fueron más violentas que las de los de Israel.
43 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Amasa
Son of Ithra and Abigail and a cousin of Joab, whom Absalom made army commander in Joab's place, whom David later offered Joab's command, and whom Joab killed with a dagger.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 20:4
Barzillai
A very wealthy eighty-year-old Gileadite from Rogelim who provided for David at Mahanaim and, declining to go to Jerusalem, asked David to take Chimham in his place. Ezra 2:61 and…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:27; 2 Samuel 19:31; 2 Samuel 19:32
Chimham
Presented by Barzillai the Gileadite to David as one to receive the king's favor in his place, he crossed the Jordan with David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 19:37; 2 Samuel 19:38; 2 Samuel 19:40
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
Gera
Named as the father of Shimei, the Benjamite from Bahurim who cursed David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8
Shimei
A man of Saul's house from Bahurim, who cursed and threw stones at David as he fled Absalom and then begged forgiveness on David's return, when David swore he would not die.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 19:16
Cross references (39)
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- 1 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 18:14; Proverbs 17:25; 2 Samuel 18:33; 2 Samuel 18:12
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 16:15
- 3 Genesis 31:27; 2 Samuel 17:24; 2 Samuel 19:32
- 4 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 18:33
- 5 Psalm 3:8; Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 18:47–48
- 6 Proverbs 19:9–10; Acts 23:5; 2 Samuel 3:24–25; Job 34:18
- 7 Proverbs 14:28; Genesis 34:3; Proverbs 19:15; Hosea 2:14; Psalm 71:18–20
- 8 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Samuel 18:4; 2 Kings 14:12; 2 Samuel 18:6–8; 2 Samuel 15:2
- 9 2 Samuel 15:14; Genesis 3:12–13; 2 Samuel 8:1–14; James 3:14–16; 1 Samuel 18:25
- 10 2 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 15:12–13; Judges 18:9; Hosea 8:4
- 11 2 Samuel 15:29; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 1 Kings 2:25–26; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; 2 Samuel 15:35–36
- 13 2 Samuel 17:25; Ruth 1:17; 2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Kings 19:2; 2 Samuel 19:5–7
- 14 Judges 20:1; Acts 4:32; Psalm 110:2–3
- 15 Joshua 5:9; 1 Samuel 11:14–15
- 16 1 Kings 2:8; 2 Samuel 16:5–13; Matthew 5:25; 1 Kings 2:36–46; Proverbs 6:4–5
- 17 2 Samuel 9:2; 2 Samuel 16:1–4; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 19:26–27
- 18 Psalm 66:3; Revelation 3:9; Psalm 81:15
- 19 1 Samuel 22:15; Romans 4:6–8; 2 Samuel 13:20; Exodus 10:16–17; 2 Samuel 16:5–14
- 20 Hosea 4:15–17; 1 Kings 12:25; Hosea 5:3; Genesis 48:20; 1 Kings 12:20
- 21 Exodus 22:28; 1 Samuel 26:9; 1 Kings 21:10–11; 1 Samuel 24:6; 2 Samuel 16:5
- 22 1 Samuel 11:13; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 3:39; Matthew 8:29; Luke 9:54–56
- 23 1 Kings 2:46; 1 Kings 2:8–9; 1 Kings 2:37; Hebrews 6:16; 1 Samuel 28:10
- 24 Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 41:5; Romans 12:15; 2 Samuel 9:6–10; 2 Samuel 16:3
- 26 2 Samuel 16:2–3; 2 Samuel 9:3; 2 Samuel 4:4
- 27 2 Samuel 14:17; 2 Samuel 14:20; 1 Samuel 29:9; 2 Samuel 16:3; Jeremiah 9:4
- 28 2 Samuel 9:13; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 21:6–9; 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Kings 8:3
- 29 Psalm 101:5; Job 19:16–17; Psalm 82:2; Proverbs 18:13; Acts 18:15
- 30 Acts 20:24; Philippians 1:20; 2 Samuel 1:26
- 31 1 Kings 2:7; Ezra 2:61; 2 Samuel 17:27–29; Nehemiah 7:63
- 33 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Luke 22:28–30; Matthew 25:34–40; 2 Samuel 9:11
- 34 James 4:14; 1 Corinthians 7:29; Genesis 47:8–9; Job 14:14; Psalm 39:5–6
- 35 2 Samuel 15:33; Ezra 2:65; Psalm 90:10; Hebrews 5:14; Job 6:30
- 36 Luke 6:38
- 37 Jeremiah 41:17; 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Samuel 19:40; Genesis 47:30; Joshua 23:14
- 39 Genesis 31:55; Ruth 1:14; Genesis 47:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; Genesis 14:19
- 40 2 Samuel 19:11–15; Genesis 49:10; Matthew 21:9
- 41 Judges 8:1; Judges 12:1; 2 Samuel 19:3; Genesis 31:26–27; John 7:5–6
- 42 2 Samuel 19:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3–17; 2 Samuel 5:1
- 43 Galatians 5:20; 2 Samuel 5:1; 1 Kings 11:30–31; James 4:1–5; James 3:14–16
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