2 Samuel · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
2 Samuel 15 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Después de esto, aconteció que Absalón consiguió una carroza y caballos, y 50 hombres para que corrieran delante de él.
1 After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
2 Absalón se levantaba temprano y se colocaba junto al camino en la puerta. A cualquiera que tenía un pleito y acudía al rey para que aplicara juicio, Absalón lo llamaba y le decía: ¿De qué ciudad eres? Y él decía: Tu esclavo es de una de las tribus de Israel.
2 Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, “What city are you from?” He said, “Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”
3 Entonces Absalón le decía: Mira, tu causa es buena y justa, pero no tienes quien escuche de parte del rey.
3 Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”
4 Y Absalón decía: ¡Oh, que alguno me designara juez en la tierra, pues entonces todo hombre que tenga un pleito o una causa podría venir a mí y yo le haría justicia!
4 Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”
5 Acontecía que cuando alguien se acercaba para inclinarse ante él, [Absalón] extendía su mano, lo agarraba y lo besaba.
5 It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
6 Absalón trataba a todo Israel de este modo cuando acudían al rey para que juzgara. Así Absalón robaba los corazones de los hombres de Israel.
6 Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7 Después de cuatro años, aconteció que Absalón dijo al rey: Te ruego que me permitas ir a Hebrón a cumplir un voto que hice a Yavé.
7 At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
8 Porque cuando estaba en Gesur, en Siria, tu esclavo juró y dijo: Si Yavé ciertamente me devuelve a Jerusalén, entonces serviré a Yavé.
8 For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’”
9 Y el rey le dijo: Vé en paz. Así que se levantó y se fue a Hebrón.
9 The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
10 Pero Absalón envió mensajeros por todas las tribus de Israel, a decir: Al oír el sonido de la corneta, dirán: ¡Absalón reina en Hebrón!
10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”
11 Con Absalón salieron de Jerusalén 200 hombres como invitados, que en su ingenuidad iban sin saber algo [del motivo].
11 Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything.
12 Mientras ofrecía los sacrificios, Absalón envió a buscar a Ahitofel gilonita, consejero de David, desde Gilo su ciudad. La conspiración fue fuerte, pues aumentaba el pueblo a favor de Absalón.
12 Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom.
13 Entonces un mensajero fue a David y dijo: ¡Los corazones de los hombres de Israel se van tras Absalón!
13 A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”
14 David dijo a todos sus esclavos que estaban con él en Jerusalén: ¡Levántense y huyamos, porque ninguno de nosotros escapará de Absalón! ¡Dense prisa en salir, no sea que se apresure, nos alcance y derrame la calamidad sobre nosotros, y destruya la ciudad a filo de espada!
14 David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise! Let’s flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
15 Los esclavos contestaron al rey: ¡Mira, tus esclavos están para cualquier cosa que nuestro ʼadón el rey disponga!
15 The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
16 Entonces el rey salió con toda su casa tras él. Pero el rey dejó a diez mujeres concubinas para que cuidaran la casa.
16 The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
17 El rey salió con todo el pueblo tras él, y se detuvieron en la última casa.
17 The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.
18 Todos sus esclavos pasaron a su lado: Todos los cereteos, los peleteos y los geteos, 600 hombres que seguían tras él desde Gat, pasaron delante del rey.
18 All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
19 Entonces el rey dijo a Itai geteo: ¿Por qué vienes tú también con nosotros? Vuelve y quédate con el [otro] rey, porque tú eres un extranjero y también un desterrado de tu lugar.
19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner and also an exile. Return to your own place.
20 Llegaste ayer, ¿y hoy te haré vagar con nosotros mientras voy sin rumbo? Regresa y devuelve a tus hermanos. La misericordia y la verdad sean contigo.
20 Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you.”
21 Pero Itai respondió al rey: ¡Vive Yavé y vive mi ʼadón el rey que dondequiera que esté mi ʼadón el rey, sea para muerte o para vida, tu esclavo estará allí!
21 Ittai answered the king and said, “As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king is, whether for death or for life, your servant will be there also.”
22 David respondió a Itai: ¡Ven y pasa adelante! E Itai geteo pasó con todos sus hombres y con todos los niños que estaban con él.
22 David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him.
23 Todo el país lloraba a gran voz y todo el pueblo cruzó el torrente de Cedrón. También el rey cruzó con toda la gente que cruzaba rumbo al camino de la región despoblada.
23 All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness.
24 Ciertamente también Sadoc cruzó y todos los levitas que estaban con él. Cargaban el Arca del Pacto de ʼElohim. Ellos asentaron el Arca de ʼElohim hasta que todo el pueblo terminó de salir de la ciudad. Entonces Abiatar subió.
24 Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down God’s ark; and Abiathar went up until all the people finished passing out of the city.
25 Luego el rey dijo a Sadoc: Haz que vuelva el Arca de ʼElohim a la ciudad. Si hallé gracia ante Yavé, Él me hará volver y me permitirá verla en su morada.
25 The king said to Zadok, “Carry God’s ark back into the city. If I find favor in Yahweh’s eyes, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his habitation;
26 Pero si dice: No me complazco en ti, aquí estoy. Que haga de mí lo que le parezca bien.
26 but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”
27 Dijo además el rey al sacerdote Sadoc: ¿No eres tú el vidente? Vuelve a la ciudad en paz, y regresen los dos hijos de ustedes: tu hijo Ahimaas y Jonatán, hijo de Abiatar.
27 The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
28 Miren, yo me detendré en los vados de la región despoblada hasta que venga palabra de parte de ustedes para informarme.
28 Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
29 Entonces Sadoc y Abiatar llevaron el Arca de ʼElohim de regreso a Jerusalén y se quedaron allí.
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried God’s ark to Jerusalem again; and they stayed there.
30 David subió la cuesta de los Olivos. Y mientras la subió, lloraba, tenía la cabeza cubierta e iba descalzo. Y todo el pueblo, cada uno que estaba con él, cubrió su cabeza y lloraban mientras subían.
30 David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. All the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
31 Uno informó a David: Ahitofel está entre los que conspiraron con Absalón. Entonces David exclamó: ¡Oh Yavé, te ruego que entorpezcas el consejo de Ahitofel!
31 Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
32 Ocurrió que cuando David llegó a la cumbre de la montaña donde solía postrarse ante ʼElohim, ahí le salió a encontrarlo Husai arquita, con la túnica rasgada y tierra sobre su cabeza.
32 When David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his tunic torn and earth on his head.
33 David le dijo: Si pasas conmigo serás una carga para mí,
33 David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
34 pero si vuelves a la ciudad y dices a Absalón: ¡Oh rey! Yo seré tu esclavo, así como fui esclavo de tu padre, ahora también soy esclavo tuyo. Entonces frustrarás el consejo de Ahitofel a mi favor.
34 but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant; then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’
35 ¿Los sacerdotes Sadoc y Abiatar no estarán allí contigo? Por tanto, toda palabra que oigan en la casa del rey la declararán a los sacerdotes Sadoc y Abiatar.
35 Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36 Mira, están con ellos sus dos hijos: Ahimaas, el de Sadoc, y Jonatán, el de Abiatar. Por medio de ellos me informarán todo lo que oigan.
36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son. Send to me everything that you shall hear by them.”
37 Así Husai, amigo de David, fue a la ciudad, y Absalón entró en Jerusalén.
37 So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Absalom
David's handsome son who avenged Tamar, rebelled against his father, and briefly seized the throne.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 15-18
Ahimaaz
Zadok's son, who with Jonathan son of Abiathar secretly carried word to David during Absalom's revolt and outran the Cushite to bring David news of the victory.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17
Ahithophel
David's counselor from Giloh, whose advice was regarded like the word of God; he joined Absalom's conspiracy, advised him to take David's concubines and to pursue David at once,…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 16:23
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
Hushai
David's friend, who at David's request returned to Jerusalem as Absalom's servant and defeated Ahithophel's counsel with advice Absalom judged better.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16
Ittai
A foreigner from Gath who swore to follow David wherever he went, left Jerusalem with David and his men, and commanded a third of David's army against Absalom.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:19; 2 Samuel 15:21; 2 Samuel 15:22
Jonathan
Son of the priest Abiathar, who with Ahimaaz carried messages to David during Absalom's revolt and hid in a well at Bahurim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17
Zadok
Son of Ahitub and a priest alongside Abiathar in David's administration, who with the Levites carried the ark when David fled Jerusalem and returned it to the city at David's…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 15:24; 2 Samuel 15:25
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 1:5; 2 Samuel 12:11; Psalm 20:7; 1 Samuel 8:11; Proverbs 11:2
- 2 Ruth 4:1; Matthew 27:1; Exodus 18:16; 2 Samuel 19:8; Exodus 18:14
- 3 2 Peter 2:10; Psalm 12:2; Proverbs 30:11; 1 Peter 2:17; Proverbs 30:17
- 4 Judges 9:29; Luke 14:8–11; 2 Peter 2:19; Proverbs 27:2; Proverbs 25:6
- 5 2 Samuel 14:33; Proverbs 26:25; Psalm 55:21; Psalm 10:9–10
- 6 Romans 16:18; 2 Peter 2:3; Proverbs 11:9
- 7 Isaiah 58:4; 2 Samuel 13:24–27; 1 Samuel 16:1–2; 2 Samuel 13:38; Proverbs 21:27
- 8 2 Samuel 13:37–38; Genesis 28:20–21; Jeremiah 9:3–5; 1 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 14:23
- 10 2 Samuel 14:30; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 3:2–3; 1 Chronicles 12:38; 2 Samuel 19:10
- 11 1 Samuel 9:13; 1 Samuel 22:15; Romans 16:18–19; Genesis 20:5; Matthew 10:16
- 12 2 Samuel 15:31; Psalm 41:9; Joshua 15:51; Titus 1:16; Psalm 55:12–14
- 13 Judges 9:3; 2 Samuel 15:6; Matthew 27:22; Psalm 62:9; 2 Samuel 3:36
- 14 2 Samuel 19:9; Psalm 3:1–8; Psalm 51:18; 2 Samuel 12:11; Matthew 11:12
- 15 Proverbs 18:24; Luke 22:28–29; John 6:66–69; John 15:14
- 16 2 Samuel 16:21–22; 2 Samuel 20:3; Psalm 3:1; Romans 12:2; 1 Samuel 25:27
- 17 Psalm 3:1–2; Psalm 66:12; Ecclesiastes 10:7
- 18 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:23; 1 Samuel 30:14; 2 Samuel 20:7; 1 Kings 1:38
- 19 2 Samuel 18:2; Ruth 1:11–13
- 20 1 Samuel 23:13; 2 Samuel 2:6; Hebrews 11:37–38; John 1:17; Psalm 57:3
- 21 Ruth 1:16–17; Proverbs 17:17; 2 Kings 4:30; Proverbs 18:24; Acts 11:23
- 23 2 Samuel 16:2; 1 Kings 2:37; John 18:1; Matthew 3:3; 2 Chronicles 29:16
- 24 2 Samuel 8:17; Numbers 4:15; 2 Samuel 20:25; 1 Samuel 22:20; Joshua 3:3
- 25 Jeremiah 25:30; Psalm 26:8; Psalm 84:10; Psalm 43:3–4; Exodus 15:13
- 26 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 22:20; 1 Kings 10:9; Numbers 14:8; Isaiah 62:4
- 27 2 Samuel 17:17; 1 Samuel 9:9; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 24:11; 2 Samuel 15:34
- 28 2 Samuel 17:16; 2 Samuel 15:23; 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Samuel 17:1
- 30 Esther 6:12; 2 Samuel 19:4; Luke 19:41; Ezekiel 24:23; Luke 19:37
- 31 2 Samuel 17:14; 2 Samuel 17:23; Psalm 41:9; James 3:15; Job 5:12
- 32 Joshua 16:2; 2 Samuel 1:2; Psalm 3:3–5; 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Luke 19:29
- 33 2 Samuel 19:35
- 34 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Joshua 8:2; 2 Samuel 15:20; 2 Samuel 17:5–14; Matthew 10:16
- 35 2 Samuel 17:15–16
- 36 2 Samuel 17:17; 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 18:19–33
- 37 1 Chronicles 27:33; 2 Samuel 16:15–16
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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