2 Samuel · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
2 Samuel 12 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 El Señor envió a Natán a ver a David. Cuando llegó allí, le dijo: “Había una vez dos hombres que vivían en la 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 muchos miles de ovejas y ganado,
2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
3 pero el pobre no tenía más que una pequeña oveja que había comprado. La cuidó y creció con él y con sus hijos. Comía de su plato y bebía de su copa. Dormía en su regazo y era como una hija para él.
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 día, el hombre rico tuvo una visita. No quiso tomar una de sus ovejas o ganado para alimentar a su visitante. En cambio, tomó el cordero del pobre para preparar una comida para su visitante”.
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 puso absolutamente furioso con lo que hizo aquel hombre, y le dijo airadamente a Natán “¡Vive el Señor, que el hombre que hizo esto debe ser condenado a muerte!
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 Debe pagar a ese cordero con cuatro de los suyos por hacer esto y por ser tan despiadado”.
6 He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity!”
7 “Tú eres ese hombre”. Le dijo Natán a David. “Esto es lo que dice el Señor, el Dios de Israel: ‘Yo te ungí rey de Israel y te salvé 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 amo y puse en tu regazo a las mujeres de tu amo. Te di el reino de Israel y de Judá, y si eso no hubiera sido suficiente, te habría dado mucho 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 Entonces, ¿por qué has tratado con desprecio lo que dijo el Señor, haciendo el mal ante sus ojos? Mataste a Urías el hitita con la espada y le robaste su esposa; lo mataste usando la espada de los amonitas.
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 ello tus descendientes siempre se enfrentarán a la espada porque me has despreciado y robaste la mujer de Urías’.
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 “Esto es lo que dice el Señor ahora: ‘Por lo que hiciste, voy a traer desastre sobre tu propia familia. Arrebataré a tus esposas ante tus propios ojos y se las daré a otro, y él se acostará con tus esposas a la vista de todos.
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 lo hiciste todo en secreto, pero yo lo haré abiertamente donde todo Israel lo pueda ver’”.
12 For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’”
13 Entonces David le dijo a Natán: “He pecado contra el Señor”. “El Señor ha perdonado tus pecados. No vas a morir”, respondió Natán.
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 “Pero como al hacer esto has tratado al Señor con total desprecio, el hijo que tienes 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 Entonces Natán se fue a su casa. El Señor hizo que el hijo que la mujer de Urías había dado a luz a David se pusiera muy enfermo.
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 suplicó a Dios en favor del niño. Ayunó, se dirigió a su habitación y pasó la noche tumbado en el suelo con ropa de silicio.
16 David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.
17 Sus superiores se acercaron a él y trataron de ayudarle a levantarse del suelo, pero no quiso y rechazó sus llamados para ir comer.
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 el niño murió. Pero los funcionarios de David tenían miedo de decirle que el niño había muerto, pues se decían unos a otros: “Mira, mientras el niño estaba vivo, hablamos con él, y se negó a escucharnos. ¿Cómo vamos a decirle que el niño ha muerto? Puede hacer algo muy malo”.
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 Pero David vio que sus funcionarios cuchicheaban entre ellos y se dio cuenta de que el niño había muerto. Así que preguntó a sus funcionarios: “¿Ha muerto el niño?” . “Sí, ha muerto”, le respondieron.
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 David se levantó del suelo, se lavó, se puso aceites perfumados y se cambió de ropa. Luego fue a la casa del Señor y adoró. Después volvió a su casa y pidió algo de comer. Entonces le sirvieron una comida que él 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 “¿Por qué te comportas así?” , le preguntaron sus funcionarios. “Mientras el niño estaba vivo, ayunabas y llorabas en voz alta, pero ahora que ha muerto, 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, ayunaba y lloraba en voz alta, porque pensaba: ‘Tal vez el Señor se apiade de mí y lo deje vivir’.
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 que ha muerto, ¿qué sentido tiene que siga ayunando? ¿Podré traerlo de vuelta? Un día moriré y me iré con él, pero él nunca 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 y le hizo el amor. Ella dio a luz a un hijo y lo llamó Salomón. El Señor amaba al niño,
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 lo que envió un mensaje a través del profeta Natán para que le pusiera el nombre de Jedidías, porque el Señor lo amaba.
25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
26 En ese momento, Joab había estado luchando contra la ciudad amonita de Rabá, y había capturado la fortaleza real.
26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
27 Joab envió mensajeros a David para decirle: “He atacado Rabá y también he capturado su suministro de agua.
27 Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
28 Así que llama al resto del ejército, asedia la ciudad y captúrala. De lo contrario, capturaré la ciudad y me llevaré el crédito”.
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 Así que David convocó al resto del ejército y marchó hacia Rabá. La atacó y la capturó.
29 David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.
30 Tomó la corona de la cabeza de su rey y la colocó en la cabeza de David. Pesaba un talento de oro y estaba decorada con piedras preciosas. David tomó una gran cantidad de botín de la ciudad.
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 David tomó a los habitantes y los obligó a trabajar con sierras, picos de hierro y hachas, y también los hizo trabajar haciendo ladrillos. Lo mismo hizo en todas las ciudades amonitas. Luego David y todo el ejército israelita 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)