2 Samuel 12
New Living Translation
Nathan Rebukes David
12 So the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story: “There were two men in a certain town. One was rich, and one was poor. 2 The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle. 3 The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter. 4 One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”
5 David was furious. “As surely as the Lord lives,” he vowed, “any man who would do such a thing deserves to die! 6 He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.”
7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! The Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul. 8 I gave you your master’s house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more. 9 Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife. 10 From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own.
11 “This is what the Lord says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view. 12 You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”
David Confesses His Guilt
13 Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”
Nathan replied, “Yes, but the Lord has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin. 14 Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the Lord[a] by doing this, your child will die.”
15 After Nathan returned to his home, the Lord sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah’s wife. 16 David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground. 17 The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.
18 Then on the seventh day the child died. David’s advisers were afraid to tell him. “He wouldn’t listen to reason while the child was ill,” they said. “What drastic thing will he do when we tell him the child is dead?”
19 When David saw them whispering, he realized what had happened. “Is the child dead?” he asked.
“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”
20 Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions,[b] and changed his clothes. He went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the Lord. After that, he returned to the palace and was served food and ate.
21 His advisers were amazed. “We don’t understand you,” they told him. “While the child was still living, you wept and refused to eat. But now that the child is dead, you have stopped your mourning and are eating again.”
22 David replied, “I fasted and wept while the child was alive, for I said, ‘Perhaps the Lord will be gracious to me and let the child live.’ 23 But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me.”
24 Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and David[c] named him Solomon. The Lord loved the child 25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means “beloved of the Lord”), as the Lord had commanded.[d]
David Captures Rabbah
26 Meanwhile, Joab was fighting against Rabbah, the capital of Ammon, and he captured the royal fortifications.[e] 27 Joab sent messengers to tell David, “I have fought against Rabbah and captured its water supply.[f] 28 Now bring the rest of the army and capture the city. Otherwise, I will capture it and get credit for the victory.”
29 So David gathered the rest of the army and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it. 30 David removed the crown from the king’s head,[g] and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and it weighed seventy-five pounds.[h] David took a vast amount of plunder from the city. 31 He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with[i] saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to work in the brick kilns.[j] That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
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- 12:14 As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads the enemies of the Lord.
- 12:20 Hebrew anointed himself.
- 12:24 Hebrew he; an alternate Hebrew reading and some Hebrew manuscripts read she.
- 12:25 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads because of the Lord.
- 12:26 Or the royal city.
- 12:27 Or captured the city of water.
- 12:30a Or from the head of Milcom (as in Greek version). Milcom, also called Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.
- 12:30b Hebrew 1 talent [34 kilograms].
- 12:31a Hebrew He also brought out the people [of Rabbah] and put them under.
- 12:31b Hebrew and he made them pass through the brick kilns.
2 Samuel 12
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Gibadlong ni Natan si David
12 Unya gipaadto sa Ginoo si Propeta Natan ngadto kang David. Pag-abot niya didto, miingon siya kang David, “May duha ka tawo nga nagpuyo sa usa ka lungsod. Ang usa adunahan ug ang usa kabos. 2 Daghan kaayog mga karnero ug mga baka ang adunahan, 3 apan ang kabos may usa ra gayod ka karnero nga iya pang pinalit. Gialimahan niya kini, ug midako kini uban kaniya ug sa iyang mga anak. Gipakaon niya kini sa iyang pagkaon, ug gipainom sa iya mismong baso, ug iya pa kining gikugos-kugos. Giisip niya kini nga morag iyang anak nga babaye. 4 Usa niana ka higayon, may bisita ang adunahan, apan dili siya gustong moihaw sa iyang karnero o baka aron ipakaon sa iyang bisita. Gikuha hinuon niya ang karnero sa kabos nga tawo ug gipaihaw kini aron ipakaon sa iyang bisita.”
5 Nasuko pag-ayo si David sa tawo nga adunahan ug miingon siya kang Natan, “Ipanumpa ko sa buhi nga Ginoo nga angay gayong patyon ang tawo nga naghimo niana. 6 Ug tungod kay wala siyay kalooy sa kabos, angay niyang bayran ug upat ka karnero ang usa ka karnero nga iyang gikuha.”
7 Unya miingon si Natan kang David, “Ikaw kadtong maong tawo! Mao kini ang giingon sa Ginoo, ang Dios sa Israel: ‘Gipili ko ikaw nga hari sa Israel ug giluwas ko ikaw gikan kang Saul. 8 Gihatag ko kanimo ang iyang gingharian ug ang iyang mga asawa. Gihimo ko ikaw nga hari sa tibuok Israel ug Juda. Ug kon kulang pa kini, mahatagan ko pa ikaw ug mas daghan. 9 Busa nganong gipakawalay-bili mo man ang akong pulong pinaagi sa paghimo ug daotan sa akong panan-aw? Gituyo mo nga mamatay si Uria sa gira; gipapatay mo siya sa mga Amonihanon, ug gikuha mo pa ang iyang asawa. 10 Busa, gikan karon kanunay na nga may gira ug pagpinatyanay diha sa imong panimalay, tungod kay gitamay mo ako ug gikuha mo ang asawa ni Uria nga Hitihanon aron mahimong imong asawa.’
11 “Dugang niini miingon ang Ginoo: ‘Magpadala akog kasamok batok kanimo nga gikan mismo sa imong panimalay. Ihatag ko ang imong mga asawa sa usa ka tawo nga suod kanimo, ug makighilawas siya kanila nga dayag sa tanan. 12 Ang imong gihimo nga daotan gihimo mo sa tago, apan himuon ko kini kanimo nga dayag ngadto sa tanang mga Israelinhon.’ ”
13 Unya miingon si David kang Natan, “Nakasala ako sa Ginoo.” Mitubag si Natan, “Gipasaylo ka na sa Ginoo, ug dili ka mamatay. 14 Apan tungod kay ang imong gihimo nakahatag ug kahigayonan sa mga kaaway sa Ginoo nga pasipalahan siya, mamatay gayod ang imong anak.”
15 Mipauli si Natan sa iyang balay. Unya gihatagan sa Ginoo ug grabe nga sakit ang anak ni David kang Batsheba. 16 Nagpakilooy si David sa Dios alang sa bata. Nagpuasa siya sulod sa iyang kuwarto, ug sa yuta siya nagkatulog matag gabii. 17 Giadtoan siya sa iyang mga opisyal aron pabangonon, apan midumili siya, ug dili siya mokaon uban kanila.
18 Sa ikapito ka adlaw, namatay ang bata. Nahadlok ang mga alagad ni David sa pagsulti kaniya niini. Miingon sila, “Unsaon nato pagsulti kaniya nga patay na ang bata? Wala gani siya magtagad sa pag-alam-alam nato kaniya sa buhi pa ang bata, unsa pa kaha karon nga patay na kini. Basig maghimo siyag dili maayo sa iyang kaugalingon!”
19 Nakita ni David nga naghinunghongay ang iyang mga alagad, busa nasabtan niya nga patay na ang bata. Nangutana siya, “Patay na ba ang bata?” Mitubag sila, “Oo.” 20 Unya mibangon si David, naligo, nanghaplas ug humot nga lana, ug nagailis. Miadto siya sa balay sa Ginoo ug misimba. Unya mipauli siya, nagpahukad ug pagkaon, ug mikaon. 21 Miingon ang iyang mga alagad kaniya, “Unsa kining imong gibuhat? Sa dihang buhi pa ang bata, nagpuasa ka ug mihilak, apan karong patay na ang bata, mibangon ka ug mikaon!” 22 Mitubag si David, “Oo, nagpuasa ako ug mihilak sa dihang buhi pa ang bata kay namasin ako nga kaloy-an ako sa Ginoo ug dili niya itugot nga mamatay ang bata. 23 Apan karon nga patay na siya, nganong magpuasa pa man ako? Mabuhi pa ba siya pagbalik? Moabot ang adlaw nga moadto ako kaniya, apan siya dili na makabalik kanako.”
24 Unya gialam-alaman ni David ang iyang asawa nga si Batsheba, ug nagdulog sila. Namabdos si Batsheba ug nanganak ug lalaki, ug ginganlan nila kinig Solomon. Gimahal sa Ginoo ang bata, 25 ug gisugo niya si Propeta Natan nga nganlan ang bata ug Jedidia[a] tungod kay gimahal kini sa Ginoo.
Giilog ni David ang Raba
(1 Cro. 20:1-3)
26 Sa laing bahin, misulong sila si Joab sa Raba, ang kapital sa mga Amonihanon, ug halos nailog na nila kini. 27 Nagpadala si Joab ug mga mensahero ngadto kang David sa pag-ingon, “Gisulong namo ang Raba ug nailog namo ang ilang kuhaanan ug tubig. 28 Busa tigoma na ang nahibiling mga sundalo ug humana ang pag-ilog sa lungsod aron ikaw ang mapasidunggan ug dili ako.”
29 Busa gitigom ni David ang nahibiling mga sundalo ug gisulong nila ang Raba, ug nailog nila kini. 30 Gikuha ni David ang bulawan nga korona gikan sa ulo sa hari sa mga Amonihanon[b] ug gibutang sa iyang ulo. May gibug-aton nga mga 35 ka kilo ang korona, ug aduna kini mga batong mahalon. Daghang mga kabtangan ang nakuha ni David niadto nga lungsod. 31 Gibihag niya ang mga lumulupyo niini ug gipatrabaho ginamit ang mga gabas, piko, ug atsa. Gipahimo usab silag mga tisa.[c] Mao kini ang iyang gihimo sa mga lumulupyo sa tanang lungsod sa mga Amonihanon. Unya mipauli si David ug ang tanan niyang mga sundalo ngadto sa Jerusalem.
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