2 Samuel 12:3-5
New English Translation
3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children.[a] It used to[b] eat his food,[c] drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms.[d] It was just like a daughter to him.
4 “When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home,[e] he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed[f] the traveler who had come to visit him.[g] Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked[h] it for the man who had come to visit him.”
5 Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die![i]
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- 2 Samuel 12:3 tn Heb “his sons.”
- 2 Samuel 12:3 tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.
- 2 Samuel 12:3 tn Heb “from his morsel.”
- 2 Samuel 12:3 tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lie.”
- 2 Samuel 12:4 tn Heb “came to the rich man.” In the translation “arrived at the rich man’s home” has been used for stylistic reasons.
- 2 Samuel 12:4 tn Heb “and he refused to take from his flock and from his herd to prepare [a meal] for.”
- 2 Samuel 12:4 tn Heb “who had come to him” (also a second time later in this verse). The word “visit” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.
- 2 Samuel 12:4 tn Heb “and prepared.”
- 2 Samuel 12:5 tn Heb “the man doing this [is] a son of death.” See 1 Sam 20:31 for another use of this expression, which must mean “he is as good as dead” or “he deserves to die,” as 1 Sam 20:32 makes clear.
2 Samuel 12:3-5
Nova Versão Transformadora
3 O pobre não tinha nada, exceto uma cordeirinha que ele havia comprado. Ele criou a cordeirinha, e ela cresceu com os filhos dele. Comia de seu prato, bebia de seu copo e até dormia em seus braços; ela era como sua filha. 4 Certo dia, um visitante chegou à casa do rico. Em vez de matar um dos animais de seu próprio rebanho, o rico tomou a cordeirinha do pobre, a matou e a preparou para seu visitante”.
5 Davi ficou furioso com esse homem rico e jurou: “Tão certo como vive o Senhor, o homem que faz uma coisa dessas merece morrer!
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