2 Samuel 14

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1 Conoció Joab, hijo de Sarvia, que el corazón del rey estaba por Absalón	1 Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,
2 y envió Joab a Técoa, a traer de allí una mujer sagaz a la que dijo: «Da muestras de duelo, vístete de luto y no te perfumes; pórtate como una mujer que hace muchos días que está en duelo por un muerto.	2 so he sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman. And he said to her: “Feign that you are in mourning, and put on the clothing of one who mourns. And do not anoint yourself with oil, so that you may be like a woman who is still grieving for someone who died some time ago.
3 Entra luego donde el rey y dile estas palabras», y Joab puso las palabras en su boca.	3 And you shall enter to the king, and you shall speak words to him in this manner.” Then Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 Entró, pues, donde el rey la mujer de Técoa y cayendo sobre su rostro en tierra se postró y dijo: «¡Sálvame, oh rey!»	4 And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, “Save me, O king.”
5 El rey le dijo: «¿Qué te pasa?» Y ella contestó: «¡Ay de mí! Soy una mujer viuda. Mi marido ha muerto.	5 And the king said to her, “What problem do you have?” And she responded: “Alas, I am a woman who is a widow. For my husband has died.
6 Tu sierva tiene dos hijos. Se pelearon en el campo, no había quien los separase y uno hirió al otro y le mató.	6 And your handmaid had two sons. And they quarreled against one another in the field. And there was no one there who would be able to stop them. And one struck the other, and killed him.
7 Y ahora se alza toda la familia contra tu sierva y dicen: “Entréganos al asesino de su hermano: le haremos morir por la vida de su hermano, al que mató, y haremos desaparecer también al heredero.” Así van a extinguir el ascua que me queda y no dejarán a mi marido nombre ni superviviente en la tierra».	7 And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: ‘Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.’ And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth.”
8 El rey dijo a la mujer: «Vete a tu casa que yo daré órdenes sobre tu asunto».	8 And the king said to the woman, “Go to your own house, and I will make a decree on your behalf.”
9 Pero la mujer de Técoa dijo al rey: «Caiga, oh rey mi señor, la culpa sobre mí y sobre la casa de mi padre y queden inocentes el rey y su trono».	9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king: “May the iniquity be upon me, my lord, and upon the house of my father. But may the king and his throne be innocent.”
10 El rey dijo: «Si alguno todavía te dice algo, hazle venir y no te molestará más».	10 And the king said, “Whoever will contradict you, bring him to me, and he will never touch you again.”
11 Replicó ella: «Que el rey mencione, por favor, a Yahveh, tu Dios, para que el vengador de sangre no aumente la ruina y no extermine a mi hijo». El dijo: «Vive Yahveh, que no caerá en tierra ni un cabello de tu hijo».	11 And she said, “Let the king remember the Lord his God, so that close blood relatives may not be multiplied in order to take revenge, and so that they may by no means kill my son.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair from your son shall fall to the ground.”
12 La mujer dijo: «Te suplico que tu sierva pueda decir a mi señor el rey una palabra». Dijo: «Habla».	12 Then the woman said, “Let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”
13 Respondió la mujer: «¿Por qué has tenido tal pensamiento contra el pueblo de Dios y se hace el rey culpable diciendo que no vuelva más su desterrado?	13 And the woman said: “Why have you thought such a thing against the people of God, and why has the king spoken this word, so that he sins and does not lead back the one whom he rejected?
14 Todos hemos de morir; como el algua que se derrama en tierra no se vuelva a recoger, así Dios no vuelve a conceder la vida. Que el rey elija medios para que el proscrito no siga alejado de él.	14 We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.
15 «Así pues, si tu sierva ha venido para hablar a mi señor el rey estas cosas, es porque me han metido miedo y tu sierva se ha dicho: Hablaré al rey y acaso el rey cumpla la palabra de su esclava,	15 Therefore, now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, in the presence of the people. And your handmaid said: I will speak to the king, for perhaps there may be some way for the king to accomplish the word of his handmaid.
16 pues el rey me escuchará y librará a su esclava de la ira del hombre que quiere exterminarme, a mí juntamente con mi hijo, de la heredad de Dios.	16 And the king listened, and he freed his handmaid from the hand of all who were willing to take away me and my son together, from the inheritance of God.
17 Tu sierva dice: Que la palabra de mi señor el rey traiga la paz, pues mi señor el rey es como el Angel de Dios para discernir el bien y el mal. Y que Yahveh tu Dios sea contigo».	17 Therefore, let your handmaid speak, so that the word of my lord the king may be like a sacrifice. For even like an Angel of God, so is my lord the king, so that he is moved by neither a blessing, nor a curse. Then too, the Lord your God is with you.”
18 El rey respondió a la mujer y dijo: «No me oculte nada de lo que voy a preguntarte». La mujer dijo: «Habla, oh rey, mi señor».	18 And in response, the king said to the woman, “You shall not conceal from me a word of what I ask you.” And the woman said to him, “Speak, my lord the king.”
19 Dijo el rey: «¿No anda contigo la mano de Joab en todo esto?» Respondió la mujer: «Por tu vida, oh rey mi señor, que no se desvía ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda nada de lo que el rey mi señor dice. Tu siervo Joab me ha mandado y ha puesto en la boca de tu sierva todas estas palabras.	19 And the king said, “Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said: “By the welfare of your soul, my lord the king, it is neither to the left, nor to the right, in all these things that my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab himself instructed me, and he himself placed all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.
20 Para abordar con rodeos el tema hizo esto tu siervo Joab. Pero mi señor es prudente como el Angel de Dios y sabe todo cuanto sucede en la tierra».	20 Thus did I turn to this figure of speech, because your servant Joab instructed it. But you, my lord the king, are wise, just as an Angel of God has wisdom, so that you understand all that is upon the earth.”
21 Entonces el rey dijo a Joab: «Mira, he decidido el asunto. Anda y haz que regrese el joven Absalón».	21 And the king said to Joab: “Behold, your word has succeeded in appeasing me. Therefore, go and call back the boy Absalom.”
22 Cayó Joab sobre su rostro en tierra y postrándose bendijo al rey. Joab dijo: «Hoy ha conocido tu siervo que ha hallado gracia a tus ojos, oh rey mi señor, pues ha cumplido el rey el deseo de su siervo».	22 And falling to the ground upon his face, Joab reverenced, and he blessed the king. And Joab said: “Today your servant has understood that I have found grace in your sight, my lord the king. For you have accomplished the word of your servant.”
23 Levantóse Joab, fue a Guesur y llevó a Absalón a Jerusalén.	23 Then Joab rose up, and he went away to Geshur. And he brought Absalom into Jerusalem.
24 Pero el rey dijo: «Que se retire a su casa, pues no ha de ver mi rostro». Y Absalón se retiró a su casa sin ver el rostro del rey.	24 But the king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” And so, Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
25 No había en todo Israel un hombre tan apuesto como Absalón, ni tan celebrado; de la planta de los pies hasta la coronilla de la cabeza no había en él defecto.	25 Now in all of Israel, there was no man so handsome, and so very stately as Absalom. From the sole of the foot to the top of the head, there was no blemish in him.
26 Cuando se cortaba el pelo - y se lo cortaba cada año; porque le pesaba mucho y por eso se lo cortaba - pesaba el cabello de su cabezca doscientos siclos, peso real.	26 And when he shaved off his hair, for he shaved it off once a year, because his long hair was burdensome to him, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, by the public weights.
27 Le nacieron a Absalón tres hijos y una hija, llamada Tamar; era una mujer de gran belleza.	27 Then three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, of elegant form, whose name was Tamar.
28 Absalón estuvo en Jerusalén dos años sin ver el rostro del rey.	28 And Absalom remained for two years in Jerusalem, and he did not see the face of the king.
29 Llamó Absalón a Joab para enviarle al rey, pero él no quiso ir. Le llamó todavía una segunda vez, pero tampoco quiso.	29 And so, he sent to Joab, so that he might send him to the king. But he refused to come to him. And when he had sent a second time, and he had refused to come to him,
30 Entonces dijo a sus servidores: «Ved el campo de Joab, que está junto al mío, donde él tiene la cebada. Id y prendedle fuego». Los servidores de Absalón prendieron fuego al campo.	30 he said to his servants: “You know that the field of Joab, the one that is near my field, has a harvest of barley. Therefore, go and set it on fire.” And so, the servants of Absalom set fire to the grain field. And the servants of Joab, arriving with their garments torn, said, “The servants of Absalom have set fire to part of the field!”
31 Entonces se levantó Joab, fue a casa de Absalón y le dijo: «¿Por qué tus servidores han prendido fuego a mi campo?»	31 And Joab rose up, and he went to Absalom at his house, and he said, “Why have your servants set fire to my grain field?”
32 Absalón respondió a Joab: «Te he mandado llamar para decirte: Ven, por favor, pues quiero enviarte al rey para que le digas: ¿Para qué he vuelto de Guesur? Mejor me hubiera sido estarme allí. Quiero ver el rostro del rey; si hay alguna culpa en mí, que me haga morir».	32 And Absalom responded to Joab: “I sent to you, begging that you might come to me, and that I might send you to the king, and that you might say to him: ‘Why was I brought from Geshur? It would have been better for me to be there.’ I beg you, therefore, that I may see the face of the king. And if he is mindful of my iniquity, let him put me to death.”
33 Fue Joab al rey y se lo comunicó. Entonces llamó a Absalón. Entró éste donde el rey y se postró sobre su rostro en presencia del rey. Y el rey besó a Absalón.	33 And so, Joab, entering to the king, reported everything to him. And Absalom was summoned. And he entered to the king, and he reverenced on the face of the earth. And the king kissed Absalom.