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1 Cuando se acercaron los días de la muerte de David, dio órdenes a su hijo Salomón:	1 Now the days of David had drawn near, so that he would die, and he instructed his son Solomon, saying:
2 «Yo me voy por el camino de todos. Ten valor y sé hombre.	2 “I am entering the way of all the earth. Be strengthened and be a good man.
3 Guarda las observancias de Yahveh tu Dios, yendo por su camino, observando sus preceptos, sus órdenes, sus sentencias y sus instrucciones, según está escrito en la ley de Moisés, para que tengas éxito en cuanto hagas y emprendas.	3 And observe the care of the Lord your God, so that you walk in his ways, so that you care for his ceremonies, and his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, just as it is written in the law of Moses. So may you understand everything that you do, in any direction that you may turn yourself.
4 Para que Yahveh cumpla la promesa que me hizo diciendo: “Si tus hijos guardan su camino para andar en mi presencia con fidelidad, con todo su corazón y toda su alma, ninguno de los tuyos será arrancado de sobre el trono de Israel.”	4 So may the Lord confirm his words, which he has spoken about me, saying: ‘If your sons will guard their ways, and if they will walk before me in truth, with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from you a man on the throne of Israel.’
5 También sabes lo que me hizo Joab, hijo de Sarvia, lo que hizo a los dos jefes de los ejércitos de Israel: a Abner, hijo de Ner, y a Amasá, hijo de Yéter, que los mató y derramó en la paz sangre de guerra; ha puesto sangre inocente en el cinturón de mi cintura y en la sandalia de mis pies.	5 Also, you know what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, has done to me, what he did to the two leaders of the army of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner, and to Amasa, the son of Jether. He killed them, and so he shed the blood of war in peace time, and he set the bloodshed of battle on his belt, which was around his waist, and in his shoes, which were on his feet.
6 Harás según tu prudencia y no dejarás bajar en paz sus canas al seol.	6 Therefore, act according to your wisdom. And you shall not allow his gray head to be led away to death in peace.
7 Tratarás con benevolencia a los hijos de Barzillay de Galaad y estarán entre los que comen a tu mesa, porque también ellos se acercaron a mí cuando yo huía ante tu hermano Absalón.	7 Then, too, repay grace to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite. And you shall allow them to eat at your table. For they met me when I fled from the face of Absalom, your brother.
8 Ahí tienes contigo a Semeí, hijo de Guerá, el benjaminita de Bajurim, que me lanzó atroces maldiciones el día que yo iba a Majanáyim; pero bajó a mi encuentro al Jordán y le juré por Yahveh: No te mataré a espada.	8 Also, you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse, when I went away to the camp. And he descended to meet me when I crossed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death by the sword,’
9 Pero tú no le dejarás impune, pues eres hombre avisado y sabes qué tienes que hacer para que sus canas bajen en sangre al seol».	9 yet do not choose to treat him as if he were innocent. Since you are a wise man, you will know what to do with him. And you shall lead away his grey hair to death with blood.”
10 David se acostó con sus padres y le sepultaron en la Ciudad de David.	10 And so, David slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.
11 David reinó sobre Israel cuarenta años; reinó en Hebrón siete años; reinó en Jerusalén 33 años.	11 Now the days during which David reigned over Israel are forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, thirty-three in Jerusalem.
12 Salomón se sentó en el trono de David su padre y el reino se afianzó sólidamente en su mano.	12 Then Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.
13 Adonías, hijo de Jagguit, fue donde Betsabé, madre de Salomón. Ella dijo: «¿Es de paz tu venida?» Respondió: «De paz».	13 And Adonijah, the son of Haggith, entered to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said to him, “Is your entrance peaceful?” He responded, “It is peaceful.”
14 Y añadió: «Quiero hablarte». Ella dijo: «Habla».	14 And he added, “My word is for you.” She said to him, “Speak.” And he said:
15 El dijo: «Sabes bien que la realeza me pertenecía y que todos los israelitas habían vuelto hacia mí sus rostros para que yo reinara; pero la realeza se volvió y fue para mi hermano, pues de Yahveh le ha venido.	15 “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all of Israel had preferred me for themselves as king. But the kingdom was transferred, and has become my brother’s. For it was appointed to him by the Lord.
16 Ahora quiero pedirte una sola cosa, no me la niegues». Ella le dijo: «Habla».	16 Now therefore, I beg of you one petition. May you not confound my face.” And she said to him, “Speak.”
17 Dijo: «Habla, por favor, al rey Salomón, que no te rechazará, para que me dé a Abisag la sunamita por mujer».	17 And he said: “I beg that you may speak to king Solomon, for he is not able to refuse anything to you, so that he may give Abishag the Shunammite to me as wife.”
18 Betsabé contestó: «Está bien. Hablaré al rey Salomón por ti».	18 And Bathsheba said: “It is well. I will speak to the king on your behalf.”
19 Entró Betsabé donde el rey Salomón para hablarle acerca de Adonías. Se levantó el rey, fue a su encuentro y se postró ante ella, y se sentó después en su trono; pusieron un trono para la madre del rey y ella se sentó a su diestra.	19 Then Bathsheba went to king Solomon, so that she might speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and he reverenced her, and he sat down upon his throne. And a throne was stationed for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right hand.
20 Ella dijo: «Tengo que hacerte una pequeña petición, no me la niegues». Dijo el rey: «Pide, madre mía, porque no te la negaré».	20 And she said to him: “I petition one small request from you. May you not confound my face.” And the king said to her: “Ask, my mother. For it is not right that I turn away your face.”
21 Ella dijo: «Que se dé Abisag la sunamita por mujer a tu hermano Adonías».	21 And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah, your brother, as wife.”
22 El rey Salomón respondió a su madre: «¿Por qué pides tú a Abisag la sunamita para Adonías? Pues ya pide el reino para él, pues es mi hermano mayor y tiene de su parte al sacerdote Abiatar y a Joab, hijo de Sarvia».	22 And king Solomon responded, and he said to his mother: “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Why not request the kingdom for him! For he is my older brother, and he has Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah.”
23 Y el rey Salomón juró por Yahveh: «Esto me haga Dios y esto me añada, si Adonías no ha dicho esta palabra a costa de su vida.	23 And so king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying: “May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things! For Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life.
24 Y ahora, por Yahveh que me ha confirmado y me ha hecho sentar en el trono de David mi padre, y le ha dado una casa como había prometido, que hoy mismo morirá Adonías».	24 And now, as the Lord lives, who has confirmed me and placed me upon the throne of my father David, and who, just as he said, has made a house for me: Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”
25 El rey Salomón encargó de ello a Benaías, hijo de Yehoyadá, que le hirió y murió.	25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who put him to death, and so he died.
26 Dijo el rey al sacerdote Abiatar: «Vete a Anatot, a tus tierras, porque eres reo de muerte, pero no quiero hacerte morir hoy porque llevaste el arca de mi Señor Yahveh en presencia de mi padre David y te afligiste con todas las aflicciones de mi padre».	26 Also, the king said to Abiathar, the priest: “Go into Anathoth, to your own land, for you are a man worthy of death. But I will not put you to death this day, since you carried the ark of the Lord God before David, my father, and since you have endured hardship in all the things, for which my father labored.”
27 Y expulsó Salomón a Abiatar del sacerdocio de Yahveh cumpliendo la palabra que Yahveh pronunció contra la casa de Elí en Silo.	27 Therefore, Solomon cast out Abiathar, so that he would not be the priest of the Lord, so that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke over the house of Eli at Shiloh.
28 Llegó la noticia a Joab; como Joab se había inclinado por Adonías, aunque no se había inclinado por Absalón, se refugió Joab en la Tienda de Yahveh y se agarró a los cuernos del altar.	28 And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned aside after Adonijah, and he had not turned aside after Solomon. And so, Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and he took hold of the horn of the altar.
29 Avisaron al rey Salomón: «Joab se ha refugiado en la Tienda de Yahveh y está al lado del altar». Envió Salomón a decir a Joab: «¿Qué te sucede, que te refugias en el altar?» Respondió Joab: «He tenido miedo de ti y me he refugiado junto a Yahveh». Envió Salomón a Benaías, hijo de Yehoyadá, con esta orden: «Vete y mátale».	29 And it was reported to king Solomon that Joab had fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and that he was beside the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, put him to death.”
30 Entró Benaías en la Tienda de Yahveh y le dijo: «Así dice el rey: Sal». Respondió: «No. Moriré aquí». Benaías llevó la respuesta al rey diciendo: «Esto ha dicho Joab y esto me ha respondido».	30 And Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the Lord, and he said to him: “The king says this: ‘Come out.’ ” But he said: “I will not come out. Instead, I will die here.” Benaiah sent word back to the king, saying, “Joab said this, and he responded to me in this way.”
31 El rey le dijo: «Haz como él dijo. Mátale y sepúltale, y apartarás de sobre mí y de sobre la casa de mi padre la sangre inocente que derramó Joab.	31 And the king said to him, “Do just as he has said. And put him to death, and bury him. And so shall you take away the innocent blood, which was shed by Joab, from me and from my father’s house.
32 Yahveh hará recaer su sangre sobre su cabeza porque ha matado dos hombres más justos y mejores que él, matándolos a espada sin saberlo mi padre, a Abner, hijo de Ner, jefe del ejército de Israel, y a Amasá, hijo de Yéter, jefe del ejército de Judá.	32 And the Lord shall repay his blood upon his own head. For he killed two men, just and better than himself, and he killed them with the sword, while my father, David, did not know it: Abner, the son of Ner, leader of the military of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, leader of the army of Judah.
33 Que su sangre caiga sobre la cabeza de Joab y de su descendencia para siempre, y que David y su descendencia, su casa y su trono tengan paz para siempre de parte de Yahveh».	33 And their blood shall be turned back upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his offspring forever. But as for David, and his offspring and house, and his throne, may there be peace from the Lord, even unto eternity.”
34 Subió Benaías, hijo de Yehoyadá, hirió a Joab y le mató y le sepultó en su casa en el desierto.	34 And so Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up and, attacking him, put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the desert.
35 El rey puso en su lugar al frente del ejército a Benaías, hijo de Yehoyadá, y puso el rey al sacerdote Sadoq en el puesto de Abiatar.	35 And the king appointed Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army. And he appointed Zadok, the priest, in place of Abiathar.
36 Envió el rey a llamar a Semeí y le dijo: «Hazte una casa en Jerusalén y vive en ella y no salgas ni acá ni allá.	36 Also, the king sent for and summoned Shimei, and he said to him: “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem, and live there. And do not depart from that place to here or to there.
37 El día que salgas y cruces el torrente Cedrón ten por sabido que sin remedio morirás y tu sangre caerá sobre tu cabeza».	37 For on whatever day you will have departed and crossed the torrent Kidron, know that you shall be put to death. Your blood will be upon your own head.”
38 Semeí dijo al rey: «Tu palabra es buena. Como ha dicho mi señor el rey, así hará su siervo». Semeí habitó en Jerusalén mucho tiempo.	38 And Shimei said to the king: “The word is good. Just as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” And so Shimei lived in Jerusalem for many days.
39 Al cabo de tres años, dos de los siervos de Semeí huyeron a donde Akís, hijo de Maaká, rey de Gat; avisaron a Semeí: «Mira, tus siervos están en Gat».	39 But it happened that, after three years, the servants of Shimei fled to Achish, the son of Maacah, the king of Gath. And it was reported to Shimei that his servants had gone away to Gath.
40 Se levantó Semeí, aparejó su asno y se fue a Gat, donde Akís, para buscar a sus siervos; fue Semeí y trajo a sus siervos de Gat.	40 And Shimei rose up, and he saddled his donkey. And went away to Achish in Gath, in order to seek his servants. And he led them away from Gath.
41 Avisaron a Salomón: «Semeí ha ido de Jerusalén a Gat y ha vuelto».	41 And it was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone away from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.
42 Mandó el rey llamar a Semeí y le dijo: «¿Acaso no te hice jurar por Yahveh y te advertí: El día que salgas para ir acá o allá ten por sabido que sin remedio morirás y tú me has dicho: Buena es la palabra que he oído?	42 And sending, he summoned him, and he said to him: “Did I not testify to you by the Lord, and warn you in advance, ‘On whatever day, having departed, you go forth to here or to there, know that you shall die?’ And you responded to me, ‘The word that I have heard is good.’
43 ¿Por qué no has guardado el juramento de Yahveh y la orden que te di?»	43 Then why have you not kept the oath to the Lord, and the commandment which I instructed to you?”
44 Dijo el rey a Semeí: «Tú sabes todo el mal que hiciste a David mi padre; Yahveh hace caer todo tu mal sobre tu cabeza,	44 And the king said to Shimei: “You know all the evil, of which your heart is conscious, which you did to David, my father. The Lord has repaid your wickedness upon your own head.”
45 mientras el rey Salomón será bendito y el trono de David permanecerá ante Yahveh para siempre».	45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord, even forever.
46 Dio orden el rey a Benaías, hijo de Yehoyadá, que salió e hirió a Semeí; éste murió. Y el reino se consolidó en las manos de Salomón.	46 And so the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And going out, he struck him down, and he died.