2 Samuel 12

Nathan Rebukes David

1The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

4“Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

5David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! 6He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

7Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. 9Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

11“This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight. 12You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’ ”

13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. 14But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for#12:14 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text for the enemies of the Lord, the son born to you will die.”

15After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. 16David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth#12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth. on the ground. 17The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.

18On the seventh day the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “While the child was still living, he wouldn’t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.”

19David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked.

“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”

20Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.

21His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”

22He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’ 23But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

24Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him; 25and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.#12:25 Jedidiah means loved by the Lord.

26Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel. 27Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply. 28Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me.”

29So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it. 30David took the crown from their king’s#12:30 Or from Milkom’s (that is, Molek’s) head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent#12:30 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city 31and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking.#12:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

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2 SAMUELE 12

Molaetsa wa Nathane ho Davida

1Morena a romela Nathane ho Davida. Nathane a fihla ho yena, a re: “Motseng o mong ho ne ho ena le banna ba babedi, e mong a ruile, e mong a futsanehile. 2Morui o ne a ena le mehlapehlape ya dikgutshwane le ya dikgomo; 3athe mofutsana yena o ne a se na letho, haese konyanyana e le nngwe feela, e tshehadi, eo a neng a e rekile, a e hlokometse haholo. E ne e holela ha hae le bana ba hae, e eja dijo tsa hae, e nwella senwelong sa hae, a e sika sefubeng sa hae jwalokaha eka ke moradi wa hae.

4“Ha fihla moeti ha monna wa morui. Morui enwa a ba lekgonatha ho nka phoofolo mohlapeng wa hae wa dikgutshwane, kapa mohlapeng wa hae wa dikgomo, ho hlabela moeti enwa wa hae. Empa a nka konyana ya sethole ya mofutsana, mme a e hlabela moeti ya tjhaketseng ha hae.”

5Kgalefo ya Davida ya tlokomela monna enwa wa morui, a re ho Nathane: “Ke hlapanya ka Morena ya phelang, monna enwa ya entseng ntho ena o lokelwa ke ho bolawa; 6a be a lefe konyana eo ka tse nne, hobane a hlokile mohau, a entse ntho ena e mpe.”

Kotlo ya Davida

7Nathane a re ho Davida: “Monna eo ke wena. Morena Modimo wa Iseraele, o bua tjena: ‘Ke o tlotseditse hore o be kgosi ya Iseraele, ke o lopolotse matsohong a Saule. 8Ke o neile moradi wa monga hao, le basadi ba monga hao ke o neile bona. Ke o neile mmuso wa Iseraele, le mmuso wa Juda. Hoja tseo di ne di fokola, nkabe ke o ekeleditse le ho feta moo. 9Jwale ke ka baka lang o nyedisitseng lentswe la Morena, hore ebe o entse ntho e fahlang Morena? O bolaile Uriya wa Mohete ka sabole, wa inkela mosadi wa hae hore e be mosadi wa hao, monna wa hae o mmolaile ka sabole ya Baamone. 10Ka baka leo, sabole e tla bolaya ba lelapa la hao kamehla yohle, hobane o nnyedisitse, wa inkela mosadi wa Uriya wa Mohete, hore e be mosadi wa hao.’

11“Morena o bua tjena: ‘Bona, ke tla o hlahisetsa bobe kahare ho ntlo ya hao. Ke tla nka basadi ba hao moo o ntseng o bona, ke ba nee ya ahisaneng le wena, mme eo o tla robala le bona letsatsi le tjhabile. 12Hoo o ho entseng o ho entse ka lekunutu, empa nna ntho ena ke tla e etsa moo Baiseraele bohle ba ntseng ba bona, tsatsi le tjhabile.’ ”

Davida o a inyatsa

13Davida a re ho Nathane: “Ke sitetswe Morena.”

Yaba Nathane o re ho Davida: “Le Morena o hlakotse sebe sa hao; ha o na ho shwa. 14Leha ho le jwalo, ka lebaka la hobane o nyedisitse Morena ka ho etsa ntho ena, ngwana enwa eo o tla mo tswallwa, yena o tla shwa.” 15Yaba Nathane o ikela tlung ya hae.

Mora wa Davida o a shwa

Morena a otla ngwana eo mosadi wa Uriya a ileng a mo tswalla Davida. Ngwana eo a kula haholo. 16Davida a rapella ngwana eo ho Modimo, a itima dijo. Bosiu, ha a robala, o ne a robala fatshe. 17Baholo ba ntlo ya hae ba ne ba ye ba tle, ba eme pela hae, hore ba mo phahamise fatshe. Empa a se ke a phahama, le ho ja le bona a se ke a eja.

18Ka letsatsi la bosupa ngwana a shwa. Bahlanka ba Davida ba tshaba ho mmolella hore ngwana o shwele, hobane ba ne ba re: “Bonang, ha ngwana a ne a sa phela, re ne re ye re bue le yena, ebe ha a re mamele. Ekaba jwale re tla mmolella jwang hore ngwana o shwele? A ka tshoha a intsha kotsi!”

19Empa Davida a elellwa hore bahlanka ba hae ba ntse ba hwesheletsana, mme a utlwisisa hore ngwana o shwele. Yaba Davida o re ho bahlanka ba hae: “Na ngwana o shwele?”

Ba re: “E, o shwele.”

20Davida a phahama fatshe, a itlhatswa, a itlotsa, a apara diaparo disele, a ya tlung ya Morena, mme a rapela. Jwale a kgutlela tlung ya hae, a kopa dijo, ba mo ngwathela, a ja.

21Jwale bahlanka ba hae ba re ho yena: “Ke ntho nngwe ee eo o e entseng? Ha ngwana a sa phela o ile wa itima dijo, wa lla, empa jwale ha ngwana a shwele o a phahama, mme o a ja.”

22Davida a re ho bona: “Ha ngwana a ne a sa phela ke ile ka itima dijo, ka lla, hobane ke ne ke re: ‘Ke mang ya tsebang haeba mohlomong Morena a ka tshoha a nkgauhela, mme ngwana a phela?’ 23Empa jwale ngwana o shwele; nka itima dijo ka lebaka lefe? Na nka boela ka mo kgutlisa? Ke nna ya tla ya ho yena, empa yena a ke ke a tla ho nna.”

Tswalo ya Solomone

24Davida a tshedisa mosadi wa hae Batesheba. A kena dikobong tsa hae, a robala le yena. Batesheba a tswala mora, mme Davida a mo rea lebitso la Solomone. Morena a rata Solomone. 25Morena a roma moporofeta Nathane, hore a yo mo reela ngwana eo lebitso la Jedideya.

Davida o hapa Raba

(1 Dik. 20:1-3)

26Joabe a futuhela Raba, motse wa Baamone wa bokgosi, mme a o hapa. 27Yaba o roma maqosa ho Davida, o re: “Ke futuhetse motse wa Raba, ke hapile le didiba tsa wona. 28Ka baka leo he, kgobokanya bahlabani ba setseng, o tlo etsetsa motse ona thibella, o o hape, esere nna ka o hapa, mme wa reellwa ka nna.”

29Yaba Davida o kgobokanya bahlabani bohle, o ya Raba, o a e futuhela, o a e hapa. 30A rodisa kgosi ya motse oo mofapahlooho wa yona wa kgauta, oo boima ba wona e neng e ka ba dikilo tse mashome a mararo a metso e mehlano. O ne o kgabisitswe ka lehakwe la bohlokwa, mme Davida a ithwesa wona. Davida a tswa motseng oo a haharile kgapo e ngata. 31A hapa le baahi ba motse oo. A ba sebedisa ka disakga, le ka dipeke, le ka dilepe; a ba sebedisa le diboping tse besang setene. Metse yohle ya Baamone o ne a ye a e etse tjena. Yaba Davida o kgutlela Jerusalema le bahlabani bohle.

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