Gibadlong ni Natan si David
1Unya 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. 2Daghan kaayog mga karnero ug mga baka ang adunahan, 3apan 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. 4Usa 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.”
5Nasuko 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. 6Ug tungod kay wala siyay kalooy sa kabos, angay niyang bayran ug upat ka karnero ang usa ka karnero nga iyang gikuha.”
7Unya 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. 8Gihatag 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. 9Busa 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. 10Busa, 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. 12Ang imong gihimo nga daotan gihimo mo sa tago, apan himuon ko kini kanimo nga dayag ngadto sa tanang mga Israelinhon.’ ”
13Unya miingon si David kang Natan, “Nakasala ako sa Ginoo.” Mitubag si Natan, “Gipasaylo ka na sa Ginoo, ug dili ka mamatay. 14Apan tungod kay ang imong gihimo nakahatag ug kahigayonan sa mga kaaway sa Ginoo nga pasipalahan siya, mamatay gayod ang imong anak.”
15Mipauli si Natan sa iyang balay. Unya gihatagan sa Ginoo ug grabe nga sakit ang anak ni David kang Batsheba. 16Nagpakilooy si David sa Dios alang sa bata. Nagpuasa siya sulod sa iyang kuwarto, ug sa yuta siya nagkatulog matag gabii. 17Giadtoan siya sa iyang mga opisyal aron pabangonon, apan midumili siya, ug dili siya mokaon uban kanila.
18Sa 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!”
19Nakita 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.” 20Unya 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. 21Miingon 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!” 22Mitubag 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. 23Apan 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.”
24Unya 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, 25ug gisugo niya si Propeta Natan nga nganlan ang bata ug Jedidia12:25 Jedidia: Ang buot ipasabot sa Hebreo, gimahal sa Ginoo. tungod kay gimahal kini sa Ginoo.
Giilog ni David ang Raba
(1 Cro. 20:1-3)
26Sa laing bahin, misulong sila si Joab sa Raba, ang kapital sa mga Amonihanon, ug halos nailog na nila kini. 27Nagpadala si Joab ug mga mensahero ngadto kang David sa pag-ingon, “Gisulong namo ang Raba ug nailog namo ang ilang kuhaanan ug tubig. 28Busa tigoma na ang nahibiling mga sundalo ug humana ang pag-ilog sa lungsod aron ikaw ang mapasidunggan ug dili ako.”
29Busa gitigom ni David ang nahibiling mga sundalo ug gisulong nila ang Raba, ug nailog nila kini. 30Gikuha ni David ang bulawan nga korona gikan sa ulo sa hari sa mga Amonihanon12:30 sa ulo sa hari sa mga Amonihanon: o, sa ulo ni Milcom. Si Milcom dios sa mga Amonihanon. 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. 31Gibihag niya ang mga lumulupyo niini ug gipatrabaho ginamit ang mga gabas, piko, ug atsa. Gipahimo usab silag mga tisa.12:31 tisa: sa English, brick. 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.
Nathan Tells David He Has Sinned
1The Lord sent the prophet Nathan to David. When Nathan came to him, he said, “Two men lived in the same town. One was rich. The other was poor. 2The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle. 3But all the poor man had was one little female lamb. He had bought it. He raised it. It grew up with him and his children. It shared his food. It drank from his cup. It even slept in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.
4“One day a traveler came to the rich man. The rich man wanted to prepare a meal for him. But he didn’t want to kill one of his own sheep or cattle. Instead, he took the little female lamb that belonged to the poor man. Then the rich man cooked it for the traveler who had come to him.”
5David was very angry with the rich man. He said to Nathan, “The man who did this must die! And that’s just as sure as the Lord is alive. 6The man must pay back four times as much as that lamb was worth. How could he do such a thing? And he wasn’t even sorry he had done it.”
7Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! The Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I anointed you king over Israel. I saved you from Saul. 8I gave you everything that belonged to your master Saul. I even put his wives into your arms. I made you king over all the people of Israel and Judah. And if all of that had not been enough for you, I would have given you even more. 9Why did you turn your back on what I told you to do? You did what is evil in my sight. You made sure that Uriah, the Hittite, would be killed in battle. You took his wife to be your own. You let the men of Ammon kill him with their swords. 10So time after time members of your own royal house will be killed with swords. That’s because you turned your back on me. You took the wife of Uriah, the Hittite, to be your own.’
11“The Lord also says, ‘I am going to bring trouble on you. It will come from your own family. I will take your wives away. Your own eyes will see it. I will give your wives to a man who is close to you. He will sleep with them in the middle of the day. 12You committed your sins in secret. But I will make sure that the man commits his sin in the middle of the day. Everyone in Israel will see it.’ ”
13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”
Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You aren’t going to die. 14But you have dared to show great disrespect for the Lord. So the son who has been born to you will die.”
15Nathan went home. Then the Lord made David’s child very sick. That was the child David had by Uriah’s wife. 16David begged God to heal the child. David didn’t eat anything. He spent his nights lying on the ground. He put on the rough clothes people wear when they’re sad. 17His most trusted servants stood beside him. They wanted him to get up from the ground. But he refused to do it. And he wouldn’t eat any food with them.
18On the seventh day the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him the child was dead. They thought, “While the child was still alive, we spoke to David. But he wouldn’t listen to us. So how can we now tell him the child is dead? He might do something terrible to himself.”
19David saw that his attendants were whispering to one another. Then he realized the child was dead. “Has the child died?” he asked.
“Yes,” they replied. “He’s dead.”
20Then David got up from the ground. After he washed himself, he put on lotions. He changed his clothes. He went into the house of the Lord and worshiped him. Then he went to his own house. He asked for some food. They served it to him. And he ate it.
21His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting like this? While the child was still alive, you wouldn’t eat anything. You cried a lot. But now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”
22He answered, “While the child was still alive, I didn’t eat anything. And I cried a lot. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord might have mercy on me. He might let the child live.’ 23But now he’s dead. So why should I continue to go without food? Can I bring him back to life again? Someday I’ll go to him. But he won’t return to me.”
24Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and slept with her. Some time later she had a son. He was given the name Solomon. The Lord loved him. 25So the Lord sent a message through Nathan the prophet. The Lord said, “Name the boy Jedidiah.”
26During that time, Joab fought against Rabbah. It was the royal city of the Ammonites. It had high walls around it. Joab was about to capture it. 27He sent messengers to David. He told them to say, “I have fought against Rabbah. I’ve taken control of its water supply. 28So bring the rest of the troops together. Surround the city and get ready to attack it. Then capture it. If you don’t, I’ll capture it myself. Then it will be named after me.”
29So David brought together the whole army and went to Rabbah. He attacked it and captured it. 30David took the gold crown off the head of the king of Ammon. Then the crown was placed on David’s head. The crown weighed 75 pounds. It had jewels in it. David took a huge amount of goods from the city. 31He brought out the people who were there. He made them work with saws and iron picks and axes. He forced them to make bricks. David did that to all the towns in Ammon. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
