12So Yahweh sent Nathan to David, and he came to him and said, “Two men were in a certain city; one was rich and the other was poor. ²The rich man had very many flocks and herds, ³but the poor man had nothing except for one small ewe lamb which he had bought. He had nurtured her, and she grew up with him and with his children together. She used to eat from his morsel and drink from his cup, and she used to lie in his lap and became like a daughter for him. ⁴And a visitor came to the rich man, but he was reluctant^a to take from his flocks or from his herds to prepare a meal for the traveler when he came to him. So he took the ewe lamb of the poor man and prepared it for the man who had come to him.” ⁵Then the anger of David was kindled^b against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives,^c the man who has done this deserves to die!^d ⁶He shall restore the ewe lamb fourfold because he has done this thing, and because he had no pity.” ⁷Then Nathan said to him, “You are the man! Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘I anointed you as king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “felt sorry”
bLiterally “the nose of David became very hot”
cLiterally “The life of Yahweh”
dLiterally “is a son of death”