صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 11

١ 1 وَكَانَ عِنْدَ تَمَامِ ٱلسَّنَةِ، فِي وَقْتِ خُرُوجِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ، أَنَّ دَاوُدَ أَرْسَلَ يُوآبَ وَعَبِيدَهُ مَعَهُ وَجَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَخْرَبُوا بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَحَاصَرُوا رِبَّةَ. وَأَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَأَقَامَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And it comes to pass, at the revolution of the year—at the time of the going out of the messengers—that David sends Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroy the sons of Ammon, and lay siege against Rabbah, but David is dwelling in Jerusalem.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ فِي وَقْتِ ٱلْمَسَاءِ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ قَامَ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ وَتَمَشَّى عَلَى سَطْحِ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَرَأَى مِنْ عَلَى ٱلسَّطْحِ ٱمْرَأَةً تَسْتَحِمُّ. وَكَانَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ جَمِيلَةَ ٱلْمَنْظَرِ جِدًّا.

And it comes to pass, at evening-time, that David rises from off his bed, and walks up and down on the roof of the king’s house, and sees a woman bathing from the roof, and the woman [is] of very good appearance,

٣ 3 فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَسَأَلَ عَنِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ: «أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ بَثْشَبَعَ بِنْتَ أَلِيعَامَ ٱمْرَأَةَ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيِّ؟».

and David sends and inquires about the woman, and [someone] says, “Is this not Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

٤ 4 فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ رُسُلًا وَأَخَذَهَا، فَدَخَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ، فَٱضْطَجَعَ مَعَهَا وَهِيَ مُطَهَّرَةٌ مِنْ طَمْثِهَا. ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِهَا.

And David sends messengers, and takes her, and she comes to him, and he lies with her—and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness—and she turns back to her house;

٥ 5 وَحَبِلَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ وَأَخْبَرَتْ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَتْ: «إِنِّي حُبْلَى».

and the woman conceives, and sends, and declares [it] to David, and says, “I [am] conceiving.”

٦ 6 فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى يُوآبَ يَقُولُ: «أَرْسِلْ إِلَيَّ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيَّ». فَأَرْسَلَ يُوآبُ أُورِيَّا إِلَى دَاوُدَ.

And David sends to Joab, [saying], “Send Uriah the Hittite to me,” and Joab sends Uriah to David;

٧ 7 فَأَتَى أُورِيَّا إِلَيْهِ، فَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ عَنْ سَلَامَةِ يُوآبَ وَسَلَامَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَنَجَاحِ ٱلْحَرْبِ.

and Uriah comes to him, and David asks of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.

٨ 8 وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأُورِيَّا: «ٱنْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ وَٱغْسِلْ رِجْلَيْكَ». فَخَرَجَ أُورِيَّا مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَخَرَجَتْ وَرَاءَهُ حِصَّةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

And David says to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet”; and Uriah goes out of the king’s house, and there goes out a gift from the king after him,

٩ 9 وَنَامَ أُورِيَّا عَلَى بَابِ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ مَعَ جَمِيعِ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

and Uriah lies down at the opening of the king’s house, with all the servants of his lord, and has not gone down to his house.

١٠ 10 فأَخْبَرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَمْ يَنْزِلْ أُورِيَّا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأُورِيَّا: «أَمَا جِئْتَ مِنَ ٱلسَّفَرِ؟ فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَنْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ؟»

And they declare [it] to David, saying, “Uriah has not gone down to his house”; and David says to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why have you not gone down to your house?”

١١ 11 فَقَالَ أُورِيَّا لِدَاوُدَ: «إِنَّ ٱلتَّابُوتَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا سَاكِنُونَ فِي ٱلْخِيَامِ، وَسَيِّدِي يُوآبُ وَعَبِيدُ سَيِّدِي نَازِلُونَ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلصَّحْرَاءِ، وَأَنَا آتِي إِلَى بَيْتِي لِآكُلَ وَأَشْرَبَ وَأَضْطَجِعَ مَعَ ٱمْرَأَتِي؟ وَحَيَاتِكَ وَحَيَاةِ نَفْسِكَ، لَا أَفْعَلُ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ».

And Uriah says to David, “The ark, and Israel, and Judah, are abiding in shelters, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamping on the face of the field; and should I go to my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [By] your life and the life of your soul—if I do this thing.”

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأُورِيَّا: «أَقِمْ هُنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا، وَغَدًا أُطْلِقُكَ». فَأَقَامَ أُورِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَغَدَهُ.

And David says to Uriah, “Also abide in this [place] today, and tomorrow I send you away”; and Uriah abides in Jerusalem on that day and on the next day,

١٣ 13 وَدَعَاهُ دَاوُدُ فَأَكَلَ أَمَامَهُ وَشَرِبَ وَأَسْكَرَهُ. وَخَرَجَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَسَاءِ لِيَضْطَجِعَ فِي مَضْجَعِهِ مَعَ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَإِلَى بَيْتِهِ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ.

and David calls for him, and he eats before him, and drinks, and he causes him to drink, and he goes out in the evening to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, and he has not gone down to his house.

١٤ 14 وَفِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ كَتَبَ دَاوُدُ مَكْتُوبًا إِلَى يُوآبَ وَأَرْسَلَهُ بِيَدِ أُورِيَّا.

And it comes to pass in the morning that David writes a letter to Joab and sends [it] by the hand of Uriah;

١٥ 15 وَكَتَبَ فِي ٱلْمَكْتُوبِ يَقُولُ: «ٱجْعَلُوا أُورِيَّا فِي وَجْهِ ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلشَّدِيدَةِ، وَٱرْجِعُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ فَيُضْرَبَ وَيَمُوتَ».

and he writes in the letter, saying, “Place Uriah in front of the face of the most severe battle, and you have turned back from after him, and he has been struck, and has died.”

١٦ 16 وَكَانَ فِي مُحَاصَرَةِ يُوآبَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَ أُورِيَّا فِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي عَلِمَ أَنَّ رِجَالَ ٱلْبَأْسِ فِيهِ.

And it comes to pass in Joab’s watching of the city, that he appoints Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men [were];

١٧ 17 فَخَرَجَ رِجَالُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَحَارَبُوا يُوآبَ، فَسَقَطَ بَعْضُ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنْ عَبِيدِ دَاوُدَ، وَمَاتَ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضًا.

and the men of the city go out and fight with Joab, and [some] of the people, from the servants of David, fall; and Uriah the Hittite also dies.

١٨ 18 فَأَرْسَلَ يُوآبُ وَأَخْبَرَ دَاوُدَ بِجَمِيعِ أُمُورِ ٱلْحَرْبِ.

And Joab sends and declares to David all the matters of the war,

١٩ 19 وَأَوْصَى ٱلرَّسُولَ قَائِلًا: «عِنْدَمَا تَفْرَغُ مِنَ ٱلْكَلَامِ مَعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أُمُورِ ٱلْحَرْبِ،

and commands the messenger, saying, “At your finishing all the matters of the war to speak to the king,

٢٠ 20 فَإِنِ ٱشْتَعَلَ غَضَبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَقَالَ لَكَ: لِمَاذَا دَنَوْتُمْ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِلْقِتَالِ؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَرْمُونَ مِنْ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ؟

then, it has been, if the king’s fury ascends, and he has said to you, Why did you draw near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they shoot from off the wall?

٢١ 21 مَنْ قَتَلَ أَبِيمَالِكَ بْنَ يَرُبُّوشَثَ؟ أَلَمْ تَرْمِهِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ بِقِطْعَةِ رَحًى مِنْ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ فَمَاتَ فِي تَابَاصَ؟ لِمَاذَا دَنَوْتُمْ مِنَ ٱلسُّورِ؟ فَقُلْ: قَدْ مَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضًا».

Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Did a woman not cast a piece of a rider from the wall on him, and he dies in Thebez? Why did you draw near to the wall? That you have said, Also—your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”

٢٢ 22 فَذَهَبَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَدَخَلَ وَأَخْبَرَ دَاوُدَ بِكُلِّ مَا أَرْسَلَهُ فِيهِ يُوآبُ.

And the messenger goes, and comes in, and declares to David all that with which Joab sent him,

٢٣ 23 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ لِدَاوُدَ: «قَدْ تَجَبَّرَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْقَوْمُ وَخَرَجُوا إِلَيْنَا إِلَى ٱلْحَقْلِ فَكُنَّا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ ٱلْبَابِ.

and the messenger says to David, “Surely the men have been mighty against us, and come out to us into the field, and we are on them to the opening of the gate,

٢٤ 24 فَرَمَى ٱلرُّمَاةُ عَبِيدَكَ مِنْ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ، فَمَاتَ ٱلْبَعْضُ مِنْ عَبِيدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَمَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضًا».

and those shooting shoot at your servants from off the wall, and [some] of the servants of the king are dead, and also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”

٢٥ 25 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّسُولِ: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِيُوآبَ: لَا يَسُؤْ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلسَّيْفَ يَأْكُلُ هَذَا وَذَاكَ. شَدِّدْ قِتَالَكَ عَلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَأَخْرِبْهَا. وَشَدِّدْهُ».

And David says to the messenger, “Thus you say to Joab, Do not let this thing be evil in your eyes; for thus and thus the sword devours; strengthen your warfare against the city, and throw it down; so you strengthen him.”

٢٦ 26 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتِ ٱمْرَأَةُ أُورِيَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ أُورِيَّا رَجُلُهَا، نَدَبَتْ بَعْلَهَا.

And the wife of Uriah hears that her husband Uriah [is] dead, and laments for her lord;

٢٧ 27 وَلَمَّا مَضَتِ ٱلْمَنَاحَةُ أَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَضَمَّهَا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَصَارَتْ لَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً وَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ ٱبْنًا. وَأَمَّا ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلَهُ دَاوُدُ فَقَبُحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

and the mourning passes by, and David sends and gathers her to his house, and she is to him for a wife, and bears a son to him; and the thing which David has done is evil in the eyes of YHWH.