撒母耳記下 11
1 年初，正當諸王出征的季節，達味派約阿布率領他的將官和以色列人出征；他們蹂躪了阿孟子民，就包圍辣巴。當時達味住在耶路撒冷。
Now it happened that, at the turn of the year, in the time when kings usually go forth to war, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all of Israel, and they laid waste to the sons of Ammon, and they besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
2 一天傍晚，達味由床上起來，在宮殿的房屋頂上散步；從房頂上看見一個女人在沐浴，這女人容貌很美。
While these things were taking place, David happened to arise from his bed after midday, and he walked upon the terrace of the king’s house. And he saw, across from his terrace, a woman washing herself. And the woman was very beautiful.
3 達味遂派人打聽這女人是誰；有人告訴他說：「這不是厄里安的女兒，赫特人烏黎雅的妻子巴特舍巴嗎﹖
Therefore, the king sent and inquired who the woman might be. And it was reported to him that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah, the Hittite.
4 達味便派人將他接來；她來到他那裡，達味就與她同寢，那時她的月經剛潔淨了。事後，她便回了家。
And so, David sent messengers, and he took her. And when she had entered to him, he slept with her. And presently, she was purified from her uncleanness.
5 不久，那女人自覺懷孕，就打發人告訴達味說：「我懷了孕。」
And she returned to her house, having conceived an unborn child. And sending, she informed David, and she said, “I have conceived.”
6 達味派人給約阿布說：「打發赫特人烏黎雅來見我。」約阿布就打發烏黎雅去見達味。
Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah, the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 烏黎雅一來到他跟前，達味就問：「約阿布近來如何﹖士兵好嗎﹖戰事怎樣﹖」
And Uriah went to David. And David inquired whether Joab was doing well, and about the people, and how the war was being conducted.
8 達味向烏黎雅說：「你下到家中洗洗腳吧! 」烏黎雅剛離開皇宮，隨後就送來了王的飲食。
And David said to Uriah, “Go into your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah departed from the house of the king. And a meal from the king followed after him.
9 烏黎雅卻同他的主人的僕役一起睡在宮門旁，沒有下到家裡。
But Uriah slept before the gate of the king’s house, with the other servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house.
10 有人報告達味說：「烏黎雅並沒有回到自己家裡。」達味便向烏黎雅說：「你不是由遠道回來的嗎，為什麼不下到你家裡去呢﹖」
And it was reported to David by some, saying, “Uriah did not go into his house.” And David said to Uriah: “Did you not arrive from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
11 烏黎雅回答達味說：「約櫃，以色列和猶大人都住在帳幕裡，我主約阿布和我主的僕人都在野外露宿，我豈能回家吃喝，和我妻子一起睡覺﹖上主永在，陛下萬歲! 我絕不做這樣的事。」
And Uriah said to David: “The ark of God, and Israel and Judah, dwell in tents, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, stay upon the face of the earth. And should I then go into my own house, so that I may eat and drink, and sleep with my wife? By your welfare and by the welfare of your soul, I will not do this thing.”
12 達味向烏黎雅說：「今天你還留在這裡，明天我要打發你回去。」烏黎雅那天就留在耶路撒冷。第二天，
Therefore, David said to Uriah, “Even so, remain here today, and tomorrow I will send you away.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem, on that day and the next.
13 達味召他來與自己一起飲宴，將他灌醉，傍晚，烏黎雅出去，仍與他主人的僕役睡在一起，並沒有到家裡去。
And David called him, so that he might eat and drink before him, and he made him inebriated. And departing in the evening, he slept on his bedding, with the servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house.
14 到了早晨，達味給約阿布寫了一封信，要烏黎雅親手帶去。
Therefore, when morning arrived, David wrote a letter to Joab. And he sent it by the hand of Uriah,
15 他在信上寫說：「你應派烏黎雅到戰事最激烈的前線，然後，在他後邊撤退，讓他受攻擊陣亡。」
writing in the letter: “Place Uriah opposite the warfare, where the battle is the strongest, and then abandon him, so that, having been wounded, he may die.”
16 約阿布察看那城以後，知道那裡有最強悍的敵人，就派烏黎雅到那裡去了。
And so, when Joab was besieging the city, he positioned Uriah in the place where he knew the strongest men to be.
17 城內的人出來，與約阿布交戰，達味的僕役中，有些人陣亡了，赫特人烏黎雅也陣亡了。
And the men, departing from the city, made war against Joab. And some of the people among the servants of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
18 約阿布派人去向達味報告這次戰事的一切經過，
And so, Joab sent and reported to David every word about the battle.
19 他吩咐使者說：「若你把戰事的經過向君王報告完了以後，
And he instructed the messenger, saying: “When you have completed all the words about the war to the king,
20 王若向你發怒說：為什麼你們靠近城牆作戰﹖你們不知道有人會由城牆上射擊嗎﹖
if you see him to be angry, and if he says: ‘Why did you draw near to the wall in order to fight? Are you ignorant that many darts are thrown from above the wall?
21 誰擊殺了耶魯巴耳的兒子阿彼默肋客﹖不是一個女人從城牆上把一塊磨石丟在他身上﹖他就死在特貝茲嗎﹖為什麼你們靠近城牆呢﹖你就答說：你的僕人赫特人烏黎雅也陣亡了。」
Who struck down Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal? Did not a woman throw a fragment of a millstone upon him from the wall, and so kill him at Thebez? Why did you approach beside the wall?’ then you shall say: ‘Your servant Uriah, the Hittite, also lies dead.’”
22 使者就前來見達味，把約阿布打發他報告的一切全向達味報告了。達味對約阿布大怒，向使者說：「你們為什麼靠近城牆作戰﹖你們不知道有人會由城牆上射擊嗎﹖誰射擊了耶魯巴耳的兒子阿彼默肋客﹖不是一個女人從城牆上把一塊磨石丟在他身上，他就死在特貝茲嗎﹖為什麼你們靠近城牆呢﹖」
Therefore, the messenger departed. And he went and described to David all that Joab had instructed him.
23 報信的人向達味說：「那些人向我們衝來，下到平原來攻打我們，我們就追擊他們到城門邊，
And the messenger said to David: “The men prevailed against us, and they went out to us in the field. Then we pursued them, making an assault, even to the gate of the city.
24 射手就從城牆上射擊我們. 君王的僕役大約死了十八人，你的僕人烏黎雅，那個赫特人也死了。
And the archers directed their arrows at your servants from the wall above. And some of the king’s servants died, and then also your servant Uriah the Hittite died.”
25 「達味向報信的人說：「你去告訴約阿布說：不必對這事過傷心，因為刀劍有時砍這人，也有時砍那人；你只管加緊攻城，將城毀滅。你要鼓勵他。
And David said to the messenger: “You shall say these things to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter dishearten you. For varied are the events of war. Now this one, and now that one, is consumed by the sword. Encourage your warriors against the city and exhort them, so that you may destroy it.’”
26 「烏黎雅的妻子聽說他丈夫陣亡了，就為他丈夫舉哀。
Then the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah had died, and she mourned for him.
27 居喪期一滿，達味就派人將他接到自己的宮中，成了他的妻子，給他生了一個兒子。達味這樣行事，使上主大為不悅。
But when the lamentation was completed, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore a son to him. And this word, which David had done, was displeasing in the sight of the Lord.
