2 Samuelova 11
1 U početku slijedeće godine, u doba kad kraljevi izlaze u rat, posla David Joaba i s njim svoje ljude i svega Izraela: oni pobiše Amonce i podsjedoše Rabu. A David osta u Jeruzalemu.
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
2 A jednoga dana predveče usta David sa svoje postelje i prošeta se po krovu svoje palače. Opazi s krova ženu gdje se kupa. Ta žena bijaše izvanredno lijepa.
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
3 David se propita za tu ženu i rekoše mu: “Pa to je Bat-Šeba, kći Eliamova i žena Urije Hetita!”
So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
4 Nato David posla glasnika da je dovedu k njemu. Kad je došla, leže on s njom, upravo kad se bila očistila od svoje nečistoće. Zatim se ona vrati svojoj kući.
Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
5 Žena zatrudnje te poruči Davidu: “Trudna sam!”
And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
6 Tada David posla poruku Joabu: “Pošalji k meni Uriju Hetita!” I Joab posla Uriju k Davidu.
At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
7 Kad je Urija došao k njemu, zapita ga David kako je Joab, kako je vojska i kako napreduje rat.
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
8 Potom David reče Uriji: “Siđi u svoju kuću i operi svoje noge!” Urija iziđe iz kraljeva dvora, a za njim ponesoše dar s kraljeva stola.
Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
9 Ali Urija osta da spava pred vratima kraljeva dvora sa stražarima svoga gospodara i ne ode svojoj kući.
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
10 Javiše to Davidu govoreći: “Urija nije otišao svojoj kući!” Tada David upita Uriju: “Zar nisi došao s puta? Zašto ne ideš svojoj kući?”
And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
11 A Urija odgovori Davidu: “Kovčeg, Izrael i Juda borave pod šatorima, moj gospodar Joab i straža moga gospodara borave na otvorenu polju, a ja da uđem u svoju kuću da jedem i da pijem i da spavam sa svojom ženom? Živoga mi Jahve, i tako mi tvoga života, zaista neću učiniti nešto takvo!”
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
12 Tada David reče Uriji: “Ostani još danas ovdje, a sutra ću te otpustiti.” Tako Urija osta u Jeruzalemu onaj dan.
“Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13 Sutradan David pozva Uriju da jede i da pije pred njim i on ga opi. A uvečer Urija iziđe i leže na svoju postelju sa stražama svoga gospodara, ali svojoj kući nije otišao.
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
14 Ujutro David napisa pismo Joabu i posla ga po Uriji.
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
15 A u tom pismu pisao je ovako: “Postavite Uriju naprijed, gdje je najžešći boj, pa uzmaknite iza njega: neka bude pogođen i neka pogine!”
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
16 Zato Joab, opsjedajući grad, postavi Uriju na mjesto gdje je znao da stoje najhrabriji ratnici.
So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
17 Kad su onda građani provalili van i pobili se s Joabom, pade nekoliko od njegove vojske, od Davidovih ljudi, a pogibe i Urija Hetit.
And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
18 Potom Joab posla čovjeka i javi Davidu sve što se dogodilo u boju.
Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
19 I zapovjedi glasniku ovako: “Kad pripovjediš kralju sve što se dogodilo u boju,
and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,
20 možda će se kralj razljutiti pa ti kazati: 'Zašto ste se primakli tako blizu gradu da navalite? Zar niste znali da se obično izmeću strijele sa zida?
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
21 Tko je ubio Abimeleka, sina Jerubaalova? Nije li jedna žena bacila na njega mlinski kamen, ozgo sa zida, te je poginuo u Tebesu? Zašto ste se primakli tako blizu zidu?' Ako ti tako kaže, a ti mu reci: 'Poginuo je i tvoj sluga Urija Hetit.'”
Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
22 Glasnik krenu na put, dođe k Davidu i pripovjedi mu sve što mu je naložio Joab. A David planu gnjevom na Joaba i reče glasniku: “Zašto ste se primakli tako blizu zidu? Tko je ubio Abimeleka, sina Jerubaalova? Nije li jedna žena bacila na njega mlinski kamen, ozgo sa zida, te je poginuo u Tebesu? Zašto ste se primakli tako blizu zidu?”
So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
23 Glasnik odgovori Davidu: “Ti su ljudi silovito udarali na nas i izašli su protiv nas na otvoreno polje. Mi smo ih potisnuli natrag do gradskih vrata,
The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
24 ali su strijelci sa zida stali izmetati strijele na tvoje ljude te ih je poginulo nekoliko između kraljevih slugu; tako je poginuo i tvoj sluga Urija Hetit.”
Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
25 Tada David reče glasniku: “Ovako reci Joabu: 'Nemoj to uzimati toliko k srcu, jer mač proždire sad ovoga, sad onoga. Udaraj još jače na grad i obori ga!' Tako ćeš mu vratiti srčanost!”
Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
26 Kad je Urijina žena čula da je poginuo njezin muž Urija, žalila je za svojim mužem.
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
27 A kad je prošlo vrijeme žalosti, posla David po nju i uze je u svoj dvor, i ona mu posta ženom. I rodi mu sina. Ali djelo koje učini David bijaše zlo u očima Jahvinim.
And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
