2 Samuel 11

1 At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

١ وَفِي رَبِيعِ الْعَامِ التَّالِي، فِي الْمَوْسِمِ الَّذِي اعْتَادَ فِيهِ الْمُلُوكُ الْخُرُوجَ لِلْحَرْبِ، أَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ قَائِدَ جَيْشِهِ يُوآبَ عَلَى رَأْسِ قُوَّاتِهِ حَيْثُ هَاجَمُوا بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَقَهَرُوهُمْ، وَحَاصَرُوا مَدِينَةَ رِبَّةَ، أَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَمَكَثَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

2 At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.

٢ وَفِي إِحْدَى الأُمْسِيَاتِ نَهَضَ دَاوُدُ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ وَأَخَذَ يَتَمَشَّى عَلَى سَطْحِ قَصْرِهِ، فَشَاهَدَ امْرَأَةً ذَاتَ جَمَالٍ أَخَّاذٍ تَسْتَحِمُّ.

3 David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”

٣ فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ مَنْ يَتَحَرَّى عَنْهَا. فَأَبْلَغَهُ أَحَدُهُمْ: «هَذِهِ بَثْشَبَعُ بِنْتُ أَلِيعَامَ زَوْجَةُ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيِّ»،

4 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.

٤ فَبَعَثَ دَاوُدُ يَسْتَدْعِيهَا. فَأَقْبَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَضَاجَعَهَا إِذْ كَانَتْ قَدْ تَطَهَّرَتْ مِنْ طَمْثِهَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِهَا.

5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

٥ وَحَمَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَأَرْسَلَتْ تُبَلِّغُ دَاوُدَ بِذَلِكَ.

6 David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.

٦ فَوَجَّهَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى يُوآبَ قَائِلاً: «أَرْسِلْ إِلَيَّ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيَّ». فَبَعَثَ بِهِ يُوآبُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ.

7 When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

٧ وَحِينَ مَثَلَ لَدَى دَاوُدَ اسْتَفْسَرَ مِنْهُ عَنْ سَلامَةِ يُوآبَ وَالْجَيْشِ وَعَنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْحَرْبِ.

8 David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

٨ ثُمَّ قَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُورِيَّا: «امْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ وَاغْسِلْ رِجْلَيْكَ». فَخَرَجَ أُورِيَّا مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَ لَهُ هَدِيَّةً إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

٩ غَيْرَ أَنَّ أُورِيَّا لَمْ يَتَوَجَّهْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، بَلْ نَامَ مَعَ رِجَالِ الْمَلِكِ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْقَصْرِ.

10 When they had told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have not you come from a journey? Why did not you go down to your house?”

١٠ فَأَخْبَرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَمْ يَتَوَجَّهْ أُورِيَّا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». فَسَأَلَهُ دَاوُدُ: «أَلَمْ تَرْجِعْ مِنْ سَفَرٍ؟ فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَمْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ؟»

11 Uriah said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing!”

١١ فَأَجَابَ: «التَّابُوتُ وَجَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا مُعَسْكِرُونَ فِي الْخِيَامِ، وَكَذَلِكَ سَيِّدِي يُوآبُ، وَبَقِيَّةُ قُوَّادِ الْمَلِكِ مُخَيِّمُونَ فِي الْعَرَاءِ، فَهَلْ آتِي أَنَا إِلَى بَيْتِي لِآكُلَ وَأَشْرَبَ وَأُضَاجِعَ زَوْجَتِي؟ أُقْسِمُ بِحَيَاتِكَ، لَنْ أَفْعَلَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ».

12 David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.

١٢ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُورِيَّا: «امْكُثْ هُنَا الْيَوْمَ وَغَداً أُطْلِقُكَ». فَمَكَثَ أُورِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ حَتَّى صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.

13 When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.

١٣ وَلَبَّى دَعْوَةَ الْمَلِكِ، فَأَكَلَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ وَشَرِبَ حَتَّى أَسْكَرَهُ دَاوُدُ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ لِيَرْقُدَ فِي مَضْجَعِهِ إِلَى جِوَارِ رِجَالِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَوَجَّهْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ أَيْضاً.

14 In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

١٤ وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ كَتَبَ دَاوُدُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى يُوآبَ، بَعَثَ بِها مَعَ أُورِيَّا،

15 He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck and die.”

١٥ جَاءَ فِيهَا: «اجْعَلُوا أُورِيَّا فِي الْخُطُوطِ الأُولَى حَيْثُ يَنْشُبُ الْقِتَالُ الشَّرِسُ، ثُمَّ تَرَاجَعُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ لِيَلْقَى حَتْفَهُ».

16 When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.

١٦ فَعَيَّنَ يُوآبُ أُورِيَّا فِي أَثْنَاءِ مُحَاصَرَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فِي أَشَدِّ جَبْهَاتِ الْقِتَالِ ضَرَاوَةً، حَيْثُ احْتَشَدَ أَبْطَالُ الأَعْدَاءِ.

17 The men of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

١٧ فَانْدَفَعَ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ يُوآبَ فَمَاتَ بَعْضُ رِجَالِ دَاوُدَ وَمِنْهُمْ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ.

18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

١٨ فَبَعَثَ يُوآبُ رَسُولاً لِيُطْلِعَ دَاوُدَ عَلَى أَنْبَاءِ الْحَرْبِ،

19 and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

١٩ وَأَوْصَاهُ قَائِلاً: «إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنَّ الْمَلِكَ بَعْدَ إِبْلاغِهِ أَنْبَاءَ الْحَرْبِ

20 it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did not you know that they would shoot from the wall?

٢٠ قَدْ ثَارَ غَضَبُهُ وَقَالَ لَكَ: لِمَاذَا اقْتَرَبْتُمْ مِنْ سُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ لِلْقِتَالِ؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَرْمُونَ بِالسِّهَامِ مِنْ فَوْقِ السُّورِ؟

21 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”

٢١ مَنْ صَرَعَ أَبِيمَالِكَ بْنَ يَرُبُّوشَثَ؟ أَلَمْ تَرْمِهِ امْرَأَةٌ بِحَجَرِ رَحىً مِنْ عَلَى السُّورِ فَمَاتَ فِي تَابَاصَ؟ لِمَاذَا اقْتَرَبْتُمْ مِنَ السُّورِ؟ فَقُلْ لَهُ: قَدْ مَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضاً».

22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

٢٢ فَانْطَلَقَ الرَّسُولُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَأَطْلَعَهُ عَلَى آخِر أَنْبَاءِ الْحَرَبِ الَّتِي كَلَّفَهُ بِها يُوآبُ.

23 The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field; and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.

٢٣ وَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ قَوِيَ عَلَيْنَا الْقَوْمُ وَخَرَجُوا لِقِتَالِنَا فِي الْعَرَاءِ، وَلَكِنَّنَا انْكَفَأْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَطَارَدْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى بَوَابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

24 The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

٢٤ فَرَمَى الرُّمَاةُ عَلَى عَبِيدِكَ بِالسِّهَامِ، فَقُتِلَ بَعْضُ ضُبَّاطِ الْمَلِكِ، وَمَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ».

25 Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.’ Encourage him.”

٢٥ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّسُولِ: «هَذَا مَا تُخْبِرُ بِهِ يُوآبَ: لَا يَسُوءَنَّكَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ، فَإِنَّ السَّيْفَ يَلْتَهِمُ هَذَا وَذَاكَ. شَدِّدْ حِصَارَكَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَدَمِّرْهَا. قُلْ هَذَا لِتَشْجِيعِ يُوآبَ».

26 When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

٢٦ وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَتْ زَوْجَةُ أُورِيَّا أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا قَدْ قُتِلَ نَاحَتْ عَلَيْهِ.

27 When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

٢٧ وَحِينَ انْقَضَتْ فَتْرَةُ الْحِدَادِ، أَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَأَحْضَرَهَا إِلَى الْقَصْرِ وَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَوَلَدَتِ ابْناً وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ اسْتَاءَ مِنْ هَذَا الأَمْرِ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبَهُ دَاوُدُ.