Kings II 11
1 And it came to pass when the time o the year for kings going out [to battle] had come round, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbath: but David remained at Jerusalem.
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。
2 And it came to pass towards evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
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。
3 And David sent and enquired about the woman: and [one] said, [Is] not this Bersabee the daughter of Eliab, the wife of Urias the Chettite?
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﹖
4 And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house.
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。
5 And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
不久，那女人自覺懷孕，就打發人告訴達味說：「我懷了孕。」
6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Urias the Chettite; and Joab sent Urias to David.
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。
7 And Urias arrived and went in to him, and David asked him how Joab was, and how the people were, and how the war went on.
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﹖」
8 And David said to Urias, Go to your house, and wash your feet: and Urias departed from the house of the king, and a portion [of meat] from the king followed him.
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。
9 And Urias slept at the door of the king with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
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。
10 And they brought David word, saying, Urias has not gone down to his house. And David said to Urias, Are you not come from a journey? why have you not gone down to your house?
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﹖」
11 And Urias said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Juda dwell in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; and shall I go into my house to eat and drink, and lie with my wife? how [should I do this? as] your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
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。」
12 And David said to Urias, Remain here today also, and to-morrow I will let you go. So Urias remained in Jerusalem that day and the day following.
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，
13 And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
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。
14 And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Urias.
到了早晨，達味給約阿布寫了一封信，要烏黎雅親手帶去。
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Urias in front of the severe [part] of the fight, and retreat from behind him, so shall he be wounded and die.
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。」
16 And it came to pass while Joab was watching against the city, that he set Urias in a place where he knew that valiant men were.
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。
17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and some of the people of the servants of David fell, and Urias the Chettite died also.
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。
18 And Joab sent, and reported to David all the events of the war, so as to tell them to the king.
約阿布派人去向達味報告這次戰事的一切經過，
19 And he charged the messenger, saying, When you have finished reporting all the events of the war to the king,
他吩咐使者說：「若你把戰事的經過向君王報告完了以後，
20 then it shall come to pass if the anger of the king shall arise, and he shall say to you, Why did you draw near to the city to fight? knew you not that they would shoot from off the wall?
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﹖
21 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerobaal son of Ner? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from above the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did you draw near to the wall? then you shall say, Your servant Urias the Chettite is also dead.
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。」
22 And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did you draw near to the wall to fight? knew you not that you would be wounded from off the wall? Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did you draw near to the wall?
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﹖」
23 And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and they came out against us into the field, and we came upon them even to the door of the gate.
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，
24 And the archers shot at your servants from off the wall, and some of the king's servants died, and your servant Urias the Chettite is dead also.
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。
25 And David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Let not the matter be grievous in your eyes, for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another: strengthen your array against the city, and destroy it, and strengthen him.
「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。
26 And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.
「烏黎雅的妻子聽說他丈夫陣亡了，就為他丈夫舉哀。
27 And the time of mourning expired, and David sent and took her into his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son: but the thing which David did was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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。
