2 Samuel 11
1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
Ikawa wakati wa majira ya kipupwe, wakati ambapo kwa kawaida wafalme huenda vitani, Daudi akamtuma Yoabu, mtumishi wake, na jeshi lote la Israeli. Wakaliaribu jeshi la Amoni na kuuhusuru Raba. Lakini Daudi akakaa Yerusalemu.
2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Hivyo ikawa siku moja wakati wa jioni Daudi akaamka kutoka kitandani na akatembea katika dari la kasri. Akiwa pale akamwona mwanamke aliyekuwa akioga, mwanamke yule alikuwa mzuri sana kwa mwonekano.
3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
Hivyo Daudi akatuma na kuuliza watu waliomfahamu yule mwanamke. Mtu mmoja akasema, “Je huyu siye Bathsheba, binti Eliamu, naye si mke wa Uria mhiti?
4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
Daudi akatuma wajumbe nao wakamchukua; akaja kwake, na akalala naye(kwani ndo alikuwa amejitakasa kutoka siku zake). Kisha akarudi nyumbani kwake.
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Mwanamke akawa mjamzito, naye akatuma na kumwambia Daudi; akasema, “mimi ni mjamzito.”
6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
Kisha Daudi akatuma watu kwa Yoabu kusema, “Umtume kwangu Uria mhiti.” Hivyo Yoabu akamtuma Uria kwa Daudi.
7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
Uria alipofika, Daudi akamuuliza hali ya Yoabu. Jinsi jeshi lilivyokuwa likiendelea, na jinsi vita vilivyokuwa vinaendelea.
8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
Daudi akamwambia Uria, “Shuka nyumbani kwako, unawe miguu yako. “Hivyo Uria akaondoka katika kasri la mfalme, mfalme akamtumia zawadi kwa Uria.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
Lakini Uria akalala pamoja na watumishi wa bwana wake katika lango la kasri, wala hakushuka nyumbani kwake.
10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
Daudi alipoambiwa, “Uria hakushuka nyumbani kwake,” akamwambia Uria, Je haukutoka safarini? Kwa nini haukushuka nyumbani kwako?”
11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Uria akamjibu Daudi, “Sanduku, na Israeli na Yuda wamo kwenye mahema, na Yoabu na watumishi wa bwana wangu wamepiga hema uwandani. Jinsi gani basi mimi naweza kwenda nyumbani kwangu kula kunywa na kulala na mke wangu? kwa hakika kama uishivyo, sitafanya hivyo.
12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
Hivyo Daudi akamwambia Uria, “Ukae leo pia, kesho nitakuacha uende.” Kwa hiyo uria akakaa Yerusalemu siku hiyo na iliyofuata.
13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
Daudi alipomwita, alikula na kunywa pamoja naye, Daudi akamfanya alewe. Wakati wa jioni Uria akaenda kulala kitandani pake pamoja na watumish wa bwana wake; hakushuka nyumbani kwake.
14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
Hivyo asubuhi Daudi akamwandikia Yoabu barua, naye akaituma kwa mkono wa Uria.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Ndani ya barua Daudi aliandika hivi, “Mweke Uria mbele ya vita vikali sana, na kisha, mmwache, ili apigwe na afe.
16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
Hivyo Yoabu alipoona mji ukizingirwa, alimweka Uria katika sehemu aliyojua askari adui wenye nguvu wangekuwa wakipigana.
17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Wakati watu wa mji walipotoka na kupigana dhidi ya jeshi la Yoabu, baadhi ya askari wa Daudi wakaanguka, na Uria Mhiti pia akauwawa.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
Wakati Yoabu alipotuma neno kwa mfalme kuhusu hali ya vita,
19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
alimwagiza mjumbe, kusema, “Utakapomaliza kumwambia mfalme kuhusu hali ya vita,
20 And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
yawezekana mfalme akakasirika, naye akakwambia, 'Kwa nini mlipigana na mji kwa karibu hivyo, hamkujua kwamba wangeweza kushambulia kutokea ukutani?
21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Ni nani aliyemwua Abimeleki mwana wa Yerubeshethi? Siye mwanamke aliyerusha jiwe la kusagia juu yake kutoka ukutani, hata akafa huko Thebesi? Kwanini basi mliukaribia ukuta jinsi hiyo? Nawe umjibu, 'Uria mtumishi wako amekufa pia.”
22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
Hivyo mjumbe akaondoka na kwenda kwa Daudi akamwambia kila jambo ambalo Yoabu alimtuma kusema.
23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
Na mjumbe akamwambia Daudi, “Mwanzoni adui walikuwa na nguvu kuliko sisi; walitukabili uwandani, lakini tukawarudisha nyuma kwenye maingilio ya lango.
24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Na wapiga mishale wao wakawarushia watumishi wako kutoka ukutani, na baadhi ya watumishi wa mfalme wameuawa, na mtumishi wako Uria mhiti pia ameuawa.”
25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
Kisha Daudi akamwambia mjumbe, “Mwambie hivi Yoabu, 'Usiruhusu jamba hili likuhuzunishe, kwa maana upanga huangamiza huyu kama uangamizavyo na mwingine. Vifanye vita vyako kuwa vyenye nguvu zaidi dhidi ya mji, na uuteke.' Mtie moyo Yoabu.”
26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
Hivyo mke Uria aliposikia kwamba mme wake amekufa, akaomboleza sana kwa ajili yake.
27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yhwh.
Huzuni yake ilipoisha, Daudi akatuma na kumchukua kwake katika kasri lake, naye akawa mkewe na akamzalia mwana. Lakini alichokifanya Daudi hakikumpendeza Yahwe.
