2 Samuel 11

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

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi heʻene ʻosi ʻae taʻu, pea ʻi he faʻahitaʻu ʻoku ʻalu atu ai ʻae ngaahi tuʻi [ke tau], naʻe fekau atu ai ʻe Tevita ʻa Soape pea mo ʻene kakai mo ia, pea mo ʻIsileli kātoa; pea naʻa nau maumauʻi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, ʻonau kāpui ʻa Lapa. Ka naʻe nofo ai pe ʻa Tevita ʻi Selūsalema.

2 Now it happened one evening that David got up from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's palace; and he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he efiafi ʻe taha, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Tevita mei hono mohenga, pea naʻa ne ʻeveʻeva [ki ʻolunga ]ʻi he tuʻa fale ʻoe tuʻi: pea naʻa ne mamata mei he tuʻa fale ki he fefine naʻe fai ʻene kaukau; pea naʻe hoihoifua ʻaupito ʻae fefine ke sio ki ai.

3 And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hethite?"

Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Tevita ke fehuʻi pe ko hai ʻae fefine. Pea naʻe tala mai, ʻIkai ko Patisepa ia, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Iliami, ko e uaifi ʻo ʻUlia ko e [tangata ]Heti?

4 So David sent messengers to get her, and she came in to him, and he lay with her. (For she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) And she returned to her house.

Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe Tevita ʻae kau talafekau, ʻonau ʻomi ia; pea naʻa ne haʻu kiate ia, pea naʻa ne mohe mo ia pea naʻe fakamaʻa ia mei heʻene taʻemaʻa, pea naʻe toe ʻalu ia ki hono fale.

5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "I'm pregnant."

Pea naʻe tuituʻia ʻae fefine, pea naʻa ne fekau ke fakahā kia Tevita, ʻo pehē kuo u feitama.

6 Then David sent to Joab and said, "Send me Uriah the Hethite." So Joab sent Uriah to him.

Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe Tevita kia Soape, [ʻo pehē], “Fekau ke haʻu kiate au ʻa ʻUlia ko e [tangata Heti].” Pea naʻe fekau ʻa ʻUlia ʻe Soape kia Tevita.

7 And Uriah came to him, and David asked about the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war. And he said, "Its well."

Pea ʻi heʻene hoko mai ʻa ʻUlia kiate ia, naʻe ʻeke ʻe Tevita pe kuo fēfē ʻa Soape, pea fēfē mo e kakai, pea kuo fēfē ʻae fai ʻoe tau.

8 And David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet." So Uriah went out from the presence of the king, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻUlia, “ʻAlu hifo ki ho fale, pea kaukauʻi ho vaʻe.” Pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa ʻUlia mei he fale ʻoe tuʻi, pea naʻe ʻave ʻo muimui ʻiate ia ʻae mangisi maʻana mei he tuʻi.

9 But Uriah slept at the king's door with his master's servants, and did not go down to his house.

Ka naʻe mohe ʻa ʻUlia ʻi he veʻe matapā ʻoe fale ʻoe tuʻi fakataha mo e kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē ʻo ʻene ʻeiki, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻalu hifo ia ki hono fale.

10 And it was reported to David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house." So David said to Uriah, "Haven't you come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"

Pea ʻi heʻenau fakahā ia kia Tevita, ʻo pehē, naʻe ʻikai ʻalu hifo ʻa ʻUlia ki hono fale, naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻUlia, ʻIkai naʻa ke hoko mai mei ha fononga? Pea ko e hā ai naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻalu hifo ki ho fale?

11 And Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camped in the open field. Then how can I go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As Jehovah lives, and as you live, I will not do this thing."

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻUlia kia Tevita, “ʻOku nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻae puha tapu, mo ʻIsileli, pea mo Siuta; pea ʻoku ʻapitanga ʻa Soape ko hoku ʻeiki, mo e kakai ʻa hoku ʻeiki, ʻi he ʻataʻatā ʻoe fonua; pea te u ʻalu au ki hoku fale ʻoʻoku, ke kai mo inu, pea ke mohe mo hoku uaifi? Hangē ʻoku ke moʻui, pea hangē ʻoku moʻui ho laumālie, ʻe ʻikai te u fai ʻae meʻa ni.”

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

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻUlia, “Nofo ʻi heni he ʻaho ni foki, pea te u tuku koe ke ke ʻalu ʻapongipongi.” Ko ia naʻe nofo ai ʻa ʻUlia ʻi Selūsalema ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, mo e ʻaho ʻe taha.

13 And the next day David summoned him, and he ate and drank in his presence, and he became drunk. But in the evening he went out and lay on a bed with his master's servants, and did not go down to his house.

Pea ʻi heʻene ui mai ia ʻe Tevita, naʻa ne kai mo inu ʻi hono ʻao; pea naʻa ne fakainu ia ke kona: pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki he poʻuli, naʻa ne ʻalu atu ke tokoto ki hono mohenga, fakataha mo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻo ʻene ʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai ʻalu hifo ia ki hono fale.

14 It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Pea ʻi heʻene pongipongi hake naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe fai ʻe Tevita ha tohi kia Soape, ʻo ne tuku ia ki he nima ʻo ʻUlia ke ne ʻave.

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 down and die."

Pea naʻa ne tohi ʻi he tohi, ʻo pehē, “Mou tuku atu ʻa ʻUlia ke muʻomuʻa ʻi he mālohi ʻoe tau, pea mou toki fakaholomui ʻiate ia, koeʻuhi ke teʻia ia ke ne mate.”

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

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene ʻosi ʻae vakai ʻoe kolo ʻe Soape, naʻa ne tuku ʻa ʻUlia ki ha potu ʻaia naʻa ne ʻilo kuo ʻi ai ʻae kau tangata toʻa.

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

Pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻae kau tangata ʻoe kolo, pea naʻa nau tau mo Soape: pea naʻe teʻia ʻae niʻihi ʻi he kakai ʻo Tevita; pea naʻe mate foki ʻa ʻUlia.

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

Hili ia naʻe fekau atu ʻe Soape ʻo ne fakahā kia Tevita ʻae meʻa kotoa pē naʻe kau ki he tau;

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

Pea naʻa ne fakapapau ki he tangata fekau, ʻo pehē, “ʻOka ʻosi ʻa hoʻo tala ki he tuʻi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku kau ki he tau,

20 if it happens that he becomes angry,

Pea kapau ʻe tupu ʻae houhau ʻae tuʻi, pea ne pehē mai kiate koe, ‘Ko e hā naʻa mou fakaofi pehē fau ai ki he kolo ʻi he fai ʻoe tau? ʻIkai naʻa mou ʻilo te nau fana mei he ʻā?

21 then you are to say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hethite is dead also.'"

Ko hai naʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻApimeleki ko e foha ʻo Selupeseti? ʻIkai naʻe lī ʻae konga maka momosi kiate ia ʻe ha fefine mei he [funga ]ʻā, ʻo ne mate ai ʻi Tipesi? Ko e hā naʻa mou ofi ai ki he ʻā?’ Pea ke toki pehē ʻe koe, ‘Kuo mate foki ʻa ʻUlia ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki.’”

22 So the messenger of Joab went to the king in Jerusalem and reported to David everything that Joab had told him.

Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻae talafekau, ʻo ne haʻu mo fakahā kia Tevita ʻae meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fekau ai ia ʻe Soape.

23 The messenger said to David, "The men overpowered us, and came out to us into the field, and when we drove them back to the entrance of the gate,

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he talafekau kia Tevita, “Ko e moʻoni naʻe fai mālohi mai ʻae kau tangata, [ʻonau ]haʻu kituʻa kiate kimautolu ki he ʻataʻatā, pea naʻa mau tuli atu kiate kinautolu ʻo aʻu ki he hūʻanga, ʻoe matanikolo.

24 then the arrows came down heavily on your servants from the wall, and some eighteen men of the king's servants died." And the messenger finished the words to the king about the report of the battle. Then David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, "Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know you would be struck from the wall? Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near to the wall?" [Then the messenger said to the king, ] "Also your servant Uriah the Hethite is dead."

Pea naʻe fana mai ʻe he kau tangata fana mei he ʻā ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki; pea kuo mate ʻae niʻihi ʻi he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻae tuʻi, pea kuo mate foki mo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko ʻUlia ko e [tangata ]Heti.”

25 Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall 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.' And encourage him."

Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Tevita ki he tangata fekau, “Te ke lea ʻo pehē kia Soape, Ke ʻoua naʻa kovi ʻae meʻa ni kiate koe, he ʻoku keina noa pe ʻe he heletā: ʻai ke mālohi hake ʻae fai ʻoe tau ki he kolo, pea fakato ia ki lalo: pea ke tokoni koe kiate ia.”

26 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.

Pea ʻi heʻene fanongo ʻe he uaifi ʻo ʻUlia kuo pekia ʻa ʻUlia ko hono husepāniti, naʻa ne mamahi koeʻuhi ko hono husepāniti.

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 Jehovah.

Pea ʻi he ʻosiange ʻa hono tēngihia, naʻe fekau ʻe Tevita mo ne ʻomi ia ki hono fale, pea naʻa ne hoko ko hono uaifi, pea naʻa ne fanauʻi ʻae foha kiate ia. Ka naʻe kovi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻae meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Tevita.