2 Samuel 11
1 [In that region], kings usually went [with their armies] to fight [their enemies] in the springtime. But the following year, in the springtime, David [did not do that. Instead, he] stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent [his commander] Joab [to lead the army]. So Joab went with the other officers and the rest of the Israeli army. They [crossed the Jordan River and] defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then they surrounded [their capital city, ] Rabbah.
Kuma thok tih manghaia thoh tue vaengah David loh Joab neh a taengkah a sal rhoek, Israel pum tea tueih tih Ammon ca rhoek tea thup. Te vaengah Rabbah khaw a dum uh dae David tah Jerusalem ah om.
2 Late one afternoon, after David got up from taking a nap, he walked around on the [flat] roof of his palace. He saw a woman who was bathing [in the courtyard of her house]. The woman was very beautiful.
Kholaeh tuea pha vaengah David tah a thingkong lamloh thoo tih manghai im kah imphu ah cet. Te vaengah huta pakhat tui a hlukTe imphu lamloha hmuh. Tekah huta te a mueimae bahoeng then.
3 David sent a messenger to find out who she was. [The messenger returned] and said, “She is [RHQ] Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and her husband is Uriah, from the Heth people-group.”
David loh hlang a tueih tih huta tea cae vaengah tah, “Eliam nu Bathsheba pawt nim ke, Khitti Uriah yuu la ke,” a tinah.
4 Then David sent more messengers to get her. They brought her to David, and he (slept/had sex) [EUP] with her. (She had just finished performing the rituals to make herself pure [after her monthly menstrual period].) Then Bathsheba went back home.
Te dongah David loh puencawna tueih tih anih te a loh phai. Te phoeiah amah taengla ha pawk vaengah huta te vik a yalh puei. Te phoeiah huta loh a tihnai lamloha ciim tih amah im la mael.
5 [After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
Tedae huta tea vawn vaengah ol a tah tih David taengla puen. Te vaengah kai ka vawn coeng,” a tinah.
6 Then David sent a message to Joab. He said, “Send Uriah, from the Heth people-group, to me.” So Joab did that. He sent Uriah to David.
Te dongah David loh Joab taengah ol a tah tih, “Khitti Uriah te kai taengla han tueih,” a ti nah vanbangla Joab loh Uriah te David taenglaa tueih.
7 When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
A taengla Uriaha pawk vaengah David loh Joab kah sading kawng, pilnam kah sading kawng, caem kah sading kawng te a dawt.
8 Then David, [hoping that Uriah would go home and sleep with his wife, ] said to Uriah, “Okay, go home and relax for a while. [IDM]” So Uriah left, and David gave someone a gift [of some food] to take to Uriah’s house.
Te phoeiah David loh Uriah te, “Na im te suntla lamtah na kho yuut laeh,” a tinah. Te vanbangla manghai im lamloh Uriaha nong neh a hnukah manghai kah buham loh a vai.
9 But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
Tedae Uriah tah a boei rhoek kah sal tom neh manghai im kah thohka ah yalh tih amah im la suntla pawh.
10 When someone told David that Uriah did not go to his house [that night], David [summoned him again and] said to him, “Why didn’t you go home [to be with your wife last night], after having been away for a long time?” [RHQ]
Te vaengah David taengla puen uh tih, “UriahTe amah im laa suntlak moenih,” a ti na uh. Te dongah David loh Uriah te, “Yiin lamkah na pawk moenih a? Balae tih na im te na paan pawh,” a tinah.
11 Uriah replied, “The soldiers of Judah and Israel are camping in the open fields, and even our commander Joab is sleeping in a tent, and the sacred chest is with them. (How could I/It would not be right for me to) go home, eat and drink, and sleep with my wife [RHQ]. I solemnly declare [IDM] that I will never do such a thing!”
Uriah loh David taengah, “Thingkawng khaw, Israel neh Judah khaw, dungtlungim ah aka om khaw, ka boeipa Joab neh ka boeipa kah a sal rhoek khaw, khohmuen hoeng ah rhaehuh. Te vaengah kai loh kamah im ah caak ham neh ok hamla, ka yuu taengah yalh hamla, ka cet aya? Na hingnah neh na hinglu kah hingnah dongah hekah olka he tah ka rhoi mahpawh,” a tinah.
12 Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today. I will let you return [to the battle] tomorrow.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and that night.
David loh Uriah te, “Hnin at khaw he ah om dae lamtah thangvuen ah kan tueih eh?,” a tinah. Te dongah Uriah khaw tekah khohnin neha vuen ah tah Jerusalem ah kho a sak.
13 The next day, David invited him [to a meal]. So Uriah had a meal with David, and David made him drink a lot of wine so that he would get drunk, [hoping that if he was drunk, he would sleep with his wife]. But that night, Uriah again did not go home. Instead, he slept on his cot with the king’s servants.
Te phoeiah anih te David loh a khue. A mikhmuh ah buh a cah tih a rhuihmil la a ok sak. Tedae kholaeh ah tah cet tih a boei kah sal rhoek taengah amah kah thingkong dongah yalh. Te dongah amah im te paan pawh.
14 [Someone reported that to] David, [so] the next morning he wrote a letter to Joab, and gave it to Uriah to take to Joab.
Mincanga pha vaengah David loh Joab ham caaa daek pah tih Uriah kut aha pat.
15 In the letter, he wrote, “Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is the (worst/most severe). Then command the soldiers to pull back from him, in order that he will be killed [by our enemies].”
Ca dongaha daek pah tih, “Uriah te caemtloek tlungluen hmai ah khueh lamtah a hnuk lamloh mael tak, Te vaengah ngawn uh saeh lamtah duek saeh,” a tinah.
16 [So after] Joab [got the letter], as his army was surrounding the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew that their enemies’ strongest and best soldiers would be fighting.
Joab loh khopuei tea om thil tih a dawn vaengah tatthai hlang rhoek om nah tea ming. Te dongahTe hmuen ahTe Uriaha khueh.
17 The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
Khopuei hlang rhoek ha pawk uh tih Joab tea vathoh hatah David sal lamkah pilnam te cungku tih Khitti Uriah khaw duek.
18 Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
Te phoeiah Joab loh hlang a tueih tih caemtloek vaengkah olka boeih te David taenglaa yaak sak.
19 He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
Puencawn tea uen tih, “Caemtloek vaengkah olka boeih manghai taengah thui pah ham te na khah vaengah,
20 if David is angry [because so many officers were killed], he may ask you, ‘Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight [RHQ]? Did you not know that they would shoot [arrows at you while they were standing on top] of the city wall [RHQ]?
manghai kaha kosiTe phuet tih namah te, “Vathoh hamTe balae tih khopuei la na thoeih? Vongtung dong lamloh ng'kah ni tila na ming uh moenih a?
21 Do you not remember how Abimelech, the son of Gideon, was killed? A woman [who lived] in Thebez threw a huge (millstone/stone for grinding grain) on him from [the top of] tower, and he died. So why did your troops go near to the city wall?’ If the king asks this, then tell him, ‘Your officer Uriah also was killed.’”
Jerubbesheth capa Abimelek aka ngawnTe unim? Vongtung dong lamkah sumngol phaklung neh anih aka daeTe huta moenih a? Te dongah ni anihTe Thebez aha duek. Balae tih vongtung la na thoeih uh,’ a ti mai ni. Te vaengah, 'Na sal Khitti Uriah khaw duek coeng,’ ti nah,” a tinah.
22 So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
Te dongah puencawn te cet tiha pha vaengah Joab loh aniha tueih te David taengah boeiha thuipah.
23 The messenger said to David, “Our enemies were very brave, and came out of the city to fight us in the fields. [They were defeating us] but we forced them back to the city gate.
Te vaengah puencawn loh David taengah, “Kaimih te hlang loh ng'et tih khohmuen ah kaimih taengla ha thoenguh. Tedae amih te vongka thohka ah ka mahuh.
24 Then their archers shot arrows at us from [the top of] the city wall. They killed some of your officers. They killed your officer Uriah, too.”
A kah uh thae vaengah na sal rhoek te vongtung dong lamkah lipom loh a kah, a kah tih manghai kah sal rhoek te duek. Te vaengah na sal Khitti Uriah khaw duek,” a tinah.
25 David said to the messenger, “Go back to Joab and say to him, ‘Do not be distressed [about what happened], because no one ever knows who will be killed in a battle.’ Tell him that the next time his troops should attack the city more strongly, and capture it.”
David loh puencawn te, “Joab taengah thui pah, tahae kah olka he na mik ah lolh sak boeh, khat khat ngawn tah cunghang loha yoop rhuem, na caemtloek neh khopuei te namning thil lamtah koengloeng laeh,” a ti nah tih anih te a thaphoh.
26 When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
Uriah kah a yuu loh a va Uriaha duek tea yaak vaengah a boei tea rhaengsae.
27 When her time of mourning was ended, David sent messengers to bring her to the palace. Thus, she became David’s wife. She later gave birth to a son. But Yahweh was very displeased with what David had done.
Nguekcoinah tea poeng vaengah David loh a tah tih amah im laa det. Te dongah anih yuu la pahoi om tih ca tongpaa cunpah. Tedae David loh BOEIPA kah mikhmuh aha saii te khoboe thae ni a huet.
