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.
Um die Jahreswende, wenn die Könige ins Feld ziehen, sandte David den Joab und seine Diener mit ihm und ganz Israel hin. Sie verheerten das Land der Ammoniter und belagerten Rabba. David aber blieb in Jerusalem.
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.
An einem Abend erhob sich David von seinem Lager und erging sich auf dem Dache des Königshauses. Da sah er vom Dache aus ein badendes Weib. Das Weib aber war sehr schön.
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 sandte nun hin und erkundigte sich nach dem Weibe. Da sagte man: "Ist das nicht Eliams Tochter Batseba, das Weib des Chittiters Urias?"
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.
Da sandte David Boten und ließ sie holen. Sie kam zu ihm und er schlief bei ihr. Sie hatte sich nämlich von ihrer Unreinigkeit befreit. Dann kehrte sie heim.
5 [After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
So ward das Weib schwanger. Sie sandte nun hin und meldete David: "Ich bin schwanger."
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.
Da sandte David zu Joab: "Sende mir den Chittiter Urias!" Da sandte Joab den Urias zu David.
7 When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
Urias kam dann zu ihm und David fragte nach Joabs und des Volkes Befinden und nach dem Kriegsglücke.
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.
Dann sprach David zu Urias: "Geh in dein Haus hinunter und wasche dir die Füße!" Und Urias ging aus des Königs Haus. Da folgte ihm ein königlicher Wächter.
9 But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
Urias aber schlief im Tore des Königshauses bei all den Dienern seines Herrn. Er ging nicht in sein Haus hinab.
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]
Da meldete man David: "Urias ist nicht in sein Haus hinabgegangen." Da sprach David zu Urias: "Kommst du nicht von der Reise? Warum gehst du nicht in dein Haus hinab?"
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!”
Da sprach Urias zu David: "Die Lade und Israel und Juda weilen in Hütten. Mein Herr Joab und meines Herrn Diener lagern auf freiem Felde. Da sollte ich in mein Haus gehen, essen und trinken und bei meinem Weibe liegen? Bei deinem Leben und deiner Seele! So etwas tue ich nicht."
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.
Da sprach David zu Urias: "Bleib auch heute noch hier! Morgen entlasse ich dich." So blieb Urias jenen Tag zu Jerusalem.
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.
Am anderen Tage lud ihn David ein. Er aß und trank vor ihm. Schließlich machte er ihn trunken. Am Abend ging er hinaus, auf seinem Lager bei seines Herrn Diener zu schlafen. Aber in sein Haus ging er nicht hinab.
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.
Nun schrieb David am anderen Morgen einen Brief an Joab und sandte ihn durch Urias ab.
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].”
Er schrieb in dem Briefe: "Stellt Urias vorn ins heftigste Kampfgewühl! Dann zieht euch von ihm zurück, daß er erschlagen werde und falle!"
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.
Während Joab die Stadt belagerte, stellte er Urias an den Ort, wo, wie er wußte, tapfere Leute stünden.
17 The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
Die Leute der Stadt machten nun einen Ausfall und kämpften mit Joab. Da fielen einige vom Volk, von Davids Dienern. Auch der Chittiter Urias fand den Tod.
18 Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
Da sandte Joab hin und berichtete David den ganzen Verlauf des Kampfes.
19 He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
Er befahl dem Boten: "Berichtest du dem König den ganzen Hergang des Kampfes bis zum Ende
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]?
und braust der König auf und fragt dich: 'Warum seid ihr zum Treffen so nahe an die Stadt gerückt? Wußtet ihr nicht, daß sie von der Mauer herabschießen?
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.’”
Wer hat Jerubosets Sohn Abimelek erschlagen? Hat nicht ein Weib auf ihn einen Mühlstein von der Mauer geworfen, daß er zu Tebes starb? Warum seid ihr so nahe an die Mauer gerückt?', dann sprich: 'Auch dein Diener Urias, der Chittiter, ist gefallen.'"
22 So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
Der Bote ging, kam und meldete David alles, was ihm Joab aufgetragen hatte.
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.
Der Bote sprach zu David: "Die Leute sind uns überlegen gewesen; sie drangen gegen uns ins freie Feld. Wir aber drängten sie bis an das Stadttor.
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.”
Da schossen die Schützen auf deine Diener von der Mauer, daß von des Königs Dienern etliche den Tod fanden. Auch dein Knecht, der Chittiter Urias, fand den Tod."
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.”
Da sprach David zum Boten: "Sprich so zu Joab: 'Kränke dich nicht darüber! Denn das Schwert frißt bald so, bald so. Führe wacker deinen Kampf gegen die Stadt und zerstöre sie!' So ermutige ihn!"
26 When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
Des Urias Weib aber vernahm, daß ihr Mann Urias gefallen sei. Da betrauerte sie ihren Gemahl.
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.
Als aber die Trauer vorüber war, sandte David und ließ sie in sein Haus holen. So ward sie sein Weib und gebar ihm einen Sohn. Aber dem Herrn mißfiel, was David getan.
