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.
OR l'anno seguente, nel tempo che i re sogliono uscire [alla guerra], Davide mandò Ioab, con la sua gente, e tutto Israele; ed essi diedero il guasto a' figliuoli di Ammon, e posero l'assedio a Rabba; ma Davide dimorò in Gerusalemme.
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.
Ed avvenne una sera, che Davide, levatosi d'in sul suo letto, e passeggiando sopra il tetto della casa reale, vide d'in sul tetto una donna che si lavava, la quale [era] bellissima d'aspetto.
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.”
Ed egli mandò a domandar di quella donna; e gli fu detto: Non [è] costei Batseba, figliuola di Eliam, moglie di Uria Hitteo?
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.
E Davide mandò de' messi a torla. Ed ella venne a lui, ed egli si giacque con lei. Or ella si purificava della sua immondizia; poi ella ritornò a casa sua.
5 [After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
E quella donna ingravidò; e mandò a farlo assapere a Davide, dicendo: Io [son] gravida.
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.
E Davide mandò [a dire] a Ioab: Mandami Uria Hitteo. E Ioab mandò Uria a Davide.
7 When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
E, quando Uria fu venuto a lui, Davide gli domandò del bene stare di Ioab, e del bene stare del popolo; e se la guerra andava bene.
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.
Poi Davide disse ad Uria: Scendi a casa tua, e lavati i piedi. Uria adunque uscì fuor della casa reale, e gli fu portato dietro un messo [di vivande] del re.
9 But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
Ma Uria giacque alla porta della casa del re, con tutti i servitori del suo signore, e non iscese a casa sua.
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]
E fu rapportato a Davide, che Uria non era sceso a casa sua. E Davide disse ad Uria: Non vieni tu di viaggio? perchè dunque non sei sceso a casa tua?
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!”
Ed Uria disse a Davide: L'Arca, ed Israele, e Giuda, sono alloggiati in tende; e Ioab, mio signore, e i servitori del mio signore, sono accampati in su la campagna; ed io entrerei in casa mia, per mangiare e per bere, e per giacer con la mia moglie! [Come] tu vivi, e [come] l'anima tua vive, io non farò questa cosa.
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.
E Davide disse ad Uria: Stattene qui ancora oggi, e domani io ti accommiaterò. Uria adunque dimorò in Gerusalemme quel giorno, e il giorno seguente.
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.
E Davide l'invitò; ed egli mangiò e bevve in presenza di esso, ed egli l'inebbriò; ma pure in su la sera egli uscì fuori per giacer nel suo letto, co' servitori del suo signore, e non iscese a casa sua.
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.
E la mattina seguente, Davide scrisse una lettera a Ioab, e gliela mandò per Uria.
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].”
E nella lettera scrisse in questa maniera: Ponete Uria dirincontro alla più aspra battaglia; poi ritraetevi indietro da lui, acciocchè egli sia percosso, e muoia.
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.
Ioab adunque, tenendo l'assedio alla città, pose Uria in un luogo dove sapeva che [vi erano] uomini di valore.
17 The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
E la gente della città uscì, e combattè contro a Ioab; ed [alcuni] del popolo, de' servitori di Davide, caddero [morti]; Uria Hitteo morì anch'esso.
18 Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
Allora Ioab mandò a fare assapere a Davide tutto ciò ch'era seguito in quella battaglia.
19 He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
E diede quest'ordine al messo: Quando tu avrai finito di raccontare al re tutto ciò ch'è seguito in questa battaglia,
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]?
se il re monta in ira, e ti dice: Perchè vi siete accostati alla città per combattere? non sapete voi come si suol tirare d'in su le mura?
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.’”
Chi percosse Abimelec, figliuolo di Ierubbeset? non fu egli una donna, che gli gittò addosso un pezzo di macina d'in sul muro, onde egli morì a Tebes? perchè vi siete accostati al muro? Allora digli: Uria Hitteo, tuo servitore, è morto anch'esso.
22 So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
Il messo adunque andò; e, giunto, raccontò a Davide tutto ciò per che Ioab l'avea mandato.
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.
E disse a Davide: Essi aveano fatto uno sforzo contro a noi, ed erano usciti fuori a noi alla campagna, e noi li avevamo respinti infino all'entrata della porta.
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.”
Allora gli arcieri saettarono contro a' tuoi servitori d'in sul muro; e [alcuni] de' servitori del re son morti; Uria Hitteo, tuo servitore, è morto anch'esso.
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.”
E Davide disse al messo: Di' così a Ioab: Non dolgati di questo; perciocchè la spada consuma così l'uno come l'altro; rinforza la battaglia contro alla città, e distruggila; e [tu] confortalo.
26 When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
E la moglie d'Uria udì che Uria, suo marito, era morto, e fece cordoglio del suo marito.
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.
E passato il duolo, Davide mandò [per lei], e se l'accolse in casa, ed ella gli fu moglie, e gli partorì un figliuolo. Ma questa cosa che Davide avea fatta, dispiacque al Signore.
