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.
А кад прође година, у време кад цареви иду на војску, посла Давид Јоава и слуге своје с њим, и свега Израиља, те потираху синове Амонове, и опколише Раву; а Давид оста у Јерусалиму.
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.
И пред вече уста Давид с постеље своје, и ходајући по крову царског двора угледа с крова жену где се мије, а жена беше врло лепа на очи.
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.”
И Давид посла да пропитају за жену и рекоше: Није ли то Витсавеја кћи Елијамова, жена Урије Хетејина?
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.
И Давид посла посланике да је доведу; и кад дође к њему, он леже с њом, а она се беше очистила од нечистоте своје; после се врати својој кући.
5 [After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
И затрудне жена, те посла и јави Давиду говорећи: Трудна сам.
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.
Тада Давид посла к Јоаву и поручи: Пошљи ми Урију Хетејина. И посла Јоав Урију к Давиду.
7 When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
И кад Урија дође к њему, запита га Давид како је Јоав и како је народ и како иде рат.
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.
Потом рече Давид Урији: Иди кући својој, и опери ноге своје. И Урија изиђе из царевог двора, а за њим изнесоше јело царско.
9 But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
Али Урија леже на вратима двора царевог са свим слугама господара свог, и не отиде кући својој.
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]
И јавише Давиду говорећи: Урија није отишао кући својој. А Давид рече Урији: Ниси ли дошао с пута? Зашто не идеш кући својој?
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!”
А Урија рече Давиду: Ковчег и Израиљ и Јуда стоје по шаторима, и Јоав господар мој и слуге господара мог стоје у пољу, па како бих ја ушао у кућу своју да једем и пијем и спавам са женом својом? Тако ти био жив и тако била жива душа твоја, нећу то учинити.
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.
Тада рече Давид Урији: Остани овде још данас, па ћу те сутра отпустити. Тако оста Урија у Јерусалиму онај дан и сутрадан.
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.
И позва га Давид да једе и пије с њим, те га опије. А увече отиде, те леже на постељу своју са слугама господара свог, а кући својој не отиде.
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.
А ујутру написа Давид књигу Јоаву, и посла по Урији.
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].”
А у књизи писа и рече: Наместите Урију где је најжешћи бој, па се узмакните од њега да би га убили да погине.
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.
И Јоав опколивши град намести Урију на место где је знао да су најхрабрији људи.
17 The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
И изиђоше људи из града и побише се с Јудом. И погибе из народа неколико слуга Давидових; погибе и Урија Хетејин.
18 Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
Тада Јоав посла к Давиду, и јави му све што би у боју.
19 He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
И заповеди гласнику говорећи: Кад приповедиш цару све што је било у боју,
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]?
Ако се разгневи цар и рече ти: Зашто сте ишли тако близу града да се бијете? Зар нисте знали како се стреља с града?
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.’”
Ко је убио Авимелеха сина Јерувесетовог? Није ли жена бацила на њ комад жрвња са зида, те погибе у Тевесу? Зашто сте ишли близу зида? Тада реци: Погинуо је и слуга твој Урија Хетејин.
22 So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
И отиде гласник, и дошавши јави Давиду све за шта га је послао Јоав.
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.
И рече гласник Давиду: Беху јачи од нас, и изиђоше у поље на нас, али их узбисмо до врата градских.
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.”
А стрелци стадоше стрељати на слуге твоје са зида, и погибе неколико слуга царевих, тако и слуга твој Урија Хетејин погибе.
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.”
Тада рече Давид гласнику: Овако реци Јоаву: Не буди зловољан за то; јер мач прождире сад овог сад оног; удри још јаче на град и раскопај га. Тако га охрабри.
26 When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
А жена Уријина чувши да је погинуо муж њен Урија, плака за мужем својим.
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.
А кад прође жалост, посла Давид и узе је у кућу своју, и она му поста жена, и роди му сина. Али не беше по вољи Господу шта учини Давид.
