2 Samuel 12
1 Yahweh [told the prophet Nathan what David had done, and he] sent Nathan to tell [this story to] David: “[I heard about] two men [who] were living in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor.
| خداوند، ناتان نبی را نزد داوود فرستاد و ناتان آمده، این حکایت را برایش تعریف کرد: «در شهری دو نفر زندگی می‌کردند، یکی فقیر بود و دیگری ثروتمند. |
2 The rich man owned a lot of cattle and sheep.
| مرد ثروتمند گاو و گوسفند زیادی داشت. |
3 But the poor man had only one little female lamb, which he had bought. He raised the lamb, and it grew up with his children. He would give the lamb some of his own food and let it drink from his cup. He let the lamb sleep in his arms. The lamb was like a daughter to him.
| اما آن فقیر از مال دنیا فقط یک ماده بره داشت که از پول خود خریده بود و او را همراه پسرانش بزرگ می‌کرد. از بشقاب خود به آن بره خوراک می‌داد و از کاسه‌اش به او آب می‌نوشانید، آن بره را در آغوشش می‌خوابانید و او را مثل دخترش دوست می‌داشت. |
4 [One day] a visitor came to [visit] the rich man. The rich man did not want to take one of his own animals [and kill it] to prepare a meal for the visitor. So instead, he stole the poor man’s lamb [and killed it] and prepared a meal for his visitor.”
| روزی مهمانی به خانه آن شخص ثروتمند رفت. ولی او به جای آنکه یکی از گاوان و گوسفندان خود را بکشد تا برای مهمانش غذایی تهیه کند، برهٔ آن مرد فقیر را گرفته، سر برید.» |
5 [When] David [heard that, he] was very angry about [what] the rich man [had done]. He said to Nathan, “I solemnly declare that the man who did that should be executed!
| داوود چون این را شنید خشمگین شد و گفت: «به خداوند زنده قسم، کسی که چنین کاری کرده باید کشته شود، |
6 But before he is executed, he should pay back to the poor man four lambs for doing this, and for not having pity [on the poor man].”
| و چون دلش به حال آن بیچاره نسوخت، باید به جای آن بره، چهار بره به او پس دهد.» |
7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man [I have been talking about]! And this is what Yahweh, the God we Israelis [worship], says to you: ‘I appointed you to be king of Israel, after having rescued you from Saul.
| آنگاه ناتان به داوود گفت: «آن مرد تو هستی!» و بعد اضافه کرد که خداوند، خدای اسرائیل چنین می‌فرماید: «من تو را به پادشاهی بر اسرائیل مسح کردم و از دست شائول نجات دادم. |
8 I gave you his palace and his wives. I caused you to become the king to rule Israel and Judah. If [you had told me that] you were not content with what I gave you, I would have given you twice as much!
| کاخ و حرمسرای او را به تو بخشیدم و تو را بر یهودا و اسرائیل پادشاه ساختم. اگر این چیزها برای تو کافی نبود بیشتر از اینها هم به تو می‌دادم. |
9 So why have you despised my commandment [about not committing adultery]? You have done what I consider to be very evil! You have arranged for Uriah to be killed in a battle by the Ammon people-group’s soldiers, and you have taken his wife to be your wife!
| پس چرا قوانین مرا زیر پا گذاشتی و مرتکب این عمل زشت شدی؟ تو اوریا را به دست عمونی‌ها کشتی و زن او را تصاحب نمودی. |
10 You have despised me, and have taken Uriah’s wife to be your wife. So for many generations some of your descendants will die violently. [MTY, PRS]
| بنابراین، از این پس، کشت و کشتار از خانوادهٔ تو دور نخواهد شد، زیرا با گرفتن زن اوریا، به من اهانت کرده‌ای. |
11 I solemnly declare to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring trouble to you. I will take your wives and give them to him, and he will have sexual relations with them in the daytime, where everyone can see it, and you will know all about it.
| بنابراین من هم به دست افراد خانواده‌ات، بر سرت بلا نازل می‌کنم. زنانت را پیش چشمانت به همسایه‌ات می‌دهم و او در روز روشن با آنها همبستر می‌شود. |
12 What you did, you did secretly, but what I will cause to happen, everyone in Israel will be able to see it [or know about it]. [IDM]’”
| تو این کار را مخفیانه کردی، اما من در روز روشن و در برابر چشمان همهٔ بنی‌اسرائیل این بلا را بر سر تو خواهم آورد.» |
13 David replied, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh has forgiven you for your sin: You will not die [because of this sin].
| داوود اعتراف کرده، به ناتان گفت: «در حق خداوند گناه کرده‌ام.» ناتان گفت: «بله، خداوند هم تو را بخشیده است و به سبب این گناهت تو را هلاک نخواهد کرد. |
14 But, you have shown contempt for Yahweh by doing this. So, your baby will die.”
| ولی چون با این کارت باعث شده‌ای که دشمنان خداوند به او کفر گویند، پس این بچه‌ای هم که به دنیا آمده، خواهد مرد.» |
15 Then Nathan went home. Then Yahweh caused the baby t o become very sick, the one that Uriah’s wife had given birth to.
| بعد ناتان به خانهٔ خود برگشت و خداوند، پسری را که بَتشِبَع زاییده بود سخت بیمار کرد. |
16 So David prayed to God that the child [would not die]. He (fasted/abstained from food), and he went into [the room where he slept] and lay all night on the floor.
| داوود به خدا التماس کرد که بچه را زنده نگاه دارد، و بدین منظور روزه گرفت و به اتاق خود رفته، تمام شب روی زمین دراز کشید. |
17 [The next morning] his advisors stood around him and urged him to get up. But he would not get up, and he would not eat any food with them.
| درباریان از او خواهش کردند از زمین بلند شود و با آنها غذا بخورد، اما قبول نکرد، |
18 One week later the baby died. David’s servants were afraid to tell that to David. They said [to each other], “Hey, while the baby was still alive, we talked to him, but he would not answer us. Now, if we tell him that the baby is dead [RHQ], he may do something to harm himself!”
| تا اینکه در روز هفتم، آن بچه مرد. درباریان می‌ترسیدند این خبر را به او بدهند. آنها می‌گفتند: «وقتی آن بچه هنوز زنده بود داوود از شدت ناراحتی با ما حرف نمی‌زد، حال اگر به او خبر بدهیم که بچه مرده است، معلوم نیست چه بلایی بر سر خود خواهد آورد؟» |
19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering something to each other, he realized that the baby must be dead. So he asked them, “Is the baby dead?” They replied, “Yes, he is dead.”
| ولی وقتی داوود دید آنها با هم نجوا می‌کنند، فهمید چه شده است و پرسید: «آیا بچه مرده است؟» گفتند: «بله.» |
20 Then David got up from the floor. He bathed himself, put lotions on his body, and put on other clothes, Then he went into Yahweh’s Sacred Tent and worshiped Yahweh. Then he went home. He asked his servants for some food. They gave him some, and he ate it.
| آنگاه داوود از زمین بلند شد، شستشو نمود، سرش را شانه کرد، لباسهایش را عوض نمود و به خیمهٔ عبادت رفت و خداوند را پرستش کرد. سپس به کاخش برگشت و خوراک خورد. |
21 Then his servants said to him, “We do not understand [RHQ] why you have done this! While the baby was still alive, you cried for him and refused to eat anything. But now that the baby has died, [you are not crying any more!] You got up and ate some food!”
| درباریان تعجب کردند و به او گفتند: «ما از رفتار تو سر در نمی‌آوریم. وقتی بچه هنوز زنده بود گریه می‌کردی و غذا نمی‌خوردی. اما حال که بچه مرده است، دست از گریه برداشته، غذا می‌خوری!» |
22 David replied, “While the baby was still alive, I fasted and cried. I thought, ‘Who knows? Yahweh may be merciful to me and not allow the baby to die’.
| داوود جواب داد: «وقتی بچه زنده بود، روزه گرفتم و گریستم، چون فکر می‌کردم شاید خداوند به من رحم کند و بچه را زنده نگه دارد. |
23 But now the baby is dead. So (there is no reason for me to (fast/abstain from eating food) any more./why should I (fast/abstain from eating food) any more?) [RHQ] (Can I bring him back to me?/I certainly cannot bring him back to me!) [RHQ] [Some day] I will go to where he is, but he will not return to me.”
| اما حال که بچه مرده است دیگر چرا روزه بگیرم؟ آیا می‌توانم او را زنده کنم؟ من پیش او خواهم رفت، ولی او نزد من باز نخواهد گشت.» |
24 Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba. Then he (slept/had sexual relations) with her, and she [became pregnant again and] gave birth to another son. David named that son Solomon. Yahweh loved that little boy.
| سپس داوود بَتشِبَع را دلداری داد. بَتشِبَع بار دیگر از داوود حامله شده، پسری زایید و اسم او را سلیمان گذاشت. خداوند سلیمان را دوست می‌داشت |
25 He told the prophet Nathan to tell David to name the baby boy Jedediah [which means ‘loved by Yahweh’, ] because Yahweh loved him.
| و به همین سبب ناتان نبی را فرستاد تا سلیمان را یدیدیا (یعنی «محبوب خداوند») لقب دهد. |
26 (Meanwhile/While all that was happening), Joab’s [soldiers] attacked Rabbah, [the capital city] of the Ammon people-group; and they captured the king’s fortress.
| در این بین، یوآب به شهر ربه پایتخت عمون حمله برد و آن را محاصره کرد. او قاصدانی نزد داوود فرستاد تابه او بگویند: «ربه و مخازن آب آن در اختیار ماست. |
27 Then Joab sent messengers to David, to tell him this: “My troops are attacking Rabbah, and we have captured the city’s water supply.
28 Now gather your troops and come and surround the city and capture it. If you do not do that, my troops will capture the city and it will then be named ‘the City of Joab’.”
| پس بقیهٔ سربازان را بیاور و شهر را تصرف کن تا پیروزی به نام تو تمام شود.» |
29 So David gathered all his troops. They went [with David] to Rabbah and attacked it and captured it.
| پس داوود به ربه لشکر کشید و آن را تسخیر کرده، غنیمت زیادی از آنجا به اورشلیم برد. داوود تاج گرانبهای پادشاه عمونی را از سرش برداشت و بر سر خودش گذاشت. این تاج، حدود سی و پنج کیلو وزن داشت و از طلا و جواهرات قیمتی ساخته شده بود. |
30 Then David took the crown from the head of the king of Rabbah (OR, from the head of [Milcom] the god of Rabbah) and put it on his own head. It [was very heavy; it] weighed (75 pounds/34 kg.), and it had many very valuable stones fastened to it. His soldiers also took many other valuable things from the city.
31 Then they brought the people of Rabbah out of the city and forced them to [work for them] using saws and iron picks and axes. David’s troops also forced them to make bricks. David’s soldiers did this in all the towns of the Ammon people-group. Then David and all of his army returned to Jerusalem.
| داوود، مردم آن شهر را اسیر کرده، اره و تیشه و تبر به دستشان داد و آنها را به کارهای سخت گماشت. او در کوره‌های آجرپزی از ایشان کار می‌کشید. او با اهالی شهرهای دیگر عمون نیز همین گونه عمل کرد. سپس داوود و لشکر او به اورشلیم بازگشتند. |
