2 Samuel 11
1 It came about in the springtime, at the time when kings normally go to war, that David sent out Joab, his servants, and all the army of Israel. They destroyed the army of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.
Katika mwanzo wa mwaka mpya, wakati wafalme watokapo kwenda vitani, Daudi akamtuma Yoabu pamoja na watu wa mfalme na jeshi lote la Israeli. Wakawaangamiza Waamoni na kuuzunguka kwa jeshi mji wa Raba. Lakini Daudi akabaki Yerusalemu.
2 So it came about one evening that David got up from his bed and walked on the roof of his palace. From there he happened to see a woman who was bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
Ikawa siku moja wakati wa jioni Daudi aliinuka kitandani mwake na kutembeatembea juu ya paa la jumba lake la kifalme. Kutokea kule kwenye paa, akamwona mwanamke akioga. Mwanamke huyo alikuwa mzuri sana wa sura,
3 So David sent and he asked people who would know about the woman. Someone said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, and is she not the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
naye Daudi akatuma mtu mmoja kuuliza habari za huyo mwanamke. Huyo mtu akamwambia Daudi, “Je, huyu si Bathsheba binti Eliamu, naye ni mke wa Uria, Mhiti?”
4 David sent messengers and took her; she came in to him, and he slept with her (for she had just purified herself from menstruation). Then she returned to her house.
Ndipo Daudi akatuma wajumbe kumleta. Huyo mwanamke akaja kwa Daudi, Daudi akakutana naye kimwili. (Huyo mwanamke ndipo tu alikuwa amejitakasa kutoka siku zake za hedhi.) Kisha akarudi nyumbani kwake.
5 The woman conceived, and she sent and told David; she said, “I am pregnant.”
Huyo mwanamke akapata mimba akampelekea Daudi ujumbe, kusema, “Mimi ni mjamzito.”
6 Then David sent to Joab saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.
Ndipo Daudi akapeleka ujumbe kwa Yoabu, “Unipelekee Uria, Mhiti.” Naye Yoabu akamtuma Uria kwa Daudi.
7 When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab was, how the army was doing, and how the war was going.
Uria alipofika, Daudi akamuuliza habari za Yoabu, hali za askari na vita kwamba inaendeleaje.
8 David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the king's palace, and the king sent a gift for Uriah after he left.
Kisha Daudi akamwambia Uria, “Teremka nyumbani kwako ukanawe miguu yako.” Basi Uria akaondoka kutoka kwenye jumba la kifalme, tena zawadi zikamfuata kutoka kwa mfalme.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's palace with all the servants of his master, and he did not go down to his house.
Lakini Uria akalala kwenye ingilio la jumba la kifalme pamoja na watumishi wote wa bwana wake, na hakuteremka kwenda nyumbani kwake.
10 When they told David, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
Daudi alipoambiwa kwamba, “Uria hakwenda nyumbani,” Daudi akamuuliza, “Je, si ndiyo tu umefika kutoka safari ya mbali? Kwa nini hukwenda nyumbani?”
11 Uriah answered David, “The ark, and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my master's servants are camped in an open field. How then can I go into my house to eat and to drink and to sleep with my wife? As sure as you are alive, I will not do this.”
Uria akamwambia Daudi, “Sanduku la Mungu, na Israeli na Yuda wanakaa kwenye mahema, naye bwana wangu Yoabu na watu wa bwana wangu wamepiga kambi mahali pa wazi. Ningewezaje kwenda nyumbani kwangu ili nile, ninywe na kukutana na mke wangu? Hakika kama uishivyo sitafanya jambo la namna hiyo!”
12 So David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you leave.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.
Ndipo Daudi akamwambia, “Kaa hapa siku moja zaidi, nami kesho nitakutuma urudi.” Kwa hiyo Uria akakaa Yerusalemu siku ile na siku iliyofuata.
13 When David called him, he ate and drank before him, and David made him drunk. At evening Uriah went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his master; he did not go down to his house.
Kwa ukaribisho wa Daudi, Uria akala na kunywa pamoja naye, Daudi akamlevya. Lakini jioni Uria alitoka kwenda kulala juu ya mkeka wake miongoni mwa watumishi wa bwana wake, hakwenda nyumbani.
14 So in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
Asubuhi yake Daudi akamwandikia Yoabu barua, akamtuma Uria kuipeleka.
15 David wrote in the letter saying, “Set Uriah at the very front of the most intense battle, and then withdraw from him, that he may be hit and killed.”
Ndani ya barua aliandika, “Mweke Uria mstari wa mbele mahali ambapo mapigano ni makali sana. Kisha wewe uondoke ili Uria aangushwe chini na kuuawa.”
16 So as Joab watched the siege upon the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers would be fighting.
Hivyo Yoabu alipokuwa ameuzingira mji kwa jeshi, akamweka Uria mahali ambapo alijua kuwa ulinzi wa adui ulikuwa imara sana.
17 When the men of the city went out and fought against Joab's army, some of the soldiers of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite was also killed there.
Wakati watu wa mjini walipotoka kwenda kupigana dhidi ya Yoabu, baadhi ya watu katika jeshi la Daudi wakauawa, zaidi ya hayo, Uria, Mhiti, akafa.
18 When Joab sent word to David about everything concerning the war,
Yoabu akampelekea Daudi maelezo yote ya vita.
19 he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
Akamwagiza mjumbe hivi, “Utakapokuwa umemaliza kumpa mfalme maelezo ya vita,
20 it may happen that the king will become angry, and he will say to you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
hasira ya mfalme yaweza kuwaka, naye aweza kukuuliza, ‘Kwa nini mlisogea karibu hivyo na mji kupigana? Hamkujua kuwa wangeweza kuwapiga mishale kutoka ukutani?
21 Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' Then you must answer, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'”
Ni nani aliyemuua Abimeleki mwana wa Yerub-Besheth? Je, mwanamke hakutupa juu yake jiwe la juu la kusagia kutoka ukutani, kwa hiyo akafa huko Thebesi? Kwa nini mlisogea hivyo karibu ya ukuta?’ Ikiwa atakuuliza hivi, ndipo umwambie, ‘Pia mtumishi wako Uria, Mhiti, amekufa.’”
22 So the messenger left and went to David and told him everything that Joab had sent him to say.
Mjumbe akaondoka. Alipowasili akamwambia Daudi kila kitu alichokuwa ametumwa na Yoabu kusema.
23 Then the messenger said to David, “The enemy were stronger than we were at first; they came out to us into the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
Mjumbe akamwambia Daudi, “Watu walituzidi nguvu wakatoka nje ya mji dhidi yetu kwenye eneo la wazi, lakini tuliwarudisha nyuma mpaka kwenye ingilio la mji.
24 Then their shooters shot at your soldiers from off the wall, and some of the king's servants were killed, and your servant Uriah the Hittite was killed too.”
Ndipo wapiga upinde walitupa mishale kwa watumishi wako kutoka ukutani, na baadhi ya watu wa mfalme wakafa. Zaidi ya hayo, Uria, Mhiti, mtumishi wako amekufa.”
25 Then David said to the messenger, “Say this to Joab, 'Do not let this displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle even stronger against the city, and overthrow it,' and encourage him.”
Daudi akamwambia mjumbe, “Ukamwambie Yoabu hivi, ‘Jambo hili lisikutie wasiwasi, upanga hula huyu sawa na ulavyo mwingine. Zidisha mashambulizi dhidi ya mji na uangamize.’ Mwambie Yoabu hivi ili kumtia moyo.”
26 So when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented deeply for her husband.
Mke wa Uria aliposikia kwamba mumewe amekufa, akamwombolezea.
27 When her sorrow passed, David sent and took her home to his palace, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But what David had done displeased Yahweh.
Baada ya muda wa maombolezo kwisha, Daudi akamtaka aletwe nyumbani kwake, naye akawa mkewe, na akamzalia mwana. Lakini jambo alilokuwa amefanya Daudi lilimchukiza Bwana.
