2 Samuel 11

1 And it came to pass, after the year had expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and destroyed Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

١ وَفِي رَبِيعِ الْعَامِ التَّالِي، فِي الْمَوْسِمِ الَّذِي اعْتَادَ فِيهِ الْمُلُوكُ الْخُرُوجَ لِلْحَرْبِ، أَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ قَائِدَ جَيْشِهِ يُوآبَ عَلَى رَأْسِ قُوَّاتِهِ حَيْثُ هَاجَمُوا بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَقَهَرُوهُمْ، وَحَاصَرُوا مَدِينَةَ رِبَّةَ، أَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَمَكَثَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

2 And it came to pass in an evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.

٢ وَفِي إِحْدَى الأُمْسِيَاتِ نَهَضَ دَاوُدُ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ وَأَخَذَ يَتَمَشَّى عَلَى سَطْحِ قَصْرِهِ، فَشَاهَدَ امْرَأَةً ذَاتَ جَمَالٍ أَخَّاذٍ تَسْتَحِمُّ.

3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

٣ فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ مَنْ يَتَحَرَّى عَنْهَا. فَأَبْلَغَهُ أَحَدُهُمْ: «هَذِهِ بَثْشَبَعُ بِنْتُ أَلِيعَامَ زَوْجَةُ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيِّ»،

4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned to her house.

٤ فَبَعَثَ دَاوُدُ يَسْتَدْعِيهَا. فَأَقْبَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَضَاجَعَهَا إِذْ كَانَتْ قَدْ تَطَهَّرَتْ مِنْ طَمْثِهَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِهَا.

5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I [am] with child.

٥ وَحَمَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَأَرْسَلَتْ تُبَلِّغُ دَاوُدَ بِذَلِكَ.

6 And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

٦ فَوَجَّهَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى يُوآبَ قَائِلاً: «أَرْسِلْ إِلَيَّ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيَّ». فَبَعَثَ بِهِ يُوآبُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ.

7 And when Uriah had come to him, David inquired [of him] how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

٧ وَحِينَ مَثَلَ لَدَى دَاوُدَ اسْتَفْسَرَ مِنْهُ عَنْ سَلامَةِ يُوآبَ وَالْجَيْشِ وَعَنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْحَرْبِ.

8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king.

٨ ثُمَّ قَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُورِيَّا: «امْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ وَاغْسِلْ رِجْلَيْكَ». فَخَرَجَ أُورِيَّا مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَ لَهُ هَدِيَّةً إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

٩ غَيْرَ أَنَّ أُورِيَّا لَمْ يَتَوَجَّهْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، بَلْ نَامَ مَعَ رِجَالِ الْمَلِكِ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْقَصْرِ.

10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down to his house, David said to Uriah, Camest thou not from [thy] journey? why [then] didst thou not go down to thy house?

١٠ فَأَخْبَرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَمْ يَتَوَجَّهْ أُورِيَّا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». فَسَأَلَهُ دَاوُدُ: «أَلَمْ تَرْجِعْ مِنْ سَفَرٍ؟ فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَمْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ؟»

11 And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [as] thou livest, and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

١١ فَأَجَابَ: «التَّابُوتُ وَجَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا مُعَسْكِرُونَ فِي الْخِيَامِ، وَكَذَلِكَ سَيِّدِي يُوآبُ، وَبَقِيَّةُ قُوَّادِ الْمَلِكِ مُخَيِّمُونَ فِي الْعَرَاءِ، فَهَلْ آتِي أَنَا إِلَى بَيْتِي لِآكُلَ وَأَشْرَبَ وَأُضَاجِعَ زَوْجَتِي؟ أُقْسِمُ بِحَيَاتِكَ، لَنْ أَفْعَلَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ».

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow.

١٢ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُورِيَّا: «امْكُثْ هُنَا الْيَوْمَ وَغَداً أُطْلِقُكَ». فَمَكَثَ أُورِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ حَتَّى صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.

13 And when David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk: and at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

١٣ وَلَبَّى دَعْوَةَ الْمَلِكِ، فَأَكَلَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ وَشَرِبَ حَتَّى أَسْكَرَهُ دَاوُدُ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ لِيَرْقُدَ فِي مَضْجَعِهِ إِلَى جِوَارِ رِجَالِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَوَجَّهْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ أَيْضاً.

14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah.

١٤ وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ كَتَبَ دَاوُدُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى يُوآبَ، بَعَثَ بِها مَعَ أُورِيَّا،

15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the front of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

١٥ جَاءَ فِيهَا: «اجْعَلُوا أُورِيَّا فِي الْخُطُوطِ الأُولَى حَيْثُ يَنْشُبُ الْقِتَالُ الشَّرِسُ، ثُمَّ تَرَاجَعُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ لِيَلْقَى حَتْفَهُ».

16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew that valiant men [were].

١٦ فَعَيَّنَ يُوآبُ أُورِيَّا فِي أَثْنَاءِ مُحَاصَرَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فِي أَشَدِّ جَبْهَاتِ الْقِتَالِ ضَرَاوَةً، حَيْثُ احْتَشَدَ أَبْطَالُ الأَعْدَاءِ.

17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell [some] of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

١٧ فَانْدَفَعَ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ يُوآبَ فَمَاتَ بَعْضُ رِجَالِ دَاوُدَ وَمِنْهُمْ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ.

18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

١٨ فَبَعَثَ يُوآبُ رَسُولاً لِيُطْلِعَ دَاوُدَ عَلَى أَنْبَاءِ الْحَرْبِ،

19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,

١٩ وَأَوْصَاهُ قَائِلاً: «إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنَّ الْمَلِكَ بَعْدَ إِبْلاغِهِ أَنْبَاءَ الْحَرْبِ

20 And if the king's wrath shall rise, and he shall say to thee, Why approached ye so nigh to the city for the fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

٢٠ قَدْ ثَارَ غَضَبُهُ وَقَالَ لَكَ: لِمَاذَا اقْتَرَبْتُمْ مِنْ سُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ لِلْقِتَالِ؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَرْمُونَ بِالسِّهَامِ مِنْ فَوْقِ السُّورِ؟

21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

٢١ مَنْ صَرَعَ أَبِيمَالِكَ بْنَ يَرُبُّوشَثَ؟ أَلَمْ تَرْمِهِ امْرَأَةٌ بِحَجَرِ رَحىً مِنْ عَلَى السُّورِ فَمَاتَ فِي تَابَاصَ؟ لِمَاذَا اقْتَرَبْتُمْ مِنَ السُّورِ؟ فَقُلْ لَهُ: قَدْ مَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضاً».

22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

٢٢ فَانْطَلَقَ الرَّسُولُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَأَطْلَعَهُ عَلَى آخِر أَنْبَاءِ الْحَرَبِ الَّتِي كَلَّفَهُ بِها يُوآبُ.

23 And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were upon them even to the entrance of the gate.

٢٣ وَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ قَوِيَ عَلَيْنَا الْقَوْمُ وَخَرَجُوا لِقِتَالِنَا فِي الْعَرَاءِ، وَلَكِنَّنَا انْكَفَأْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَطَارَدْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى بَوَابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants: and [some] of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

٢٤ فَرَمَى الرُّمَاةُ عَلَى عَبِيدِكَ بِالسِّهَامِ، فَقُتِلَ بَعْضُ ضُبَّاطِ الْمَلِكِ، وَمَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ».

25 Then David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

٢٥ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّسُولِ: «هَذَا مَا تُخْبِرُ بِهِ يُوآبَ: لَا يَسُوءَنَّكَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ، فَإِنَّ السَّيْفَ يَلْتَهِمُ هَذَا وَذَاكَ. شَدِّدْ حِصَارَكَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَدَمِّرْهَا. قُلْ هَذَا لِتَشْجِيعِ يُوآبَ».

26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

٢٦ وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَتْ زَوْجَةُ أُورِيَّا أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا قَدْ قُتِلَ نَاحَتْ عَلَيْهِ.

27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

٢٧ وَحِينَ انْقَضَتْ فَتْرَةُ الْحِدَادِ، أَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَأَحْضَرَهَا إِلَى الْقَصْرِ وَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَوَلَدَتِ ابْناً وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ اسْتَاءَ مِنْ هَذَا الأَمْرِ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبَهُ دَاوُدُ.