Samuel 2 11
1 Le Adame esi fiawo ƒe aʋawɔɣi ɖo la, David ɖo Yoab kple Israel ƒe aʋakɔ la ɖa be woatsrɔ̃ Amonitɔwo eye woɖe to ɖe Raba. Ke David nɔ Yerusalem.
Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.
2 Gbe ɖeka le ɣetrɔ me la, David fɔ eye wòɖi tsa le eƒe fiasã la ƒe xɔta ƒe gbadzaƒe. Ekpɔ nyɔnu aɖe si dze tugbe ŋutɔŋutɔ wònɔ tsi lem,
Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
3 ale wòdɔ ame ɖa be woakpɔe ɖa be nyɔnu kae mahã. Amea de gbɔ va gblɔ nɛ be nyɔnu lae nye Batseba, Eliam ƒe vinyɔnu eye wònye Uria srɔ̃.
And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4 Enumake David na woyɔe nɛ. Le ɣeyiɣi sia me tututu la, Batseba wu ɖokuiŋukɔkɔ le gbɔtotsitsi megbe ƒe wɔnawo nu teti ko. Esi wòva la, David dɔ egbɔ eye wòtrɔ yi aƒe me.
And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean; ) then she went back to her house.
5 Emegbe esi Batseba kpɔ be yefɔ fu la eɖo ame ɖe David hegblɔe nɛ.
And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.
6 Ale David dɔ ame ɖo ɖe Yoab be, “Ɖo Uria, Hititɔ la ɖem.”
And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 Esi Uria va ɖo la, David bia gbee tso Yoab kple aʋakɔ la kple aʋa la ƒe yiyi me ŋuti.
And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.
8 Emegbe la, David gblɔ na Uria be wòayi aɖagbɔ ɖe eme le eƒe aƒe me eye wòɖo nunana aɖe ɖee.
And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.
9 Ke Uria meyi aƒe me o; etsi fiasã la ƒe agbonu kple fia la ƒe subɔlawo.
But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
10 Esi David se nu si Uria wɔ la, eyɔe hebiae be, “Nya kae dzɔ? Nu ka ta mèyi srɔ̃wò gbɔ le wò aƒe me etsɔ fiẽ esi nèdzo le aƒe me eteƒe didi alea o?”
And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?
11 Uria ɖo eŋu na David be, “Nubablaɖaka la kple Israel kpakple Yuda wole agbadɔ me. Nye aʋafia Yoab kple nye aƒetɔ ƒe amewo katã le gbedzi. Ɖe nye ya mayi aƒe me, ano wain, aɖu nu eye madɔ srɔ̃nye gbɔa? Meka atam be nyemaɖi fɔ to nu siawo wɔwɔ me o.”
And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living Lord, and by the life of your soul, I will not do such a thing.
12 David gblɔ nɛ be, “Enyo; tsi anyi zã sia eye nàtrɔ ayi aʋagbedzi etsɔ,” Ale Uria tsi fiasã la me le Yerusalem.
And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.
13 David kpee ɖe fiẽnuɖukplɔ̃ ŋu eye wòna wòno aha mu gake egagbe aƒemeyiyi eye wògatsi fiasã la ƒe agbo nu dɔ.
And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
14 Esi ŋu ke la, David ŋlɔ agbalẽ de asi na Uria be wòatsɔ ayi na Yoab.
Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
15 Fia la ɖo na Yoab to agbalẽ la me be wòaɖo Uria ɖe afi si aʋa la sẽ le eye wòana amewo nade megbe le eŋu ale be woawui!
And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.
16 Ale Yoab ɖo Uria ɖe teƒe aɖe si te ɖe du si ŋu woɖe to ɖe afi si wònya be futɔwo ƒe aʋawɔla sesẽwo nɔ.
So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.
17 Ale wowu Uria, Hititɔ la kple Israelvi geɖewo.
And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.
18 Yoab ɖo du ɖe David tso aʋa la ƒe yiyime ŋuti.
Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:
19 Egblɔ na ame si wòdɔ la be, “Ne ègblɔ nya sia nya tso aʋa la ŋu la,
And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,
20 ɖewohĩ ado dɔmedzoe abia wò be, ‘Nu ka ta miegogo du la nenema le aʋa la wɔwɔ me? Ɖe mienya be woada aŋutrɔwo tso gli la dzi oa?
If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?
21 Mieɖo ŋku ale si wowu Abimelek, Yerub Beset ƒe vi, la dzi oa? Nyɔnu aɖee ɖe asi le wɔtutevi ŋu tso gli la dzi wòwui le Tebez. Nu ka ta miegogo gli la nenema?’ Ne Fia la bia nya siawo wò la, gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Wowu wò aʋakplɔla Uria, Hititɔ la hã.’”
Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.
22 Ale ame dɔdɔ la yi Yerusalem eye wògblɔ nya la na David.
So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?
23 Egblɔ be, “Futɔwo lũ ɖe mía dzi; míenya wo wogbugbɔ yi dua ƒe agbowo nu.
And the man said to David, Truly the men got the better of us, and came out against us into the open country, but we sent them back to the very doors of the town.
24 Glidzinɔlawo ho aʋa ɖe mía ŋu, wowu míaƒe ame aɖewo eye wowu wò aʋakplɔla Uria, Hititɔ la, hã.”
And the archers sent their arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants are dead, and among them is your servant Uriah the Hittite.
25 David gblɔ nɛ be, “Gblɔ na Yoab be dzi megaɖe le eƒo o; ame sia ame ate ŋu atsi yi nu gbe ɖeka. Miyi aʋa la wɔwɔ dzi sesĩe wu tsã eye miagbã du la. De dzi ƒo nɛ be eyae le dɔ dzi loo!”
Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.
26 Esi Batseba se be ye srɔ̃ Uria ku la, efae vevie
And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.
27 eye esi konyifaɣi la wu nu la, David na Batseba ʋu yi fiasã la me eye wòzu srɔ̃awo dometɔ ɖeka. Batseba dzi ŋutsuvi nɛ, ke nu si David wɔ la, medze Yehowa ŋu kura o.
And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.
