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.
And it came to pass, after the year was 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 besieged Rabbah. But David tarried 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,
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, 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.
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 and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the 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 messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
5 Emegbe esi Batseba kpɔ be yefɔ fu la eɖo ame ɖe David hegblɔe nɛ.
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 Ale David dɔ ame ɖo ɖe Yoab be, “Ɖo Uria, Hititɔ la ɖem.”
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. 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 was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
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 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.
9 Ke Uria meyi aƒe me o; etsi fiasã la ƒe agbonu kple fia la ƒe subɔlawo.
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.
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 they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine 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 unto 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 mine 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.
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, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
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 had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
14 Esi ŋu ke la, David ŋlɔ agbalẽ de asi na Uria be wòatsɔ ayi na Yoab.
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
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 he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
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.
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 Ale wowu Uria, Hititɔ la kple Israelvi geɖewo.
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.
18 Yoab ɖo du ɖe David tso aʋa la ƒe yiyime ŋuti.
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19 Egblɔ na ame si wòdɔ la be, “Ne ègblɔ nya sia nya tso aʋa la ŋu la,
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
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?
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from 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 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.
22 Ale ame dɔdɔ la yi Yerusalem eye wògblɔ nya la na David.
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
23 Egblɔ be, “Futɔwo lũ ɖe mía dzi; míenya wo wogbugbɔ yi dua ƒe agbowo nu.
And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
24 Glidzinɔlawo ho aʋa ɖe mía ŋu, wowu míaƒe ame aɖewo eye wowu wò aʋakplɔla Uria, Hititɔ la, hã.”
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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 unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto 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.
26 Esi Batseba se be ye srɔ̃ Uria ku la, efae vevie
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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 mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yhwh.
