2 Samuel 11
1 Or, il arriva qu’au retour de l’année, au temps que les rois ont coutume d’aller à la guerre, David envoya Joab et ses serviteurs avec lui et tout Israël, et il ravagèrent les enfants d’Ammon et assiégèrent Rabba; mais David demeura à Jérusalem.
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 Pendant que ces choses se passaient, il advint que David se levait de son lit après midi, et qu’il se promenait sur la terrasse du palais; or il vit une femme qui se baignait vis-à-vis sur sa terrasse; et cette femme était fort belle.
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 Le roi donc envoya, et demanda quelle était cette femme. Et on lui annonça que c’était Bethsabée, fille d’Eliam, femme d’Urie, l’Héthéen.
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 C’est pourquoi David, ayant envoyé des messagers, l’enleva. Lorsqu’elle fut entrée auprès de lui, il dormit avec elle: et aussitôt elle se purifia de son impureté;
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 Et elle retourna en sa maison, après avoir conçu. Et envoyant, elle annonça à David, et dit: J’ai conçu.
And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.
6 Or, David envoya vers Joab, disant: Envoie-moi Urie, l’Héthéen. Et Joab envoya Urie à David.
And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 Et Urie vint vers David; et David demanda si Joab allait bien ainsi que le peuple, et comment la guerre était conduite.
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 Puis David dit à Urie: Va en ta maison, et lave tes pieds. Et Urie sortit de la maison du roi, et les mets du roi le suivirent.
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 Mais Urie dormit devant la porte de la maison du roi avec les autres serviteurs de son seigneur, et il ne descendit point en sa maison.
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 Et on l’annonça à David, en disant: Urie n’est pas allé en sa maison. Et David demanda à Urie: Est-ce que tu ne viens pas d’un voyage? pourquoi n’es-tu pas descendu en ta maison?
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 Et Urie répondit à David: L’arche de Dieu, et Israël, et Juda, habitent dans les pavillons, et mon seigneur Joab, et les serviteurs de mon seigneur demeurent sur la face de la terre, et moi, j’entrerai en ma maison, pour manger et boire, et pour dormir avec ma femme? Par votre salut, et par le salut de votre âme, je ne ferai pas cette chose.
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 donc dit à Urie: Demeure ici encore aujourd’hui, et demain je te renverrai. Urie demeura à Jérusalem ce jour-là et le lendemain.
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 Alors David l’appela pour qu’il mangeât devant lui et qu’il bût, et il l’enivra. Urie étant sorti le soir, dormit dans son lit avec les serviteurs de son seigneur, et il ne descendit pas en sa maison.
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 Il arriva donc le matin que David écrivit une lettre à Joab, et l’envoya par la main d’Urie,
Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
15 Ecrivant dans la lettre: Placez Urie au premier rang dans la bataille, là où le combat est le plus fort; et abandonnez-le, afin que, frappé, il périsse.
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 Comme donc Joab assiégeait la ville, il plaça Urie dans le lieu où il savait qu’étaient les hommes les plus vaillants.
So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.
17 Et les hommes, étant sortis de la cité, combattaient contre Joab, et dans la multitude des serviteurs de David plusieurs tombèrent, et Urie, l’Héthéen, mourut aussi.
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 C’est pourquoi Joab envoya, et annonça à David tous les événements du combat,
Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:
19 Et il ordonna au messager, disant: Lorsque tu auras achevé au roi tout ton récit de la guerre,
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 Si tu vois qu’il s’indigne et dise: Pourquoi vous êtes-vous approchés du mur pour combattre? est-ce que vous ignoriez que beaucoup de traits sont lancés du haut du mur?
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 Qui frappa Abimélech, fils de Jérobaal? n’est-ce pas une femme qui lança du mur sur lui un morceau de meule, et le tua à Thébès? Pourquoi vous êtes-vous approchés du mur? tu diras: Votre serviteur Urie l’Héthéen est tombé mort aussi.
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 Le messager donc partit, et il vint et raconta à David tout ce que lui avait ordonné Joab.
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 Et le messager dit à David: Les hommes ont prévalu contre nous, et ils sont sortis sur nous dans la campagne; mais nous, ayant fait une irruption, nous les avons poursuivis jusqu’à la porte de la ville.
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 Et les archers ont lancé des traits contre vos serviteurs du haut du mur; et il est mort des serviteurs du roi, et, qui plus est, votre serviteur Urie, l’Héthéen, est mort.
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 Et David répondit au messager: Tu diras ceci à Joab: Que cela ne t’abatte point; car divers est le succès de la guerre; c’est maintenant celui-ci, et maintenant celui-là que dévore le glaive: anime tes combattants contre la ville, afin que tu la détruises, et encourage-les.
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 Or, la femme d’Urie apprit qu’Urie, son mari, était mort, et elle le pleura.
And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.
27 Mais, le deuil passé, David envoya, et il l’introduisit en sa maison; alors elle devint sa femme, et elle lui enfanta un fils. Or, cette action qu’avait faite David déplut au Seigneur.
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.
