2 Samyèl 11
1 Nan prentan apre sa, nan epòk wa yo konn soti pou al fè lagè, David voye Joab ansanm ak tout lòt ofisye yo alatèt lame pèp Izrayèl la al goumen ak moun Amon yo. Yo ravaje peyi Amon an, yo sènen lavil Raba. David menm te rete lavil Jerizalèm.
And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth to war, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they spoiled the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabba: but David remained in Jerusalem.
2 Yon jou, bò aswè, David te fin fè yon ti poze, li leve, li soti al sou teras ki anwo palè a. Antan li la, li wè yon fanm ki t'ap benyen. Fanm lan te bèl anpil.
In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over against him: and the woman was very beautiful.
3 Li voye chache konnen ki moun fanm lan te ye. Yo vin di l' se Batcheba, pitit fi Eliyam lan, madan Ouri, moun peyi Et la.
And the king sent, and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite.
4 David voye mesaje al chache l' mennen l' ba li, li kouche avè l'. Lè sa a Batcheba te fèk fin fè sèvis pou l' fè apre règ li. Apre sa, Batcheba tounen lakay li.
And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:
5 Fanm lan vin ansent. Li voye nouvèl bay David pou fè l' konn sa.
And she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have conceived.
6 David voye yon mesaj bay Joab, li mande l' pou l' voye Ouri, moun peyi Et la, ba li. Se konsa, Joab voye Ouri bay David.
And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Urias to David.
7 Lè Ouri rive, David mande l' nouvèl Joab ak sòlda yo, ki jan batay la ye.
And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.
8 Apre sa, li di Ouri: -Desann al lakay ou non! Al poze kò ou! Ouri soti. David voye yon kado pou li lakay li.
And David said to Urias: Go into thy house, and wash thy feet. And Urias went out from the king’s house, and there went out after him a mess of meat from the king.
9 Men Ouri pa al lakay li. Li kouche bò pòtay palè a ansanm ak tout lòt sòlda wa yo.
But Urias slept before the gate of the king’s house, with the other servants of his lord, and went not down to his own house.
10 Lè David vin konnen Ouri pa t' al lakay li, li mande l': -Ou fèk antre soti nan vwayaj, poukisa ou pa al lakay ou?
And it was told David by some that said: Urias went not to his house. And David said to Urias: Didst thou not come from thy journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?
11 Ouri reponn David: -Sòlda Izrayèl yo ak sòlda Jida yo byen lwen ap fè lagè, Bwat Kontra Seyè a ansanm ak yo. Kòmandan Joab ak lòt chèf lame monwa yo ap pase nwit deyò nan plenn yo. Ki jan ou vle pou m' al lakay mwen, manje, bwè, kouche ak madanm mwen? Mwen fè sèman sou tèt ou, menm jan ou vivan an, m' pa ka janm fè bagay konsa.
And Urias said to David: The ark of God and Israel and Juda dwell in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord abide upon the face of the earth: and shall I go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to sleep with my wife? By thy welfare and by the welfare of thy soul I will not do this thing.
12 David di li: -Bon. Ou mèt rete pase rès jounen an isit la. Denmen m'a voye ou ale. Se konsa, Ouri rete lavil Jerizalèm pou de jou ankò.
Then David said to Urias: Tarry here today, and tomorrow I will send thee away. Urias tarried in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13 David envite l' vin manje avè l'. Li fè l' bwè jouk li sou. Men jou swa sa a tou, Ouri pa desann al lakay li. Li kouche sou kabann li ansanm ak sòlda palè wa yo.
And David called him to eat and to drink before him, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening, and slept on his couch with the servants of his lord, and went not down into his house.
14 Nan denmen, David ekri Joab yon lèt, li bay Ouri pote l' ale.
And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias,
15 Nan lèt la, li te ekri: W'a mete Ouri devan nèt, kote batay la pi cho a. Apre sa, rale kò ou dèyè, kite yo touye l'.
Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the battle, where the fight is strongest: and leave ye him, that he may be wounded and die.
16 Se konsa, Joab ki te sènen lavil Raba a voye Ouri kote li te konnen lènmi yo te pi fò a.
Wherefore as Joab was besieging the city, he put Urias in the place where he knew the bravest men were.
17 Lame lènmi yo soti nan lavil la, yo vin kontre ak lame Joab la. Gen anpil sòlda ak anpil ofisye lame David la ki te mouri. Ouri, moun peyi Et la, mouri tou.
And the men coming out of the city, fought against Joab, and there fell some of the people of the servants of David, and Urias the Hethite was killed also.
18 Joab voye rakonte David tout ti detay sou jan batay la pase.
Then Joab sent, and told David all things concerning the battle.
19 Epi li bay mesaje a lòd sa a: -Lè w'a fin rakonte wa a tout ti detay batay la,
And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king,
20 li ka fè kòlè, li ka di ou: Poukisa nou te pwoche pre lavil la konsa pou m' te goumen ak lènmi yo? Se konnen nou pa konnen yo te ka rete sou tèt miray la pou yo tire flèch sou nou?
If thou see him to be angry, and he shall say: Why did you approach so near to the wall to fight? knew you not that many darts are thrown from above off the wall?
21 Nou gen lè bliye jan Abimelèk, pitit Jedeyon an te mouri lavil Tebès? Se yon fanm ki te rete sou tèt miray la, li voye yo wòl moulen sou li, li touye l' frèt. Poukisa atò nou te pwoche pre lavil la konsa? Si wa a pale konsa avè ou, w'a di l': Ouri, moun peyi Et la, ofisye lame ou la, mouri tou.
Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain.
22 Mesaje a ale, li rakonte David tou sa Joab te ba li lòd rakonte l' la.
So the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had commanded him.
23 Li di l': -Lènmi nou yo te pi fò pase nou. Yo fè yon soti nan lavil la, yo vin goumen avè nou nan plenn lan. Men nou fè yo kase tèt tounen, nou kouri dèyè yo jouk devan pòtay lavil la.
And the messenger said to David: The men prevailed against us, and they came out to us into the field: and we vigorously charged and pursued them even to the gate of the city.
24 Se lè sa a, yo rete sou tèt miray yo, yo voye flèch sou nou. Gen kèk ofisye lame wa a ki mouri. Ouri, moun peyi Et la, ofisye wa a, mouri tou.
And the archers shot their arrows at thy servants from off the wall above: and some of the king’s servants are slain, and thy servant Urias the Hethite is also dead.
25 David di mesaje a: -Ankouraje Joab. Di li li pa bezwen kite sa fatige l' twòp. Se toujou konsa lè y'ap fè lagè. Ou pa janm konnen kilès ki pral mouri. Di li pare pou li fè yon gwo atak sou lavil la pou li pran l'.
And David said to the messenger: Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing discourage thee: for various is the event of war: and sometimes one, sometimes another is consumed by the sword: encourage thy warriors against The city, and exhort them that thou mayest overthrow it.
26 Lè Batcheba vin pran nouvèl mari l' te mouri, li pran lapenn pou li.
And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for him.
27 Lè seremoni lantèman yo fini, David voye chache l', li pran l' lakay li. Batcheba vin madanm li. Li fè yon pitit gason pou David. Men, sa David te fè a pa t' fè Seyè a plezi menm.
And the mourning being over, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore him a son: and this thing which David had done, was displeasing to the Lord.
