2 Samuel 11
1 Raja-raja biasanya maju berperang pada musim semi. Dan pada musim semi tahun itu Daud menyuruh Yoab maju berperang bersama para perwiranya dan seluruh tentara Israel; lalu mereka mengalahkan orang Amon dan mengepung kota Raba. Tetapi Daud tinggal di Yerusalem.
And it comes to pass, at the revolution of the year—at the time of the going out of the messengers—that David sends Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroy the sons of Ammon, and lay siege against Rabbah, but David is dwelling in Jerusalem.
2 Pada suatu sore, setelah Daud bangun tidur, ia berjalan-jalan di atap istana yang datar itu. Dari situ ia melihat seorang wanita sedang mandi, dan wanita itu sangat cantik.
And it comes to pass, at evening-time, that David rises from off his bed, and walks up and down on the roof of the king’s house, and sees a woman bathing from the roof, and the woman [is] of very good appearance,
3 Lalu Daud menyuruh menanyakan siapa wanita itu, dan diberitahu kepadanya bahwa wanita itu bernama Batsyeba; ayahnya bernama Eliam dan suaminya adalah Uria orang Het.
and David sends and inquires about the woman, and [someone] says, “Is this not Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
4 Daud menyuruh menjemput wanita itu, dan setelah ia datang ke istana, Daud tidur bersamanya. (Batsyeba baru saja selesai melakukan upacara penyucian sehabis haid). Lalu pulanglah ia ke rumahnya.
And David sends messengers, and takes her, and she comes to him, and he lies with her—and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness—and she turns back to her house;
5 Beberapa waktu kemudian Batsyeba mulai mengandung, lalu ia mengirim kabar kepada Daud tentang hal itu.
and the woman conceives, and sends, and declares [it] to David, and says, “I [am] conceiving.”
6 Segera Daud mengirim perintah kepada Yoab, katanya, "Suruhlah Uria orang Het itu datang kepadaku." Maka Yoab menyuruh Uria menemui Daud.
And David sends to Joab, [saying], “Send Uriah the Hittite to me,” and Joab sends Uriah to David;
7 Ketika Uria menghadap Raja Daud, raja menanyakan bagaimana keadaan Yoab dan pasukan Israel, dan juga bagaimana jalannya peperangan.
and Uriah comes to him, and David asks of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.
8 Kemudian Daud berkata kepada Uria, "Pulanglah ke rumahmu dan beristirahatlah sebentar." Setelah Uria meninggalkan istana, Daud mengirim hadiah ke rumah Uria.
And David says to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet”; and Uriah goes out of the king’s house, and there goes out a gift from the king after him,
9 Tetapi Uria tidak pulang melainkan tidur di depan pintu gerbang istana bersama para pengawal raja.
and Uriah lies down at the opening of the king’s house, with all the servants of his lord, and has not gone down to his house.
10 Kepada Daud diberitahukan tentang hal itu. Maka ia bertanya kepada Uria, "Engkau baru saja kembali dari perjalanan jauh, mengapa tidak pulang ke rumahmu?"
And they declare [it] to David, saying, “Uriah has not gone down to his house”; and David says to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why have you not gone down to your house?”
11 Jawab Uria, "Tentara Israel dan Yehuda sedang berjuang mati-matian dan Peti Perjanjian TUHAN menyertai mereka; Yoab panglima kami dan para perwiranya berkemah di padang. Masakan hamba ini pulang ke rumah, dan makan minum serta tidur dengan istri hamba? Demi nyawa Baginda dan nyawa hamba, hamba tidak akan melakukan itu!"
And Uriah says to David, “The ark, and Israel, and Judah, are abiding in shelters, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamping on the face of the field; and should I go to my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [By] your life and the life of your soul—if I do this thing.”
12 Lalu kata Daud, "Sudahlah, beristirahatlah lagi di sini hari ini dan besok pagi akan kuizinkan engkau pergi." Jadi Uria tinggal di Yerusalem pada hari itu. Pada hari berikutnya ia diundang makan oleh Daud.
And David says to Uriah, “Also abide in this [place] today, and tomorrow I send you away”; and Uriah abides in Jerusalem on that day and on the next day,
13 Maka makanlah ia dan diberi kepadanya banyak minuman sehingga ia mabuk. Tetapi pada malam itu pun Uria tidak juga pulang ke rumahnya, melainkan tidur beralaskan selimutnya di dalam ruang pengawal istana.
and David calls for him, and he eats before him, and drinks, and he causes him to drink, and he goes out in the evening to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, and he has not gone down to his house.
14 Keesokan harinya Daud menulis surat kepada Yoab, dan mengirimkannya dengan perantaraan Uria.
And it comes to pass in the morning that David writes a letter to Joab and sends [it] by the hand of Uriah;
15 Tulisnya, "Tempatkanlah Uria di garis depan, di mana pertempuran paling sengit, lalu mundurlah engkau tanpa setahu dia supaya dia tewas."
and he writes in the letter, saying, “Place Uriah in front of the face of the most severe battle, and you have turned back from after him, and he has been struck, and has died.”
16 Maka sementara Yoab mengepung kota itu, Uria disuruhnya pergi ke tempat yang setahunya dijaga kuat oleh musuh.
And it comes to pass in Joab’s watching of the city, that he appoints Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men [were];
17 Ketika tentara musuh keluar dari kota dan menyerang pasukan Yoab, beberapa orang perwira Daud terbunuh, termasuk Uria.
and the men of the city go out and fight with Joab, and [some] of the people, from the servants of David, fall; and Uriah the Hittite also dies.
18 Kemudian Yoab mengirim utusan kepada Daud untuk memberitahukan jalan pertempuran itu.
And Joab sends and declares to David all the matters of the war,
19 Perintah Yoab kepada utusan itu, "Setelah baginda mendengar laporanmu tentang jalannya pertempuran ini,
and commands the messenger, saying, “At your finishing all the matters of the war to speak to the king,
20 mungkin ia menjadi marah dan bertanya kepadamu, 'Mengapa kamu begitu dekat dengan kota itu? Bukankah kamu tahu bahwa musuh pasti akan memanah dari atas tembok-temboknya?
then, it has been, if the king’s fury ascends, and he has said to you, Why did you draw near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they shoot from off the wall?
21 Sudah lupakah kamu bagaimana Abimelekh anak Gideon itu terbunuh di Tebes? Bukankah dia mati karena seorang wanita melemparkan batu gilingan tepung dari atas tembok kepadanya? Jadi, mengapa kamu begitu dekat dengan tembok itu?' Jika Baginda bertanya begitu, katakanlah kepadanya, 'Uria perwira Baginda, juga gugur!'"
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Did a woman not cast a piece of a rider from the wall on him, and he dies in Thebez? Why did you draw near to the wall? That you have said, Also—your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”
22 Lalu pergilah utusan itu menghadap Daud dan memberitahukan apa yang diperintahkan Yoab kepadanya.
And the messenger goes, and comes in, and declares to David all that with which Joab sent him,
23 Utusan itu berkata, "Lawan kami lebih kuat dan mereka keluar dari kota menyerang kami di padang. Tetapi dengan sangat gigih kami mendesak mereka kembali sampai ke pintu gerbang kota.
and the messenger says to David, “Surely the men have been mighty against us, and come out to us into the field, and we are on them to the opening of the gate,
24 Kemudian dari atas tembok mereka memanahi kami, dan beberapa orang dari perwira Baginda termasuk Uria telah gugur."
and those shooting shoot at your servants from off the wall, and [some] of the servants of the king are dead, and also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”
25 Daud berkata kepada utusan itu, "Kuatkanlah hati Yoab dan katakanlah kepadanya supaya jangan berkecil hati, sebab tidak dapat diramalkan siapa yang akan mati dalam pertempuran. Katakanlah kepadanya supaya melancarkan serangan yang lebih hebat lagi terhadap kota itu sampai kota itu menyerah."
And David says to the messenger, “Thus you say to Joab, Do not let this thing be evil in your eyes; for thus and thus the sword devours; strengthen your warfare against the city, and throw it down; so you strengthen him.”
26 Ketika Batsyeba mendengar bahwa suaminya telah mati, ia berkabung.
And the wife of Uriah hears that her husband Uriah [is] dead, and laments for her lord;
27 Kemudian sehabis masa berkabung, Daud menyuruh jemput wanita itu ke istana dan ia menjadi istrinya. Beberapa bulan kemudian ia melahirkan seorang putra. Tetapi TUHAN tidak senang dengan perbuatan Daud itu.
and the mourning passes by, and David sends and gathers her to his house, and she is to him for a wife, and bears a son to him; and the thing which David has done is evil in the eyes of YHWH.
