< 2 Samuel 11 >

1 Pada pergantian tahun, pada waktu raja-raja biasanya maju berperang, maka Daud menyuruh Yoab maju beserta orang-orangnya dan seluruh orang Israel. Mereka memusnahkan bani Amon dan mengepung kota Raba, sedang Daud sendiri tinggal di Yerusalem.
[In that region], kings usually went [with their armies] to fight [their enemies] in the springtime. But the following year, in the springtime, David [did not do that. Instead, he] stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent [his commander] Joab [to lead the army]. So Joab went with the other officers and the rest of the Israeli army. They [crossed the Jordan River and] defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then they surrounded [their capital city, ] Rabbah.
2 Sekali peristiwa pada waktu petang, ketika Daud bangun dari tempat pembaringannya, lalu berjalan-jalan di atas sotoh istana, tampak kepadanya dari atas sotoh itu seorang perempuan sedang mandi; perempuan itu sangat elok rupanya.
Late one afternoon, after David got up from taking a nap, he walked around on the [flat] roof of his palace. He saw a woman who was bathing [in the courtyard of her house]. The woman was very beautiful.
3 Lalu Daud menyuruh orang bertanya tentang perempuan itu dan orang berkata: "Itu adalah Batsyeba binti Eliam, isteri Uria orang Het itu."
David sent a messenger to find out who she was. [The messenger returned] and said, “She is [RHQ] Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and her husband is Uriah, from the Heth people-group.”
4 Sesudah itu Daud menyuruh orang mengambil dia. Perempuan itu datang kepadanya, lalu Daud tidur dengan dia. Perempuan itu baru selesai membersihkan diri dari kenajisannya. Kemudian pulanglah perempuan itu ke rumahnya.
Then David sent more messengers to get her. They brought her to David, and he (slept/had sex) [EUP] with her. (She had just finished performing the rituals to make herself pure [after her monthly menstrual period].) Then Bathsheba went back home.
5 Lalu mengandunglah perempuan itu dan disuruhnya orang memberitahukan kepada Daud, demikian: "Aku mengandung."
[After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
6 Lalu Daud menyuruh orang kepada Yoab mengatakan: "Suruhlah Uria, orang Het itu, datang kepadaku." Maka Yoab menyuruh Uria menghadap Daud.
Then David sent a message to Joab. He said, “Send Uriah, from the Heth people-group, to me.” So Joab did that. He sent Uriah to David.
7 Ketika Uria masuk menghadap dia, bertanyalah Daud tentang keadaan Yoab dan tentara dan keadaan perang.
When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
8 Kemudian berkatalah Daud kepada Uria: "Pergilah ke rumahmu dan basuhlah kakimu." Ketika Uria keluar dari istana, maka orang menyusul dia dengan membawa hadiah raja.
Then David, [hoping that Uriah would go home and sleep with his wife, ] said to Uriah, “Okay, go home and relax for a while. [IDM]” So Uriah left, and David gave someone a gift [of some food] to take to Uriah’s house.
9 Tetapi Uria membaringkan diri di depan pintu istana bersama-sama hamba tuannya dan tidak pergi ke rumahnya.
But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
10 Diberitahukan kepada Daud, demikian: "Uria tidak pergi ke rumahnya." Lalu berkatalah Daud kepada Uria: "Bukankah engkau baru pulang dari perjalanan? Mengapa engkau tidak pergi ke rumahmu?"
When someone told David that Uriah did not go to his house [that night], David [summoned him again and] said to him, “Why didn’t you go home [to be with your wife last night], after having been away for a long time?” [RHQ]
11 Tetapi Uria berkata kepada Daud: "Tabut serta orang Israel dan orang Yehuda diam dalam pondok, juga tuanku Yoab dan hamba-hamba tuanku sendiri berkemah di padang; masakan aku pulang ke rumahku untuk makan minum dan tidur dengan isteriku? Demi hidupmu dan demi nyawamu, aku takkan melakukan hal itu!"
Uriah replied, “The soldiers of Judah and Israel are camping in the open fields, and even our commander Joab is sleeping in a tent, and the sacred chest is with them. (How could I/It would not be right for me to) go home, eat and drink, and sleep with my wife [RHQ]. I solemnly declare [IDM] that I will never do such a thing!”
12 Kata Daud kepada Uria: "Tinggallah hari ini di sini. Besok aku akan melepas engkau pergi." Jadi Uria tinggal di Yerusalem pada hari itu. Keesokan harinya
Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today. I will let you return [to the battle] tomorrow.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and that night.
13 Daud memanggil dia untuk makan dan minum dengan dia, dan Daud membuatnya mabuk. Pada waktu malam keluarlah Uria untuk berbaring tidur di tempat tidurnya, bersama-sama hamba-hamba tuannya. Ia tidak pergi ke rumahnya.
The next day, David invited him [to a meal]. So Uriah had a meal with David, and David made him drink a lot of wine so that he would get drunk, [hoping that if he was drunk, he would sleep with his wife]. But that night, Uriah again did not go home. Instead, he slept on his cot with the king’s servants.
14 Paginya Daud menulis surat kepada Yoab dan mengirimkannya dengan perantaraan Uria.
[Someone reported that to] David, [so] the next morning he wrote a letter to Joab, and gave it to Uriah to take to Joab.
15 Ditulisnya dalam surat itu, demikian: "Tempatkanlah Uria di barisan depan dalam pertempuran yang paling hebat, kemudian kamu mengundurkan diri dari padanya, supaya ia terbunuh mati."
In the letter, he wrote, “Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is the (worst/most severe). Then command the soldiers to pull back from him, in order that he will be killed [by our enemies].”
16 Pada waktu Yoab mengepung kota Raba, ia menyuruh Uria pergi ke tempat yang diketahuinya ada lawan yang gagah perkasa.
[So after] Joab [got the letter], as his army was surrounding the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew that their enemies’ strongest and best soldiers would be fighting.
17 Ketika orang-orang kota itu keluar menyerang dan berperang melawan Yoab, maka gugurlah beberapa orang dari tentara, dari anak buah Daud; juga Uria, orang Het itu, mati.
The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
18 Kemudian Yoab menyuruh orang memberitahukan kepada Daud jalannya pertempuran itu.
Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
19 Ia memerintahkan kepada suruhan itu, demikian: "Jika engkau sudah selesai mengabarkan jalannya pertempuran itu kepada raja,
He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
20 dan jikalau raja menjadi geram dan berkata kepadamu: Mengapa kamu demikian dekat ke kota itu untuk berperang? Tidakkah kamu tahu, bahwa orang akan memanah dari atas tembok?
if David is angry [because so many officers were killed], he may ask you, ‘Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight [RHQ]? Did you not know that they would shoot [arrows at you while they were standing on top] of the city wall [RHQ]?
21 Siapakah yang menewaskan Abimelekh bin Yerubeset? Bukankah seorang perempuan menimpakan batu kilangan kepadanya dari atas tembok, sehingga ia mati di Tebes? Mengapa kamu demikian dekat ke tembok itu? --maka haruslah engkau berkata: Juga hambamu Uria, orang Het itu, sudah mati."
Do you not remember how Abimelech, the son of Gideon, was killed? A woman [who lived] in Thebez threw a huge (millstone/stone for grinding grain) on him from [the top of] tower, and he died. So why did your troops go near to the city wall?’ If the king asks this, then tell him, ‘Your officer Uriah also was killed.’”
22 Lalu pergilah suruhan itu dan sesampainya ia memberitahukan kepada Daud segala yang diperintahkan Yoab kepadanya.
So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
23 Suruhan itu berkata kepada Daud: "Orang-orang itu lebih kuat dari pada kami dan keluar menyerang kami di padang. Tetapi kami mendesak mereka kembali sampai ke lobang pintu gerbang.
The messenger said to David, “Our enemies were very brave, and came out of the city to fight us in the fields. [They were defeating us] but we forced them back to the city gate.
24 Pada waktu itu pemanah-pemanah menembak kepada hamba-hambamu dari atas tembok, sehingga beberapa dari hamba raja mati; juga hambamu Uria, orang Het itu, sudah mati."
Then their archers shot arrows at us from [the top of] the city wall. They killed some of your officers. They killed your officer Uriah, too.”
25 Kemudian berkatalah Daud kepada suruhan itu: "Beginilah kaukatakan kepada Yoab: Janganlah sebal hatimu karena perkara ini, sebab sudah biasa pedang makan orang ini atau orang itu. Sebab itu perhebatlah seranganmu terhadap kota itu dan runtuhkanlah itu. Demikianlah kau harus kuatkan hatinya!"
David said to the messenger, “Go back to Joab and say to him, ‘Do not be distressed [about what happened], because no one ever knows who will be killed in a battle.’ Tell him that the next time his troops should attack the city more strongly, and capture it.”
26 Ketika didengar isteri Uria, bahwa Uria, suaminya, sudah mati, maka merataplah ia karena kematian suaminya itu.
When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
27 Setelah lewat waktu berkabung, maka Daud menyuruh membawa perempuan itu ke rumahnya. Perempuan itu menjadi isterinya dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki baginya. Tetapi hal yang telah dilakukan Daud itu adalah jahat di mata TUHAN.
When her time of mourning was ended, David sent messengers to bring her to the palace. Thus, she became David’s wife. She later gave birth to a son. But Yahweh was very displeased with what David had done.

< 2 Samuel 11 >