Ii Samuelis 11
1 Factum est autem, vertente anno, eo tempore quo solent reges ad bella procedere, misit David Ioab, et servos suos cum eo, et universum Israel, et vastaverunt filios Ammon, et obsederunt Rabba: David autem remansit in Ierusalem.
And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they destroyed the sons of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2 Dum haec agerentur, accidit ut surgeret David de strato suo post meridiem, et deambularet in solario domus regiae: viditque mulierem se lavantem, ex adverso super solarium suum: erat autem mulier pulchra valde.
And it came to pass at evening, 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 bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
3 Misit ergo rex, et requisivit quae esset mulier. Nunciatumque est ei quod ipsa esset Bethsabee filia Eliam, uxor Uriae Hethaei.
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4 Missis itaque David nunciis, tulit eam. quae cum ingressa esset ad illum, dormivit cum ea: statimque sanctificata est ab immunditia sua:
And David sent messengers, and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness), and she returned to her house.
5 et reversa est domum suam concepto foetu. Mittensque nunciavit David, et ait: Concepi.
And the woman conceived. And she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 Misit autem David ad Ioab, dicens: Mitte ad me Uriam Hethaeum. Misitque Ioab Uriam ad David.
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 Et venit Urias ad David. Quaesivitque David quam recte ageret Ioab, et populus, et quomodo administraretur bellum.
And when Uriah came to him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
8 et dixit David ad Uriam: Vade in domum tuam, et lava pedes tuos. Et egressus est Urias de domo regis, secutusque est eum cibus regius.
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and a gift from the king followed him.
9 Dormivit autem Urias ante portam domus regiae cum aliis servis domini sui, et non descendit ad domum suam.
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
10 Nunciatumque est David a dicentibus: Non ivit Urias in domum suam. Et ait David ad Uriam: Numquid non de via venisti? quare non descendisti in domum tuam?
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have thou not come from a journey? Why did thou not go down to thy house?
11 Et ait Urias ad David: Arca Dei et Israel et Iuda habitant in papilionibus, et dominus meus Ioab, et servi domini mei super faciem terrae manent: et ego ingrediar domum meam, ut comedam et bibam, et dormiam cum uxore mea? per salutem tuam, et per salutem animae tuae non faciam rem hanc.
And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As thou live, and as thy soul lives, I will not do this thing.
12 Ait ergo David ad Uriam: Mane hic etiam hodie, et cras dimittam te. Mansit Urias in Ierusalem in die illa et altera:
And David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
13 et vocavit eum David ut comederet coram se et biberet, et inebriavit eum: qui egressus vespere, dormivit in stratu suo cum servis domini sui, et in domum suam non descendit.
And when David had called him, he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.
14 Factum est ergo mane, et scripsit David epistolam ad Ioab: misitque per manum Uriae,
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 scribens in epistola: Ponite Uriam ex adverso belli, ubi fortissimum est praelium: et derelinquite eum, ut percussus intereat.
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 Igitur cum Ioab obsideret urbem, posuit Uriam in loco ubi sciebat viros esse fortissimos.
And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 Egressique viri de civitate, bellabant adversum Ioab, et ceciderunt de populo servorum David, et mortuus est etiam Urias Hethaeus.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. And there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David, and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 Misit itaque Ioab, et nunciavit David omnia verba praelii:
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war.
19 praecepitque nuncio, dicens: Cum compleveris universos sermones belli ad regem,
And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
20 si eum videris indignari, et dixerit: Quare accessistis ad murum, ut praeliaremini? an ignorabatis quod multa desuper ex muro tela mittantur?
it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he says to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? Did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall?
21 Quis percussit Abimelech filium Ierobaal? nonne mulier misit super eum fragmen molae de muro, et interfecit eum in Thebes? quare iuxta murum accessistis? dices: Etiam servus tuus Urias Hethaeus occubuit.
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did ye go so near the wall? Then thou shall say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
22 Abiit ergo nuncius, et venit, et narravit David omnia quae ei praeceperat Ioab.
So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him.
23 Et dixit nuncius ad David: Praevaluerunt adversum nos viri, et egressi sunt ad nos in agrum: nos autem facto impetu persecuti eos sumus usque ad portam civitatis.
And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were upon them even to the entrance of the gate.
24 Et direxerunt iacula sagittarii ad servos tuos ex muro desuper: mortuique sunt de servis regis, quinetiam servus tuus Urias Hethaeus mortuus est.
And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall. And some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
25 Et dixit David ad nuncium: Haec dices Ioab: Non te frangat ista res: varius enim eventus est belli, et nunc hunc, et nunc illum consumit gladius: conforta bellatores tuos adversus urbem, ut destruas eam, et exhortare eos.
Then David said to the messenger, Thus thou shall say to Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make thy battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it. And encourage thou him.
26 Audivit autem uxor Uriae, quod mortuus esset Urias vir suus, et planxit eum.
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
27 Transactoque luctu misit David, et introduxit eam in domum suam, et facta est ei uxor, peperitque ei filium: et displicuit verbum hoc, quod fecerat David, coram Domino.
And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah.
