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, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still 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 in an eveningtide, 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 washing herself; 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 enquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bath-sheba, 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 unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
5 et reversa est domum suam concepto foetu. Mittensque nunciavit David, et ait: Concepi.
And the woman conceived, and 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 was come unto him, David demanded [of him] how Joab did, and how the people did, 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 there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king.
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 went not 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 went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from [thy] journey? why [then] didst thou not go down unto thine 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 unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [as] thou livest, and [as] thy soul liveth, 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, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow 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 did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not 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 observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a 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 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 charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20 si eum videris indignari, et dixerit: Quare accessistis ad murum, ut praeliaremini? an ignorabatis quod multa desuper ex muro tela mittantur?
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not 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 a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, 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 shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
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 unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering 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 from off the wall upon thy servants; and [some] of the king’s servants be 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 unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong 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 mourned 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 fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
