Otra Samuela 11
1 Un kad gads bija pagājis, ap to laiku, kad ķēniņi mēdz iziet, tad Dāvids sūtīja Joabu un savus kalpus viņam līdz un visu Israēli, un tie postīja Amona bērnus un apmetās pret Rabu; bet Dāvids palika Jeruzālemē.
[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 Un notikās ap vakara laiku, ka Dāvids cēlās no savas gultas un staigāja pa ķēniņa nama jumtu un redzēja no jumta sievu mazgājamies, un šī sieva bija ļoti skaista no skata.
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 Un Dāvids nosūtīja un lika vaicāt pēc tās sievas; tad sacīja: tā ir Batseba, Elijama meita, Hetieša Ūrijas sieva.
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 Tad Dāvids sūtīja vēstnešus un to lika atvest, un tā nāca pie viņa un viņš pie tās gulēja, un kad viņa no savas nešķīstības bija šķīstījusies, tad viņa atkal gāja mājās.
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 Un tā sieva tapa grūta. Tad viņa nosūtīja un deva Dāvidam ziņu un sacīja: es esmu grūta.
[After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
6 Tad Dāvids sūtīja pie Joaba sacīdams: sūti to Etieti Ūriju pie manis. Un Joabs sūtīja Ūriju pie Dāvida.
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 Kad nu Ūrija pie viņa atnāca, tad Dāvids vaicāja: kā iet Joabam, kā iet ļaudīm un kā iet karā.
When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
8 Un Dāvids sacīja uz Ūriju: noej savā namā un mazgā savas kājas. Un kad Ūrija no ķēniņa nama izgāja, tad viņam ķēniņa dāvanas tapa nestas pakaļ.
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 Bet Ūrija apgūlās priekš ķēniņa nama durvīm ar visiem sava kunga kalpiem un negāja mājās.
But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
10 Un Dāvidam deva ziņu un sacīja: Ūrija nav gājis uz mājām. Tad Dāvids sacīja uz Ūriju: Vai tu nenāci no ceļa? Kāpēc tu nenoej savā namā?
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 Un Ūrija sacīja uz Dāvidu: Dieva šķirsts un Israēls un Jūda paliek teltīs, un mans kungs Joabs un mana kunga kalpi mīt laukā; vai tad es ietu mājās ēst un dzert un pie savas sievas gulēt? Tik tiešām kā tu dzīvs un tava dvēsele dzīva, es to nedarīšu.
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 Tad Dāvids sacīja uz Ūriju: paliec arī šodien šeitan, tad es tev rītu atlaidīšu. Tā Ūrija palika Jeruzālemē šo un otru dienu.
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 Un Dāvids to aicināja, ka tas viņa priekšā ēda un dzēra, un viņš to piedzirdināja. Un vakarā viņš izgāja apgulties savās cisās ar sava kunga kalpiem, un viņš nenogāja mājās.
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 Un otrā rītā Dāvids rakstīja grāmatu Joabam un to sūtīja caur Ūriju.
[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 Un tai grāmatā viņš tā bija rakstījis: nostādiet Ūriju tai vietā, kur tā visgrūtākā kaušanās, un novēršaties aiz viņa, ka viņš top kauts un mirst.
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 Un notikās, kad Joabs to pilsētu aplenca, tad viņš nostādīja Ūriju tādā vietā, kur viņš zināja, ka tur bija stipri vīri.
[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 Kad nu pilsētas vīri izgāja un ar Joabu kāvās, tad krita kādi no tiem ļaudīm, no Dāvida kalpiem, un Etietis Ūrija arī nomira.
The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
18 Tad Joabs sūtīja un deva Dāvidam ziņu par visām karalietām.
Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
19 Un viņš pavēlēja tam vēstnesim un sacīja: kad tu būsi ķēniņam izstāstījis visas karalietas,
He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
20 Un ķēniņam dusmas celsies un viņš uz tevi sacīs: kāpēc jūs tik tuvu pie pilsētas esat gājuši kauties? Vai jūs nezinājāt, ka no mūra šaus?
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 Kas Abimeleku, JerubBezeta dēlu, ir nokāvis? Vai sieva uz viņu nemeta dzirnu akmeni no mūra, ka tas Tebecā nomira? Kāpēc esat gājuši tik tuvu pie mūra? Tad saki: tavs kalps Ūrija, tas Etietis, arīdzan nomiris.
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 Un tas vēstnesis nogāja un nāca un stāstīja Dāvidam visu, par ko Joabs viņu bija sūtījis.
So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
23 Un tas vēstnesis sacīja uz Dāvidu: tie vīri bija stiprāki nekā mēs, un iznāca pret mums laukā, bet mēs viņiem pretī turējāmies līdz pat vārtu durvīm.
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 Tad strēlnieki no mūra šāva uz taviem kalpiem, ka kādi no ķēniņa kalpiem nomira,
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 Un tavs kalps Ūrija, tas Etietis, arīdzan nomiris. Tad Dāvids sacīja uz to vēstnesi: Tā saki uz Joabu: lai tev sirds neēdās šīs lietas dēļ, jo zobens rij te šo, te citu, stāvi jo stipri karā pret to pilsētu un izposti to, - un tā iedrošini viņu.
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 Kad nu Ūrijas sieva dzirdēja, ka viņas vīrs Ūrija bija miris, tad viņa gaudās par savu kungu.
When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
27 Un kad gaudu laiks bija pagājis, tad Dāvids nosūtīja un to ņēma savā namā, un tā viņam palika par sievu un viņam dzemdēja dēlu. Bet šī lieta, ko Dāvids darīja, Tam Kungam nepatika.
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.
