2 Samoela 11
1 Ary rehefa niherina ny taona, ka mby amin’ ny andro fandehanan’ ny mpanjaka hiady, dia naniraka an’ i Joaba sy ny mpanompony ary ny Isiraely rehetra Davida, ka nandringana ny taranak’ i Amona ireo sady nanao fahirano an’ i Raha; fa Davida kosa nijanona tany Jerosalema ihany.
In the spring, at the time of year when kings go out to war, David sent out Joab and his officers and the whole Israelite army on an attack. They massacred the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. However, David remained behind in Jerusalem.
2 Ary nony harivariva, dia niala tao am-pandriany Davida ka nitsangantsangana teo an-tampon’ ny lapa; ary raha teo izy dia nahatazana vehivavy mandro; ary ravehivavy dia tsara tarehy maha-te-hijery.
Late one afternoon, David got up from taking a nap and was walking on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
3 Ary Davida dia naniraka hanontany ny amin-dravehivavy. Ary nisy nanao hoe: Tsy iny va no Batseba, zanakavavin’ i Eliama, sady vadin’ i Oria Hetita?
David sent someone to find out about the woman. He was told, “It's Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, and wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
4 Ary Davida naniraka olona ka nampaka azy; dia tonga tao aminy izy ka nandriany. Ary ravehivavy nanamasina ny tenany ho afaka tamin’ ny halotoany, dia nody tany an-tranony.
David sent messengers to fetch her. When she came to him, he had sex with her. (Now she had just purified herself from having her period.) Afterwards she went back home.
5 Ary nanan’ anaka ravehivavy ka naniraka hilaza tamin’ i Davida hoe: Manan’ anaka aho.
Bathsheba became pregnant and sent a message to David to tell him, “I'm pregnant.”
6 Ary Davida naniraka tany amin’ i Joaba hanao hoe: Asaovy mankaty amiko kely Oria Hetita. Dia nasain’ i Joaba nankany amin’ i Davida Oria.
So David sent a message to Joab, telling him, “Send Uriah the Hittite to me.” Joab sent him to David.
7 Ary nony tonga teo amin’ i Davida izy, dia nanontaniany ny toetr’ i Joaba sy ny olona ary ny toetry ny ady.
When Uriah came to see him, David asked him how Joab was doing, and how the army was doing, and how the war was going.
8 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Oria: Andeha ary mody, ka sasao ny tongotrao. Ary Oria niala tao an-tranon’ ny mpanjaka, ary dia nampanarahina nahandro avy tao amin’ ny mpanjaka izy.
Then David told Uriah, “Go home now and have a rest.” Uriah left the palace, and the king sent him a gift after he'd gone.
9 Nefa Oria nandry teo am-baravarana ny tranon’ ny mpanjaka, teo amin’ ny mpanompon’ ny tompony rehetra, fa tsy nidina nody tany an-tranony izy tsy akory.
But Uriah didn't go home. He slept in the guardroom at the palace entrance with all the king's guards.
10 Ary nisy nanambara tamin’ i Davida hoe: Tsy nidina nody tany an-tranony Oria. Dia hoy Davida tamin’ i Oria: Tsy avy lavitra va ianao? koa nahoana ianao no tsy midìna mody any an-tranonao?
David was told, “Uriah didn't go home,” so he asked Uriah, “Haven't you just got back from being away? Why didn't you go home?”
11 Fa hoy Oria tamin’ i Davida: Ny fiara sy ny Isiraely ary ny Joda mitoetra amin’ ny trano rantsan-kazo; ary Joaba tompoko sy ny mpanompon’ ny tompoko mitoby any an-tsaha, ka izaho kosa va hody any an-tranoko hihinana sy hisotro ary handry amin’ ny vadiko? Raha velona koa ianao, ary raha velona koa ny ainao, tsy hanao izany aho.
Uriah answered, “The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents, and my master Joab and his men are camped out in the open. How can I go home and eat and drink and sleep with my wife? On my life I won't do such a thing!”
12 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Oria: Mitoera ihany ary atỳ anio, fa rahampitso dia halefako ianao. Dia nitoetra tany Jerosalema androtrizay sy ny ampitson’ iny Oria.
David told him, “Stay here today, and tomorrow I'll send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the next.
13 Ary nasain’ i Davida izy, dia nihinana sy nisotro teo anatrehany, ka nomamoiny, ary nony hariva dia nivoaka izy ka nandry teo amin’ ilay nandriany teo amin’ ny mpanompon’ ny tompony ihany, fa tsy nidina nody tany an-tranony.
David invited Uriah to dinner. Uriah ate and drank with him, and David got Uriah drunk. But in the evening he went to sleep on his mat with the king's guards, and didn't go home.
14 Ary nony maraina, Davida dia nanoratra taratasy ho any amin’ i Joaba, ka nampitondrainy an’ i Oria izany.
In the morning David wrote Joab a letter, and gave it to Uriah to take to him.
15 Ary izao no soratra nataony tao amin’ ny taratasy: Arosoinareo amin’ ny ady mafy Oria; dia ilaozy izy mba hasiany ho faty.
In the letter, David told Joab, “Put Uriah right in the front where the fighting is worst, and then pull back behind him so that he'll be attacked and killed.”
16 Ary raha mbola nanao fahirano ny tanàna Joaba, dia nanendry an’ i Oria ho eo amin’ izay hitany misy lehilahy mahery.
As Joab besieged the town, he made Uriah take a place where he knew the strongest enemy men would be fighting.
17 Ary ny mponina tao an-tanàna nivoaka hiady amin’ i Joaba, ka nahafatesana ny mpanompon’ i Davida, ary maty koa Oria Hetita.
When the town's defenders came out and attacked Joab, some of David's men were killed, including Uriah the Hittite.
18 Ary Joaba naniraka hilaza tsara any amin’ i Davida ny toetry ny ady;
Joab sent David a full report about the battle.
19 ary nandidy ilay iraka izy hoe: Rehefa voalazanao tsara amin’ ny mpanjaka ny toetry ny ady,
He ordered the messenger, saying, “When you've finished telling the king all about the battle,
20 ka tezitra ny mpanjaka ary manao aminao hoe: Nahoana no nanakaiky ny tanàna toy izany ianareo raha niady? Tsy fantatrareo va fa hitifitra eo amin’ ny manda izy?
if the king's gets angry and asks you, ‘Why did you get so near to the town in the attack? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?
21 Fa iza no namely an’ i Abimeleka, zanak’ i Jerobeseta? Moa tsy vehivavy va no nanjera vato fikosoham-bary taminy avy teo amin’ ny manda, ka dia maty tao Tebeza izy? Koa nahoana no nanakaiky ny manda ianareo? dia ataovy hoe: Oria Hetita mpanomponao mba maty koa.
Who killed Abimelech, son of Jerub-Besheth? Wasn't it a woman who dropped a millstone on him from the wall, killing him there in Thebez? Why on earth did you get so close to the wall?’ Just tell him, ‘In addition, your officer Uriah the Hittite was killed.’”
22 Ary nandeha ilay iraka, dia tonga tamin’ i Davida ka nanambara taminy izay rehetra nanirahan’ i Joaba azy.
The messenger left, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had directed him to say.
23 Ary hoy ny iraka tamin’ i Davida: Nahery noho izahay ireny, ary nivoahany tany an-tsaha izahay, ka dia nenjehinay hatreo anoloan’ ny vavahady kosa izy.
The messenger explained to David, “The defenders were stronger than us, and they came out at us in the open, but we forced them back to the entrance of the town gate.
24 Ary ny mpitifitra teo amin’ ny manda nitifitra ny mpanomponao; ary nahafatesana ny mpanompon’ ny mpanjaka, ary Oria Hetita mpanomponao mba maty koa.
Their archers shot at us from the wall, and killed some of the king's men. Your officer Uriah the Hittite was also killed.”
25 Dia hoy Davida tamin’ ny iraka: Izao no holazainao amin’ i Joaba: Aza malahelo amin’ izany ianao, fa ny sabatra tsy mifidy hasiana; herezo ihany ny adinao amin’ ny tanàna, ka ravao izy. Ary omeo toky Joaba.
Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab this: ‘Don't be upset about this, for the sword destroys people at random. Press on with your attack against the town and conquer it.’ Encourage him by telling him this.”
26 Ary nony ren’ ny vadin’ i Oria fa maty ny lahy, dia nisaona azy izy.
When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
27 Ary rehefa afa-tsaona izy, dia nampanalain’ i Davida ho any an-tranony, ary dia novadiny izy ka niteraka zazalahy taminy. Nefa tsy sitrak’ i Jehovah izany nataon’ i Davida izany.
Once the period of mourning was over, David sent for her to be brought to his palace, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But what David had done was evil in the Lord's sight.
