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.
It came about in the springtime, at the time when kings normally go to war, that David sent out Joab, his servants, and all the army of Israel. They destroyed the army of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed 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.
So it came about one evening that David got up from his bed and walked on the roof of his palace. From there he happened to see a woman who was bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
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?
So David sent and he asked people who would know about the woman. Someone said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, and is she not the 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 and took her; she came in to him, and he slept with her (for she had just purified herself from menstruation). Then she returned to her house.
5 Ary nanan’ anaka ravehivavy ka naniraka hilaza tamin’ i Davida hoe: Manan’ anaka aho.
The woman conceived, and she sent and told David; she said, “I am 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.
Then David sent to Joab saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah 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 arrived, David asked him how Joab was, 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.
David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the king's palace, and the king sent a gift for Uriah after he left.
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 slept at the door of the king's palace with all the servants of his master, and he did not go down to his house.
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?
When they told David, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
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 David, “The ark, and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my master's servants are camped in an open field. How then can I go into my house to eat and to drink and to sleep with my wife? As sure as you are alive, I will not do this.”
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.
So David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you leave.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.
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.
When David called him, he ate and drank before him, and David made him drunk. At evening Uriah went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his master; he did not go down to his house.
14 Ary nony maraina, Davida dia nanoratra taratasy ho any amin’ i Joaba, ka nampitondrainy an’ i Oria izany.
So in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 Ary izao no soratra nataony tao amin’ ny taratasy: Arosoinareo amin’ ny ady mafy Oria; dia ilaozy izy mba hasiany ho faty.
David wrote in the letter saying, “Set Uriah at the very front of the most intense battle, and then withdraw from him, that he may be hit and killed.”
16 Ary raha mbola nanao fahirano ny tanàna Joaba, dia nanendry an’ i Oria ho eo amin’ izay hitany misy lehilahy mahery.
So as Joab watched the siege upon the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers 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 men of the city went out and fought against Joab's army, some of the soldiers of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite was also killed there.
18 Ary Joaba naniraka hilaza tsara any amin’ i Davida ny toetry ny ady;
When Joab sent word to David about everything concerning the war,
19 ary nandidy ilay iraka izy hoe: Rehefa voalazanao tsara amin’ ny mpanjaka ny toetry ny ady,
he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
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?
it may happen that the king will become angry, and he will say to you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot 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? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' Then you must answer, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'”
22 Ary nandeha ilay iraka, dia tonga tamin’ i Davida ka nanambara taminy izay rehetra nanirahan’ i Joaba azy.
So the messenger left and went to David and told him everything that Joab had sent 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.
Then the messenger said to David, “The enemy were stronger than we were at first; they came out to us into the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the 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.
Then their shooters shot at your soldiers from off the wall, and some of the king's servants were killed, and your servant Uriah the Hittite was killed too.”
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, “Say this to Joab, 'Do not let this displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle even stronger against the city, and overthrow it,' and encourage him.”
26 Ary nony ren’ ny vadin’ i Oria fa maty ny lahy, dia nisaona azy izy.
So when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented deeply for her husband.
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.
When her sorrow passed, David sent and took her home to his palace, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But what David had done displeased Yahweh.
