دوم سموئیل 12
| خداوند، ناتان نبی را نزد داوود فرستاد و ناتان آمده، این حکایت را برایش تعریف کرد: «در شهری دو نفر زندگی می‌کردند، یکی فقیر بود و دیگری ثروتمند. | 1 |
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
| مرد ثروتمند گاو و گوسفند زیادی داشت. | 2 |
The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
| اما آن فقیر از مال دنیا فقط یک ماده بره داشت که از پول خود خریده بود و او را همراه پسرانش بزرگ می‌کرد. از بشقاب خود به آن بره خوراک می‌داد و از کاسه‌اش به او آب می‌نوشانید، آن بره را در آغوشش می‌خوابانید و او را مثل دخترش دوست می‌داشت. | 3 |
But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
| روزی مهمانی به خانه آن شخص ثروتمند رفت. ولی او به جای آنکه یکی از گاوان و گوسفندان خود را بکشد تا برای مهمانش غذایی تهیه کند، برهٔ آن مرد فقیر را گرفته، سر برید.» | 4 |
Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.
| داوود چون این را شنید خشمگین شد و گفت: «به خداوند زنده قسم، کسی که چنین کاری کرده باید کشته شود، | 5 |
And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
| و چون دلش به حال آن بیچاره نسوخت، باید به جای آن بره، چهار بره به او پس دهد.» | 6 |
And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
| آنگاه ناتان به داوود گفت: «آن مرد تو هستی!» و بعد اضافه کرد که خداوند، خدای اسرائیل چنین می‌فرماید: «من تو را به پادشاهی بر اسرائیل مسح کردم و از دست شائول نجات دادم. | 7 |
And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;
| کاخ و حرمسرای او را به تو بخشیدم و تو را بر یهودا و اسرائیل پادشاه ساختم. اگر این چیزها برای تو کافی نبود بیشتر از اینها هم به تو می‌دادم. | 8 |
I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.
| پس چرا قوانین مرا زیر پا گذاشتی و مرتکب این عمل زشت شدی؟ تو اوریا را به دست عمونی‌ها کشتی و زن او را تصاحب نمودی. | 9 |
Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
| بنابراین، از این پس، کشت و کشتار از خانوادهٔ تو دور نخواهد شد، زیرا با گرفتن زن اوریا، به من اهانت کرده‌ای. | 10 |
So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
| بنابراین من هم به دست افراد خانواده‌ات، بر سرت بلا نازل می‌کنم. زنانت را پیش چشمانت به همسایه‌ات می‌دهم و او در روز روشن با آنها همبستر می‌شود. | 11 |
The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.
| تو این کار را مخفیانه کردی، اما من در روز روشن و در برابر چشمان همهٔ بنی‌اسرائیل این بلا را بر سر تو خواهم آورد.» | 12 |
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
| داوود اعتراف کرده، به ناتان گفت: «در حق خداوند گناه کرده‌ام.» ناتان گفت: «بله، خداوند هم تو را بخشیده است و به سبب این گناهت تو را هلاک نخواهد کرد. | 13 |
And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
| ولی چون با این کارت باعث شده‌ای که دشمنان خداوند به او کفر گویند، پس این بچه‌ای هم که به دنیا آمده، خواهد مرد.» | 14 |
But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
| بعد ناتان به خانهٔ خود برگشت و خداوند، پسری را که بَتشِبَع زاییده بود سخت بیمار کرد. | 15 |
Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.
| داوود به خدا التماس کرد که بچه را زنده نگاه دارد، و بدین منظور روزه گرفت و به اتاق خود رفته، تمام شب روی زمین دراز کشید. | 16 |
So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
| درباریان از او خواهش کردند از زمین بلند شود و با آنها غذا بخورد، اما قبول نکرد، | 17 |
And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
| تا اینکه در روز هفتم، آن بچه مرد. درباریان می‌ترسیدند این خبر را به او بدهند. آنها می‌گفتند: «وقتی آن بچه هنوز زنده بود داوود از شدت ناراحتی با ما حرف نمی‌زد، حال اگر به او خبر بدهیم که بچه مرده است، معلوم نیست چه بلایی بر سر خود خواهد آورد؟» | 18 |
And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?
| ولی وقتی داوود دید آنها با هم نجوا می‌کنند، فهمید چه شده است و پرسید: «آیا بچه مرده است؟» گفتند: «بله.» | 19 |
But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.
| آنگاه داوود از زمین بلند شد، شستشو نمود، سرش را شانه کرد، لباسهایش را عوض نمود و به خیمهٔ عبادت رفت و خداوند را پرستش کرد. سپس به کاخش برگشت و خوراک خورد. | 20 |
Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.
| درباریان تعجب کردند و به او گفتند: «ما از رفتار تو سر در نمی‌آوریم. وقتی بچه هنوز زنده بود گریه می‌کردی و غذا نمی‌خوردی. اما حال که بچه مرده است، دست از گریه برداشته، غذا می‌خوری!» | 21 |
Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.
| داوود جواب داد: «وقتی بچه زنده بود، روزه گرفتم و گریستم، چون فکر می‌کردم شاید خداوند به من رحم کند و بچه را زنده نگه دارد. | 22 |
And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?
| اما حال که بچه مرده است دیگر چرا روزه بگیرم؟ آیا می‌توانم او را زنده کنم؟ من پیش او خواهم رفت، ولی او نزد من باز نخواهد گشت.» | 23 |
But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
| سپس داوود بَتشِبَع را دلداری داد. بَتشِبَع بار دیگر از داوود حامله شده، پسری زایید و اسم او را سلیمان گذاشت. خداوند سلیمان را دوست می‌داشت | 24 |
And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.
| و به همین سبب ناتان نبی را فرستاد تا سلیمان را یدیدیا (یعنی «محبوب خداوند») لقب دهد. | 25 |
And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
| در این بین، یوآب به شهر ربه پایتخت عمون حمله برد و آن را محاصره کرد. او قاصدانی نزد داوود فرستاد تابه او بگویند: «ربه و مخازن آب آن در اختیار ماست. | 26 |
Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
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And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.
| پس بقیهٔ سربازان را بیاور و شهر را تصرف کن تا پیروزی به نام تو تمام شود.» | 28 |
So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.
| پس داوود به ربه لشکر کشید و آن را تسخیر کرده، غنیمت زیادی از آنجا به اورشلیم برد. داوود تاج گرانبهای پادشاه عمونی را از سرش برداشت و بر سر خودش گذاشت. این تاج، حدود سی و پنج کیلو وزن داشت و از طلا و جواهرات قیمتی ساخته شده بود. | 29 |
Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.
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And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.
| داوود، مردم آن شهر را اسیر کرده، اره و تیشه و تبر به دستشان داد و آنها را به کارهای سخت گماشت. او در کوره‌های آجرپزی از ایشان کار می‌کشید. او با اهالی شهرهای دیگر عمون نیز همین گونه عمل کرد. سپس داوود و لشکر او به اورشلیم بازگشتند. | 31 |
And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.
