2 Samuelova 11
1 A kad proðe godina, u vrijeme kad carevi idu na vojsku, posla David Joava i sluge svoje s njim, i svega Izrailja, te potirahu sinove Amonove, i opkoliše Ravu; a David osta u Jerusalimu.
[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 I pred veèe usta David s postelje svoje, i hodajuæi po krovu carskoga dvora ugleda s krova ženu gdje se mije, a žena bijaše vrlo lijepa na oèi.
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 I David posla da propitaju za ženu i rekoše: nije li to Vitsaveja kæi Elijamova žena Urije Hetejina?
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 I David posla poslanike da je dovedu; i kad doðe k njemu, on leže s njom, a ona se bješe oèistila od neèistote svoje; poslije se vrati svojoj kuæi.
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 I zatrudnje žena, te posla i javi Davidu govoreæi: trudna sam.
[After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
6 Tada David posla k Joavu i poruèi: pošlji mi Uriju Hetejina. I posla Joav Uriju k Davidu.
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 I kad Urija doðe k njemu, zapita ga David kako je Joav i kako je narod i kako ide rat.
When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
8 Potom reèe David Uriji: idi kuæi svojoj, i operi noge svoje. I Urija izide iz careva dvora, a za njim iznesoše jelo carsko.
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 Ali Urija leže na vratima dvora careva sa svijem slugama gospodara svojega, i ne otide kuæi svojoj.
But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
10 I javiše Davidu govoreæi: Urija nije otišao kuæi svojoj. A David reèe Uriji: nijesi li došao s puta? zašto ne ideš kuæi svojoj?
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 A Urija reèe Davidu: kovèeg i Izrailj i Juda stoje po šatorima, i Joav gospodar moj i sluge gospodara mojega stoje u polju, pa kako bih ja ušao u kuæu svoju da jedem i pijem i spavam sa ženom svojom? Tako ti bio živ i tako bila živa duša tvoja, neæu to uèiniti.
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 Tada reèe David Uriji: ostani ovdje još danas, pa æu te sjutra otpustiti. Tako osta Urija u Jerusalimu onaj dan i sjutradan.
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 I pozva ga David da jede i pije s njim, te ga opije. A uveèe otide, te leže na postelju svoju sa slugama gospodara svojega, a kuæi svojoj ne otide.
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 A ujutru napisa David knjigu Joavu, i posla po Uriji.
[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 A u knjizi pisa i reèe: namjestite Uriju gdje je najžešæi boj, pa se uzmaknite od njega da bi ga ubili da pogine.
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 I Joav opkolivši grad namjesti Uriju na mjesto gdje je znao da su najhrabriji ljudi.
[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 I izidoše ljudi iz grada i pobiše se s Judom. I pogibe iz naroda nekoliko sluga Davidovijeh; pogibe i Urija Hetejin.
The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
18 Tada Joav posla k Davidu, i javi mu sve što bi u boju.
Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
19 I zapovjedi glasniku govoreæi: kad pripovjediš caru sve što je bilo u boju,
He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
20 Ako se razgnjevi car i reèe ti: zašto ste išli tako blizu grada da se bijete? zar nijeste znali kako se strijelja s grada?
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 Ko je ubio Avimeleha sina Jeruvesetova? nije li žena bacila na nj komad žrvnja sa zida, te pogibe u Tevesu? zašto ste išli blizu zida? tada reci: poginuo je i sluga tvoj Urija Hetejin.
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 I otide glasnik, i došavši javi Davidu sve za što ga je poslao Joav.
So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
23 I reèe glasnik Davidu: bijahu jaèi od nas, i izidoše u polje na nas, ali ih uzbismo do vrata gradskih.
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 A strijelci stadoše strijeljati na sluge tvoje sa zida, i pogibe nekoliko sluga carevijeh, tako i sluga tvoj Urija Hetejin pogibe.
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 Tada reèe David glasniku: ovako reci Joavu: ne budi zlovoljan za to; jer maè proždire sad ovoga sad onoga; udri još jaèe na grad i raskopaj ga. Tako ga ohrabri.
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 A žena Urijina èuvši da je poginuo muž njezin Urija, plaka za mužem svojim.
When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
27 A kad proðe žalost, posla David i uze je u kuæu svoju, i ona mu posta žena, i rodi mu sina. Ali ne bješe po volji Gospodu što uèini David.
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.
