Samuu'Eel Labaad 11
1 Oo isla xilligii sannaddii dambe, markay boqorradu dagaalka u soo bixi jireen ayaa Daa'uud Yoo'aab diray isagoo wata addoommadiisii, iyo reer binu Israa'iil oo dhan, oo waxay baabbi'iyeen reer Cammoon, oo Rabbaahna way hareereeyeen, laakiinse Daa'uud baa Yeruusaalem iska joogay.
[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 Oo makhribkii ayaa Daa'uud ka kacay sariirtiisii, oo wuxuu dul socday gurigii boqorka saqafkiisa, oo wuxuu saqafka ka arkay naag maydhanaysa, naagtuna aragga aad bay u qurux badnayd.
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 Markaasaa Daa'uud cid naagtii soo haybsata diray. Oo waxaa la yidhi, War sow tanu ma aha Batshebac ina Eliicaam, oo uu Uuriyaah kii reer Xeed qabo?
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 Markaasaa Daa'uud wargeeyayaal u diray, wuuna soo kaxaystay; markaasay u soo gashay, wuuna la seexday, (waayo, waxay iska daahirisay nijaasteedii); dabadeedna gurigeedii bay ku noqotay.
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 Oo naagtiina way uuraysatay; markaasay Daa'uud u soo cid dirtay oo u sheegtay, waxayna ku tidhi, Uur baan yeeshay.
[After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
6 Daa'uudna cid buu u diray Yoo'aab, oo ku yidhi, Ii soo dir Uuriyaah kii reer Xeed. Markaasaa Yoo'aab Uuriyaah u soo diray Daa'uud.
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 Oo markii Uuriyaah u yimid ayaa Daa'uud weyddiiyey Yoo'aab siduu ahaa, iyo sidii dadku u nabdoonaa, iyo dagaalkii sida loogu guulaystay.
When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
8 Daa'uudna wuxuu Uuriyaah ku yidhi, Bal orod gurigaaga tag oo cagomaydho. Markaasaa Uuriyaah gurigii boqorka ka baxay oo waxaana lala daba galay cunto ka tagtay xagga boqorka.
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 Laakiinse Uuriyaah guriga boqorka iriddiisa ayuu la seexday addoommadii sayidkiisa oo dhan, oo gurigiisiina ma uu tegin.
But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
10 Daa'uudna waa loo soo sheegay oo lagu yidhi, Uuriyaah gurigiisii ma tegin. Markaasaa Daa'uud wuxuu Uuriyaah ku yidhi, War miyaadan sodcaal ka iman? Maxaadse gurigaaga u tegi weyday?
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 Markaasaa Uuriyaah wuxuu Daa'uud ku yidhi, Sanduuqa Ilaah, iyo reer binu Israa'iil, iyo reer Yahuudahba waxay ku jiraan waabab; oo sayidkaygii Yoo'aab iyo addoommadii sayidkayguba waxay ku hoydaan berrin bannaan; haddaba miyaan u galaa gurigayga inaan wax cuno, oo wax cabbo, oo naagtayda la seexdo? Haddaba waxaan ku dhaartay noloshaada iyo naftaada inaanan waxan samaynayn.
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 Markaasaa Daa'uud Uuriyaah ku yidhi, Haddaba bal maantana iska joog oo berrina waan ku dirayaa. Saas aawadeed Uuriyaah maalintaas iyo maalintii dambeba Yeruusaalem buu joogay.
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 Markii Daa'uud u yeedhay ayuu hortiisa wax ku cunay oo wax ku cabbay; markaasuu sakhraamiyey, oo fiidkii buu tegey inuu sariirtiisii jiifsado isagoo la socda addoommadii sayidkiisa, laakiinse gurigiisii ma uu tegin.
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 Oo subaxdii dambe Daa'uud warqad buu Yoo'aab u qoray, wuxuuna ugu sii dhiibay Uuriyaah.
[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 Oo wuxuu warqaddiisii ku qoray oo yidhi, Uuriyaah waxaad ugu hor marisaan dagaalka ugu kulul, oo idinkuna dib uga noqda, si loo dilo, uuna u dhinto.
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 Oo markuu Yoo'aab magaaladii arkay ayuu Uuriyaah ku hagaajiyey meeshii uu ku ogaa inay nimankii xoogga badnaa joogaan.
[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 Oo raggii magaaladuna way soo baxeen, oo Yoo'aab la dirireen, oo dadkiina qaar baa ka dhintay, kuwaas oo ahaa addoommadii Daa'uud; Uuriyaah kii reer Xeedna wuu dhintay.
The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
18 Markaasaa Yoo'aab Daa'uud cid u diray, oo wixii dagaalkii ku saabsanaa oo dhan ayuu uga warramay,
Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
19 oo kii farriinta wadayna wuxuu ku amray oo ku yidhi, Markaad boqorka uga warrantid waxa dagaalka ku saabsan oo dhan,
He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
20 markaas hadduu boqorku cadhoodo, oo kugu yidhaahdo, War maxaad magaalada ugu dhowaateen inaad la dirirtaan? Miyeydaan ogayn inay derbiga idinka soo tooganayaan?
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 Bal yaa dilay Abiimeleg oo ahaa ina Yerubbeshed? Sow naagu dhagax wax lagu shiido derbi kagama soo tuurin oo sow kuma uu dhiman Tebes? Haddaba maxaad idinku derbiga ugu dhowaateen? Markaas waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Addoonkaagii Uuriyaah ahaa ee reer Xeed isna waa dhintay.
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 Haddaba wargeeyihii waa tegey, Daa'uudna wuu u yimid oo u sheegay wixii Yoo'aab u soo diray oo dhan.
So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
23 Oo wargeeyihii wuxuu Daa'uud ku yidhi, Nimankii way naga xoog badnaadeen, markaasay dibadda noogu soo baxeen, oo annana waxaannu eryannay iyagii ilaa ay iriddii magaalada galeen.
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 Markaasay kuwii wax toogan jiray addoommadaadii derbiga ka soo toogteen, oo boqorow, addoommadaadiina qaar baa dhintay, oo addoonkaagii Uuriyaah ahaa ee reer Xeed isna wuu dhintay.
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 Markaasaa Daa'uud wuxuu wargeeyihii ku yidhi, Waxaad Yoo'aab ku tidhaahdaa, Waxanu yay kula xumaan, waayo, seeftu mar mid bay baabbi'isaa, marna midka kale, haddaba magaalada dagaalka aad ugu sii adkee, oo afgembi; oo adna isaga dhiirrigeli.
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 Oo Uuriyaah bilcaantiisiina markay maqashay in ninkeedii Uuriyaah dhintay, way u barooratay ninkeedii.
When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
27 Oo markii baroortii dhammaatay ayaa Daa'uud u soo cid diray iyadii oo gurigiisii soo gashaday, oo iyana waxay noqotay naagtiisii, wiilna way u dhashay. Laakiinse wixii Daa'uud sameeyey ayaa Rabbigu ka xumaaday.
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.
