2 Samweli 11
1 Katika mwanzo wa mwaka mpya, wakati wafalme watokapo kwenda vitani, Daudi akamtuma Yoabu pamoja na watu wa mfalme na jeshi lote la Israeli. Wakawaangamiza Waamoni na kuuzunguka kwa jeshi mji wa Raba. Lakini Daudi akabaki Yerusalemu.
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
2 Ikawa siku moja wakati wa jioni Daudi aliinuka kitandani mwake na kutembeatembea juu ya paa la jumba lake la kifalme. Kutokea kule kwenye paa, akamwona mwanamke akioga. Mwanamke huyo alikuwa mzuri sana wa sura,
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
3 naye Daudi akatuma mtu mmoja kuuliza habari za huyo mwanamke. Huyo mtu akamwambia Daudi, “Je, huyu si Bathsheba binti Eliamu, naye ni mke wa Uria, Mhiti?”
So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
4 Ndipo Daudi akatuma wajumbe kumleta. Huyo mwanamke akaja kwa Daudi, Daudi akakutana naye kimwili. (Huyo mwanamke ndipo tu alikuwa amejitakasa kutoka siku zake za hedhi.) Kisha akarudi nyumbani kwake.
Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
5 Huyo mwanamke akapata mimba akampelekea Daudi ujumbe, kusema, “Mimi ni mjamzito.”
And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
6 Ndipo Daudi akapeleka ujumbe kwa Yoabu, “Unipelekee Uria, Mhiti.” Naye Yoabu akamtuma Uria kwa Daudi.
At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
7 Uria alipofika, Daudi akamuuliza habari za Yoabu, hali za askari na vita kwamba inaendeleaje.
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
8 Kisha Daudi akamwambia Uria, “Teremka nyumbani kwako ukanawe miguu yako.” Basi Uria akaondoka kutoka kwenye jumba la kifalme, tena zawadi zikamfuata kutoka kwa mfalme.
Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
9 Lakini Uria akalala kwenye ingilio la jumba la kifalme pamoja na watumishi wote wa bwana wake, na hakuteremka kwenda nyumbani kwake.
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
10 Daudi alipoambiwa kwamba, “Uria hakwenda nyumbani,” Daudi akamuuliza, “Je, si ndiyo tu umefika kutoka safari ya mbali? Kwa nini hukwenda nyumbani?”
And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
11 Uria akamwambia Daudi, “Sanduku la Mungu, na Israeli na Yuda wanakaa kwenye mahema, naye bwana wangu Yoabu na watu wa bwana wangu wamepiga kambi mahali pa wazi. Ningewezaje kwenda nyumbani kwangu ili nile, ninywe na kukutana na mke wangu? Hakika kama uishivyo sitafanya jambo la namna hiyo!”
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
12 Ndipo Daudi akamwambia, “Kaa hapa siku moja zaidi, nami kesho nitakutuma urudi.” Kwa hiyo Uria akakaa Yerusalemu siku ile na siku iliyofuata.
“Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13 Kwa ukaribisho wa Daudi, Uria akala na kunywa pamoja naye, Daudi akamlevya. Lakini jioni Uria alitoka kwenda kulala juu ya mkeka wake miongoni mwa watumishi wa bwana wake, hakwenda nyumbani.
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
14 Asubuhi yake Daudi akamwandikia Yoabu barua, akamtuma Uria kuipeleka.
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
15 Ndani ya barua aliandika, “Mweke Uria mstari wa mbele mahali ambapo mapigano ni makali sana. Kisha wewe uondoke ili Uria aangushwe chini na kuuawa.”
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
16 Hivyo Yoabu alipokuwa ameuzingira mji kwa jeshi, akamweka Uria mahali ambapo alijua kuwa ulinzi wa adui ulikuwa imara sana.
So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
17 Wakati watu wa mjini walipotoka kwenda kupigana dhidi ya Yoabu, baadhi ya watu katika jeshi la Daudi wakauawa, zaidi ya hayo, Uria, Mhiti, akafa.
And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
18 Yoabu akampelekea Daudi maelezo yote ya vita.
Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
19 Akamwagiza mjumbe hivi, “Utakapokuwa umemaliza kumpa mfalme maelezo ya vita,
and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,
20 hasira ya mfalme yaweza kuwaka, naye aweza kukuuliza, ‘Kwa nini mlisogea karibu hivyo na mji kupigana? Hamkujua kuwa wangeweza kuwapiga mishale kutoka ukutani?
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
21 Ni nani aliyemuua Abimeleki mwana wa Yerub-Besheth? Je, mwanamke hakutupa juu yake jiwe la juu la kusagia kutoka ukutani, kwa hiyo akafa huko Thebesi? Kwa nini mlisogea hivyo karibu ya ukuta?’ Ikiwa atakuuliza hivi, ndipo umwambie, ‘Pia mtumishi wako Uria, Mhiti, amekufa.’”
Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
22 Mjumbe akaondoka. Alipowasili akamwambia Daudi kila kitu alichokuwa ametumwa na Yoabu kusema.
So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
23 Mjumbe akamwambia Daudi, “Watu walituzidi nguvu wakatoka nje ya mji dhidi yetu kwenye eneo la wazi, lakini tuliwarudisha nyuma mpaka kwenye ingilio la mji.
The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
24 Ndipo wapiga upinde walitupa mishale kwa watumishi wako kutoka ukutani, na baadhi ya watu wa mfalme wakafa. Zaidi ya hayo, Uria, Mhiti, mtumishi wako amekufa.”
Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
25 Daudi akamwambia mjumbe, “Ukamwambie Yoabu hivi, ‘Jambo hili lisikutie wasiwasi, upanga hula huyu sawa na ulavyo mwingine. Zidisha mashambulizi dhidi ya mji na uangamize.’ Mwambie Yoabu hivi ili kumtia moyo.”
Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
26 Mke wa Uria aliposikia kwamba mumewe amekufa, akamwombolezea.
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
27 Baada ya muda wa maombolezo kwisha, Daudi akamtaka aletwe nyumbani kwake, naye akawa mkewe, na akamzalia mwana. Lakini jambo alilokuwa amefanya Daudi lilimchukiza Bwana.
And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
