2 Samweli 11
1 Ikawa wakati wa majira ya kipupwe, wakati ambapo kwa kawaida wafalme huenda vitani, Daudi akamtuma Yoabu, mtumishi wake, na jeshi lote la Israeli. Wakaliaribu jeshi la Amoni na kuuhusuru Raba. Lakini Daudi akakaa Yerusalemu.
[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 Hivyo ikawa siku moja wakati wa jioni Daudi akaamka kutoka kitandani na akatembea katika dari la kasri. Akiwa pale akamwona mwanamke aliyekuwa akioga, mwanamke yule alikuwa mzuri sana kwa mwonekano.
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 Hivyo Daudi akatuma na kuuliza watu waliomfahamu yule mwanamke. Mtu mmoja akasema, “Je huyu siye Bathsheba, binti Eliamu, naye si mke wa Uria mhiti?
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 Daudi akatuma wajumbe nao wakamchukua; akaja kwake, na akalala naye(kwani ndo alikuwa amejitakasa kutoka siku zake). Kisha akarudi nyumbani kwake.
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 Mwanamke akawa mjamzito, naye akatuma na kumwambia Daudi; akasema, “mimi ni mjamzito.”
[After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
6 Kisha Daudi akatuma watu kwa Yoabu kusema, “Umtume kwangu Uria mhiti.” Hivyo Yoabu akamtuma Uria kwa Daudi.
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 Uria alipofika, Daudi akamuuliza hali ya Yoabu. Jinsi jeshi lilivyokuwa likiendelea, na jinsi vita vilivyokuwa vinaendelea.
When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
8 Daudi akamwambia Uria, “Shuka nyumbani kwako, unawe miguu yako. “Hivyo Uria akaondoka katika kasri la mfalme, mfalme akamtumia zawadi kwa Uria.
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 Lakini Uria akalala pamoja na watumishi wa bwana wake katika lango la kasri, wala hakushuka nyumbani kwake.
But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
10 Daudi alipoambiwa, “Uria hakushuka nyumbani kwake,” akamwambia Uria, Je haukutoka safarini? Kwa nini haukushuka nyumbani kwako?”
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 Uria akamjibu Daudi, “Sanduku, na Israeli na Yuda wamo kwenye mahema, na Yoabu na watumishi wa bwana wangu wamepiga hema uwandani. Jinsi gani basi mimi naweza kwenda nyumbani kwangu kula kunywa na kulala na mke wangu? kwa hakika kama uishivyo, sitafanya hivyo.
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 Hivyo Daudi akamwambia Uria, “Ukae leo pia, kesho nitakuacha uende.” Kwa hiyo uria akakaa Yerusalemu siku hiyo na iliyofuata.
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 Daudi alipomwita, alikula na kunywa pamoja naye, Daudi akamfanya alewe. Wakati wa jioni Uria akaenda kulala kitandani pake pamoja na watumish wa bwana wake; hakushuka nyumbani kwake.
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 Hivyo asubuhi Daudi akamwandikia Yoabu barua, naye akaituma kwa mkono wa Uria.
[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 Ndani ya barua Daudi aliandika hivi, “Mweke Uria mbele ya vita vikali sana, na kisha, mmwache, ili apigwe na afe.
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 Hivyo Yoabu alipoona mji ukizingirwa, alimweka Uria katika sehemu aliyojua askari adui wenye nguvu wangekuwa wakipigana.
[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 Wakati watu wa mji walipotoka na kupigana dhidi ya jeshi la Yoabu, baadhi ya askari wa Daudi wakaanguka, na Uria Mhiti pia akauwawa.
The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
18 Wakati Yoabu alipotuma neno kwa mfalme kuhusu hali ya vita,
Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
19 alimwagiza mjumbe, kusema, “Utakapomaliza kumwambia mfalme kuhusu hali ya vita,
He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
20 yawezekana mfalme akakasirika, naye akakwambia, 'Kwa nini mlipigana na mji kwa karibu hivyo, hamkujua kwamba wangeweza kushambulia kutokea ukutani?
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 Ni nani aliyemwua Abimeleki mwana wa Yerubeshethi? Siye mwanamke aliyerusha jiwe la kusagia juu yake kutoka ukutani, hata akafa huko Thebesi? Kwanini basi mliukaribia ukuta jinsi hiyo? Nawe umjibu, 'Uria mtumishi wako amekufa pia.”
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 Hivyo mjumbe akaondoka na kwenda kwa Daudi akamwambia kila jambo ambalo Yoabu alimtuma kusema.
So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
23 Na mjumbe akamwambia Daudi, “Mwanzoni adui walikuwa na nguvu kuliko sisi; walitukabili uwandani, lakini tukawarudisha nyuma kwenye maingilio ya lango.
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 Na wapiga mishale wao wakawarushia watumishi wako kutoka ukutani, na baadhi ya watumishi wa mfalme wameuawa, na mtumishi wako Uria mhiti pia ameuawa.”
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 Kisha Daudi akamwambia mjumbe, “Mwambie hivi Yoabu, 'Usiruhusu jamba hili likuhuzunishe, kwa maana upanga huangamiza huyu kama uangamizavyo na mwingine. Vifanye vita vyako kuwa vyenye nguvu zaidi dhidi ya mji, na uuteke.' Mtie moyo Yoabu.”
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 Hivyo mke Uria aliposikia kwamba mme wake amekufa, akaomboleza sana kwa ajili yake.
When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
27 Huzuni yake ilipoisha, Daudi akatuma na kumchukua kwake katika kasri lake, naye akawa mkewe na akamzalia mwana. Lakini alichokifanya Daudi hakikumpendeza Yahwe.
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.
