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.
At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
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.
At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
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 and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
4 Daudi akatuma wajumbe nao wakamchukua; akaja kwake, na akalala naye(kwani ndo alikuwa amejitakasa kutoka siku zake). Kisha akarudi nyumbani kwake.
David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
5 Mwanamke akawa mjamzito, naye akatuma na kumwambia Daudi; akasema, “mimi ni mjamzito.”
The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
6 Kisha Daudi akatuma watu kwa Yoabu kusema, “Umtume kwangu Uria mhiti.” Hivyo Yoabu akamtuma Uria kwa Daudi.
David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 Uria alipofika, Daudi akamuuliza hali ya Yoabu. Jinsi jeshi lilivyokuwa likiendelea, na jinsi vita vilivyokuwa vinaendelea.
When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
8 Daudi akamwambia Uria, “Shuka nyumbani kwako, unawe miguu yako. “Hivyo Uria akaondoka katika kasri la mfalme, mfalme akamtumia zawadi kwa Uria.
David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
9 Lakini Uria akalala pamoja na watumishi wa bwana wake katika lango la kasri, wala hakushuka nyumbani kwake.
But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house.
10 Daudi alipoambiwa, “Uria hakushuka nyumbani kwake,” akamwambia Uria, Je haukutoka safarini? Kwa nini haukushuka nyumbani kwako?”
When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you come from a journey? Why didn’t you go down to your house?”
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 said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing!”
12 Hivyo Daudi akamwambia Uria, “Ukae leo pia, kesho nitakuacha uende.” Kwa hiyo uria akakaa Yerusalemu siku hiyo na iliyofuata.
David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.
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.
When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house.
14 Hivyo asubuhi Daudi akamwandikia Yoabu barua, naye akaituma kwa mkono wa Uria.
In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 Ndani ya barua Daudi aliandika hivi, “Mweke Uria mbele ya vita vikali sana, na kisha, mmwache, ili apigwe na afe.
He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck and die.”
16 Hivyo Yoabu alipoona mji ukizingirwa, alimweka Uria katika sehemu aliyojua askari adui wenye nguvu wangekuwa wakipigana.
When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
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 of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 Wakati Yoabu alipotuma neno kwa mfalme kuhusu hali ya vita,
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19 alimwagiza mjumbe, kusema, “Utakapomaliza kumwambia mfalme kuhusu hali ya vita,
and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
20 yawezekana mfalme akakasirika, naye akakwambia, 'Kwa nini mlipigana na mji kwa karibu hivyo, hamkujua kwamba wangeweza kushambulia kutokea ukutani?
it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?
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.”
Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”
22 Hivyo mjumbe akaondoka na kwenda kwa Daudi akamwambia kila jambo ambalo Yoabu alimtuma kusema.
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
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, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field; and we were on them even to the entrance of the 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.”
The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
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.”
Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.’ Encourage him.”
26 Hivyo mke Uria aliposikia kwamba mme wake amekufa, akaomboleza sana kwa ajili yake.
When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 Huzuni yake ilipoisha, Daudi akatuma na kumchukua kwake katika kasri lake, naye akawa mkewe na akamzalia mwana. Lakini alichokifanya Daudi hakikumpendeza Yahwe.
When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
