2 Samuel 11
1 Asusowbere a edi so no mu, bere a ɛsɛ sɛ ahemfo kɔ ɔsa no, Dawid somaa Yoab ne Israel asraafo nyinaa sɛ wɔnkɔsɛe Amonfo. Wokotuaa kuropɔn Raba ano, na Dawid de, ɔkaa Yerusalem.
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 Da bi anwummere a Dawid ayi nʼani so kakra no, ɔsɔre fii ne mpa so nantew faa nʼahemfi no atifi. Ogyina hɔ no, ohuu ɔbea bi sɛ ɔreguare. Na ɔbea no ho yɛ fɛ yiye;
And it came to pass in an evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.
3 na Dawid somaa obi sɛ onkobisa ne ho nsɛm. Ɔbarima no bɛkae se, “Ɛyɛ Eliam babea Batseba, a ɔyɛ Hetini Uria yere.”
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4 Na Dawid tuu abɔfo sɛ wɔnkɔfrɛ no mmrɛ no. Ɔbaa Dawid nkyɛn. Dawid ne no dae. (Odwiraa ne ho fii ne nsabu mu no, na ɛnkyɛe.) Afei, ɔsan kɔɔ fie.
And 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 Bere a Batseba huu sɛ wanyinsɛn no, ɔsoma ma wɔkɔka kyerɛɛ Dawid.
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 Enti Dawid soma kɔɔ Yoab nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Fa Hetini Uria brɛ me.”
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 Bere a Uria duu Dawid nkyɛn no, obisaa gyinabea a Yoab ne asraafo no wɔ mu ne sɛnea ɔko no rekɔ so.
And when Uriah was come to him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8 Na ɔka kyerɛɛ Uria se, “Kɔ fie na kɔhome.” Na mpo, Uria fii ahemfi hɔ no, Dawid soma ma wɔde akyɛde bi kɔmaa no.
And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
9 Nanso Uria ankɔ fie. Ɔne ɔhene asomfo no bi tenaa ahemfi pon no ano.
But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10 Bere a Dawid tee nea Uria ayɛ no, ɔfrɛɛ no bisaa no se, “Dɛn na ɛhaw wo? Wufii fie akyɛ na adɛn na woankɔ hɔ nnɛra anadwo?”
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down to his house, David said to Uriah, Came you not from your journey? why then did you not go down to your house?
11 Uria buae se, “Apam Adaka no ne Israel asraafo ne Yuda tete ntamadan mu, na Yoab nso ne ne mpanyimfo abɔ atenae wɔ wuram baabi petee mu. Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na matumi akɔ fie akɔnom nsa, adidi na me ne me yere akɔda? Meka ntam se merenyɛ eyi na madi ho fɔ.”
And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; 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 Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Eye, tena ha anadwo yi, na ɔkyena wobɛkɔ asraafo no mu.” Enti Uria tenaa Yerusalem da no ne nʼadekyee.
And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let you depart. So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
13 Na Dawid frɛɛ no adidi ne ɔnom aponto, na ɔmaa no nsa ma ɔbowee. Na ɛno mpo, Uria ankɔ fie ankohu ne yere. Ɔdaa ahemfi no kwan ano bio.
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
14 Ade kyee anɔpa no, Dawid kyerɛw krataa maa Uria sɛ ɔmfa nkɔma Yoab.
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 Krataa no mu nsɛm kyerɛɛ Yoab se, “Ma Uria nkɔ akono baabi a ɔko no ano yɛ den pa ara. Wo de, san wʼakyi, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, wobekum no.”
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set you Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
16 Enti Yoab maa Uria kogyinaa baabi a ɛbɛn kurow no fasu, a ɛhɔ na onim sɛ atamfo no mmarima a wɔyɛ den no reko.
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 Ɛhɔ na wokum Hetini Uria ne Israel asraafo no bebree.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 Na Yoab de ɔsa mu amanneɛ kɔbɔɔ Dawid.
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19 Ɔka kyerɛɛ nʼabɔfo no se, “Monka ɔsa mu nsɛm no nyinaa nkyerɛ ɔhene.
And charged the messenger, saying, When you have made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,
20 Nanso ebia ne bo befuw, ama wabisa se, ‘Adɛn nti na asraafo no kɔbɛn kurow no pɛɛ saa? Na wonnim sɛ wɔbɛtow agyan afi afasu no mu?
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say to you, Why approached you so near to the city when you did fight? knew you not that they would shoot from the wall?
21 Ɔbeabasia antow awiyammo ammɔ Gideon babarima Abimelek wɔ Tebes ankum no?’ Afei, monka nkyerɛ no se, wɔakum Hetini Uria nso.”
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went you near the wall? then say you, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
22 Enti abɔfo no kɔɔ Yerusalem kɔbɔɔ ɔsa no mu amanneɛ kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛnea Yoab somaa no sɛ ɔnkɔka no.
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
23 Abɔfo no ka kyerɛɛ Dawid se, “Mmarima no bu faa yɛn so, na wotiaa yɛn petee mu de, nanso yepiaa wɔn kɔɔ kurow no pon ano.
And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entering of the gate.
24 Ɛhɔ na agyantowfo tow wʼasomfo fii ɔfasu ho, maa ɔhene mmarima no bi wuwui. Na wo somfo Hetini Uria nso awu.”
And the shooters shot from off the wall on your servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
25 Dawid ka kyerɛɛ abɔfo no se, “Monka nkyerɛ Yoab se ɔmmma nʼaba mu mmu, na ɔko mu de obiara tumi wu. Monyere mo ho nko ɔkoden na munni kuropɔn no so nkonim.”
Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Let not this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another: make your battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage you him.
26 Bere a Batseba tee sɛ ne kunu awu no, osuu no.
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 Na osu no akyi no, Dawid soma ma wɔkɔfaa no baa ne fi. Ɔbɛyɛɛ ne yere, na ɔwoo ɔbabarima. Na nea Dawid yɛe no ansɔ Awurade ani.
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
