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 comes to pass, at the revolution of the year—at the time of the going out of the messengers—that David sends Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroy the sons of Ammon, and lay siege against Rabbah, but David is dwelling in 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 comes to pass, at evening-time, that David rises from off his bed, and walks up and down on the roof of the king’s house, and sees a woman bathing from the roof, and the woman [is] of very good appearance,
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 sends and inquires about the woman, and [someone] says, “Is this not Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, 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 sends messengers, and takes her, and she comes to him, and he lies with her—and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness—and she turns back to her house;
5 Bere a Batseba huu sɛ wanyinsɛn no, ɔsoma ma wɔkɔka kyerɛɛ Dawid.
and the woman conceives, and sends, and declares [it] to David, and says, “I [am] conceiving.”
6 Enti Dawid soma kɔɔ Yoab nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Fa Hetini Uria brɛ me.”
And David sends to Joab, [saying], “Send Uriah the Hittite to me,” and Joab sends 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 Uriah comes to him, and David asks of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.
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 says to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet”; and Uriah goes out of the king’s house, and there goes out a gift from the king after him,
9 Nanso Uria ankɔ fie. Ɔne ɔhene asomfo no bi tenaa ahemfi pon no ano.
and Uriah lies down at the opening of the king’s house, with all the servants of his lord, and has not gone 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 they declare [it] to David, saying, “Uriah has not gone down to his house”; and David says to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why have you not gone 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 says to David, “The ark, and Israel, and Judah, are abiding in shelters, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamping on the face of the field; and should I go to my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [By] your life and the life of your soul—if I 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 says to Uriah, “Also abide in this [place] today, and tomorrow I send you away”; and Uriah abides in Jerusalem on that day and on the next day,
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 David calls for him, and he eats before him, and drinks, and he causes him to drink, and he goes out in the evening to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, and he has not gone down to his house.
14 Ade kyee anɔpa no, Dawid kyerɛw krataa maa Uria sɛ ɔmfa nkɔma Yoab.
And it comes to pass in the morning that David writes a letter to Joab and sends [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 writes in the letter, saying, “Place Uriah in front of the face of the most severe battle, and you have turned back from after him, and he has been struck, and has died.”
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 comes to pass in Joab’s watching of the city, that he appoints Uriah to the 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 go out and fight with Joab, and [some] of the people, from the servants of David, fall; and Uriah the Hittite also dies.
18 Na Yoab de ɔsa mu amanneɛ kɔbɔɔ Dawid.
And Joab sends and declares to David all the matters of the war,
19 Ɔka kyerɛɛ nʼabɔfo no se, “Monka ɔsa mu nsɛm no nyinaa nkyerɛ ɔhene.
and commands the messenger, saying, “At your finishing all the matters of the war to speak 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?
then, it has been, if the king’s fury ascends, and he has said to you, Why did you draw near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they shoot from off the wall?
21 Ɔbeabasia antow awiyammo ammɔ Gideon babarima Abimelek wɔ Tebes ankum no?’ Afei, monka nkyerɛ no se, wɔakum Hetini Uria nso.”
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Did a woman not cast a piece of a rider from the wall on him, and he dies in Thebez? Why did you draw near to the wall? That you have said, Also—your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”
22 Enti abɔfo no kɔɔ Yerusalem kɔbɔɔ ɔsa no mu amanneɛ kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛnea Yoab somaa no sɛ ɔnkɔka no.
And the messenger goes, and comes in, and declares to David all that with which Joab sent him,
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 says to David, “Surely the men have been mighty against us, and come out to us into the field, and we are on them to the opening 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 those shooting shoot at your servants from off the wall, and [some] of the servants of the king are dead, and also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”
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.”
And David says to the messenger, “Thus you say to Joab, Do not let this thing be evil in your eyes; for thus and thus the sword devours; strengthen your warfare against the city, and throw it down; so you strengthen him.”
26 Bere a Batseba tee sɛ ne kunu awu no, osuu no.
And the wife of Uriah hears that her husband Uriah [is] dead, and laments for her lord;
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 the mourning passes by, and David sends and gathers her to his house, and she is to him for a wife, and bears a son to him; and the thing which David has done is evil in the eyes of YHWH.
