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.
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 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;
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 na Dawid somaa obi sɛ onkobisa ne ho nsɛm. Ɔbarima no bɛkae se, “Ɛyɛ Eliam babea Batseba, a ɔyɛ Hetini Uria yere.”
David sent and enquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
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.
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.
The woman conceived; and she 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.”
David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” 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.
When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, 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.
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 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 didn’t go 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?”
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 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.”
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 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.
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 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.
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 Ade kyee anɔpa no, Dawid kyerɛw krataa maa Uria sɛ ɔmfa nkɔma Yoab.
In the morning, 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.”
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 Enti Yoab maa Uria kogyinaa baabi a ɛbɛn kurow no fasu, a ɛhɔ na onim sɛ atamfo no mmarima a wɔyɛ den no reko.
When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 Ɛhɔ na wokum Hetini Uria ne Israel asraafo no bebree.
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 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 he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning 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?
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 Ɔbeabasia antow awiyammo ammɔ Gideon babarima Abimelek wɔ Tebes ankum no?’ Afei, monka nkyerɛ no se, wɔakum Hetini Uria nso.”
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 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.
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 Ɛhɔ na agyantowfo tow wʼasomfo fii ɔfasu ho, maa ɔhene mmarima no bi wuwui. Na wo somfo Hetini Uria nso awu.”
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 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, “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 Bere a Batseba tee sɛ ne kunu awu no, osuu no.
When Uriah’s wife 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.
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.
