2 Samuel 11
1 Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ọdún yípo, ní àkókò ìgbà tí àwọn ọba máa ń jáde ogun, Dafidi sì rán Joabu, àti àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, àti gbogbo Israẹli; wọ́n sì pa àwọn ọmọ Ammoni, wọ́n sì dó ti Rabba. Dafidi sì jókòó ní Jerusalẹmu.
[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 Ó sì ṣe, ní ìgbà àṣálẹ́ kan, Dafidi sì dìde ní ibùsùn rẹ̀, ó sì ń rìn lórí òrùlé ilé ọba, láti orí òrùlé náà ni ó sì rí obìnrin kan tí ó ń wẹ̀ ara rẹ̀; obìnrin náà sì ṣe arẹwà lójú láti wò.
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 Dafidi sì ránṣẹ́ ó sì béèrè obìnrin náà. Ẹnìkan sì wí pé, “Èyí ha kọ́ ni Batṣeba, ọmọbìnrin Eliamu, aya Uriah ará Hiti.”
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 Dafidi sì rán àwọn ìránṣẹ́, ó sì mú un; ó sì wọ inú ilé tọ̀ ọ́ lọ, ó sì bá a dàpọ̀, nígbà tí ó sì wẹ ara rẹ̀ mọ́ tán, ó sì padà lọ sí ilé rẹ̀.
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 Obìnrin náà sì lóyún, ó sì ránṣẹ́ ó sì sọ fún Dafidi, ó sì wí pé, “Èmi ti lóyún.”
[After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
6 Dafidi sì ránṣẹ́ sí Joabu, pé, “Rán Uriah ará Hiti sí mi.” Joabu sì rán Uriah sí Dafidi.
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 Nígbà tí Uriah sì dé ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀, Dafidi sì bi í léèrè báwo ni Joabu ti ṣe àti àlàáfíà àwọn ènìyàn náà, àti bí ogun náà ti ń ṣe.
When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
8 Dafidi sì wí fún Uriah pé, “Sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ilé rẹ, kí o sì wẹ ẹsẹ̀ rẹ.” Uriah sì jáde kúrò ní ilé ọba, oúnjẹ láti ọ̀dọ̀ ọba wá sì tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n Uriah sun ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé ọba lọ́dọ̀ gbogbo ìránṣẹ́ olúwa rẹ̀, kò sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ilé rẹ̀.
But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
10 Nígbà tí wọ́n sì sọ fún Dafidi pé, “Uriah kò sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ilé rẹ̀,” Dafidi sì wí fún Uriah pé, “Ṣe bí ọ̀nà àjò ni ìwọ ti wá? Èéha ti ṣe tí ìwọ kò fi sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ilé rẹ.”
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 Uriah sì wí fún Dafidi pé, “Àpótí ẹ̀rí, àti Israẹli, àti Juda jókòó nínú àgọ́; àti Joabu olúwa mi, àti àwọn ìránṣẹ́ olúwa mi wà ní ibùdó ní pápá, èmi ó ha lọ sí ilé mi, láti jẹ àti láti mu, àti láti bá obìnrin mi sùn? Bí ìwọ bá wà láààyè, àti bí ẹ̀mí rẹ́ si ti ń bẹ láààyè, èmi kì yóò ṣe nǹkan yìí.”
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 Dafidi sì wí fún Uriah pé, “Sì dúró níhìn-ín lónìí, lọ́la èmi ó sì jẹ́ kí ìwọ ó lọ.” Uriah sì dúró ní Jerusalẹmu ní ọjọ́ náà, àti ọjọ́ kejì.
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 Dafidi sì pè é, ó sì jẹ, ó sì mú nítorí rẹ̀; ó sì mu kí ọtí pa á; òun sì jáde ní alẹ́ lọ sí ibùsùn rẹ̀ lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ìránṣẹ́ olúwa rẹ̀, kò sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ilé rẹ̀.
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 Ó sì ṣe ní òwúrọ̀, Dafidi sì kọ̀wé sí Joabu, ó fi rán Uriah.
[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 Ó sì kọ sínú ìwé pé, “Fi Uriah síwájú ibi tí ogun gbé le, kí ẹ sì fàsẹ́yìn, kí wọn lè kọlù ú, kí ó sì kú.”
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 Ó sì ṣe nígbà tí Joabu ṣe àkíyèsí ìlú náà, ó sì yan Uriah sí ibi kàn ní ibi tí òun mọ̀ pé àwọn alágbára ọkùnrin ń bẹ níbẹ̀.
[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 Àwọn ọkùnrin ìlú náà sì jáde wá, wọ́n sì bá Joabu jà, díẹ̀ sì ṣubú nínú àwọn ènìyàn náà nínú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ Dafidi, Uriah ará Hiti sì kú pẹ̀lú.
The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
18 Joabu sì ránṣẹ́ ó sì ro gbogbo nǹkan ogun náà fún Dafidi.
Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
19 Ó sì pàṣẹ fún ìránṣẹ́ náà pé, “Nígbà tí ìwọ bá sì parí àti máa ro gbogbo nǹkan ogun náà fún ọba.
He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
20 Bí ó bá ṣe pé, ìbínú ọba bá ru, ti òun sì wí fún ọ pé, ‘Èéṣe tí ẹ̀yin fi súnmọ́ ìlú náà láti bá wọn jà, ẹ̀yin kò mọ̀ pé wọn ó tafà láti orí odi wá.
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 Ta ni ó pa Abimeleki ọmọ Jerubu-Beṣeti? Kì í ṣe obìnrin ni ó yí òkúta-ọlọ lù ú láti orí odi wá, tí ó sì kú ní Tebesi? Èéha ti rí tí ẹ̀yin fi súnmọ́ odi náà? Ìwọ yóò sì wí fún un pé, Uriah ìránṣẹ́ rẹ ará Hiti kú pẹ̀lú.’”
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 Ìránṣẹ́ náà sì lọ, ó sì wá, ó sì jẹ́ gbogbo iṣẹ́ tí Joabu rán an fún Dafidi.
So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
23 Ìránṣẹ́ náà sì wí fún Dafidi pé, “Nítòótọ́ àwọn ọkùnrin náà lágbára jù wá lọ, wọ́n sì jáde tọ̀ wá wá ní pápá, àwa sì tẹ̀lé wọn títí wọ́n fi dé ẹ̀yìn odi.
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 Àwọn tafàtafà sì ta sí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ láti orí odi wá, díẹ̀ nínú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ ọba sì kú, ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ Uriah ará Hiti sì kú pẹ̀lú.”
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 Dafidi sì wí fún ìránṣẹ́ náà pé, “Báyìí ni ìwọ yóò wí fún Joabu pé, ‘Má ṣe jẹ́ kí nǹkan yìí burú ní ojú rẹ, nítorí pé idà a máa pa lọ́tùn ún lósì, mú ìjà rẹ le sí ìlú náà, kí o sì bì í ṣubú.’ Kí ìwọ sì mú un lọ́kàn le.”
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 Nígbà tí aya Uriah sì gbọ́ pé Uriah ọkọ rẹ̀ kú, ó sì ṣọ̀fọ̀ nítorí ọkọ rẹ̀.
When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
27 Nígbà tí ìṣọ̀fọ̀ náà sì kọjá tan, Dafidi sì ránṣẹ́, o sì mú un wá sí ilé rẹ̀, ó sì di aya rẹ̀, ó sì bí ọmọkùnrin kan fún un, ṣùgbọ́n nǹkan náà tí Dafidi ṣe burú níwájú Olúwa.
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.
