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Dafidi àti Batṣeba

11 (A)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.

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. Dafidi sì ránṣẹ́ ó sì béèrè obìnrin náà. Ẹnìkan sì wí pé, Èyí ha kọ́ ni Batṣeba, ọmọbìnrin Eliamu, aya Uriah ará Hiti. 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. Obìnrin náà sì lóyún, ó sì ránṣẹ́ ó sì sọ fún Dafidi, ó sì wí pé, “Èmi ti lóyún.”

Dafidi tan Uriah wá sílé

Dafidi sì ránṣẹ́ sí Joabu, pé: “Rán Uriah ará Hiti sí mi.” Joabu sì rán Uriah sí Dafidi. 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. 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. Ṣùgbọ́n Uriah sun ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé ọba lọ́dọ̀ gbogbo ìránṣẹ́ olúwa rẹ̀, kò sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ilé rẹ̀.

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.”

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.”

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. 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.

Dafidi pàṣẹ kí wọn ó pa Uriah ní ogun

14 Ó sì ṣe ní òwúrọ̀, Dafidi sì kọ̀wé sí Joabu, ó fi rán Uriah. 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.”

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. 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.

18 Joabu sì ránṣẹ́ ó sì ro gbogbo nǹkan ogun náà fún Dafidi. 19 Ó sì pàṣẹ fún ìránṣẹ́ náà pé, “Nígbà tí ìwọ bá sì parí àti máa ro gbogbo nǹkan ogun náà fún ọba. 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. 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.’ ”

22 Ìránṣẹ́ náà sì lọ, ó sì wá, ó sì jẹ́ gbogbo iṣẹ́ tí Joabu rán an fún Dafidi. 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. 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.”

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.”

Dafidi fẹ́ Batṣeba ní ìyàwó

26 Nígbà tí aya Uriah sì gbọ́ pé Uriah ọkọ rẹ̀ kú, ó sì ṣọ̀fọ̀ nítorí ọkọ rẹ̀. 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.

David and Bathsheba

11 In the spring,(A) at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab(B) out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army.(C) They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.(D) But David remained in Jerusalem.

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof(E) of the palace. From the roof he saw(F) a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba,(G) the daughter of Eliam(H) and the wife of Uriah(I) the Hittite.” Then David sent messengers to get her.(J) She came to him, and he slept(K) with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.)(L) Then she went back home. The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah(M) the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David. When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going. Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.”(N) So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him. But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.

10 David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” So he asked Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn’t you go home?”

11 Uriah said to David, “The ark(O) and Israel and Judah are staying in tents,[a] and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love(P) to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”

12 Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 At David’s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master’s servants; he did not go home.

14 In the morning David wrote a letter(Q) to Joab and sent it with Uriah. 15 In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down(R) and die.(S)

16 So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were. 17 When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David’s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.

18 Joab sent David a full account of the battle. 19 He instructed the messenger: “When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle, 20 the king’s anger may flare up, and he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you know they would shoot arrows from the wall? 21 Who killed Abimelek(T) son of Jerub-Besheth[b]? Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the wall,(U) so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then say to him, ‘Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’”

22 The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say. 23 The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate. 24 Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”

25 David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage Joab.”

26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. 27 After the time of mourning(V) was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased(W) the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 11:11 Or staying at Sukkoth
  2. 2 Samuel 11:21 Also known as Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon)