2 Samuel 11

1 In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

1 第二年春天，诸王又要发动战争。大卫差遣约押率领众将领和以色列大军出征，自己却留在耶路撒冷。他们打败了亚扪人之后又围攻拉巴。

2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

2 一天黄昏，大卫从床上起来在王宫顶上散步，看见一个长得非常漂亮的女人在沐浴。

3 So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

3 大卫就派人去打听这个女人是谁，得知她是以连的女儿、赫人乌利亚的妻子拔示巴。

4 Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

4 大卫派使者把她接来，她来了，大卫就与她同寝，那时她的月经刚洁净。事后，她便回家去了。

5 And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

5 拔示巴怀孕了，就派人去告诉大卫。

6 At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

6 大卫便传信给约押，说：“你派赫人乌利亚来见我。”约押就派乌利亚去见大卫。

7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.

7 乌利亚来了，大卫问他有关约押、士兵和战争的情况，

8 Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.

8 然后吩咐他回家休息。乌利亚离开王宫后，收到王送的一份礼物。

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

9 但他跟王的其他仆人一同睡在王宫门口，没有回家。

10 And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”

10 大卫得知乌利亚没有回家，便对他说：“你远道而来，为什么不回家休息呢？”

11 Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

11 乌利亚答道：“约柜、以色列人和犹大人都在帐篷里，而我主约押及其军队也在田间扎营，我怎么可以回家吃喝，与妻子同房呢？我以王的性命起誓，我决不做这样的事！”

12 “Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

12 大卫对乌利亚说：“你再住一天，明天我会派你回去。”于是乌利亚那日就留在耶路撒冷。

13 Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.

13 第二天，大卫邀请他一同吃饭，把他灌醉了。可是到了晚上，乌利亚还是不肯回家，仍然跟王的其他士兵一同住宿。

14 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

14 第二天早上，大卫给约押写了一封信，要乌利亚带去。

15 In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

15 大卫在信上吩咐约押：“你把乌利亚派到前线最险恶的地方，到时其他人都要撤退，好让敌人杀死他。”

16 So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.

16 于是约押围攻城池时，便派乌利亚到他知道的最强悍的敌人那里。

17 And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

17 敌人出来迎战约押，大卫的军中有几位阵亡，赫人乌利亚也死了。

18 Joab sent to David a full account of the battle

18 约押就派人去向大卫禀告战争的详情，

19 and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king a full account of the battle,

19 并叮嘱信使：“你向王禀告战情后，

20 if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?

20 他若发怒责问你，‘为什么还冒死逼近城池呢？你们难道不知道敌人会从城墙上射箭吗？

21 Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

21 难道你们不知道耶路·比设 的儿子亚比米勒是谁杀的吗？一个妇人从城墙上扔下一块磨石，把他砸死在提备斯。你们为什么还要逼近城墙呢？’你就对王说，‘你的仆人赫人乌利亚也死了。’”

22 So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.

22 于是，信使前来见大卫，照约押的吩咐向大卫禀告。

23 The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

23 他说：“敌军势力强大，在城外跟我们交战，但我们把他们追到城门口。

24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”

24 敌军的弓箭手从城墙上射死了王的几个士兵，赫人乌利亚也死了。”

25 Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”

25 大卫便对信使说：“你去告诉约押不要为这事难过，因为刀剑无情。让他只管竭力攻陷城池。要这样勉励约押。”

26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

26 拔示巴听到丈夫乌利亚的死讯之后就为他哭丧。

27 And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.

27 丧期过后，大卫便派人把她接进宫里，她就做了大卫的妻子，并给他生了个儿子。然而，大卫的所作所为令耶和华十分不悦。