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 وَفِي رَبِيعِ الْعَامِ التَّالِي، فِي الْمَوْسِمِ الَّذِي اعْتَادَ فِيهِ الْمُلُوكُ الْخُرُوجَ لِلْحَرْبِ، أَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ قَائِدَ جَيْشِهِ يُوآبَ عَلَى رَأْسِ قُوَّاتِهِ حَيْثُ هَاجَمُوا بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَقَهَرُوهُمْ، وَحَاصَرُوا مَدِينَةَ رِبَّةَ، أَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَمَكَثَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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 وَفِي إِحْدَى الأُمْسِيَاتِ نَهَضَ دَاوُدُ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ وَأَخَذَ يَتَمَشَّى عَلَى سَطْحِ قَصْرِهِ، فَشَاهَدَ امْرَأَةً ذَاتَ جَمَالٍ أَخَّاذٍ تَسْتَحِمُّ.

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 فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ مَنْ يَتَحَرَّى عَنْهَا. فَأَبْلَغَهُ أَحَدُهُمْ: «هَذِهِ بَثْشَبَعُ بِنْتُ أَلِيعَامَ زَوْجَةُ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيِّ»،

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 فَبَعَثَ دَاوُدُ يَسْتَدْعِيهَا. فَأَقْبَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَضَاجَعَهَا إِذْ كَانَتْ قَدْ تَطَهَّرَتْ مِنْ طَمْثِهَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِهَا.

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

5 وَحَمَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَأَرْسَلَتْ تُبَلِّغُ دَاوُدَ بِذَلِكَ.

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

6 فَوَجَّهَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى يُوآبَ قَائِلاً: «أَرْسِلْ إِلَيَّ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيَّ». فَبَعَثَ بِهِ يُوآبُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ.

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

7 وَحِينَ مَثَلَ لَدَى دَاوُدَ اسْتَفْسَرَ مِنْهُ عَنْ سَلامَةِ يُوآبَ وَالْجَيْشِ وَعَنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْحَرْبِ.

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 ثُمَّ قَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُورِيَّا: «امْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ وَاغْسِلْ رِجْلَيْكَ». فَخَرَجَ أُورِيَّا مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَ لَهُ هَدِيَّةً إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

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 غَيْرَ أَنَّ أُورِيَّا لَمْ يَتَوَجَّهْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، بَلْ نَامَ مَعَ رِجَالِ الْمَلِكِ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْقَصْرِ.

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 فَأَخْبَرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَمْ يَتَوَجَّهْ أُورِيَّا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». فَسَأَلَهُ دَاوُدُ: «أَلَمْ تَرْجِعْ مِنْ سَفَرٍ؟ فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَمْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ؟»

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 فَأَجَابَ: «التَّابُوتُ وَجَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا مُعَسْكِرُونَ فِي الْخِيَامِ، وَكَذَلِكَ سَيِّدِي يُوآبُ، وَبَقِيَّةُ قُوَّادِ الْمَلِكِ مُخَيِّمُونَ فِي الْعَرَاءِ، فَهَلْ آتِي أَنَا إِلَى بَيْتِي لِآكُلَ وَأَشْرَبَ وَأُضَاجِعَ زَوْجَتِي؟ أُقْسِمُ بِحَيَاتِكَ، لَنْ أَفْعَلَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ».

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 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُورِيَّا: «امْكُثْ هُنَا الْيَوْمَ وَغَداً أُطْلِقُكَ». فَمَكَثَ أُورِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ حَتَّى صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.

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 وَلَبَّى دَعْوَةَ الْمَلِكِ، فَأَكَلَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ وَشَرِبَ حَتَّى أَسْكَرَهُ دَاوُدُ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ لِيَرْقُدَ فِي مَضْجَعِهِ إِلَى جِوَارِ رِجَالِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَوَجَّهْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ أَيْضاً.

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

14 وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ كَتَبَ دَاوُدُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى يُوآبَ، بَعَثَ بِها مَعَ أُورِيَّا،

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 جَاءَ فِيهَا: «اجْعَلُوا أُورِيَّا فِي الْخُطُوطِ الأُولَى حَيْثُ يَنْشُبُ الْقِتَالُ الشَّرِسُ، ثُمَّ تَرَاجَعُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ لِيَلْقَى حَتْفَهُ».

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

16 فَعَيَّنَ يُوآبُ أُورِيَّا فِي أَثْنَاءِ مُحَاصَرَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فِي أَشَدِّ جَبْهَاتِ الْقِتَالِ ضَرَاوَةً، حَيْثُ احْتَشَدَ أَبْطَالُ الأَعْدَاءِ.

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 فَانْدَفَعَ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ يُوآبَ فَمَاتَ بَعْضُ رِجَالِ دَاوُدَ وَمِنْهُمْ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ.

18 Joab sent to David a full account of the battle

18 فَبَعَثَ يُوآبُ رَسُولاً لِيُطْلِعَ دَاوُدَ عَلَى أَنْبَاءِ الْحَرْبِ،

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

19 وَأَوْصَاهُ قَائِلاً: «إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنَّ الْمَلِكَ بَعْدَ إِبْلاغِهِ أَنْبَاءَ الْحَرْبِ

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 قَدْ ثَارَ غَضَبُهُ وَقَالَ لَكَ: لِمَاذَا اقْتَرَبْتُمْ مِنْ سُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ لِلْقِتَالِ؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَرْمُونَ بِالسِّهَامِ مِنْ فَوْقِ السُّورِ؟

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 مَنْ صَرَعَ أَبِيمَالِكَ بْنَ يَرُبُّوشَثَ؟ أَلَمْ تَرْمِهِ امْرَأَةٌ بِحَجَرِ رَحىً مِنْ عَلَى السُّورِ فَمَاتَ فِي تَابَاصَ؟ لِمَاذَا اقْتَرَبْتُمْ مِنَ السُّورِ؟ فَقُلْ لَهُ: قَدْ مَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضاً».

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

22 فَانْطَلَقَ الرَّسُولُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَأَطْلَعَهُ عَلَى آخِر أَنْبَاءِ الْحَرَبِ الَّتِي كَلَّفَهُ بِها يُوآبُ.

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 وَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ قَوِيَ عَلَيْنَا الْقَوْمُ وَخَرَجُوا لِقِتَالِنَا فِي الْعَرَاءِ، وَلَكِنَّنَا انْكَفَأْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَطَارَدْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى بَوَابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

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 فَرَمَى الرُّمَاةُ عَلَى عَبِيدِكَ بِالسِّهَامِ، فَقُتِلَ بَعْضُ ضُبَّاطِ الْمَلِكِ، وَمَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ».

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 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّسُولِ: «هَذَا مَا تُخْبِرُ بِهِ يُوآبَ: لَا يَسُوءَنَّكَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ، فَإِنَّ السَّيْفَ يَلْتَهِمُ هَذَا وَذَاكَ. شَدِّدْ حِصَارَكَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَدَمِّرْهَا. قُلْ هَذَا لِتَشْجِيعِ يُوآبَ».

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

26 وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَتْ زَوْجَةُ أُورِيَّا أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا قَدْ قُتِلَ نَاحَتْ عَلَيْهِ.

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 وَحِينَ انْقَضَتْ فَتْرَةُ الْحِدَادِ، أَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَأَحْضَرَهَا إِلَى الْقَصْرِ وَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَوَلَدَتِ ابْناً وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ اسْتَاءَ مِنْ هَذَا الأَمْرِ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبَهُ دَاوُدُ.