II Samuel 11

وَكَانَ عِنْدَ تَمَامِ السَّنَةِ، فِي وَقْتِ خُرُوجِ الْمُلُوكِ، أَنَّ دَاوُدَ أَرْسَلَ يُوآبَ وَعَبِيدَهُ مَعَهُ وَجَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَخْرَبُوا بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَحَاصَرُوا رِبَّةَ. وَأَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَأَقَامَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

وَكَانَ فِي وَقْتِ الْمَسَاءِ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ قَامَ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ وَتَمَشَّى عَلَى سَطْحِ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ، فَرَأَى مِنْ عَلَى السَّطْحِ امْرَأَةً تَسْتَحِمُّ. وَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ جَمِيلَةَ الْمَنْظَرِ جِدًّا.

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَسَأَلَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ، فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ: «أَلَيْسَتْ هذِهِ بَثْشَبَعَ بِنْتَ أَلِيعَامَ امْرَأَةَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيِّ؟».

And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ رُسُلاً وَأَخَذَهَا، فَدَخَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ، فَاضْطَجَعَ مَعَهَا وَهِيَ مُطَهَّرَةٌ مِنْ طَمْثِهَا. ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِهَا.

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

وَحَبِلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ وَأَخْبَرَتْ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَتْ: «إِنِّي حُبْلَى».

And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى يُوآبَ يَقُولُ: «أَرْسِلْ إِلَيَّ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيَّ». فَأَرْسَلَ يُوآبُ أُورِيَّا إِلَى دَاوُدَ.

And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

فَأَتَى أُورِيَّا إِلَيْهِ، فَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ عَنْ سَلاَمَةِ يُوآبَ وَسَلاَمَةِ الشَّعْبِ وَنَجَاحِ الْحَرْبِ.

And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُورِيَّا: «انْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ وَاغْسِلْ رِجْلَيْكَ». فَخَرَجَ أُورِيَّا مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ، وَخَرَجَتْ وَرَاءَهُ حِصَّةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَلِكِ.

And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

وَنَامَ أُورِيَّا عَلَى بَابِ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ مَعَ جَمِيعِ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

فأَخْبَرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَمْ يَنْزِلْ أُورِيَّا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُورِيَّا: «أَمَا جِئْتَ مِنَ السَّفَرِ؟ فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَنْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ؟»

And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

فَقَالَ أُورِيَّا لِدَاوُدَ: «إِنَّ التَّابُوتَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا سَاكِنُونَ فِي الْخِيَامِ، وَسَيِّدِي يُوآبُ وَعَبِيدُ سَيِّدِي نَازِلُونَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَأَنَا آتِي إِلَى بَيْتِي لآكُلَ وَأَشْرَبَ وَأَضْطَجعَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِي؟ وَحَيَاتِكَ وَحَيَاةِ نَفْسِكَ، لاَ أَفْعَلُ هذَا الأَمْرَ».

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُورِيَّا: «أَقِمْ هُنَا الْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا، وَغَدًا أُطْلِقُكَ». فَأَقَامَ أُورِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ذلِكَ الْيَوْمَ وَغَدَهُ.

And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

وَدَعَاهُ دَاوُدُ فَأَكَلَ أَمَامَهُ وَشَرِبَ وَأَسْكَرَهُ. وَخَرَجَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ لِيَضْطَجِعَ فِي مَضْجَعِهِ مَعَ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَإِلَى بَيْتِهِ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ.

And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ كَتَبَ دَاوُدُ مَكْتُوبًا إِلَى يُوآبَ وَأَرْسَلَهُ بِيَدِ أُورِيَّا.

And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

وَكَتَبَ فِي الْمَكْتُوبِ يَقُولُ: «اجْعَلُوا أُورِيَّا فِي وَجْهِ الْحَرْبِ الشَّدِيدَةِ، وَارْجِعُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ فَيُضْرَبَ وَيَمُوتَ».

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

وَكَانَ فِي مُحَاصَرَةِ يُوآبَ الْمَدِينَةَ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَ أُورِيَّا فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي عَلِمَ أَنَّ رِجَالَ الْبَأْسِ فِيهِ.

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

فَخَرَجَ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ وَحَارَبُوا يُوآبَ، فَسَقَطَ بَعْضُ الشَّعْبِ مِنْ عَبِيدِ دَاوُدَ، وَمَاتَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضًا.

And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

فَأَرْسَلَ يُوآبُ وَأَخْبَرَ دَاوُدَ بِجَمِيعِ أُمُورِ الْحَرْبِ.

Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

وَأَوْصَى الرَّسُولَ قَائِلاً: «عِنْدَمَا تَفْرَغُ مِنَ الْكَلاَمِ مَعَ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أُمُورِ الْحَرْبِ،

And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

فَإِنِ اشْتَعَلَ غَضَبُ الْمَلِكِ، وَقَالَ لَكَ: لِمَاذَا دَنَوْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ لِلْقِتَالِ؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَرْمُونَ مِنْ عَلَى السُّورِ؟

And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

مَنْ قَتَلَ أَبِيمَالِكَ بْنَ يَرُبُّوشَثَ؟ أَلَمْ تَرْمِهِ امْرَأَةٌ بِقِطْعَةِ رَحًى مِنْ عَلَى السُّورِ فَمَاتَ فِي تَابَاصَ؟ لِمَاذَا دَنَوْتُمْ مِنَ السُّورِ؟ فَقُلْ: قَدْ مَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضًا».

Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

فَذَهَبَ الرَّسُولُ وَدَخَلَ وَأَخْبَرَ دَاوُدَ بِكُلِّ مَا أَرْسَلَهُ فِيهِ يُوآبُ.

So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ لِدَاوُدَ: «قَدْ تَجَبَّرَ عَلَيْنَا الْقَوْمُ وَخَرَجُوا إِلَيْنَا إِلَى الْحَقْلِ فَكُنَّا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ الْبَابِ.

And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

فَرَمَى الرُّمَاةُ عَبِيدَكَ مِنْ عَلَى السُّورِ، فَمَاتَ الْبَعْضُ مِنْ عَبِيدِ الْمَلِكِ، وَمَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا الْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضًا».

And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّسُولِ: « هكَذَا تَقُولُ لِيُوآبَ: لاَ يَسُؤْ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ هذَا الأَمْرُ، لأَنَّ السَّيْفَ يَأْكُلُ هذَا وَذَاكَ. شَدِّدْ قِتَالَكَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَخْرِبْهَا. وَشَدِّدْهُ».

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتِ امْرَأَةُ أُورِيَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ أُورِيَّا رَجُلُهَا، نَدَبَتْ بَعْلَهَا.

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

وَلَمَّا مَضَتِ الْمَنَاحَةُ أَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَضَمَّهَا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَصَارَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَةً وَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ ابْنًا. وَأَمَّا الأَمْرُ الَّذِي فَعَلَهُ دَاوُدُ فَقَبُحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.