صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 11

١ 1 وَكَانَ عِنْدَ تَمَامِ ٱلسَّنَةِ، فِي وَقْتِ خُرُوجِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ، أَنَّ دَاوُدَ أَرْسَلَ يُوآبَ وَعَبِيدَهُ مَعَهُ وَجَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَخْرَبُوا بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَحَاصَرُوا رِبَّةَ. وَأَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَأَقَامَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ فِي وَقْتِ ٱلْمَسَاءِ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ قَامَ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ وَتَمَشَّى عَلَى سَطْحِ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَرَأَى مِنْ عَلَى ٱلسَّطْحِ ٱمْرَأَةً تَسْتَحِمُّ. وَكَانَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ جَمِيلَةَ ٱلْمَنْظَرِ جِدًّا.

Now it happened one evening that David got up from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's palace; and he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful.

٣ 3 فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَسَأَلَ عَنِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ: «أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ بَثْشَبَعَ بِنْتَ أَلِيعَامَ ٱمْرَأَةَ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيِّ؟».

And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hethite?"

٤ 4 فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ رُسُلًا وَأَخَذَهَا، فَدَخَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ، فَٱضْطَجَعَ مَعَهَا وَهِيَ مُطَهَّرَةٌ مِنْ طَمْثِهَا. ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِهَا.

So David sent messengers to get her, and she came in to him, and he lay with her. (For she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) And she returned to her house.

٥ 5 وَحَبِلَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ وَأَخْبَرَتْ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَتْ: «إِنِّي حُبْلَى».

The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "I'm pregnant."

٦ 6 فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى يُوآبَ يَقُولُ: «أَرْسِلْ إِلَيَّ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيَّ». فَأَرْسَلَ يُوآبُ أُورِيَّا إِلَى دَاوُدَ.

Then David sent to Joab and said, "Send me Uriah the Hethite." So Joab sent Uriah to him.

٧ 7 فَأَتَى أُورِيَّا إِلَيْهِ، فَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ عَنْ سَلَامَةِ يُوآبَ وَسَلَامَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَنَجَاحِ ٱلْحَرْبِ.

And Uriah came to him, and David asked about the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war. And he said, "Its well."

٨ 8 وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأُورِيَّا: «ٱنْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ وَٱغْسِلْ رِجْلَيْكَ». فَخَرَجَ أُورِيَّا مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَخَرَجَتْ وَرَاءَهُ حِصَّةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

And David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet." So Uriah went out from the presence of the king, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

٩ 9 وَنَامَ أُورِيَّا عَلَى بَابِ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ مَعَ جَمِيعِ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

But Uriah slept at the king's door with his master's servants, and did not go down to his house.

١٠ 10 فأَخْبَرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَمْ يَنْزِلْ أُورِيَّا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ». فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأُورِيَّا: «أَمَا جِئْتَ مِنَ ٱلسَّفَرِ؟ فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَنْزِلْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ؟»

And it was reported to David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house." So David said to Uriah, "Haven't you come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"

١١ 11 فَقَالَ أُورِيَّا لِدَاوُدَ: «إِنَّ ٱلتَّابُوتَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا سَاكِنُونَ فِي ٱلْخِيَامِ، وَسَيِّدِي يُوآبُ وَعَبِيدُ سَيِّدِي نَازِلُونَ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلصَّحْرَاءِ، وَأَنَا آتِي إِلَى بَيْتِي لِآكُلَ وَأَشْرَبَ وَأَضْطَجِعَ مَعَ ٱمْرَأَتِي؟ وَحَيَاتِكَ وَحَيَاةِ نَفْسِكَ، لَا أَفْعَلُ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ».

And Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camped in the open field. Then how can I go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As the LORD lives, and as you live, I will not do this thing."

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأُورِيَّا: «أَقِمْ هُنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا، وَغَدًا أُطْلِقُكَ». فَأَقَامَ أُورِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَغَدَهُ.

David said to Uriah, "Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day.

١٣ 13 وَدَعَاهُ دَاوُدُ فَأَكَلَ أَمَامَهُ وَشَرِبَ وَأَسْكَرَهُ. وَخَرَجَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَسَاءِ لِيَضْطَجِعَ فِي مَضْجَعِهِ مَعَ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَإِلَى بَيْتِهِ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ.

And the next day David summoned him, and he ate and drank in his presence, and he became drunk. But in the evening he went out and lay on a bed with his master's servants, and did not go down to his house.

١٤ 14 وَفِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ كَتَبَ دَاوُدُ مَكْتُوبًا إِلَى يُوآبَ وَأَرْسَلَهُ بِيَدِ أُورِيَّا.

It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

١٥ 15 وَكَتَبَ فِي ٱلْمَكْتُوبِ يَقُولُ: «ٱجْعَلُوا أُورِيَّا فِي وَجْهِ ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلشَّدِيدَةِ، وَٱرْجِعُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ فَيُضْرَبَ وَيَمُوتَ».

He wrote in the letter, saying, "Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die."

١٦ 16 وَكَانَ فِي مُحَاصَرَةِ يُوآبَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَ أُورِيَّا فِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي عَلِمَ أَنَّ رِجَالَ ٱلْبَأْسِ فِيهِ.

It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.

١٧ 17 فَخَرَجَ رِجَالُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَحَارَبُوا يُوآبَ، فَسَقَطَ بَعْضُ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنْ عَبِيدِ دَاوُدَ، وَمَاتَ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضًا.

The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hethite died also.

١٨ 18 فَأَرْسَلَ يُوآبُ وَأَخْبَرَ دَاوُدَ بِجَمِيعِ أُمُورِ ٱلْحَرْبِ.

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

١٩ 19 وَأَوْصَى ٱلرَّسُولَ قَائِلًا: «عِنْدَمَا تَفْرَغُ مِنَ ٱلْكَلَامِ مَعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أُمُورِ ٱلْحَرْبِ،

and he commanded the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

٢٠ 20 فَإِنِ ٱشْتَعَلَ غَضَبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَقَالَ لَكَ: لِمَاذَا دَنَوْتُمْ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِلْقِتَالِ؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَرْمُونَ مِنْ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ؟

if it happens that he becomes angry,

٢١ 21 مَنْ قَتَلَ أَبِيمَالِكَ بْنَ يَرُبُّوشَثَ؟ أَلَمْ تَرْمِهِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ بِقِطْعَةِ رَحًى مِنْ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ فَمَاتَ فِي تَابَاصَ؟ لِمَاذَا دَنَوْتُمْ مِنَ ٱلسُّورِ؟ فَقُلْ: قَدْ مَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضًا».

then you are to say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hethite is dead also.'"

٢٢ 22 فَذَهَبَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَدَخَلَ وَأَخْبَرَ دَاوُدَ بِكُلِّ مَا أَرْسَلَهُ فِيهِ يُوآبُ.

So the messenger of Joab went to the king in Jerusalem and reported to David everything that Joab had told him.

٢٣ 23 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ لِدَاوُدَ: «قَدْ تَجَبَّرَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْقَوْمُ وَخَرَجُوا إِلَيْنَا إِلَى ٱلْحَقْلِ فَكُنَّا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ ٱلْبَابِ.

The messenger said to David, "The men overpowered us, and came out to us into the field, and when we drove them back to the entrance of the gate,

٢٤ 24 فَرَمَى ٱلرُّمَاةُ عَبِيدَكَ مِنْ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ، فَمَاتَ ٱلْبَعْضُ مِنْ عَبِيدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَمَاتَ عَبْدُكَ أُورِيَّا ٱلْحِثِّيُّ أَيْضًا».

then the arrows came down heavily on your servants from the wall, and some eighteen men of the king's servants died." And the messenger finished the words to the king about the report of the battle. Then David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, "Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know you would be struck from the wall? Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near to the wall?" [Then he said to the king, ] "Also your servant Uriah the Hethite is dead."

٢٥ 25 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّسُولِ: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِيُوآبَ: لَا يَسُؤْ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلسَّيْفَ يَأْكُلُ هَذَا وَذَاكَ. شَدِّدْ قِتَالَكَ عَلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَأَخْرِبْهَا. وَشَدِّدْهُ».

Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall tell Joab, 'Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.' And encourage him."

٢٦ 26 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتِ ٱمْرَأَةُ أُورِيَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ أُورِيَّا رَجُلُهَا، نَدَبَتْ بَعْلَهَا.

When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.

٢٧ 27 وَلَمَّا مَضَتِ ٱلْمَنَاحَةُ أَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَضَمَّهَا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَصَارَتْ لَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً وَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ ٱبْنًا. وَأَمَّا ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلَهُ دَاوُدُ فَقَبُحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.