Kings II 11
1 And it came to pass when the time o the year for kings going out [to battle] had come round, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbath: but David remained at Jerusalem.
U početku slijedeće godine, u doba kad kraljevi izlaze u rat, posla David Joaba i s njim svoje ljude i svega Izraela: oni pobiše Amonce i podsjedoše Rabu. A David osta u Jeruzalemu.
2 And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
A jednoga dana predveče usta David sa svoje postelje i prošeta se po krovu svoje palače. Opazi s krova ženu gdje se kupa. Ta žena bijaše izvanredno lijepa.
3 And David sent and enquired about the woman: and [one] said, [Is] not this Bersabee the daughter of Eliab, the wife of Urias the Chettite?
David se propita za tu ženu i rekoše mu: “Pa to je Bat-Šeba, kći Eliamova i žena Urije Hetita!”
4 And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house.
Nato David posla glasnika da je dovedu k njemu. Kad je došla, leže on s njom, upravo kad se bila očistila od svoje nečistoće. Zatim se ona vrati svojoj kući.
5 And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Žena zatrudnje te poruči Davidu: “Trudna sam!”
6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Urias the Chettite; and Joab sent Urias to David.
Tada David posla poruku Joabu: “Pošalji k meni Uriju Hetita!” I Joab posla Uriju k Davidu.
7 And Urias arrived and went in to him, and David asked him how Joab was, and how the people were, and how the war went on.
Kad je Urija došao k njemu, zapita ga David kako je Joab, kako je vojska i kako napreduje rat.
8 And David said to Urias, Go to thy house, and wash thy feet: and Urias departed from the house of the king, and a portion [of meat] from the king followed him.
Potom David reče Uriji: “Siđi u svoju kuću i operi svoje noge!” Urija iziđe iz kraljeva dvora, a za njim ponesoše dar s kraljeva stola.
9 And Urias slept at the door of the king with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
Ali Urija osta da spava pred vratima kraljeva dvora sa stražarima svoga gospodara i ne ode svojoj kući.
10 And they brought David word, saying, Urias has not gone down to his house. And David said to Urias, Art thou not come from a journey? why hast thou not gone down to thy house?
Javiše to Davidu govoreći: “Urija nije otišao svojoj kući!” Tada David upita Uriju: “Zar nisi došao s puta? Zašto ne ideš svojoj kući?”
11 And Urias said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Juda dwell in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; and shall I go into my house to eat and drink, and lie with my wife? how [should I do this? as] thy soul lives, I will not do this thing.
A Urija odgovori Davidu: “Kovčeg, Izrael i Juda borave pod šatorima, moj gospodar Joab i straža moga gospodara borave na otvorenu polju, a ja da uđem u svoju kuću da jedem i da pijem i da spavam sa svojom ženom? Živoga mi Jahve, i tako mi tvoga života, zaista neću učiniti nešto takvo!”
12 And David said to Urias, Remain here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee go. So Urias remained in Jerusalem that day and the day following.
Tada David reče Uriji: “Ostani još danas ovdje, a sutra ću te otpustiti.” Tako Urija osta u Jeruzalemu onaj dan.
13 And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
Sutradan David pozva Uriju da jede i da pije pred njim i on ga opi. A uvečer Urija iziđe i leže na svoju postelju sa stražama svoga gospodara, ali svojoj kući nije otišao.
14 And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Urias.
Ujutro David napisa pismo Joabu i posla ga po Uriji.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Urias in front of the severe [part] of the fight, and retreat from behind him, so shall he be wounded and die.
A u tom pismu pisao je ovako: “Postavite Uriju naprijed, gdje je najžešći boj, pa uzmaknite iza njega: neka bude pogođen i neka pogine!”
16 And it came to pass while Joab was watching against the city, that he set Urias in a place where he knew that valiant men were.
Zato Joab, opsjedajući grad, postavi Uriju na mjesto gdje je znao da stoje najhrabriji ratnici.
17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and some of the people of the servants of David fell, and Urias the Chettite died also.
Kad su onda građani provalili van i pobili se s Joabom, pade nekoliko od njegove vojske, od Davidovih ljudi, a pogibe i Urija Hetit.
18 And Joab sent, and reported to David all the events of the war, so as to tell them to the king.
Potom Joab posla čovjeka i javi Davidu sve što se dogodilo u boju.
19 And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast finished reporting all the events of the war to the king,
I zapovjedi glasniku ovako: “Kad pripovjediš kralju sve što se dogodilo u boju,
20 then it shall come to pass if the anger of the king shall arise, and he shall say to thee, Why did ye draw nigh to the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from off the wall?
možda će se kralj razljutiti pa ti kazati: 'Zašto ste se primakli tako blizu gradu da navalite? Zar niste znali da se obično izmeću strijele sa zida?
21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal son of Ner? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from above the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall? then thou shalt say, Thy servant Urias the Chettite is also dead.
Tko je ubio Abimeleka, sina Jerubaalova? Nije li jedna žena bacila na njega mlinski kamen, ozgo sa zida, te je poginuo u Tebesu? Zašto ste se primakli tako blizu zidu?' Ako ti tako kaže, a ti mu reci: 'Poginuo je i tvoj sluga Urija Hetit.'”
22 And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall?
Glasnik krenu na put, dođe k Davidu i pripovjedi mu sve što mu je naložio Joab. A David planu gnjevom na Joaba i reče glasniku: “Zašto ste se primakli tako blizu zidu? Tko je ubio Abimeleka, sina Jerubaalova? Nije li jedna žena bacila na njega mlinski kamen, ozgo sa zida, te je poginuo u Tebesu? Zašto ste se primakli tako blizu zidu?”
23 And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and they came out against us into the field, and we came upon them even to the door of the gate.
Glasnik odgovori Davidu: “Ti su ljudi silovito udarali na nas i izašli su protiv nas na otvoreno polje. Mi smo ih potisnuli natrag do gradskih vrata,
24 And the archers shot at thy servants from off the wall, and some of the king's servants died, and thy servant Urias the Chettite is dead also.
ali su strijelci sa zida stali izmetati strijele na tvoje ljude te ih je poginulo nekoliko između kraljevih slugu; tako je poginuo i tvoj sluga Urija Hetit.”
25 And David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let not the matter be grievous in thine eyes, for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another: strengthen thine array against the city, and destroy it, and strengthen him.
Tada David reče glasniku: “Ovako reci Joabu: 'Nemoj to uzimati toliko k srcu, jer mač proždire sad ovoga, sad onoga. Udaraj još jače na grad i obori ga!' Tako ćeš mu vratiti srčanost!”
26 And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.
Kad je Urijina žena čula da je poginuo njezin muž Urija, žalila je za svojim mužem.
27 And the time of mourning expired, and David sent and took her into his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son: but the thing which David did was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
A kad je prošlo vrijeme žalosti, posla David po nju i uze je u svoj dvor, i ona mu posta ženom. I rodi mu sina. Ali djelo koje učini David bijaše zlo u očima Jahvinim.
