2 Samuel 11

1 Et il arriva, au retour de l’année, au temps où les rois entrent en campagne, que David envoya Joab, et ses serviteurs avec lui, et tout Israël; et ils détruisirent les fils d’Ammon et assiégèrent Rabba; mais David resta à Jérusalem.

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.

2 Et il arriva, au temps du soir, que David se leva de dessus son lit de repos et se promena sur le toit de la maison du roi, et, du toit, il vit une femme qui se lavait, et la femme était très belle à voir.

Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

3 Et David envoya et s’informa de cette femme, et on [lui] dit: N’est-ce pas là Bath-Shéba, fille d’Éliam, femme d’Urie, le Héthien?

And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

4 Et David envoya des messagers, et la prit; et elle vint vers lui, et il coucha avec elle (et elle se purifia de son impureté); et elle s’en retourna dans sa maison.

And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean; ) then she went back to her house.

5 Et la femme conçut; et elle envoya, et informa David et dit: Je suis enceinte.

And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.

6 Et David envoya vers Joab, [disant]: Envoie-moi Urie, le Héthien. Et Joab envoya Urie à David.

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

7 Et Urie vint vers lui; et David s’enquit de l’état de Joab, et de l’état du peuple, et de l’état de la guerre.

And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.

8 Et David dit à Urie: Descends dans ta maison, et lave tes pieds. Et Urie sortit de la maison du roi, et on envoya après lui un présent de la part du roi.

And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.

9 Et Urie se coucha à l’entrée de la maison du roi avec tous les serviteurs de son seigneur, et ne descendit pas dans sa maison.

But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

10 Et on le rapporta à David, disant: Urie n’est pas descendu dans sa maison. Et David dit à Urie: Ne viens-tu pas de voyage? Pourquoi n’es-tu pas descendu dans ta maison?

And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?

11 Et Urie dit à David: L’arche, et Israël, et Juda, habitent sous des tentes; et mon seigneur Joab et les serviteurs de mon seigneur campent dans les champs, et moi, j’entrerais dans ma maison pour manger et boire, et pour coucher avec ma femme? Tu es vivant, et ton âme est vivante, si je fais une telle chose!

And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living Lord, and by the life of your soul, I will not do such a thing.

12 Et David dit à Urie: Demeure ici encore aujourd’hui, et demain je te renverrai. Et Urie demeura à Jérusalem ce jour-là et le lendemain.

And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.

13 Et David l’appela, et il mangea et but devant lui, et [David] l’enivra; et il sortit le soir pour se coucher sur son lit avec les serviteurs de son seigneur, et il ne descendit pas dans sa maison.

And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

14 Et il arriva, le matin, que David écrivit une lettre à Joab, et l’envoya par la main d’Urie.

Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.

15 Et il écrivit dans la lettre, disant: Placez Urie sur la première ligne au fort de la bataille, et retirez-vous d’auprès de lui, afin qu’il soit frappé et qu’il meure.

And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

16 Et il arriva que, comme Joab surveillait la ville, il plaça Urie à l’endroit où il savait qu’étaient de vaillants hommes.

So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.

17 Et les hommes de la ville sortirent et se battirent contre Joab; et il en tomba quelques-uns d’entre le peuple, d’entre les serviteurs de David, et Urie, le Héthien, mourut aussi.

And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.

18 Et Joab envoya, et rapporta à David tous les faits du combat.

Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:

19 Et il commanda au messager, disant: Quand tu auras achevé de dire au roi tous les faits du combat,

And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,

20 s’il arrive que la fureur du roi monte, et qu’il te dise: Pourquoi vous êtes-vous approchés de la ville pour combattre? Ne savez-vous pas qu’on tire de dessus la muraille?

If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?

21 Qui frappa Abimélec, fils de Jerubbésheth? N’est-ce pas une femme qui jeta sur lui, de dessus la muraille, une meule tournante, et il en mourut à Thébets? Pourquoi vous êtes-vous approchés de la muraille? – alors tu diras: Ton serviteur Urie, le Héthien, est mort aussi.

Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.

22 Et le messager s’en alla; et étant arrivé, il rapporta à David tout ce pour quoi Joab l’avait envoyé.

So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?

23 Et le messager dit à David: Les hommes ont eu l’avantage sur nous; ils sont sortis contre nous dans la campagne, et nous les avons chargés jusqu’à l’entrée de la porte;

And the man said to David, Truly the men got the better of us, and came out against us into the open country, but we sent them back to the very doors of the town.

24 et les archers ont tiré sur tes serviteurs de dessus la muraille, et des serviteurs du roi sont morts, et ton serviteur Urie, le Héthien, est mort aussi.

And the archers sent their arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants are dead, and among them is your servant Uriah the Hittite.

25 Et David dit au messager: Tu diras ainsi à Joab: Que cela ne soit pas mauvais à tes yeux, car l’épée dévore tantôt ici, tantôt là; renforce le combat contre la ville, et détruis-la. Et toi, encourage-le.

Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.

26 Et la femme d’Urie apprit qu’Urie, son mari, était mort, et elle se lamenta sur son mari.

And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.

27 Et quand le deuil fut passé, David envoya, et la recueillit dans sa maison, et elle devint sa femme, et lui enfanta un fils. Mais la chose que David avait faite fut mauvaise aux yeux de l’Éternel.

And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.