サムエル記Ⅱ 11
1 春になって、王たちが戦いに出るに及んで、ダビデはヨアブおよび自分と共にいる家来たち、並びにイスラエルの全軍をつかわした。彼らはアンモンの人々を滅ぼし、ラバを包囲した。しかしダビデはエルサレムにとどまっていた。
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 さて、ある日の夕暮、ダビデは床から起き出て、王の家の屋上を歩いていたが、屋上から、ひとりの女がからだを洗っているのを見た。その女は非常に美しかった。
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 ダビデは人をつかわしてその女のことを探らせたが、ある人は言った、「これはエリアムの娘で、ヘテびとウリヤの妻バテシバではありませんか」。
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 そこでダビデは使者をつかわして、その女を連れてきた。女は彼の所にきて、彼はその女と寝た。（女は身の汚れを清めていたのである。）こうして女はその家に帰った。
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 女は妊娠したので、人をつかわしてダビデに告げて言った、「わたしは子をはらみました」。
And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.
6 そこでダビデはヨアブに、「ヘテびとウリヤをわたしの所につかわせ」と言ってやったので、ヨアブはウリヤをダビデの所につかわした。
And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 ウリヤがダビデの所にきたので、ダビデは、ヨアブはどうしているか、民はどうしているか、戦いはうまくいっているかとたずねた。
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 そしてダビデはウリヤに言った、「あなたの家に行って、足を洗いなさい」。ウリヤは王の家を出ていったが、王の贈り物が彼の後に従った。
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 しかしウリヤは王の家の入口で主君の家来たちと共に寝て、自分の家に帰らなかった。
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 人々がダビデに、「ウリヤは自分の家に帰りませんでした」と告げたので、ダビデはウリヤに言った、「旅から帰ってきたのではないか。どうして家に帰らなかったのか」。
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 ウリヤはダビデに言った、「神の箱も、イスラエルも、ユダも、小屋の中に住み、わたしの主人ヨアブと、わが主君の家来たちが野のおもてに陣を取っているのに、わたしはどうして家に帰って食い飲みし、妻と寝ることができましょう。あなたは生きておられます。あなたの魂は生きています。わたしはこの事をいたしません」。
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 ダビデはウリヤに言った、「きょうも、ここにとどまりなさい。わたしはあす、あなたを去らせましょう」。そこでウリヤはその日と次の日エルサレムにとどまった。
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 ダビデは彼を招いて自分の前で食い飲みさせ、彼を酔わせた。夕暮になって彼は出ていって、その床に、主君の家来たちと共に寝た。そして自分の家には下って行かなかった。
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 朝になってダビデはヨアブにあてた手紙を書き、ウリヤの手に託してそれを送った。
Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
15 彼はその手紙に、「あなたがたはウリヤを激しい戦いの最前線に出し、彼の後から退いて、彼を討死させよ」と書いた。
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 ヨアブは町を囲んでいたので、勇士たちがいると知っていた場所にウリヤを置いた。
So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.
17 町の人々が出てきてヨアブと戦ったので、民のうち、ダビデの家来たちにも、倒れるものがあり、ヘテびとウリヤも死んだ。
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 ヨアブは人をつかわして戦いのことをつぶさにダビデに告げた。
Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:
19 ヨアブはその使者に命じて言った、「あなたが戦いのことをつぶさに王に語り終ったとき、
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 もし王が怒りを起して、『あなたがたはなぜ戦おうとしてそんなに町に近づいたのか。彼らが城壁の上から射るのを知らなかったのか。
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 エルベセテの子アビメレクを撃ったのはだれか。ひとりの女が城壁の上から石うすの上石を投げて彼をテベツで殺したのではなかったか。あなたがたはなぜそんなに城壁に近づいたのか』と言われたならば、その時あなたは、『あなたのしもべ、ヘテびとウリヤもまた死にました』と言いなさい」。
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 こうして使者は行き、ダビデのもとにきて、ヨアブが言いつかわしたことをことごとく告げた。
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 使者はダビデに言った、「敵はわれわれよりも有利な位置を占め、出てきてわれわれを野で攻めましたが、われわれは町の入口まで彼らを追い返しました。
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 その時、射手どもは城壁からあなたの家来たちを射ましたので、王の家来のある者は死に、また、あなたの家来ヘテびとウリヤも死にました」。
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 ダビデは使者に言った、「あなたはヨアブにこう言いなさい、『この事で心配することはない。つるぎはこれをも彼をも同じく滅ぼすからである。強く町を攻めて戦い、それを攻め落しなさい』と。そしてヨアブを励ましなさい」。
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 ウリヤの妻は夫ウリヤが死んだことを聞いて、夫のために悲しんだ。
And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.
27 その喪が過ぎた時、ダビデは人をつかわして彼女を自分の家に召し入れた。彼女は彼の妻となって男の子を産んだ。しかしダビデがしたこの事は主を怒らせた。
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.
