< 2 Samuel 11 >

1 At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
Le Adame esi fiawo ƒe aʋawɔɣi ɖo la, David ɖo Yoab kple Israel ƒe aʋakɔ la ɖa be woatsrɔ̃ Amonitɔwo eye woɖe to ɖe Raba. Ke David nɔ Yerusalem.
2 At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
Gbe ɖeka le ɣetrɔ me la, David fɔ eye wòɖi tsa le eƒe fiasã la ƒe xɔta ƒe gbadzaƒe. Ekpɔ nyɔnu aɖe si dze tugbe ŋutɔŋutɔ wònɔ tsi lem,
3 David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
ale wòdɔ ame ɖa be woakpɔe ɖa be nyɔnu kae mahã. Amea de gbɔ va gblɔ nɛ be nyɔnu lae nye Batseba, Eliam ƒe vinyɔnu eye wònye Uria srɔ̃.
4 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
Enumake David na woyɔe nɛ. Le ɣeyiɣi sia me tututu la, Batseba wu ɖokuiŋukɔkɔ le gbɔtotsitsi megbe ƒe wɔnawo nu teti ko. Esi wòva la, David dɔ egbɔ eye wòtrɔ yi aƒe me.
5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
Emegbe esi Batseba kpɔ be yefɔ fu la eɖo ame ɖe David hegblɔe nɛ.
6 David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
Ale David dɔ ame ɖo ɖe Yoab be, “Ɖo Uria, Hititɔ la ɖem.”
7 When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
Esi Uria va ɖo la, David bia gbee tso Yoab kple aʋakɔ la kple aʋa la ƒe yiyi me ŋuti.
8 David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
Emegbe la, David gblɔ na Uria be wòayi aɖagbɔ ɖe eme le eƒe aƒe me eye wòɖo nunana aɖe ɖee.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
Ke Uria meyi aƒe me o; etsi fiasã la ƒe agbonu kple fia la ƒe subɔlawo.
10 When they had told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have not you come from a journey? Why did not you go down to your house?”
Esi David se nu si Uria wɔ la, eyɔe hebiae be, “Nya kae dzɔ? Nu ka ta mèyi srɔ̃wò gbɔ le wò aƒe me etsɔ fiẽ esi nèdzo le aƒe me eteƒe didi alea o?”
11 Uriah said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing!”
Uria ɖo eŋu na David be, “Nubablaɖaka la kple Israel kpakple Yuda wole agbadɔ me. Nye aʋafia Yoab kple nye aƒetɔ ƒe amewo katã le gbedzi. Ɖe nye ya mayi aƒe me, ano wain, aɖu nu eye madɔ srɔ̃nye gbɔa? Meka atam be nyemaɖi fɔ to nu siawo wɔwɔ me o.”
12 David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.
David gblɔ nɛ be, “Enyo; tsi anyi zã sia eye nàtrɔ ayi aʋagbedzi etsɔ,” Ale Uria tsi fiasã la me le Yerusalem.
13 When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.
David kpee ɖe fiẽnuɖukplɔ̃ ŋu eye wòna wòno aha mu gake egagbe aƒemeyiyi eye wògatsi fiasã la ƒe agbo nu dɔ.
14 In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
Esi ŋu ke la, David ŋlɔ agbalẽ de asi na Uria be wòatsɔ ayi na Yoab.
15 He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck and die.”
Fia la ɖo na Yoab to agbalẽ la me be wòaɖo Uria ɖe afi si aʋa la sẽ le eye wòana amewo nade megbe le eŋu ale be woawui!
16 When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
Ale Yoab ɖo Uria ɖe teƒe aɖe si te ɖe du si ŋu woɖe to ɖe afi si wònya be futɔwo ƒe aʋawɔla sesẽwo nɔ.
17 The men of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Ale wowu Uria, Hititɔ la kple Israelvi geɖewo.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
Yoab ɖo du ɖe David tso aʋa la ƒe yiyime ŋuti.
19 and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
Egblɔ na ame si wòdɔ la be, “Ne ègblɔ nya sia nya tso aʋa la ŋu la,
20 it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did not you know that they would shoot from the wall?
ɖewohĩ ado dɔmedzoe abia wò be, ‘Nu ka ta miegogo du la nenema le aʋa la wɔwɔ me? Ɖe mienya be woada aŋutrɔwo tso gli la dzi oa?
21 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”
Mieɖo ŋku ale si wowu Abimelek, Yerub Beset ƒe vi, la dzi oa? Nyɔnu aɖee ɖe asi le wɔtutevi ŋu tso gli la dzi wòwui le Tebez. Nu ka ta miegogo gli la nenema?’ Ne Fia la bia nya siawo wò la, gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Wowu wò aʋakplɔla Uria, Hititɔ la hã.’”
22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
Ale ame dɔdɔ la yi Yerusalem eye wògblɔ nya la na David.
23 The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field; and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.
Egblɔ be, “Futɔwo lũ ɖe mía dzi; míenya wo wogbugbɔ yi dua ƒe agbowo nu.
24 The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
Glidzinɔlawo ho aʋa ɖe mía ŋu, wowu míaƒe ame aɖewo eye wowu wò aʋakplɔla Uria, Hititɔ la, hã.”
25 Then David said to the messenger, “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.’ Encourage him.”
David gblɔ nɛ be, “Gblɔ na Yoab be dzi megaɖe le eƒo o; ame sia ame ate ŋu atsi yi nu gbe ɖeka. Miyi aʋa la wɔwɔ dzi sesĩe wu tsã eye miagbã du la. De dzi ƒo nɛ be eyae le dɔ dzi loo!”
26 When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
Esi Batseba se be ye srɔ̃ Uria ku la, efae vevie
27 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.
eye esi konyifaɣi la wu nu la, David na Batseba ʋu yi fiasã la me eye wòzu srɔ̃awo dometɔ ɖeka. Batseba dzi ŋutsuvi nɛ, ke nu si David wɔ la, medze Yehowa ŋu kura o.

< 2 Samuel 11 >