2 Samuel 11
1 [In that region], kings usually went [with their armies] to fight [their enemies] in the springtime. But the following year, in the springtime, David [did not do that. Instead, he] stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent [his commander] Joab [to lead the army]. So Joab went with the other officers and the rest of the Israeli army. They [crossed the Jordan River and] defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then they surrounded [their capital city, ] Rabbah.
Or il arriva un an après, lorsque les Rois sortent [à la guerre], que David envoya Joab, et avec lui ses serviteurs, et tout Israël, et ils détruisirent les enfants de Hammon, et assiégèrent Rabba; mais David demeura à Jérusalem.
2 Late one afternoon, after David got up from taking a nap, he walked around on the [flat] roof of his palace. He saw a woman who was bathing [in the courtyard of her house]. The woman was very beautiful.
Et sur le soir il arriva que David se leva de dessus son lit, et comme il se promenait sur la plateforme de l'hôtel Royal, il vit de dessus cette plateforme une femme qui se lavait, et cette femme-là était fort belle à voir.
3 David sent a messenger to find out who she was. [The messenger returned] and said, “She is [RHQ] Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and her husband is Uriah, from the Heth people-group.”
Et David envoya s'informer de cette femme-là, et on lui dit: N'est-ce pas là Bath-sebah fille d'Eliham, femme d'Urie le Héthien?
4 Then David sent more messengers to get her. They brought her to David, and he (slept/had sex) [EUP] with her. (She had just finished performing the rituals to make herself pure [after her monthly menstrual period].) Then Bathsheba went back home.
Et David envoya des messagers, et l'enleva; et étant venue vers lui, il coucha avec elle; car elle était nettoyée de sa souillure; puis elle s'en retourna en sa maison.
5 [After some time], she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David [that she was pregnant].
Et cette femme conçut; et elle envoya le faire savoir à David, en disant: Je suis enceinte.
6 Then David sent a message to Joab. He said, “Send Uriah, from the Heth people-group, to me.” So Joab did that. He sent Uriah to David.
Alors David envoya dire à Joab: Envoie-moi Urie le Héthien; et Joab envoya Urie à David.
7 When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
Et Urie vint à lui; et David lui demanda comment se portait Joab, et le peuple, et comment il en allait de la guerre.
8 Then David, [hoping that Uriah would go home and sleep with his wife, ] said to Uriah, “Okay, go home and relax for a while. [IDM]” So Uriah left, and David gave someone a gift [of some food] to take to Uriah’s house.
Puis David dit à Urie: Descends en ta maison, et lave tes pieds. Et Urie sortit de la maison du Roi, et on porta après lui un présent Royal.
9 But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards.
Mais Urie dormit à la porte de la maison du Roi, avec tous les serviteurs de son Seigneur, et ne descendit point en sa maison.
10 When someone told David that Uriah did not go to his house [that night], David [summoned him again and] said to him, “Why didn’t you go home [to be with your wife last night], after having been away for a long time?” [RHQ]
Et on le rapporta à David, et on lui dit: Urie n'est point descendu en sa maison. Et David dit à Urie: Ne viens-tu pas de voyage? Pourquoi n'es-tu pas descendu en ta maison?
11 Uriah replied, “The soldiers of Judah and Israel are camping in the open fields, and even our commander Joab is sleeping in a tent, and the sacred chest is with them. (How could I/It would not be right for me to) go home, eat and drink, and sleep with my wife [RHQ]. I solemnly declare [IDM] that I will never do such a thing!”
Et Urie répondit à David: L'Arche, et Israël, et Juda logent sous des tentes; Monseigneur Joab aussi, et les serviteurs de mon Seigneur campent aux champs; et moi entrerais-je dans ma maison pour manger et boire, et pour coucher avec ma femme? Tu es vivant, et ton âme vit, si je fais une telle chose.
12 Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today. I will let you return [to the battle] tomorrow.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and that night.
Et David dit à Urie: Demeure ici encore aujourd'hui, et demain je te renverrai. Urie donc demeura [encore] ce jour-là et le lendemain à Jérusalem.
13 The next day, David invited him [to a meal]. So Uriah had a meal with David, and David made him drink a lot of wine so that he would get drunk, [hoping that if he was drunk, he would sleep with his wife]. But that night, Uriah again did not go home. Instead, he slept on his cot with the king’s servants.
Puis David l'appela, et il mangea et but devant lui, et David l'enivra; et néanmoins il sortit au soir pour dormir dans son lit avec tous les serviteurs de son Seigneur, et ne descendit point en sa maison.
14 [Someone reported that to] David, [so] the next morning he wrote a letter to Joab, and gave it to Uriah to take to Joab.
Et le lendemain au matin David écrivit des lettres à Joab, et les envoya par les mains d'Urie.
15 In the letter, he wrote, “Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is the (worst/most severe). Then command the soldiers to pull back from him, in order that he will be killed [by our enemies].”
Et il écrivit ces lettres en ces termes: Mettez Urie à l'endroit où sera le plus fort de la bataille, et retirez-vous d'auprès de lui, afin qu'il soit frappé, et qu'il meure.
16 [So after] Joab [got the letter], as his army was surrounding the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew that their enemies’ strongest and best soldiers would be fighting.
Après donc que Joab eut considéré la ville, il mit Urie à l'endroit où il savait que seraient les plus vaillants hommes.
17 The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah.
Et ceux de la ville sortirent et combattirent contre Joab, et quelques-uns du peuple [qui étaient] des serviteurs de David moururent; Urie le Héthien mourut aussi.
18 Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting.
Alors Joab envoya à David pour lui faire savoir tout ce qui était arrivé dans ce combat.
19 He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him,
Et il commanda au messager, disant: Quand tu auras achevé de parler au Roi de tout ce qui est arrivé au combat,
20 if David is angry [because so many officers were killed], he may ask you, ‘Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight [RHQ]? Did you not know that they would shoot [arrows at you while they were standing on top] of the city wall [RHQ]?
S'il arrive que le Roi se mette en colère et qu'il te dise: Pourquoi vous êtes-vous approchés de la ville pour combattre, ne savez-vous pas bien qu'on jette toujours quelque chose de dessus la muraille?
21 Do you not remember how Abimelech, the son of Gideon, was killed? A woman [who lived] in Thebez threw a huge (millstone/stone for grinding grain) on him from [the top of] tower, and he died. So why did your troops go near to the city wall?’ If the king asks this, then tell him, ‘Your officer Uriah also was killed.’”
Qu'est-ce qui tua Abimélec fils de Jérubbeseth? ne fut-ce pas une pièce de meule qu'une femme jeta sur lui de dessus la muraille, dont il mourut à Tébets? Pourquoi vous êtes-vous approchés de la muraille? Tu lui diras: Ton serviteur Urie le Héthien y est mort aussi.
22 So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
Ainsi le messager partit, et étant arrivé il fit savoir à David tout ce pourquoi Joab l'avait envoyé.
23 The messenger said to David, “Our enemies were very brave, and came out of the city to fight us in the fields. [They were defeating us] but we forced them back to the city gate.
Et le messager dit à David: Ils ont été plus forts que nous, et sont sortis contre nous aux champs, mais nous les avons repoussés jusqu'à l'entrée de la porte;
24 Then their archers shot arrows at us from [the top of] the city wall. They killed some of your officers. They killed your officer Uriah, too.”
Et les archers ont tiré contre tes serviteurs de dessus la muraille, et quelques-uns des serviteurs du Roi sont morts; ton serviteur Urie le Héthien est mort aussi.
25 David said to the messenger, “Go back to Joab and say to him, ‘Do not be distressed [about what happened], because no one ever knows who will be killed in a battle.’ Tell him that the next time his troops should attack the city more strongly, and capture it.”
Et David dit au messager: Tu diras ainsi à Joab: Ne t'inquiète point de cela; car l'épée emporte autant l'un que l'autre; redouble le combat contre la ville, et détruis-la; et toi donne-lui courage.
26 When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him.
Et la femme d'Urie apprit qu'Urie son mari était mort, et elle fit le deuil de son mari.
27 When her time of mourning was ended, David sent messengers to bring her to the palace. Thus, she became David’s wife. She later gave birth to a son. But Yahweh was very displeased with what David had done.
Et après que le deuil fut passé, David envoya, et la retira dans sa maison, et elle lui fut pour femme, et lui enfanta un fils; mais ce que David avait fait déplut à l'Eternel.
