2 Samuel 11

1 Le cours de l'année ramena le temps où les rois se mettent en campagne, et David fit partir Joab, ses serviteurs et tout Israël; ils ravagèrent la contrée des fils d'Ammon, et ils assiégèrent Rhabbath; cependant, David était resté 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 ceci advint: sur le soir, David se leva de sa couche, et il se promena sur la plate-forme de la maison royale; et, de sa plate-forme, il vit une femme qui se baignait; or, la femme était extrêmement belle de visage.

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 il s'informa de la femme, et on lui dit: N'est-ce point Bersabée, fille d'Eliab, femme d'Urie l'Hettéen?

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 Aussitôt, David, dépêchant des messagers, la fit prendre, s'approcha d'elle, et dormit avec elle; puis, lorsqu'elle se fut purifiée de son impureté, elle retourna en 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 La femme conçut; elle le fit savoir à David, et elle dit: Je suis enceinte.

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

6 Et David fit dire à Joab: Envoie près de moi Urie l'Hettéen, et Joab envoya Urie près de David.

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

7 Urie arriva, et il entra chez le roi, et David lui demanda comment allaient Joab, et l'armée, et 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: Va à ta maison, et lave-toi les pieds. Urie sortit donc de la demeure royale, et, derrière lui, on porta un mets de la table 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 Mais Urie dormit devant la porte du roi, parmi les serviteurs de son maître, et il n'alla pas jusqu'à 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 On l'alla dire à David; il sut qu'Urie n'était pas allé jusqu'à sa maison, et David dit à Urie: Ne viens-tu pas de faire un voyage? Pourquoi n'es-tu pas entré en ta demeure?

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 répondit à David: L'arche, Israël et Juda demeurent sous des tentes; mon maître Joab et les serviteurs de mon maître sont campés eu plein air, et moi j'entrerais en ma maison pour manger et boire, et dormir avec ma femme! Comment ferais-je pareille chose? Vive ton âme! je ne la ferai jamais.

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 encore avec nous aujourd'hui; demain, je te congédierai. Urie passa donc à Jérusalem cette journée 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 Ensuite, David l'invita; il mangea, il but, il s'enivra, et il sortit sur le soir pour dormir où il s'était déjà couché, parmi les serviteurs de son maître; mais il n'entra point en 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 Le jour parut, et David écrivit une lettre à Joab, et il la remit à Urie.

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

15 Voici ce qu'en sa lettre il disait: Conduis Urie au fort du péril, et laisse-le là seul; 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, pendant que Joab plaçait des gardes autour de la ville, il donna à Urie un poste où il savait qu'il se trouvait des hommes vaillants.

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

17 Ces hommes, en effet, firent une sortie; ils combattirent Joab; plusieurs hommes de l'armée, serviteurs de David, tombèrent, et Urie l'Hettéen fut au nombre des morts.

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 rapporter à David tout ce qui venait de se passer dans ce combat.

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

19 Et il donna ses instructions au messager, disant: Lorsque tu auras fini de rapporter à David tout ce qui s'est passé dans le 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 Peut-être le roi se mettra-t-il en colère, et te dira-t-il: Pourquoi donc combattre si près de la ville? Ne saviez-vous pas que du haut des remparts on vous atteindrait?

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 donc a renversé Abimélech, fils de Jérobaal, fils de Ner? N'est-ce pas une femme qui lui a lancé, de la muraille, un éclat de meule dont il est mort à Thamasi? Pourquoi donc vous êtes-vous approchés du rempart? Alors, tu répondras: Urie l'Hettéen, ton serviteur, est du nombre des morts.

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 Le messager de Joab se rendit à Jérusalem, et, selon l'ordre de Joab, il fit au roi le rapport de tout ce qui était arrivé à la guerre.

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 Le messager répondit à David: Parce que ceux de la ville ont prévalu sur nous; ils ont fait une sortie dans la campagne; puis, nous les avons repoussés jusqu'aux portes de la ville.

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 Alors, des archers ont tiré du haut des remparts sur tes serviteurs; plusieurs des serviteurs du roi ont péri; ton serviteur Urie l'Hettéen est du nombre des morts.

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: Voici ce que tu diras à Joab: Ne t'afflige pas de cet événement; le glaive dévore tantôt celui-ci, tantôt celui-là; fortifie tes postes autour de la ville, enlève-la, et t'en rends maître.

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 que son mari était mort, et elle pleura 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 Le temps du deuil écoulé, David envoya près d'elle, la fit venir en sa demeure, et la prit pour femme; elle lui enfanta un fils. Mais l'action que David avait commise était mauvaise aux yeux du Seigneur.

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.