2 Samuel 11
1 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.
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 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.
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 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?
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 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.
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 cette femme conçut; et elle envoya le faire savoir à David, en disant: Je suis enceinte.
And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.
6 Alors David envoya dire à Joab: 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 à lui; et David lui demanda comment se portait Joab, et le peuple, et comment il en allait 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 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.
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 à la porte de la maison du Roi, avec tous les serviteurs de son Seigneur, et ne descendit point en 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, 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?
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, 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.
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. Urie donc demeura [encore] ce jour-là et le lendemain à Jérusalem.
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 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.
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 le lendemain au matin David écrivit des lettres à Joab, et les envoya par les mains d'Urie.
Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
15 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.
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 Après donc que Joab eut considéré la ville, il mit Urie à l'endroit où il savait que seraient les plus 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 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.
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 Alors Joab envoya à David pour lui faire savoir tout ce qui était arrivé dans ce 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 parler au Roi de tout ce qui est arrivé au 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 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?
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 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.
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 Ainsi le messager partit, et étant arrivé il fit savoir à David tout ce pourquoi 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: 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;
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 contre tes serviteurs de dessus la muraille, et quelques-uns des serviteurs du Roi sont morts; 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: 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.
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 fit le deuil de 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 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.
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.
