2 Samuel 11
1 Det hende seg året etter, den tid då kongarne plar fara i herferd, då sende David Joab av stad, og alle herhovdingarne som var under honom og heile Israel, og dei herja Ammonitarlandet og kringsette Rabba. Sjølv heldt David seg heime i Jerusalem.
And it came to pass when the time o the year for kings going out [to battle] had come round, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbath: but David remained at Jerusalem.
2 No bar det so til ein dag ved kveldstid David reis upp frå kvila si og gjekk og dreiv på taket på kongshalli, at han såg frå taket ei kona som lauga seg. Kona var ovleg væn å sjå til.
And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
3 David let spyrja etter kven kona var. Han fekk til svar: «Det er Batseba Eliamsdotter, kona åt hetiten Uria.»
And David sent and enquired about the woman: and [one] said, [Is] not this Bersabee the daughter of Eliab, the wife of Urias the Chettite?
4 David sende nokre folk og let henta henne. Ho kom upp, og han låg med henne. Ho hadde nett helga seg etter ho hadde vore urein. Og so for ho heim att.
And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house.
5 Kona vart med barn. Ho sende bod og melde David at ho var med barn.
And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 David sende då det bodet til Joab: «Send hit hetiten Uria!» Joab sende Uria til David.
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Urias the Chettite; and Joab sent Urias to David.
7 Då Uria kom inn til honom, spurde David korleis Joab og heren hadde det, og kor det gjekk i krigen.
And Urias arrived and went in to him, and David asked him how Joab was, and how the people were, and how the war went on.
8 So sagde David med Uria: «No kann du ganga heim og lauga føterne dine.» Då Uria gjekk frå kongshalli, fylgde ei kongsgåva etter honom.
And David said to Urias, Go to thy house, and wash thy feet: and Urias departed from the house of the king, and a portion [of meat] from the king followed him.
9 Men Uria lagde seg ved inngangen til kongshalli saman med alle kongstenarane; han gjekk ikkje heim.
And Urias slept at the door of the king with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10 David fekk vita at Uria ikkje var gjengen heim. Då sagde David med Uria: «Du kjem då frå ei utferd! Kvifor gjeng du ikkje heim?»
And they brought David word, saying, Urias has not gone down to his house. And David said to Urias, Art thou not come from a journey? why hast thou not gone down to thy house?
11 Uria svara: «Kista og Israel og Juda bur no i buder; Joab, herren min, og folket hans ligg i læger ute på marki. Og so skulde eg ganga heim og eta og drikka og liggja med kona mi? So sant Herren liver, og so sant du liver: dette gjer eg ikkje!»
And Urias said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Juda dwell in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; and shall I go into my house to eat and drink, and lie with my wife? how [should I do this? as] thy soul lives, I will not do this thing.
12 Då sagde David med Uria: «Stana her i dag og! So vil eg i morgon senda deg av stad.» Uria stana i Jerusalem den dagen og næste dag.
And David said to Urias, Remain here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee go. So Urias remained in Jerusalem that day and the day following.
13 David bad honom til seg, til å eta og drikka med seg; og han drakk honom drukken. Men um kvelden gjekk han av og lagde seg til kvile med kongstenarane; heim gjekk han ikkje.
And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
14 Morgonen etter skreiv David eit brev til Joab og sende det med Uria.
And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Urias.
15 I brevet skreiv han: «Set Uria lengst framme, der som striden er hardast. Røm so undan frå honom, so han fær banehogg!»
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Urias in front of the severe [part] of the fight, and retreat from behind him, so shall he be wounded and die.
16 Joab heldt på og kringsette byen. Då sette han Uria på den staden, der han visste han møtte dei djervaste kararne.
And it came to pass while Joab was watching against the city, that he set Urias in a place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 Byfolket gjorde utfall og slost med Joab. Det fall då nokre av folket, av mannskapet åt David; hetiten Uria fekk og banen sin der.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and some of the people of the servants of David fell, and Urias the Chettite died also.
18 Joab sende melding til David um korleis det hadde gjenge i slaget.
And Joab sent, and reported to David all the events of the war, so as to tell them to the king.
19 Og han gav sendemannen den fyresegni: «Når du er ferdig med å melda kongen alt um striden,
And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast finished reporting all the events of the war to the king,
20 og so harmen kjem upp hjå kongen, og han spør deg: «Kvifor kom de so nær byen i striden? de måtte då vita at dei vilde skjota på dykk ovantil frå muren!
then it shall come to pass if the anger of the king shall arise, and he shall say to thee, Why did ye draw nigh to the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from off the wall?
21 Kven var det som vart banen hans Abimelek Jerubbesetsson? Ei kona som kasta ein kvernstein i hovudet på honom ovanfrå muren! Det vart banen hans, der i Tebes! Kvifor kom de so nær muren?» - so skal du fortelja: «Tenaren din, hetiten Uria, fekk og banen sin.»»
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal son of Ner? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from above the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall? then thou shalt say, Thy servant Urias the Chettite is also dead.
22 Mannen gjekk og melde David alt det Joab hadde bode honom.
And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall?
23 Mannen fortalde for David: «Kararne gjekk hardt på og drog ut mot oss i opi mark. Men me slo deim attende til byporten.
And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and they came out against us into the field, and we came upon them even to the door of the gate.
24 Då skaut bogeskyttarane på tenarane dine ovanfrå muren, so nokre av kongsmennerne dine fekk sin bane; tenaren din, hetiten Uria, fekk og sin bane der.»
And the archers shot at thy servants from off the wall, and some of the king's servants died, and thy servant Urias the Chettite is dead also.
25 David svara sendemannen: «So skal du svara Joab: «Gjer deg inkje ilt av dette! sverdet øyder so ein, so hin! Berre gakk på byen med større styrke, og riv honom ned til grunns!» Styrk hugen hans med dei ordi!»
And David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let not the matter be grievous in thine eyes, for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another: strengthen thine array against the city, and destroy it, and strengthen him.
26 Då kona hans Uria spurde at mannen hennar var fallen, øya og gret ho yver husbonden sin.
And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.
27 Då syrgjetidi var ute, sende David bod og let henta henne heim til seg. Ho vart kona hans, og ho åtte ein son. Men det David hadde gjort, var ilt i Herrens augo.
And the time of mourning expired, and David sent and took her into his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son: but the thing which David did was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
