1 A nd it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they laid waste the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David abode at Jerusalem.

وَفي الرّبيعِ – وهْوَ الفَصلِ الّذي يَخْرُجُ فيهِ الملوكُ لِشَنِّ الحرُوبِ – أرسَلَ داوُدُ يُوآبَ وَضُبّاطَهُ وبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ جَمِيعاً لِيُدَمَّروا العَمُّونِيِّينَ. وحاصَرَ يُوآبُ عاصِمَتَهُم رَبَّةَ. أمّا داوُدَ فَبَقِيَ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

2 A nd it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;

وَفِي المَساءِ، نَهَضَ مِنْ سَريرِهِ وَذَهَبَ يَمْشِي فَوْقَ سَطْحِ مَنْزِلِ الملِكِ وَفيما هُوَ هُناكَ، رأى امْرأةً تَسْتَحِمُّ، وكانَتْ جَميلَةً جداً.

3 a nd David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?

فَاسْتَدْعى داود ضُبّاطَهُ وسألَهُم مَنْ تَكونُ هَذِهِ المَرْأةُ. فأجابَهُ أحَدُهُم: «تِلْكَ المَرْأةُ هيَ بَثْشَبَعُ بِنتُ ألِيعامَ. إنَّها زَوْجَةُ أُورِيّا الحِثّي.»

4 A nd David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.

فأرْسَلَ داوُدُ رُسلاً يُحْضِرُونَها إليهِ. وَلمّا أتَتْ عاشَرَها، ثُمَّ عادَتْ إلَى بيتِها. وَكانَتْ قَدِ اغْتَسَلَتْ لِلتَّوِّ مِنْ حَيضِها.

5 A nd the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

فَحَبِلَتْ المَرأةُ، وَأرْسَلَتْ من يُخبِرُ داوُدَ قَدْ حَبِلَتْ. داود يحاوِلُ إخْفاءَ خَطيَّتِه

6 A nd David sent to Joab, Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David.

فَأرْسَلَ داوُدُ إلَى يُوآبَ رِسالَةً قالَ فِيها: «أرْسِلْ إليَّ أُورِيّا الحِثّي.» وَهَكَذا فَعَلَ يوآبُ.

7 A nd when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.

فَجاءَ أورِيّا إلَى داوُدَ فَكَلَّمَهُ. وَسَألَهُ داوُدُ عَنْ حالِ يوآبَ وَالجُنُودِ وَالْحَرْبِ.

8 A nd David said to Urijah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. And Urijah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him presents from the king.

ثُمَّ قالَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ إلَى بَيتِكَ وَاسْتَرِحْ.» فَغادَرَ أُوريّا مَنْزِلَ المَلِكِ، وَأرْسَلَ لَهُ هذا الأخيرُ هَدِيَّةً.

9 A nd Urijah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

لَكِنَّ أوريا لَمْ يَذْهَبْ إلَى دارِهِ، بَلْ نامَ خارِجَ بابِ مَنزِلِ المَلِكِ. نامَ هُناكَ كسائِرِ خُدّام الملِكِ.

10 A nd they had told David saying, Urijah did not go down to his house; and David said to Urijah, Art thou not come from a journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?

فأخبَرَ هَؤلاءِ داوُدَ بقَولِهِم: «لَمْ يَذْهَبْ أُورِيّا إلَى بَيتِهِ.» فقالَ داودُ لأُورِيّا: «جِئْتَ مِنْ رِحلَةٍ طويلةٍ، فَلِمَ لَمْ تذهَبْ إلَى بَيتِكَ؟»

11 A nd Urijah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? thou livest, and thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

فَقالَ أُورِيّا: «الصُّنْدُوقُ المُقَدَّسُ وَجُنودُ إسْرائِيلَ ويَهُوَّذا يَنامُونَ في الخِيامِ. وَسيِّدي يوآبُ وضُبّاطُ مَولايَ المَلِكِ في خيامِهِم فِي الحقولِ. فَكَيفَ أذهَبُ إلَى بيتي لأشْرَبَ وَأُعاشِرَ زَوجَتي؟» أُقْسِمُ بِحَياتِكَ وَنَفْسِكَ، لا أفْعَلَ أمْراً كَهَذا!

12 A nd David said to Urijah, Abide here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. And Urijah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow.

فقالَ داوُدُ لأُورِيّا: «ابْقَ هُنا اليَوْمَ، وغداً أُرْجِعْك إلَى المَعْرَكَةِ.» في ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ، بَقِيَ أُورِيّا في مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ حَتَّى صَباحِ اليَوْمِ التّالي.

13 A nd David invited him, and he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.

ثُمَّ أرْسَلَ داوُدُ في طَلَبِهِ، فأكَلَ مَعَهُ وشرِبَ حَتَّى ثَمِلَ أُورِيّا، لَكِنَّهُ لمْ يَذْهَبْ إلَى بيتِهِ في ذاكَ المَساءِ أيْضاً، بَلْ نامَ عِنْدَ خُدّامِ الملِكِ بالْقُرْبِ مِنْ بابِ الملِكِ. داوُدُ يُخَطَّطُ لِمَوْتِ أُورِيّا

14 A nd it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by Urijah.

فِي صَباحِ اليَوْمِ التّالِي، كَتَبَ داوُدُ إلَى يُوآبَ رِسالَةً بَعَثَ بِها مع أُورِيّا.

15 A nd he wrote in the letter saying, Set Urijah in the front of the thickest fight, and withdraw from him, that he may be smitten and die.

وقَدْ جاءَ فيها: «ضَعْ أُورِيّا عندَ الخُطُوطِ الأمامِيَّة عِنْدما تَكُونُ المَعْرَكةُ في أشَدِّها، ثُمَّ تَراجَعُوا، وَلْيُقْتَلْ هُوَ في المَعْركَةِ.»

16 A nd it came to pass as Joab watched the city, that he assigned Urijah to a place where he knew that the valiant men were.

وَراقَبَ يُوآبُ المَدينَةَ وَحَدَّدَ موقِع العَمُّونِيِّينَ الأكثرَ شَجاعَةً وَقُوَّةً. وَاخْتارَ أُورِيّا لِكَي يَذْهَبَ إلَى ذاكَ المَوقِعِ.

17 A nd the men of the city went out and fought with Joab; and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David; and Urijah the Hittite died also.

ثُمَّ خَرَجَ رِجالُ المدينَةِ لِمُحارَبَةِ يُوآبَ، فَقُتِلَ بَعْضُ رِجالِ داوُدَ وَكانَ أُورِيّا الحثِّي واحِداً مِنْهُم.

18 T hen Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war;

وَأرْسَلَ يُوآبُ إلَى داوُدَ رسُولاً يُخبِرُهُ بِما حَصَلَ في المَعْرَكَةِ.

19 a nd charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast ended telling the matters of the war to the king,

وَقالَ لِلرَّسُولِ: «بَعدَ أنْ تُخبِرَ المَلِكَ بِأخبارِ المَعرَكَةِ،

20 a nd if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall?

رُبَّما يَغضَبُ الملِكُ وَيسَألُ: ‹لِمَ اقترَبَ جَيشُ يوآب إلَى هذا الحَدِّ من المدينةِ للقتال؟ ألا يَعرِفُ أنَّ فَوْقَ الأسْوارِ مَنْ يُطلِقونَ السِّهامَ؟

21 W ho smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why did ye go near the wall?—then say thou, Thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also.

مَنْ قَتَلَ أبيمالِكَ بنَ يَرُبُّوشَثَ؟ أما قَتَلَتْهُ امْرأةٌ بِحَجَرِ رَحَىً ألقَتَهُ مِنْ فَوقِ السُّورِ، فَماتَ في تاباص؟ فلِمَ اقْتَرَبَ مِنَ الأسْوارِ؟› فَقُلْ لَهُ: ‹ماتَ أيضاً ضابِطُكَ أُورِيّا الحِثِّيِّ!›»

22 A nd the messenger went; and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.

فَدَخَلَ الرّسولُ وَأخْبَرَ داوُدَ بِكُلِّ ما طَلَبَ مِنْهُ يوآب قولَهُ.

23 A nd the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and came out against us into the field, and we were upon them as far as the entrance of the gate.

قالَ الرّسولُ لِداوُدَ: «هاجَمَنا رِجالُ عَمُّونَ فِي الحَقلِ وَكادُوا أنْ يَتَغَلَّبُوا عَلَينا، فحاربْناهُم وَطارَدْناهُم حَتَّى بوّابَةِ المدينةِ.

24 A nd the shooters shot from upon the wall against thy servants; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also.

وهُناكَ، رَمَى الرِّجالُ مِنْ فَوْقَ أسْوارِ المَدينَةِ السِّهامَ عَلَى رِجالِكَ. فَقُتِلَ بَعْضُ رِجالِكَ يا مَولايَ المَلِكُ، وكَذَلِكَ قُتِلَ خادِمُكَ أُورِيّا الحِثّيُّ.»

25 T hen David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devours one as well as another: make thy battle strong against the city, and overthrow it;—and encourage him.

فقالَ داوُدُ للرَّسولِ: «انْقُلْ هذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ إلَى يوآبَ قُلْ لَهُ: ‹لا تَشْعُرَ باسْتِياءٍ بِسَبَبِ ما حَصَلَ. فَالسَّيفُ يقْتُلُ بلا تَمييزٍ. فَلْتَشُنَّ هُجوماً أقوى عَلَى رَبَّةَ، وَسَتَنْتَصرُ.› شَجِّعْ يوآبَ بِهذِه الكَلِماتِ.» داود يتزوَّجُ مِنْ بَثْشَبَع

26 A nd the wife of Urijah heard that Urijah her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.

وَبَلَغَ إلَى مَسامِعِ بَثْشَبَعَ خبرُ وَفاةِ زَوْجِها أُورِيّا، فَبَكَتْهُ.

27 A nd when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

وبَعْدَ أنِ انْقَضَتْ فَتْرَةُ حِدادِها، أرْسَلَ داوُدُ خُدّاماً يُحضِرونَها إلَى بَيتِهِ فأصْبحَتْ زوجَتَهُ وولدَتْ لهُ ابْناً. لَكِنَّ هذا الأمَرَ السَّيِّئَ الّذي اقْتَرَفَهُ داوُدُ لَمْ يُرْضِ اللهَ.