1 T hen it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed 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 N ow when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

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

3 S o David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

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

4 D avid sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

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

5 T he woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “ I am pregnant.”

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

6 T hen David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

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

7 W hen Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war.

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

8 T hen David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and a present from the king was sent out after him.

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

9 B ut Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

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

10 N ow when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”

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

11 U riah said to David, “ The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, 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 T hen David said to Uriah, “ Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

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

13 N ow David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with his lord’s servants, but he 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 N ow in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

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

15 H e had written in the letter, saying, “ Place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and die.”

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

16 S o it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.

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

17 T he men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David’s servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.

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

18 T hen Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war.

وَأرْسَلَ يُوآبُ إلَى داوُدَ رسُولاً يُخبِرُهُ بِما حَصَلَ في المَعْرَكَةِ.

19 H e charged the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

وَقالَ لِلرَّسُولِ: «بَعدَ أنْ تُخبِرَ المَلِكَ بِأخبارِ المَعرَكَةِ،

20 a nd if it happens that the king’s wrath rises and he says to you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you 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 struck down Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’—then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah 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 S o the messenger departed and came and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell.

فَدَخَلَ الرّسولُ وَأخْبَرَ داوُدَ بِكُلِّ ما طَلَبَ مِنْهُ يوآب قولَهُ.

23 T he messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us and came out against us in the field, but we pressed 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 M oreover, the archers shot at your servants from the wall; so some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

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 you shall say to Joab, ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and overthrow it’; and so 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 N ow when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

وَبَلَغَ إلَى مَسامِعِ بَثْشَبَعَ خبرُ وَفاةِ زَوْجِها أُورِيّا، فَبَكَتْهُ.

27 W hen the time of mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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.