¹大卫犯罪

¹And it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the year — at the time of the going out of the messengers — that David sendeth Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroy the Bene-Ammon, and lay siege against Rabbah. And David is dwelling in Jerusalem,

²有一天近黄昏的时候，大卫从床上起来，在王宫的平顶上散步。他从平顶上看见一个妇人在洗澡；这妇人容貌美丽。

²and it cometh to pass, at evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the roof of the king`s house, and seeth from the roof a woman bathing, and the woman [is] of very good appearance,

³大卫派人去查问那妇人是谁。有人说：“这不是以连的女儿、赫人乌利亚的妻子拔示巴吗？”

³and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, `Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?`

⁴于是大卫差派使者去把她接来。她来到大卫那里，大卫就与她同房。那时她的月经刚得洁净。事后，她就回家去了。

⁴And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her — and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness — and she turneth back unto her house;

⁵后来那妇人怀了孕，就打发人去告诉大卫，说：“我怀孕了！”

⁵and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, `I [am] conceiving.`

⁶大卫派人到约押那里，说：“你打发赫人乌利亚到我这里来。”约押就打发乌利亚去见大卫。

⁶And David sendeth unto Joab, `Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,` and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David;

⁷乌利亚来到大卫那里，大卫就问约押和士兵可好，又问战场上的情形怎样。

⁷and Uriah cometh unto him, and David asketh of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.

⁸大卫对乌利亚说：“你回家去，洗洗脚吧！”乌利亚就离开了王宫。随后王的一份礼物也跟着送去。

⁸And David saith to Uriah, `Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet;` and Uriah goeth out of the king`s house, and there goeth out after him a gift from the king,

⁹乌利亚却和他主人的臣仆一同睡在王宫门外，没有回到自己家里去。

⁹and Uriah lieth down at the opening of the king`s house, with all the servants of his lord, and hath not gone down unto his house.

¹⁰有人告诉大卫说：“乌利亚没有下到自己家里去。”大卫就问乌利亚：“你不是从远路回来吗？为什么不下到自己家里去呢？”

¹⁰And they declare to David, saying, `Uriah hath not gone down unto his house;` and David saith unto Uriah, `Hast thou not come from a journey? wherefore hast thou not gone down unto thy house?`

¹¹乌利亚回答大卫说：“约柜、以色列人和犹大人都住在棚里，我主人约押和我主人的臣仆都在野地安营，我怎能回家吃喝，与妻子同睡呢？我指着王和王的生命发誓：我绝不敢作这样的事。”

¹¹And Uriah saith unto David, `The ark, and Israel, and Judah, are abiding in booths, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, on the face of the field are encamping; and I — I go in unto my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife! — thy life, and the life of thy soul — if I do this thing.`

¹²大卫对乌利亚说：“你今天还留在这里，明天我才打发你去。”那一天，乌利亚就留在耶路撒冷。

¹²And David saith unto Uriah, `Abide in this [place] also to-day, and to-morrow I send thee away;` and Uriah abideth in Jerusalem, on that day, and on the morrow,

¹³次日，大卫召了乌利亚来，叫乌利亚与他一起吃喝，使他喝醉。到了晚上，乌利亚出去，与他主人的臣仆一同睡在自己的床铺上，还是没有下到自己家里去。

¹³and David calleth for him, and he eateth before him, and drinketh, and he causeth him to drink, and he goeth out in the evening to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, and unto his house he hath not gone down.

¹⁴设计杀害乌利亚到了早晨，大卫写了一封给约押的信，交乌利亚亲手带去。

¹⁴And it cometh to pass in the morning, that David writeth a letter unto Joab, and sendeth by the hand of Uriah;

¹⁵他在信里写着说：“要把乌利亚派到战斗最猛烈的前线去，然后你们就退到他后边，让他被击杀。”

¹⁵and he writeth in the letter, saying, `Place ye Uriah over-against the front of the severest battle, and ye have turned back from after him, and he hath been smitten, and hath died.`

¹⁶那时，约押正在围城，他知道哪里有强悍的守军，就派乌利亚到那里去。

¹⁶And it cometh to pass in Joab`s watching of the city, that he appointeth Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men [are];

¹⁷城里的人出来，与约押交战。大卫的仆人中有一些倒毙了，赫人乌利亚也死了。

¹⁷and the men of the city go out and fight with Joab, and there fall [some] of the people, of the servants of David; and there dieth also Uriah the Hittite.

¹⁸于是，约押派人去把战事的一切情形都报告大卫。

¹⁸And Joab sendeth and declareth to David all the matters of the war,

¹⁹他又吩咐那使者说：“你把战事的一切情形对王说完了以后，

¹⁹and commandeth the messenger, saying, `At thy finishing all the matters of the war to speak unto the king,

²⁰王若是大怒，责问你：‘你们为什么那样靠近那城争战呢？你们不知道敌人会从城墙上射箭下来吗？

²⁰then, it hath been, if the king`s fury ascend, and he hath said to thee, Wherefore did ye draw nigh unto the city to fight? did ye not know that they shoot from off the wall?

²¹从前击杀了耶路．比设的儿子亚比米勒的是谁呢？不是一个妇人从城墙上把一块磨石丢在他身上，他就死在提备斯吗？你们为什么靠近城墙呢？’你就回答：‘王的仆人赫人乌利亚也死了。’”

²¹Who smote Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast on him a piece of a rider from the wall, and he dieth in Thebez? why drew ye nigh unto the wall? that thou hast said, Also thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.`

²²于是那使者去了；他一来到，就把约押差遣他所要说的一切都报告了大卫。

²²And the messenger goeth, and cometh in, and declareth to David all that with which Joab sent him,

²³那使者又对大卫说：“那些人比我们强，他们出到旷野攻打我们，我们把他们赶回城门口。

²³and the messenger saith unto David, `Surely the men have been mighty against us, and come out unto us into the field, and we are upon them unto the opening of the gate,

²⁴那时射手从城墙上射王的仆人；王的仆人中有些阵亡了，你的仆人赫人乌利亚也死了。”

²⁴and those shooting shoot at thy servants from off the wall, and [some] of the servants of the king are dead, and also, thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.

²⁵大卫对那使者说：“你要对约押这样说：‘不要为这件事难过，因为刀剑有时吞灭这人，有时吞灭那人。你只要加紧攻打这城，把城毁灭。’你要这样鼓励他。”

²⁵And David saith unto the messenger, `Thus dost thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing be evil in thine eyes; for thus and thus doth the sword devour; strengthen thy warfare against the city, and throw it down — and strengthen thou him.`

²⁶娶拔示巴为妻乌利亚的妻子听到丈夫乌利亚死了，就为他哀哭。

²⁶And the wife of Uriah heareth that Uriah her husband [is] dead, and lamenteth for her lord;

²⁷守丧期一过，大卫就派人去把拔示巴接到宫里，她就作了大卫的妻子，给大卫生了一个儿子。大卫所作的这事，耶和华看为恶。

²⁷and the mourning passeth by, and David sendeth and gathereth her unto his house, and she is to him for a wife, and beareth to him a son; and the thing which David hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah.