¹And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

¹In ko je preteklo leto, ob času, ko hodijo kralji ven na boj, pošlje David Joaba in hlapce svoje ž njim in vsega Izraela; in opustošili so deželo Amonovih sinov in oblegali Rabo. David pa je ostal v Jeruzalemu.

²And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

²In zgodi se proti večeru, ko je vstal David iz postelje in se je izprehajal po strehi kraljeve hiše, da je videl s strehe ženo, ki se je kopala. Žena pa je bila silno lepega lica.

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

³In David pošlje in vpraša po tisti ženi. In nekdo reče: Ni li Batseba, hči Eliamova, žena Urija Hetejca?

⁴And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

⁴In David pošlje tja sle in jo da pripeljati. In pride k njemu, in on je spal pri njej. In ko se je očistila nečistote svoje, se vrne v hišo svojo.

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

⁵In žena je spočela; in pošlje ter oznani Davidu, rekoč: Spočela sem.

⁶And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

⁶In David sporoči Joabu: Pošlji mi Urija Hetejca! In Joab pošlje Urija k Davidu.

⁷And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

⁷In ko pride Urija k njemu, ga vpraša David, kako se godi Joabu in ljudstvu ter kako napreduje vojska.

⁸And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

⁸In David veli Uriju: Pojdi doli v hišo svojo in umij si noge! In Urija odide iz kraljeve hiše, in za njim pride kraljevo darilo.

⁹But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

⁹Ali Urija je spal pred vrati kraljeve hiše z vsemi hlapci gospoda svojega in ni šel doli v hišo svojo.

¹⁰And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

¹⁰In ko so povedali Davidu: Urija ni šel doli v hišo svojo, reče David Uriju: Nisi li prišel s pota? Zakaj nisi stopil doli v hišo svojo?

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

¹¹Urija pa odgovori Davidu: Skrinja in Izrael in Juda bivajo v šatorih, in Joab, gospod moj, in gospoda mojega hlapci tabore na polju, in jaz naj bi šel v hišo svojo, da jem in pijem in spim pri ženi svoji? Kakor res živiš in kakor živi duša tvoja, tega ne storim!

¹²And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

¹²In David veli Uriju: Ostani tu še danes, jutri te odpošljem! Tako je ostal Urija v Jeruzalemu tisti in naslednji dan.

¹³And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

¹³In David ga povabi, da bi jedel in pil pred njim, in ga upijani; ali on gre zvečer ven leč na ležišče svoje s hlapci gospoda svojega, in ni šel doli v hišo svojo.

¹⁴And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

¹⁴Zjutraj pa napiše David list Joabu in ga pošlje po Uriju.

¹⁵And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

¹⁵V list pa napiše takole: Postavite Urija prvega tja, kjer je bitka najhujša, in umeknite se od njega, da ga udarijo in umre.

¹⁶And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

¹⁶Ko je torej Joab obkolil mesto, postavi Urija na mesto, za katero je vedel, da so tam junaški možje.

¹⁷And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

¹⁷In možje planejo iz mesta in se bojujejo z Joabom, in padejo nekateri iz ljudstva, iz hlapcev Davidovih, tudi Urija Hetejec umrje.

¹⁸Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

¹⁸Nato pošlje Joab in naznani Davidu vse, kar se je v boju prigodilo,

¹⁹And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

¹⁹in zapove slu, rekoč: Ko kralju dopoveš vse, kar se je v boju zgodilo,

²⁰And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

²⁰in boš videl, da se razsrdi in ti poreče: Zakaj ste tako blizu pristopili k mestu, da se bojujete? Niste li vedeli, da bodo z ozidja doli streljali?

²¹Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

²¹Kdo je ubil Abimeleka, sina Jerub-besetovega [Sodn. se imenuje Jerub-baal.]? ni li vrgla žena zgornjega mlinskega kamena nanj z obzidja, da je umrl v Tebezu? Zakaj ste pristopili tako blizu zidovja? – tedaj reci: Hlapec tvoj, Urija Hetejec, je tudi mrtev.

²²So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

²²Šel je torej sel, in pride in oznani Davidu vse, kar mu je sporočil Joab.

²³And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

²³In reče sel Davidu: Možje so bili močnejši nego mi in so planili nad nas na polje, mi pa smo jih potisnili nazaj do vhoda v mestna vrata.

²⁴And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

²⁴In strelci so streljali na hlapce tvoje z obzidja, da so umrli nekateri hlapcev kraljevih, in hlapec tvoj, Urija Hetejec, je tudi mrtev.

²⁵Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

²⁵David reče slu: Reci Joabu: Naj se ti ne zdi prehuda ta reč, zakaj meč požre zdaj tega, zdaj onega; vztrajaj le v boju zoper mesto in ga razdeni! S tem ga ohrabri!

²⁶And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

²⁶Ko pa je slišala žena Urijeva, da je umrl Urija, njen mož, je žalovala po svojem soprogu.In ko je minilo žalovanje, pošlje David in jo vzame v hišo svojo, in je postala žena njegova in mu je rodila sina. Ali reč, ki jo je bil David storil, je bila huda v očeh GOSPODOVIH.

²⁷And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

²⁷In ko je minilo žalovanje, pošlje David in jo vzame v hišo svojo, in je postala žena njegova in mu je rodila sina. Ali reč, ki jo je bil David storil, je bila huda v očeh GOSPODOVIH.