¹And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

¹In GOSPOD pošlje Natana k Davidu. In pride k njemu ter mu reče: Dva moža sta bila v enem mestu: eden bogat, drugi ubog.

²The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

²Bogatin je imel silno veliko ovac in goved.

³But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

³A ubožec ni imel ničesar razen edine drobne ovčice, ki si jo je bil kupil in zredil; in zrasla je pri njem ž njegovimi otroki vred: od njegovega grižljaja je jedla in iz njegovega kozarca je pila in njemu v naročju je spavala, in bila mu je kakor hči.

⁴And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

⁴Pa pride popotnik k bogatinu, in temu se je žalilo vzeti iz ovac in goved svojih, da pripravi jed popotniku, ki je prišel k njemu, ampak vzame ubožcu ovčico ter jo pripravi možu, ki je dospel k njemu.

⁵And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

⁵In Davidov srd se silno razvname zoper tistega moža, in veli Natanu: Kakor res GOSPOD živi, sin smrti je človek, ki je to storil;

⁶And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

⁶tudi ovco mora povrniti četvero, ker je tako reč storil in ker se mu ni smililo.

⁷And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

⁷Natan pa reče Davidu: Ti si tisti mož! Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Jaz sem te pomazilil za kralja nad Izraelom in jaz sem te otel iz roke Savlove,

⁸And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

⁸in dal sem ti gospodarja tvojega hišo in gospodarja tvojega žene v naročje tvoje, in dal sem ti hišo Izraelovo in Judovo; in ako bi to bilo premalo, bi hotel pridejati še to in ono.

⁹Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

⁹Zakaj si zaničeval besedo GOSPODOVO, da si storil, kar je hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH? Urija Hetejca si udaril z mečem in ženo njegovo sebi vzel za ženo, njega pa si umoril z mečem Amonovih sinov!

¹⁰Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

¹⁰Sedaj torej ne odstopi meč od hiše tvoje nikdar, ker si me zaničeval in si vzel Uriju Hetejcu ženo, da bodi tvoja žena.

¹¹Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

¹¹Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, hočem obuditi nesrečo zoper tebe iz hiše tvoje, in vzamem žene tvoje tebi pred očmi in jih dam bližnjemu tvojemu, da bo spal pri ženah tvojih pri svetlem solncu.

¹²For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

¹²Ti si res to skrivaj storil, ali jaz to storim vpričo vsega Izraela, ob belem dnevu.

¹³And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

¹³In David reče Natanu: Grešil sem zoper GOSPODA. A Natan reče Davidu: GOSPOD je tudi odvzel greh tvoj, ne boš umrl.

¹⁴Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

¹⁴Toda ker si s tem dejanjem dal priliko sovražnikom GOSPODOVIM, da preklinjajo, zato tudi sin, ki se ti je rodil, gotovo umre.

¹⁵And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

¹⁵In Natan odide domov. In GOSPOD udari otroka, ki ga je rodila žena Urijeva Davidu, in razboli se na smrt.

¹⁶David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

¹⁶In David je iskal Boga zavoljo dečka in se je postil in prišel in ležal vso noč na tleh.

¹⁷And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

¹⁷Tedaj vstanejo starejšine hiše njegove in stopijo okrog njega, da bi ga vzdignili s tal, ali on ni hotel, tudi ni jedel kruha ž njimi.

¹⁸And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

¹⁸In zgodi se sedmi dan, da umrje dete. Bali so se pa hlapci Davidovi mu povedati, da je dete mrtvo, kajti dejali so: Glej, ko je dete še živelo, smo mu govorili, pa ni poslušal našega glasu; kako naj mu povemo, da je dete mrtvo? Lahko stori kaj hudega.

¹⁹But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

¹⁹David pa, videč, da šepetajo med seboj hlapci njegovi, zazna, da je umrlo dete, in vpraša hlapce: Je li dete umrlo? Reko: Umrlo je.

²⁰Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

²⁰Tedaj vstane David s tal in se umije in pomaže in preobleče, ter pride v hišo GOSPODOVO in moli. In ko se vrne domov, veli, naj mu prineso kruha, in jedel je.

²¹Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

²¹Nato mu reko hlapci njegovi: Kaj je to, kar počenjaš? Ko je dete živelo, si se postil in plakal zanje, ko pa je dete mrtvo, si vstal in ješ kruh?

²²And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

²²Odgovori: Dokler je dete še živelo, sem se postil in plakal, zakaj menil sem: Kdo ve, mi li ne bode GOSPOD milosten, da živo ostane dete?

²³But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

²³Ali zdaj, ko je mrtvo, kaj bi se postil? Ga li morem v življenje povrniti? Jaz pač pojdem k njemu, a ono se ne vrne k meni.

²⁴And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

²⁴In ko je David potolažil Batsebo, ženo svojo, je šel k njej in spal ž njo. In rodila je sina, tega je imenoval Salomona. In GOSPOD ga je ljubil,

²⁵And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

²⁵in sporočil je po Natanu proroku, in on mu je dal ime Jedidija [T. j. ljubljenec GOSPODOV*.] zaradi GOSPODA.

²⁶And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

²⁶Joab pa se je bojeval zoper Rabo sinov Amonovih in je zavzel kraljevo mesto.

²⁷And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

²⁷In Joab pošlje sle k Davidu in sporoči: Bojeval sem se zoper Rabo in tudi zavzel Vodno mesto.

²⁸Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

²⁸Sedaj pa zberi ostalo ljudstvo in oblezi mesto ter ga dobodi, da ga jaz ne dobim in se bo imenovalo po meni!

²⁹And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

²⁹David torej zbere vse ljudstvo in gre proti Rabi in se bojuje zoper njo ter jo dobi.

³⁰And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

³⁰In vzame krono njih kralja ž njegove glave, in njena teža je bila talent zlata in v njej so bili dragi kameni; in posadili so jo Davidu na glavo. Tudi plena iz mesta je odpeljal silno veliko.Ljudstvo pa, ki je bilo v njem, je odpeljal in jih je postavil k žagam in k železnim strojem in k železnim sekiram ter jim je velel iti v opekarnice. Tako je storil vsem mestom Amonovih sinov. Potem se je vrnil David in vse ljudstvo v Jeruzalem.

³¹And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

³¹Ljudstvo pa, ki je bilo v njem, je odpeljal in jih je postavil k žagam in k železnim strojem in k železnim sekiram ter jim je velel iti v opekarnice. Tako je storil vsem mestom Amonovih sinov. Potem se je vrnil David in vse ljudstvo v Jeruzalem.