¹A stalo sa po roku, o čase, keď vychádzavajú kráľovia do vojny, že poslal Dávid Joába a svojich služobníkov s ním i celého Izraela, ktorí potom hubili synov Ammonových a obľahli Rabbu. Ale Dávid zostal v Jeruzaleme.

¹And it came to pass, at the return of the year, 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 children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.

²A stalo sa jedného dňa po čas večera, že Dávid vstal so svojej postele a prechádzal sa na postreší domu kráľovho a videl s postrešia ženu, ktorá sa umývala. A žena bola veľmi pekná čo do postavy a tvári.

²And it came to pass at eventide, 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 bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

³A Dávid poslal posla a pýtal sa na tú ženu. A ktosi povedal: Či nie je to Bat-šeba, dcéra Eliamova, žena Uriáša Hetejského?

³And David send and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

⁴Vtedy poslal Dávid poslov a vzal ju, a keď vošla k nemu, ležal s ňou. A ona sa bola práve očistila od svojej nečistoty. A navrátila sa do svojho domu.

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.

⁵A žena otehotnela a preto pošlúc oznámila to Dávidovi a riekla: Som tehotná.

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

⁶Vtedy poslal Dávid k Joábovi s odkazom: Pošli ku mne Uriáša Hetejského. A Joáb poslal Uriáša k Dávidovi.

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

⁷A tak prišiel Uriáš k nemu. A Dávid sa pýtal, ako sa má Joáb, ako sa má ľud, a jako sa darí vojna?

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

⁸A potom riekol Dávid Uriášovi: Iď dolu do svojho domu a umy si nohy. A keď vyšiel Uriáš z domu kráľovho, vyšiel za ním dar kráľov.

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 food] from the king.

⁹Ale Uriáš ležal pri dveriach, pri vchode do domu kráľovho so všetkými služobníkmi svojho pána a neodišiel dolu do svojho domu.

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.

¹⁰Vtedy oznámili Dávidovi a riekli: Uriáš neodišiel dolu do svojho domu: A Dávid riekol Uriášovi: Či si neprišiel z cesty? Prečo si neodišiel dolu do svojho domu?

¹⁰And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house?

¹¹A Uriáš povedal Dávidovi: Truhla Božia a Izrael i Júda bývajú v stánoch, i môj pán Joáb ako aj služobníci môjho pána táboria na poli, a ja by som mal vojsť do svojho domu, aby som jedol a pil a ležal so svojou ženou? Jako že žiješ, a jako žije tvoja duša, neučiním tej veci.

¹¹And Uriah said unto 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 field; shall I then go into my 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.

¹²Vtedy riekol Dávid Uriášovi: Zostaň tu i dnes, a zajtra ťa prepustím. A tak zostal Uriáš v Jeruzaleme toho dňa i nasledujúceho dňa.

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.

¹³A keď ho pozval Dávid, jedol pred ním a pil a opojil ho. Ale večer vyšiel ľahnúť si na svoje ležište so služobníkmi svojho pána, a neodišiel dolu do svojho domu.

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.

¹⁴Potom ráno sa stalo, že Dávid napísal Joábovi list a poslal ho po Uriášovi.

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

¹⁵A v tom liste napísal toto: Postavte Uriáša dopredu ta, kde je boj najtuhší, a potom ustúpte zpät od neho, aby bol uderený a aby zomrel.

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.

¹⁶A stalo sa, keď obliehajúc strážil Joáb mesto, že postavil Uriáša na miesto, o ktorom vedel, že sú tam silní mužovia.

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

¹⁷A keď vyšli mužovia mesta a bojovali proti Joábovi, vtedy padlo niekoľko mužov z ľudu, zo služobníkov Dávidových, a zomrel aj Uriáš Hetejský.

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

¹⁸Potom poslal Joáb posla a oznámil Dávidovi všetko, čo sa týkalo vojny.

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

¹⁹A prikázal poslovi a riekol: Keď dopovieš kráľovi všetko o vojne,

¹⁹and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

²⁰a bude, ak vzplanie prchlivosť kráľova, a povie ti: Prečo ste sa priblížili k mestu, aby ste tam bojovali? Či neviete, že strieľajú s múru?

²⁰it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

²¹Ktože zabil Abimelecha, syna Jerubbešetovho? Či to nebola žena, ktorá hodila na neho kus žernova s múru, a zomrel v Tébeci? Prečo ste sa tedy priblížili k múru? Vtedy povieš. Aj tvoj služobník, Uriáš Hetejský, zomrel.

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

²²A tak odišiel posol a prijdúc oznámil Dávidovi všetko, pre čo ho poslal Joáb.

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

²³A posol povedal Dávidovi: Premohli nás tí mužovia a vyšli proti nám na pole, ale my sme potom útočili na nich až po vchod do brány.

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

²⁴No, vtedy strelili strelci do tvojich služobníkov s múru, a zomreli niektorí zo služobníkov kráľových, aj tvoj služobník Uriáš Hetejský zomrel.

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

²⁵Vtedy riekol Dávid poslovi: Takto povieš Joábovi: Nech nie je tá vec zlá v tvojich očiach, a nech ťa to netrápi, lebo meč žerie raz toho a raz toho. Zosilni svoj boj proti mestu a rozbor ho! A dodaj mu sily.

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.

²⁶A keď počula žena Uriášova, že zomrel Uriáš, jej muž, smútila nad svojím manželom.

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

²⁷A keď pominul smútok, poslal Dávid po ňu a vzal ju do svojho domu, a bola mu ženou. A porodila mu syna. Ale vec, ktorú vykonal Dávid, bola zlá v očiach Hospodinových.

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