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.

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,

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.

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,

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

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

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.

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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,

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

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.

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?

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?`

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!

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.`

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

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,

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.`

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

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];

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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?

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.

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.`

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

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

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.

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,

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

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.

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!

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.`

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.

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

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.