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

¹And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: `Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;

²Bogatin je imel silno veliko ovac in goved.

²The rich hath flocks and herds very many;

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.

³And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

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.

⁴And there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto him.`

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

⁵And the anger of David burneth against the man exceedingly, and he saith unto Nathan, `Jehovah liveth, surely a son of death [is] the man who is doing this,

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

⁶and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.`

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,

⁷And Nathan saith unto David, `Thou [art] the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

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.

⁸and I give to thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and I give to thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if little, then I add to thee such and such [things].

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!

⁹`Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil thing in His eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten by the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to thee for a wife, and him thou hast slain by the sword of the Bene-Ammon.

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

¹⁰`And now, the sword doth not turn aside from thy house unto the age, because thou hast despised Me, and dost take the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be to thee for a wife;

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.

¹¹thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am raising up against thee evil, out of thy house, and have taken thy wives before thine eyes, and given to thy neighbour, and he hath lain with thy wives before the eyes of this sun;

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

¹²for thou hast done [it] in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.`

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

¹³And David saith unto Nathan, `I have sinned against Jehovah.` And Nathan saith unto David, `Also — Jehovah hath caused thy sin to pass away; thou dost not die;

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

¹⁴only, because thou hast caused the enemies of Jehovah greatly to despise by this thing, also the son who is born to thee doth surely die.`

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

¹⁵And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable;

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

¹⁶and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

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.

¹⁷And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;

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.

¹⁸and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the lad dieth, and the servants of David fear to declare to him that the lad is dead, for they said, `Lo, in the lad being alive we spake unto him, and he did not hearken to our voice; and how do we say unto him, The lad is dead? — then he hath done evil.`

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

¹⁹And David seeth that his servants are whispering, and David understandeth that the lad is dead, and David saith unto his servants, `Is the lad dead?` and they say, `Dead.`

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.

²⁰And David riseth from the earth, and doth bathe and anoint [himself], and changeth his raiment, and cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and boweth himself, and cometh unto his house, and asketh and they place for him bread, and he eateth.

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?

²¹And his servants say unto him, `What [is] this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.`

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?

²²And he saith, `While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? — Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived;

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.

²³and now, he hath died, why [is] this — I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.`

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,

²⁴And David comforteth Bath-Sheba his wife, and goeth in unto her, and lieth with her, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Solomon; and Jehovah hath loved him,

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

²⁵and sendeth by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and calleth his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.

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

²⁶And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,

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

²⁷and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, `I have fought against Rabbah — also I have captured the city of waters;

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

²⁸and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.`

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

²⁹And David gathereth all the people, and goeth to Rabbah, and fighteth against it, and captureth it;

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.

³⁰and he taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and its weight [is] a talent of gold, and precious stones, and it is on the head of David; and the spoil of the city he hath brought out, very much;

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.

³¹and the people who [are] in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes of iron, and hath caused them to pass over into the brick-kiln; and so he doth to all the cities of the Bene-Ammon; and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.