¹Zvino gore rakati rapera, panguva yokurwa kwamadzimambo, Dhavhidhi akatuma Joabhu pamwechete navaranda vake navaIsiraeri vose; vakaparadza vana vaAmoni, vakakombawo Rabha. Asi Dhavhidhi wakasara Jerusaremu.

¹And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they laid waste the [land of the] children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David abode at Jerusalem.

²Zvino nenguva yamadekwana, Dhavhidhi akamuka panhovo dzake, akafamba pamusoro pedenga reimba yamambo; akaona, aripo padenga, mukadzi wakange achishamba; zvino mukadzi uyo wakange akanaka kwazvo pakuonekwa kwake.

²And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, 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;

³Dhavhidhi akatuma munhu kundobvunza kuti mukadzi uyo ndianiko? Mumwe akati, Ko haazi iye Bhatishebha mukunda waEriami, mukadzi waUriya muHiti here?

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

⁴Dhavhidhi akatuma nhume kundomutora, akasvika kwaari, akavata naye (nokuti wakange anatswa pakusanaka kwake;) iye akadzokera kumba kwake.

⁴And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.

⁵Mukadzi akatora mimba, akatuma shoko kuna Dhavhidhi akamuudza akati, Ndava nemimba,

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

⁶Dhavhidhi akatuma shoko kuna Joabhu, akati, Tuma Uriya muHiti, auye kwandiri. Joabhu akatuma Uriya kuna Dhavhidhi.

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

⁷Zvino Uriya wakati achisvika kwaari, Dhavhidhi akamubvunza kuti, Joabhu wakadini, navanhu vakadini, nokurwa kwakadini.

⁷And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.

⁸Zvino Dhavhidhi akati kuna Uriya, Burukira kumba kwako, undoshambidza tsoka dzako. Uriya akabva paimba yamambo, akatumirwa chipo chezvokudya namambo.

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

⁹Asi Uriya wakavata pamukova weimba yamambo pamwechete navaranda vose vatenzi wake, haana kuburukira kumba kwake.

⁹And Urijah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

¹⁰Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati achiudzwa kuti Uriya haana kuburukira kumba kwake, Dhavhidhi akati kuna Uriya, Hauna kubva kurwendo here? Waregereiko kuburukira kumba kwako?

¹⁰And they had told David saying, Urijah did not go down to his house; and David said to Urijah, Art thou not come from a journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?

¹¹Uriya akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Areka, navaIsiraeri, navaJudha vagere mumatumba, nashe wangu Joabhu, navaranda vashe wangu vari mumatende avo kusango; zvino ini ndingapinda seiko mumba mangu ndidye, ndivate nomukadzi wangu? Noupenyu bwenyu, uye noupenyu hwomweya wenyu, handingatongoiti chinhu ichi.

¹¹And Urijah said to 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 fields: 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.

¹²Dhavhidhi akati kuna Uriya, Gara pano nanhasi, mangwana ndichakutendera kuenda. Naizvozvo Uriya akagara Jerusaremu zuva iro neramangwana.

¹²And David said to Urijah, Abide here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. And Urijah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow.

¹³Ipapo Dhavhidhi akamudana, akadya nokumwa pamberi pake, akamubatisa nedoro; zvino madeko akabuda akandovata panhovo dzake navaranda vashe wake, asi haana kuburukira kumba kwake.

¹³And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.

¹⁴Zvino mangwana Dhavhidhi akanyorera Joabhu rugwaro, akarutuma noruoko rwaUriya.

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

¹⁵Akanyora parugwaro, akati, Isa Uriya pamberi panonyanyisa kurwiwa, mumusiye ari oga, aurawe afe.

¹⁵And he wrote in the letter saying, Set Urijah in the front of the thickest fight, and withdraw from him, that he may be smitten and die.

¹⁶Zvino Joabhu wakati acherekedza guta, akaisa Uriya paakanga achiziva kuti varume voumhare varipo.

¹⁶And it came to pass as Joab watched the city, that he assigned Urijah to a place where he knew that the valiant men were.

¹⁷Vanhu veguta vakabuda kuzorwa naJoabhu, vamwe varanda vaDhavhidhi vakaurawa, naiye Uriya muHiti akafawo.

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 Urijah the Hittite died also.

¹⁸Ipapo Joabhu akatuma munhu kundoudza Dhavhidhi mashoko ose okurwa.

¹⁸Then Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war;

¹⁹Akaraira nhume, akati, Kana wapedza kurondedzera kuna mambo mashoko ose okurwa,

¹⁹and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast ended telling the matters of the war to the king,

²⁰kana kutsamwa kwamambo kukamuka, iye akati kwauri, Makaswederereiko pedo zvikuru neguta pakurwa kwenyu? Hamuna kuziva here kuti vachafura vari parusvingo?

²⁰and if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall?

²¹Ndianiko wakauraya Abhimereki mwanakomana waJeribhesheti? wakange asiri mukadzi wakakanda huyo pamusoro pake ari parusvingo, akafira paTebhezi here? Makaswederereiko pedo zvikuru norusvingo? Ipapo iwe uti, Muranda wenyu Uriya muHiti, wafawo.

²¹Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why did ye go near the wall? -- then say thou, Thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also.

²²Naizvozvo nhume yakaenda, ikasvika, ikaudza Dhavhidhi zvose zvayakanga yatumirwa naJoabhu.

²²And the messenger went; and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.

²³Nhume ikati kuna Dhavhidhi, Varume avo vakatikurira, vakabudira kwatiri kusango, tikavadzingirira kusvikira pavanopinda napo pasuwo.

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

²⁴Vafuri vakafura varanda venyu vari parusvingo, vamwe varanda vamambo vakafa, naiye muranda wenyu Uriya muHiti wafawo.

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

²⁵Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati kunhume, Iti kuna Joabhu, Izvi ngazvirege kukusuwisa, nekuti munondo unoparadza mumwe pano nomumwe kumwe; tsunga hako pakurwa neguta, uriputse; newe enda undomusimbisa.

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

²⁶Zvino mukadzi waUriya wakati anzwa kuti murume wake Uriya wafa, akachema murume wake.

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

²⁷Akati apedza kuchema, Dhavhidhi akatuma nhume kumutora, akamuisa mumba make, akava mukadzi wake, akamuberekera mwana komana. Asi chinhu ichi, chakanga chaitwa naDhavhidhi, hachina kufadza Mwari.

²⁷And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Jehovah.