2 Samuela 11
1In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
1PEA naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi heʻene ʻosi ʻae taʻu, pea ʻi he faʻahitaʻu ʻoku ʻalu atu ai ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ke tau, naʻe fekau atu ai ʻe Tevita ʻa Soape pea mo ʻene kakai mo ia, pea mo ʻIsileli kātoa; pea naʻa nau maumauʻi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, ʻonau kāpui ʻa Lapa. Ka naʻe nofo ai pe ʻa Tevita ʻi Selūsalema.
2It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
2Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he efiafi ʻe taha, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Tevita mei hono mohenga, pea naʻa ne ʻeveʻeva ki ʻolunga ʻi he tuʻa fale ʻoe tuʻi: pea naʻa ne mamata mei he tuʻa fale ki he fefine naʻe fai ʻene kaukau; pea naʻe hoihoifua ʻaupito ʻae fefine ke sio ki ai.
3And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
3Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Tevita ke fehuʻi pe ko hai ʻae fefine. Pea naʻe tala mai, ʻIkai ko Patisepa ia, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Iliami, ko e ʻunoho ʻo ʻUlia ko e tangata Heti?
4So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.
4Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe Tevita ʻae kau talafekau, ʻonau ʻomi ia; pea naʻa ne haʻu kiate ia, pea naʻa ne mohe mo ia pea naʻe fakamaʻa ia mei heʻene taʻemaʻa, pea naʻe toe ʻalu ia ki hono fale.
5And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, “I am pregnant.”
5Pea naʻe tuituʻia ʻae fefine, pea naʻa ne fekau ke fakahā kia Tevita, ʻo pehē kuo u feitama.
6So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.
6Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe Tevita kia Soape, ʻo pehē, “Fekau ke haʻu kiate au ʻa ʻUlia ko e tangata Heti .” Pea naʻe fekau ʻa ʻUlia ʻe Soape kia Tevita.
7When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going.
7Pea ʻi heʻene hoko mai ʻa ʻUlia kiate ia, naʻe ʻeke ʻe Tevita pe kuo fēfē ʻa Soape, pea fēfē mo e kakai, pea kuo fēfē ʻae fai ʻoe tau.
8Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king.
8Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻUlia, “ʻAlu hifo ki ho fale, pea kaukauʻi ho vaʻe.” Pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa ʻUlia mei he fale ʻoe tuʻi, pea naʻe ʻave ʻo muimui ʻiate ia ʻae mangisi maʻana mei he tuʻi.
9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
9Ka naʻe mohe ʻa ʻUlia ʻi he veʻe matapā ʻoe fale ʻoe tuʻi fakataha mo e kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē ʻo ʻene ʻeiki, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻalu hifo ia ki hono fale.
10When they told David, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
10Pea ʻi heʻenau fakahā ia kia Tevita, ʻo pehē, naʻe ʻikai ʻalu hifo ʻa ʻUlia ki hono fale, naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻUlia, ʻIkai naʻa ke hoko mai mei ha fononga? Pea ko e hā ai naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻalu hifo ki ho fale?
11Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”
11Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻUlia kia Tevita, “ʻOku nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻae puha tapu, mo ʻIsileli, pea mo Siuta; pea ʻoku ʻapitanga ʻa Soape ko hoku ʻeiki, mo e kakai ʻa hoku ʻeiki, ʻi he ʻataʻatā ʻoe fonua; pea te u ʻalu au ki hoku fale ʻoʻoku, ke kai mo inu, pea ke mohe mo hoku ʻunoho? Hangē ʻoku ke moʻui, pea hangē ʻoku moʻui ho laumālie, ʻe ʻikai te u fai ʻae meʻa ni.”
12Then David said to Uriah, “Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
12Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻUlia, “Nofo ʻi heni he ʻaho ni foki, pea te u tuku koe ke ke ʻalu ʻapongipongi.” Ko ia naʻe nofo ai ʻa ʻUlia ʻi Selūsalema ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, mo e ʻaho ʻe taha.
13And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
13Pea ʻi heʻene ui mai ia ʻe Tevita, naʻa ne kai mo inu ʻi hono ʻao; pea naʻa ne fakainu ia ke kona: pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki he poʻuli, naʻa ne ʻalu atu ke tokoto ki hono mohenga, fakataha mo e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻo ʻene ʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai ʻalu hifo ia ki hono fale.
14In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
14Pea ʻi heʻene pongipongi hake naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe fai ʻe Tevita ha tohi kia Soape, ʻo ne tuku ia ki he nima ʻo ʻUlia ke ne ʻave.
15In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die.”
15Pea naʻa ne tohi ʻi he tohi, ʻo pehē, “Mou tuku atu ʻa ʻUlia ke muʻomuʻa ʻi he mālohi ʻoe tau, pea mou toki fakaholomui ʻiate ia, koeʻuhi ke teʻia ia ke ne mate.”
16And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men.
16Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene ʻosi ʻae vakai ʻoe kolo ʻe Soape, naʻa ne tuku ʻa ʻUlia ki ha potu ʻaia naʻa ne ʻilo kuo ʻi ai ʻae kau tangata toʻa.
17And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.
17Pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻae kau tangata ʻoe kolo, pea naʻa nau tau mo Soape: pea naʻe teʻia ʻae niʻihi ʻi he kakai ʻo Tevita; pea naʻe mate foki ʻa ʻUlia.
18Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting.
18Hili ia naʻe fekau atu ʻe Soape ʻo ne fakahā kia Tevita ʻae meʻa kotoa pē naʻe kau ki he tau;
19And he instructed the messenger, “When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,
19Pea naʻa ne fakapapau ki he tangata fekau, ʻo pehē, “ʻOka ʻosi ʻa hoʻo tala ki he tuʻi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku kau ki he tau,
20then, if the king’s anger rises, and if he says to you, ‘Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
20Pea kapau ʻe tupu ʻae houhau ʻae tuʻi, pea ne pehē mai kiate koe, ‘Ko e hā naʻa mou fakaofi pehē fau ai ki he kolo ʻi he fai ʻoe tau? ʻIkai naʻa mou ʻilo te nau fana mei he ʻā?
21Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’”
21Ko hai naʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻApimeleki ko e foha ʻo Selupeseti? ʻIkai naʻe lī ʻae konga maka momosi kiate ia ʻe ha fefine mei he funga ʻā, ʻo ne mate ai ʻi Tipesi? Ko e hā naʻa mou ofi ai ki he ʻā?’ Pea ke toki pehē ʻe koe, ‘Kuo mate foki ʻa ʻUlia ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki.’|”
22So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell.
22Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻae talafekau, ʻo ne haʻu mo fakahā kia Tevita ʻae meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fekau ai ia ʻe Soape.
23The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
23Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he talafekau kia Tevita, “Ko e moʻoni naʻe fai mālohi mai ʻae kau tangata, ʻonau haʻu kituʻa kiate kimautolu ki he ʻataʻatā, pea naʻa mau tuli atu kiate kinautolu ʻo aʻu ki he hūʻanga, ʻoe matanikolo.
24Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.”
24Pea naʻe fana mai ʻe he kau tangata fana mei he ʻā ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki; pea kuo mate ʻae niʻihi ʻi he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻae tuʻi, pea kuo mate foki mo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko ʻUlia ko e tangata Heti.”
25David said to the messenger, “Thus shall you say to Joab, ‘Do not let this matter trouble you, for the sword devours now one and now another. Strengthen your attack against the city and overthrow it.’And encourage him.”
25Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Tevita ki he tangata fekau, “Te ke lea ʻo pehē kia Soape, Ke ʻoua naʻa kovi ʻae meʻa ni kiate koe, he ʻoku keina noa pe ʻe he heletā: ʻai ke mālohi hake ʻae fai ʻoe tau ki he kolo, pea fakato ia ki lalo: pea ke tokoni koe kiate ia.”
26When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband.
26Pea ʻi heʻene fanongo ʻe he ʻunoho ʻo ʻUlia kuo pekia ʻa ʻUlia ko hono ʻunoho, naʻa ne mamahi koeʻuhi ko hono ʻunoho.
27And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
27Pea ʻi he ʻosiange ʻa hono tēngihia, naʻe fekau ʻe Tevita mo ne ʻomi ia ki hono fale, pea naʻa ne hoko ko hono ʻunoho, pea naʻa ne fanauʻi ʻae foha kiate ia. Ka naʻe kovi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻae meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Tevita.