Davidi tsî Batsebas tsîra
1 Sao ra ǁhaoǁaeb ǃnâ, gao-aogu ǁnaetisase torob ǃoa gere ǃgûǂoa ǁaeb aib ge Davida Joaba ǁîb toroǂamkhoegu tsî Israeli toroǂnubis hoas ǀkha ge sîǂui. ǁÎgu ge Amonǁîna dan tsî Rabasa ge ǃnamiǂgā, xawe Davidi ge Jerusalems ǃnâ ge hâ-oa.
2 ǀGuitsēb ge Davida karaǁaeb ai sâǁgoeb ge hâ ipa xu khâi tsî gao-ommi ǂamǃnâ gere ǃgûma. ǁNāpa xub ge khōsen ra khoesa ge mû; ǁîs ge kaise ge îxa i. 3 Davidi ge khoe-e sî tsî nē khoes xa a ǂanǂui kai, ob ge “Batsebas Eliammi ôas, Uriab Hetǁîb taras ge” ti ge mîbahe. 4 Ob ge Davida sîsabega sî tsî ǁîsa ge ǀkhī-ū kai. Nēs ge ǁîs ǁkhâǀaesenna xus khōsen tsî ǃanuǃanusen hâs khaoǃgâ ge isa. Tsîb ge ǁîb tawas ge ǀkhī-ūhe, o ǁîsa ge ǁgoe-ū. ǁNās khaoǃgâs ge oms âs ǁga ge oa. 5 Nē taras ge ge ǀgamǀkhā tsîs ge Davida ǀgamǀkhās go ǃkhaisa ge ǂanǂan.
6 Ob ge Davida, Joaba ge haisiba: “Uriab, Hetǁîba tita ǁga sî re.” Ob ge Joaba ǁîba Davidi ǁga ge sî. 7 Tsî Uriab ge ǁîb tawa hā, ob ge Davida, Joab tsî toroǂnubis ǃgâise hâs tsî torob mâti ra aiǃgûsa ge dî bi. 8 ǁNās khaoǃgâb ge Davida Uriab ǃoa ge mî: “Sa oms ǁga oa, î sī sâro re.” Tsî Uriab ge gao-aob omma xu a ǂoa, ob ge gao-aoba ǀkhaexū-e ge sîba bi. 9 Xaweb ge Uriaba oms âb ǁga oa tama i tsî gao-ommi dao-ams tawa gao-aob ǃgāgu ǀkha ǀguipa ge ǁgoe. 10 O gu ge ǁîga “Uriab ge oms âb ǁga go oa tama hâ i” ti Davida ge mîba, ob ge Davida Uriaba ge dî: “ǀHawesets kom go ǀkhai io, tare xū-i ǃaromats oms âts ǁga oa tama?”
11 Ob ge Uriaba ge ǃeream: “ǃGaeǀhaos ǂGaes tsî Israeli tsî Judab aogu ge tentomdi ǃnâ hâ tsî ti ǂgaeǂgui-aob Joab tsî ti ǀhonkhoets toroǃkhamaogu ge ǂgāb ai hâǃkhaiba ǂnaumâi hâ. Mâti ta kha ǁnâi tita oms ǁga oa, ǂû tsî ā tsî ti taras ǀkha nî ǁgoe? ǁNāsa ta ge amase dī tide.”
12 Ob ge Davida Uriab ǃoa ge mî: “Nētsē noxopa nēpa hâ re, î ta ǁari ǃgû kai tsi.” Uriab ge ǁnā tsēs tsî sao ra tsēs tsîra Jerusalems ǃnâ ge hâ. 13 Ob ge Davida ge ǁkhau bi tsî ǁîb ǀkha ǂû tsî ā tsî ǁîba ge āsiǃgâuǃgâu. Xaweb ge Uriaba ǁnā ǃuia, ǁîb di ǁgoeǃkhais aib gao-aob ǃgāgu tawa sī nî ǁgoega ge ǂoa, tsî oms âb ǁga oa tama ge i.
14 Sao ra ǁgoagab ge Davida ǂkhanisa Joaba xoaba tsî ǁîsa Uriab ǀkha ge sî. 15 ǁNā ǂkhanis ǃnâb ge ge xoa hâ i: “Uriaba aisǀkhāb ai ǃkhammi a ǀgaisapa mâi, î go ǁnāxūǃgâ bi, îb ǃkhammi ǃnâ ǁō.” 16 Joab ge ǃāsab ge ǃnamiǂgāo, Uriaba ǁnā ǃkhais ǁkhoaǂgaoxa ǃkhamaogu khākhoen digu hâsab a ǂans tawa ge mâi. 17 Khākhoegu ge ǃāsa xu ǂoaxa tsî Joab ǃoagu ge ǃkham. ǀNîgu Davidi ǂamkhoegu digu ge ge ǃgamhe tsî Uriab Hetǁîb on ge ǁnāpa ge ǁō.
18 Ob ge Joaba nē ǃkhammi ge ǃgû ǀgaub hoaba Davida ge haisiba. 19 ǁÎb ge sîsabeba ge mîmā: “Nē ǃkhammi ǃgûǀgaub hoabats ga gao-aoba mîbatoa, 20 ob ga ǁaixa tsî dî tsi: ‘Tare xū-i ǃaroma go ǁnātikōse ǃās ǀgūse sī go ǃkham? ǂNubiǂgoaba xu gu nî ǁkhâu ǃkhaisa go go ǀū i? 21 Tari-e, Jerubeseti ôab Abimelexa ge ǃgam-e? Tarekhoe tamasa ǁkhamiǀuisa ge ǂnubiǂgoaba xu ǁîb ai aoǁnâ tsî Tebes tawa ǃgam bisa? Tare xū-i ǃaroma go ǁnātikō ǀgūse ǂnubiǂgoab tawa go sī?’ Ots ge ‘Sa toroǂamkhoeb Uriab, Hetǁîb on ge go ǁō’ ti nî mî.”
22 Ob ge sîsabeba ǃgû tsî Davida Joab ge mîmā bin hoana sī ge ǂanǂan. 23 ǁÎb ge Davida ge mîba: “Sige khākhoegu ge ǀgaidā ge tsî ǂgās kōse sige ǃoa go ǂoaxa, xawe ge ge ǁîga ǃās di dao-ams kōse go ǁkhae-oa. 24 O gu ge ǁkhâu-aoga ǂnubiǂgoaba xu sige ai go ǁkhâu tsî gu ge ǀnîgu gao-aots toroǂamkhoegu diga go ǃgamhe tsîb ge Uriab, Hetiǁîb ona go ǁō.”
25 Ob ge Davida sîsabeba ge mîmā: “Nēti Joaba mîba: ‘As nē ǃkhaisa tā kai xū-i ase ība tsi, khoets tari-i torob ǃnâ nî ǁō ǃkhaisa a mî ǁoa xuige. ǀGaisase ǃās ǃoagu ǃkham, îts ǁîsa hîkākā.’ Î ǀgaiǀgaiǃnâ bi.”
26 Uriab taras ge aob âs go ǁō ǃkhaisas ge ǁnâu, o ǁîb ǂama ge ǃoa. 27 Tsî ǃoab ǁaeb ge ǃkharu, ob ge Davida ǁîsa gao-ommi âb ǁga ge hā-ū kai, tsîs ge ǁîb tara kai tsî ǀgôaba ge ǁoraba bi. Xawes ge Davidi ge dī ǃkhaisa ǃKhūb mûǁae ge ǂhanu tama hâ i.
1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth 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 still at Jerusalem.
2 ¶ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, 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 washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 And 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. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 ¶ And David sent to Joab, saying , Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8 And 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 meat from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? 11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine 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. 12 And 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. 13 And 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.
14 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And 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. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were . 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 ¶ Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
22 ¶ So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 25 Then 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.
26 ¶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
