David and Bathsheba
(1 Chronicles 20.1a)1 It was now spring, the time when kings go to war. David sent out the whole Israelite army under the command of Joab and his officers. They destroyed the Ammonite army and surrounded the capital city of Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem.
2-4 Late one afternoon, David got up from a nap and was walking around on the flat roof of his palace. A beautiful young woman was down below in her courtyard, bathing as her religion required. David happened to see her, and he sent one of his servants to find out who she was.
The servant came back and told David, “Her name is Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and she is the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
David sent some messengers to bring her to his palace. She came to him, and he slept with her. Then she returned home. 5 But later, when she found out that she was going to have a baby, she sent someone to David with this message: “I'm pregnant!”
6 David sent a message to Joab: “Send Uriah the Hittite to me.”
Joab sent Uriah 7 to David's palace, and David asked him, “Is Joab well? How is the army doing? And how about the war?” 8 Then David told Uriah, “Go home and clean up.” Uriah left the king's palace, and David had dinner sent to Uriah's house. 9 But Uriah didn't go home. Instead, he slept outside the entrance to the royal palace, where the king's guards slept.
10 Someone told David that Uriah had not gone home. So the next morning David asked him, “Why didn't you go home? Haven't you been away for a long time?”
11 Uriah answered, “The sacred chest and the armies of Israel and Judah are camping out somewhere in the fields with our commander Joab and his officers and troops. Do you really think I would go home to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? I swear by your life that I would not!”
12 Then David said, “Stay here in Jerusalem today, and I will send you back tomorrow.”
Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day. Then the next day, 13 David invited him for dinner. Uriah ate with David, who gave him so much to drink that he got drunk. But Uriah still did not go home. He went out and slept on his mat near the palace guards. 14 Early the next morning, David wrote a letter and told Uriah to deliver it to Joab. 15 The letter said: “Put Uriah on the front line where the fighting is the worst. Then pull the troops back from him, so that he will be wounded and die.”
16 Joab had been carefully watching the city of Rabbah, and he put Uriah in a place where he knew there were some of the enemy's best soldiers. 17 When the men of the city came out, they fought and killed some of David's soldiers—Uriah the Hittite was one of them.
18 Joab sent a messenger to tell David everything that was happening in the war. 19 He gave the messenger these orders:
When you finish telling the king everything that has happened, 20 he may get angry and ask, “Why did you go so near the city to fight? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall? 21 Don't you know how Abimelech the son of Gideon was killed at Thebez? Didn't a woman kill him by dropping a large rock from the top of the city wall? Why did you go so close to the city walls?”
Then tell him, “One of your soldiers who was killed was Uriah the Hittite.”
22 The messenger went to David and reported everything Joab had told him. 23 He added, “The enemy chased us from the wall and out into the open fields. But we pushed them back as far as the city gate. 24 Then they shot arrows at us from the top of the wall. Some of your soldiers were killed, and one of them was Uriah the Hittite.”
25 David replied, “Tell Joab to cheer up and not to be upset about what happened. You never know who will be killed in a war. Tell him to strengthen his attack against the city and break through its walls.”
26 When Bathsheba heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. 27 Then after the time for mourning was over, David sent someone to bring her to the palace. She became David's wife, and they had a son.
The Lord's Message for David
The Lord was angry because of what David had done,
Dawuda niŋ Batiseba
1 Tilikandoo kono, waatoo meŋ na mansoolu ka taa keloo la, Dawuda ye Yowabu niŋ a la kelediŋ kafoo la ñaatonkoolu kii, aniŋ Banisirayilankoolu la kelediŋolu. Ì ye Ammoninkoolu kasaara, aduŋ ì ye ì la saatee baa Raba fanaa murubeŋ. Bari Dawuda faŋo tuta Yerusalaamu le.
2 Luŋ kiliŋ tilibula baa Dawuda wulita a la laaraŋo kaŋ, a taata mansabuŋo santo, daameŋ teruta. Kabiriŋ a be taamaŋ-taamaŋo la santo jee, a ye musoo je, a be kuwo la. A ñiiñaata baake le. 3 Bituŋ a ye kiilaa kii, ka taa a juubee meŋ mu. Kiilaa ñiŋ naata a tara ko, “Batiseba le mu, Eliyamu dimmusoo, aduŋ Uriya Hitinkoo la musoo le mu.” 4 Wo to le Dawuda ye kiilaalu kii ka taa a kamma. Wo waatoo a bota landoo le kono, bituŋ a be a faŋo seneyandi kaŋ. A naata a yaa, bituŋ a niŋ a ye i laa. Wo koolaa a seyita. 5 Musundiŋo ye konoo taa, bituŋ a ye kiilaa kii ka Dawuda kalamutandi a la.
6 Wo to le Dawuda ye kumoo kii Yowabu ye, ka a fo ko, “Uriya Hitinkoo kii n ye naŋ.” Bituŋ Yowabu ye a kii a ye naŋ. 7 Kabiriŋ Uriya futata, Dawuda ye a ñininkaa, fo tana te Yowabu niŋ kelediŋ kafoo la, aniŋ keloo be ñaameŋ. 8 Wo to le Dawuda ko Uriya ye ko, “Taa i la suwo kono, i ye taa i siŋolu kuu.” Bituŋ Uriya bota mansabuŋo kono, aduŋ soorifeŋo meŋ bota mansa yaa, a ye wo le bulandi a nooma. 9 Bari Uriya siinoota mansabuŋo bundaa daa le to, a niŋ a maarii mansa la dookuulaalu, a maŋ taa a la suwo kono. 10 Kabiriŋ ì ko Dawuda ye ko, Uriya maŋ taa a la suwo kono, Dawuda ko Uriya ye ko, “I bota naŋ taamadulaa le. Muŋ ne ye a tinna, i maŋ futa i la suwo kono?”
11 Uriya ko Dawuda ye ko, “Kambeŋ Kunewo* aniŋ Banisirayilankoolu niŋ Yahuuda be sabatiriŋ tiriliisoo* le koto, aniŋ n na keebaa Yowabu aduŋ m maarii la kewolu be daakaariŋ kene kenseŋolu le kono. Nte be taa n na suwo kono ñaadii le, ŋa domoroo niŋ miŋo ke, aniŋ n niŋ n na musoo ye n laa? A be koyiriŋ ñaameŋ ko ite be baluuriŋ ne, n te ñiŋ kuu siifaa ke la.”
12 Wo to le Dawuda ko a ye ko, “Tu jaŋ fo tili kiliŋ ñaato, saama m be i murundi la le.” Bituŋ Uriya sabatita Yerusalaamu wo luŋo la, aniŋ a saamoo. 13 Dawuda ye a buuñaatoo kumandi, ì ye domoroo niŋ miŋo ke, aduŋ Dawuda ye a ke le, fo a siirata. Bari wulaaroo, Uriya taata i laa basoo le kaŋ a la keebaa la dookuulaalu kono, a maŋ seyi a la suwo kono.
14 Soomandaa Dawuda ye leetaroo kii Yowabu ye, a ye a dii Uriya la, a ye a samba a ye. 15 Dawuda ye ñiŋ ne safee leetaroo kono ko, “Uriya ke ñaato, daameŋ keloo be kandiriŋ. Bituŋ ali si jamfa a la, fo ì si a buŋ, ì ye a faa.” 16 Kabiriŋ Yowabu be saatewo muru kaŋ, a ye Uriya ke dulaa le to, kelejawara baalu tarata daameŋ. 17 Biriŋ saatee moolu fintita naŋ, ka naa Yowabu maa keloo la, Dawuda la kewo doolu faata le, aduŋ Uriya Hitinkoo fanaa faata le.
18 Yowabu ye kiilaa kii, ka keloo keñaa bee fo Dawuda ye. 19 A ye kiilaa yaamari ñiŋ ne la ko, “Niŋ i pareeta keloo keñaa saata la mansa ye, 20 mansa la kamfaa si jawuyaa noo le, aduŋ a si i ñininkaa noo, ‘Muŋ ne ye a tinna, ali katata saatewo la ka taa keloo la? Fo ali maŋ a loŋ ko, ì be kalabeñoolu fayi la le ka bo niŋ tata sansaŋo la? 21 Jumaa le ye Abimeleki Yerubaali dinkewo faa? Fo musoo le maŋ tuurilaŋ beroo fayi a kaŋ ka bo tata sansaŋo santo la, bituŋ a faata Tebesi? Muŋ ne ye a tinna, ali katabaata tata sansaŋo la?’ Bituŋ i si a fo ko, ‘I la dookuulaa Uriya Hitinkoo fanaa faata le.’ ”
22 Wo to le kiilaa taata, ka taa a fo Dawuda ye, Yowabu ye meŋ bee fo a ye. 23 Kiilaa ko Dawuda ye ko, “Ǹ jawoolu le ye semboo soto ntolu ti, bituŋ ì fintita ì la saatewo kene kenseŋo to, ka naa ǹ kele, bari ŋà ì murundi saatewo dundaŋ daa* le to. 24 Wo to le kalabeñe fayilaalu ye i la dookuulaalu buŋ ka bo niŋ tata sansaŋo santo la, aduŋ i la kewo doolu faata le. Aduŋ fanaa i la dookuulaa Uriya Hitinkoo faata le.”
25 Dawuda ko kiilaa ye ko, “A fo Yowabu ye ko, ñiŋ kuwo kana a niyo toorandi, kaatu moo buka a loŋ, meŋ be faa la keloo kono. A fo a ye ko, a ye i paree kuuke saatewo kamma, fo a si jee muta. I si ñiŋ fo, ka Yowabu so jusoo la.”
26 Kabiriŋ Uriya la musoo ye a moyi ko, a keemaa faata le, a ye a saŋakumboo. 27 Biriŋ saŋo tambita, Dawuda ye kiilaa kii, ka a samba naŋ a la suwo kono, ka a ke a la musoo ti, aduŋ a naata dinkewo wuluu a la le.
Bari Dawuda ye kuwo meŋ ke, wo maŋ diyaa Yaawe* ye.
