撒母耳記下 11
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1過了一年，到列王出戰的時候， 大衛 又差派 約押 ，率領臣僕和 以色列 眾人出 戰 。他們就打敗 亞捫 人，圍攻 拉巴 。 大衛 仍住在 耶路撒冷 。
1In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
2一日，太陽平西， 大衛 從床上起來，在王宮的平頂上遊行，看見一個婦人沐浴，容貌甚美，
2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
3大衛 就差人打聽那婦人是誰。有人說：「她是 以連 的女兒， 赫 人 烏利亞 的妻 拔示巴 。」
3So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
4大衛 差人去，將婦人接來；那時她的月經才得潔淨。她來了， 大衛 與她同房，她就回家去了。
4Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
5於是她懷了孕，打發人去告訴 大衛 說：「我懷了孕。」
5And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
6大衛 差人到 約押 那裏， 說 ：「你打發 赫 人 烏利亞 到我這裏來。」 約押 就打發 烏利亞 去見 大衛 。
6At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
7烏利亞 來了， 大衛 問 約押 好，也問兵好，又問爭戰的事怎樣。
7When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
8大衛 對 烏利亞 說：「你回家去，洗洗腳吧！」 烏利亞 出了王宮，隨後王送他一分 食 物。
8Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
9烏利亞 卻和他主人的僕人一同睡在宮門外，沒有回家去。
9But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
10有人告訴 大衛 說：「 烏利亞 沒有回家去。」 大衛 就問 烏利亞 說：「你從遠路上來，為甚麼不回家去呢？」
10And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
11烏利亞 對 大衛 說：「 約 櫃和 以色列 與 猶大 兵都住在棚裏，我主 約押 和我主的僕人都在田野安營，我豈可回家吃喝、與妻子同寢呢？我敢在王面前起誓：我決不行這事！」
11Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
12大衛 吩咐 烏利亞 說：「你今日仍住在這裏，明日我打發你去。」於是 烏利亞 那日和次日住在 耶路撒冷 。
12“Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13大衛 召了 烏利亞 來，叫他在自己面前吃喝，使他喝醉。到了晚上， 烏利亞 出去與他主的僕人一同住宿，還沒有回到家裏去。
13Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
14次日早晨， 大衛 寫信與 約押 ，交 烏利亞 隨手帶去。
14The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
15信內寫着說：「要派 烏利亞 前進，到陣勢極險之處，你們便退後，使他被殺。」
15In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
16約押 圍城的時候，知道敵人那裏有勇士，便將 烏利亞 派在那裏。
16So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
17城裏的人出來和 約押 打仗； 大衛 的僕人中有幾個被殺的， 赫 人 烏利亞 也死了。
17And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
18於是， 約押 差人去將爭戰的一切事告訴 大衛 ，
18Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
19又囑咐使者說：「你把爭戰的一切事對王說完了，
19and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,
20王若發怒，問你說：『你們打仗為甚麼挨近城牆呢？豈不知敵人必從城上射箭嗎？
20if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
21從前打死 耶路‧比設 兒子 亞比米勒 的是誰呢？豈不是一個婦人從城上拋下一塊上磨石來，打在他身上，他就死在 提備斯 嗎？你們為甚麼挨近城牆呢？』你就說：『王的僕人－ 赫 人 烏利亞 也死了。』」
21Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
22使者起身，來見 大衛 ，照着 約押 所吩咐他的話奏告 大衛 。
22So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
23使者對 大衛 說：「敵人強過我們，出到郊野與我們打仗，我們追殺他們，直到城門口。
23The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
24射箭的從城上射王的僕人，射死幾個， 赫 人 烏利亞 也死了。」
24Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
25王向使者說：「你告訴 約押 說：『不要因這事愁悶，刀劍或吞滅這人或吞滅那人，沒有一定的；你只管竭力攻城，將城傾覆。』可以用這話勉勵 約押 。」
25Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
26烏利亞 的妻聽見丈夫 烏利亞 死了，就為他哀哭。
26When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
27哀哭的日子過了， 大衛 差人將她接到宮裏，她就作了 大衛 的妻，給 大衛 生了一個兒子。但 大衛 所行的這事，耶和華甚不喜悅。
27And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought 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 the LORD.
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