撒母耳記下 11
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
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 。
1And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out 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 at 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，
2And it came to pass at eventide, 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 bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
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 。」
3And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, 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。
4And 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於是她懷了孕，打發人去告訴 大衛 說：「我懷了孕。」
5And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said: 'I am with child.'
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 。
6And David sent to Joab, saying: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent Uriah 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。
7And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
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。
8And 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 food from the king.
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 king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not 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 when they had told David, saying: 'Uriah went not down unto his house', David said unto Uriah: 'Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house?'
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！」
11And Uriah said unto 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 field; 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.'
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 。
12And 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。
13And 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次日早晨， 大衛 寫信與 約押 ，交 烏利亞 隨手帶去。
14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of 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。」
15And 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。
16And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.
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 the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab; and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18於是， 約押 差人去將爭戰的一切事告訴 大衛 ，
18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19又囑咐使者說：「你把爭戰的一切事對王說完了，
19and he charged the messenger, saying: 'When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,
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？
20it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee: Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from 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 smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say: Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'
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 went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.
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。
23And the messenger said unto David: 'The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto 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。」
24And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'
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 said unto the messenger: 'Thus shalt thou say unto Joab: Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth in one manner or another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it; and encourage thou him.'
26烏利亞 的妻聽見丈夫 烏利亞 死了，就為他哀哭。
26And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
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 mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
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