David and Bath-sheba
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.
Hata ikawa, mwanzo wa mwaka mpya, wakati watokapo wafalme kwenda vitani, Daudi akampeleka Yoabu, na watumishi wake pamoja naye, na Israeli wote; wakawaangamiza wana wa Amoni, wakauhusuru Raba. Lakini Daudi mwenyewe akakaa Yerusalemu.
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.
Ikawa wakati wa jioni, Daudi akaondoka kitandani, akatembea juu ya dari ya jumba la mfalme; na alipokuwa juu ya dari aliona mwanamke anaoga; naye huyo mwanamke alikuwa mzuri sana, wa kupendeza macho.
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?
Naye Daudi akapeleka, akauliza habari za yule mwanamke. Mtu mmoja akasema, Je! Huyu siye Bath-sheba, binti Eliamu, mkewe Uria, Mhiti?
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.
Basi Daudi akapeleka wajumbe, akamtwaa; naye akaingia kwake; naye akalala naye; (maana yule mwanamke amekwisha kutakasika unajisi wake); kisha akarudi nyumbani kwake.
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
Yule mwanamke akachukua mimba; basi akapeleka na kumwambia Daudi, akasema, Ni mja-mzito.
6 And David sent to Joab, saying , Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
Ndipo Daudi akapeleka kwa Yoabu, akisema, Unipelekee Uria, Mhiti. Naye Yoabu akampeleka Uria kwa Daudi.
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.
Uria alipomwendea Daudi, Daudi alimwuliza habari za Yoabu, na habari za watu, na habari za vita.
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.
Daudi akamwambia Uria, Haya, shuka nyumbani kwako, ukanawe miguu yako. Basi Uria akatoka katika nyumba ya mfalme, na tunu ya vyakula ikamfuata, iliyotoka kwa mfalme.
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.
Lakini Uria akalala mlangoni pa nyumba ya mfalme, pamoja na watumishi wote wa bwana wake, wala hakushuka nyumbani kwake.
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?
Watu walipomwambia Daudi ya kwamba, Uria hakushuka nyumbani kwake, Daudi akamwambia Uria, Je! Hukutoka safarini? Mbona hukushuka nyumbani kwako?
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.
Naye Uria akamwambia Daudi, Sanduku, na Israeli, na Yuda, wanakaa vibandani; na bwana wangu Yoabu, na watumishi wa bwana wangu, wamepiga kambi waziwazi uwandani; nami niende nyumbani kwangu, kula na kunywa, na kulala na mke wangu? Uishivyo, na kama roho yako iishivyo, mimi sitafanya jambo hili.
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.
Basi Daudi akamwambia Uria, Ngoja hapa leo tena, na kesho nitakuacha kwenda zako. Basi Uria akakaa Yerusalemu siku ile, na siku ya pili yake.
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.
Naye Daudi akamwalika, akala, akanywa mbele yake; naye akamlevya; hata wakati wa jioni akatoka kwenda kulala kitandani mwake pamoja na watumishi wa bwana wake, lakini hakushuka nyumbani kwake.
14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
Hata ikawa asubuhi, Daudi akamwandikia Yoabu waraka, akaupeleka kwa mkono wa Uria.
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.
Akaandika katika waraka huo, kusema, Mwekeni Uria mbele ya watu penye vita vikali, kisha ondokeni, mmwache, ili apigwe akafe.
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 .
Ikawa, Yoabu alipokuwa akiuhusuru mji, akamweka Uria mahali alipojua ya kuwa pana mashujaa.
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.
Watu wa mji wakatoka, wakapigana na Yoabu; na baadhi ya watu, watumishi wa Daudi, wakaanguka; Uria Mhiti naye akafa.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
Ndipo Yoabu akapeleka na kumwarifu Daudi habari zote za vita;
19 and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
akamwagiza yule mjumbe, akisema, Ukiisha kumpa mfalme habari zote za vita,
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?
itakuwa, hasira ya mfalme ikiwaka, akakuambia, Kwani mliukaribia mji namna ile ili kuupiga? Je! Hamkujua ya kuwa watapiga mishale toka ukutani?
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.
Ni nani aliyempiga Ahimeleki, mwana wa Yeru-beshethi? Je! Si mwanamke aliyemtupia jiwe la kusagia la juu kutoka ukutani? Hata akafa huko Thebesi? Kwani kuukaribia ukuta namna ile? Ndipo utakaposema, Mtumishi wako Uria, Mhiti, amekufa naye.
22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
Basi yule mjumbe akaenda, akafika na kumwonyesha Daudi yote aliyomtuma Yoabu.
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.
Yule mjumbe akamwambia Daudi, Watu hao walitushinda, wakatutokea nje hata uwandani, tukashindana nao hata mahali pa kuingilia langoni.
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.
Wapiga mishale wakatupiga sisi, watumishi wako, toka juu ya ukuta; na baadhi ya watumishi wa mfalme wamekufa, na Uria, Mhiti, mtumishi wako, amekufa naye.
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.
Basi Daudi akamwambia yule mjumbe, Basi, mwambie Yoabu maneno haya, Jambo hili lisiwe baya machoni pako, maana upanga hula huyu kama unavyomla huyu; zidi kutia nguvu vita vyako juu ya mji ukauangushe; nawe mtie moyo.
26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
Na yule mke wa Uria alipopata habari ya kuwa Uria mumewe amekufa, akamwombolezea mumewe.
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.
Hata maombolezo hayo yalipokwisha, Daudi akatuma mtu, akamtwaa, akamtia nyumbani mwake; naye akawa mkewe, akamzalia mwana. Lakini jambo lile alilolitenda Daudi likamchukiza Bwana.
