11 — 2 Kings (2 Samuel)

1And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth to war, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they spoiled the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabba: but David remained in Jerusalem.Or avvenne un anno dopo che nel tempo, in cui sogliono i re andare alla guerra, David mandò Gioab, e i suoi uffiziali con lui, e tutto l'esercito d'Israele a saccheggiare il paese di Ammon, e assediarono Rabba. Ma David si restò in Gerusalemme.AND it came to passe the yeare turning about, at such time when kinges are wont to procede to battels, Dauid sent Ioab, and his seruantes with him, and al Israel, and they spoyled the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabba: but Dauid remayned in Ierusalem.Factum est autem, vertente anno, eo tempore quo solent reges ad bella procedere, misit David Joab, et servos suos cum eo, et universum Israël, et vastaverunt filios Ammon, et obsederunt Rabba: David autem remansit in Jerusalem. 2In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: And he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over against him: and the woman was very beautiful.E mentre tali cose facevansi, avvenne che Davidde alzatosi dal suo letto dopo il mezzodì si mise a passeggiare sul solajo della casa reale: e vide una donna che si bagnava dirimpetto sul suo solajo: e la donna era bella assai.Whiles these thinges were in doing, it chanced that Dauid arose from his bed after noone, and walked in the toppe of the kinges house: and he saw a woman washing her self, ouer against the roofe of his house: and the woman was very beautiful.Dum hæc agerentur, accidit ut surgeret David de strato suo post meridiem, et deambularet in solario domus regiæ: viditque mulierem se lavantem ex adverso super solarium suum: erat autem mulier pulchra valde. 3And the king sent, and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite.Il re adunque mandò ad informarsi chi fosse la donna. E fugli detto come ella era Bethsabea figliuola di Eliam, moglie di Uria Hetheo.The king therefore sent, and inquired what woman it was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Vrias the Hetheite.Misit ergo rex, et requisivit quæ esset mulier. Nuntiatumque est ei quod ipsa esset Bethsabee filia Eliam, uxor Uriæ Hethæi. 4And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:Davidde pertanto, mandati de' torcimanni la fece venire: e venuta che fu, dormì con essa: e tostò ella si purificò dalla sua immondezza.Dauid therefore sending messengers, tooke her, who when she was entered in to him, he slept with her: and forth with she was sanctified from her vnclennes:Missis itaque David nuntiis, tulit eam: quæ cum ingressa esset ad illum, dormivit cum ea: statimque sanctificata est ab immunditia sua,

5And she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have conceived.E se ne tornò a casa sua, che già era gravida. E mandò a dire a' David: Ho concepito.and she returned into her house hauing conceiued a childe. And sending she told Dauid, and sayd: I haue conceiued.et reversa est domum suam concepto fœtu. Mittensque nuntiavit David, et ait: Concepi. 6And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Urias to David.E David fece dire a Gioab: Mandami Uria di Heth. E Gioab mandò Uria a David.And Dauid sent to Ioab, saying: Send me Vrias the Herheite. And Ioab sent Vrias to Dauid.Misit autem David ad Joab, dicens: Mitte ad me Uriam Hethæum. Misitque Joab Uriam ad David. 7And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.E giunto Uria dinanzi a David, questi gli domandò, come se la passasse bene Gioab, e il popolo, e come fossero amministrate le cose della guerra.And Vrias came to Dauid. And Dauid asked how wel Ioab did, & the people, and how the warre was ordered.Et venit Urias ad David. Quæsivitque David quam recte ageret Joab et populus, et quomodo administraretur bellum. 8And David said to Urias: Go into thy house, and wash thy feet. And Urias went out from the king’s house, and there went out after him a mess of meat from the king.Indi disse David ad Uria: Va a casa tua, e lavati i piedi. E Uria uscì dalla casa reale, e gli furon portate appresso delle vivande del re.And Dauid sayd to Vrias: Goe into thy house, and wash thy feete. And Vrias went forth out of the kinges house, and the kinges meate folowed him.Et dixit David ad Uriam: Vade in domum tuam, et lava pedes tuos. Et egressus est Urias de domo regis, secutusque est eum cibus regius. 9But Urias slept before the gate of the king’s house, with the other servants of his lord, and went not down to his own house.Ma Uria dormì davanti alla porta della casa reale con altri ministri del suo signore: e non si portò a casa sua.But Vrias slept before the gate of the kinges house, with the other seruantes of his lord, and went not downe to his owne house.Dormivit autem Urias ante portam domus regiæ cum aliis servis domini sui, et non descendit ad domum suam. 10And it was told David by some that said: Urias went not to his house. And David said to Urias: Didst thou not come from thy journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?E fu riferito ciò a David, e fugli detto: Uria non è andato a casa sua. E David disse ad Uria: Non hai tu fatto viaggio? Per qual motivo non sei andato a casa tua?And it was told Dauid of them that sayd: Vrias went not into his house. And Dauid sayd to Vrias: didst thou not come from thy iourney? Why didst thou not goe downe into thy house?Nuntiatumque est David a dicentibus: Non ivit Urias in domum suam. Et ait David ad Uriam: Numquid non de via venisti ? quare non descendisti in domum tuam ?

11And Urias said to David: The ark of God and Israel and Juda dwell in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord abide upon the face of the earth: and shall I go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to sleep with my wife? By thy welfare and by the welfare of thy soul I will not do this thing.Ma Uria disse a David: L'arca di Dio e Israele, e Giuda abitano sotto le tende, e il signor mio Gioab, e i servi del mio signore dormono in piana terra, e io andrò a casa mia per mangiare, e bere, e dormir con mia moglie? per la vita, e per la salute del mio re non farò io tal cosa.And Vrias sayd to Dauid: The Arke of God and Israel and Iuda dwel in pauilions, & my lord Ioab and the seruantes of my lord abide vpon the face of the earth: and shal I enter into my house, to eate and to drinke, and sleepe with my wife? by thy health, and by the health of thy soule I wil not do this thing.Et ait Urias ad David: Arca Dei et Israël et Juda habitant in papilionibus, et dominus meus Joab et servi domini mei super faciem terræ manent: et ego ingrediar domum meam, ut comedam et bibam, et dormiam cum uxore mea ? Per salutem tuam, et per salutem animæ tuæ, non faciam rem hanc. 12Then David said to Urias: Tarry here to day, and to morrow I will send thee away. Urias tarried in Jerusalem that day and the next.Disse adunque David a Uria: Fermati qui ancora per oggi, e domani ti licenzierò. Si trattenne Uria in Gerusalemme quel dì, e il seguente.Dauid therefore sayd to Vrias: Tarie here also this day, and tomorow I wil dismisse thee. Vrias taried in Ierusalem that day and the next:Ait ergo David ad Uriam: Mane hic etiam hodie, et cras dimittam te. Mansit Urias in Jerusalem in die illa et altera: 13And David called him to eat and to drink before him, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening, and slept on his couch with the servants of his lord, and went not down into his house.E invitollo Davidde, a bere con sé, e lo ubbriacò: ed egli andatosene la sera dormì nel suo letto cogli uffiziali del suo signore: ma non andò a casa sua.and Dauid called him to eate before him and to drinke, and he made him. drunke: who going out at euen, slept on his couche with the seruantes of his lord, and went not downe into his house.et vocavit eum David ut comederet coram se et biberet, et inebriavit eum: qui egressus vespere, dormivit in strato suo cum servis domini sui, et in domum suam non descendit. 14And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias,Ma venuto il mattino, Davidde scrisse una lettera a Gioab: e mandolla per le mani di Uria.The morning therefore was come, and Dauid wrote a letter to Ioab: and sent it by the hand of Vrias,Factum est ergo mane, et scripsit David epistolam ad Joab: misitque per manum Uriæ, 15Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the battle, where the fight is strongest: and leave ye him, that he may be wounded and die.E avea scritto nella lettera: Mettete Uria in faccia alla battaglia, dove la zuffa è più cruda: e ivi lasciatelo, affinchè sia messo a morte.writing in the letter: Sette ye Vrias in the front of the battel, where the fight is strongest: and leaue him, that being striken he may die.scribens in epistola: Ponite Uriam ex adverso belli, ubi fortissimum est prælium: et derelinquite eum, ut percussus intereat.

16Wherefore as Joab was besieging the city, he put Urias in the place where he knew the bravest men were.Gioab adunque assediando la città, postò Uria in quella parte, dove sapeva che era il forte de' nemici.Therefore when Ioab besieged the citie, he put Vrias in the place where he knew the strongest men were.Igitur cum Joab obsideret urbem, posuit Uriam in loco ubi sciebat viros esse fortissimos. 17And the men coming out of the city, fought against Joab, and there fell some of the people of the servants of David, and Urias the Hethite was killed also.E usciti quelli della città assaliron Gioab, e vi morirono alcuni della gente di David, e perì anche Uria di Heth.And the men issuing out of the citie, fought against Ioab, and there fel of the people of the seruantes of Dauid, and Vrias also the Hetheite died.Egressique viri de civitate, bellabant adversum Joab, et ceciderunt de populo servorum David, et mortuus est etiam Urias Hethæus. 18Then Joab sent, and told David all things concerning the battle.Gioab mandò avviso a David di tutte le cose avvenute nella battaglia:Ioab therefore sent, and told Dauid al the story of the battel:Misit itaque Joab, et nuntiavit David omnia verba prælii: 19And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king,E ordinò al messo, e disse: Quando avrai fatta al re tutta la relazione delle cose della guerra,and he commanded the messanger, saying: When thou hast told al the story of the battel to the king,præcepitque nuntio, dicens: Cum compleveris universos sermones belli ad regem, 20If thou see him to be angry, and he shall say: Why did you approach so near to the wall to fight? knew you not that many darts are thrown from above off the wall?Se vedrai ch'egli vada in collera, e dica: per qual motivo vi siete appressati alle mura per combattere? non sapevate voi, come di sopra le mura si scagliano i dardi a furia?if thou see him to be angrie, and he say: Why approched you to the wal, to fight? Knew you not that manie weapons are throwen from aboue of the wal?si eum videris indignari, et dixerit: Quare accessistis ad murum, ut præliaremini ? an ignorabatis quod multa desuper ex muro tela mittantur ? 21Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain.Chi fu, che uccise Abimelech figliuolo di Jerobaal? Non fu ella una donna, la quale gettogli addosso un pezzo di macina dalla muraglia, e Io uccise in Thebes? Per qual motivo vi siete voi appressati alla muraglia? Tu dirai: È morto anche il tuo servo Uria di Heth.Who stroke Abimelec the sonne of Ierobaal? did not a woman cast vpon him a peece of a milstone from the wal, and slew him in Thebes? Why approched you nere the wal? Thou shalt say: Also thy seruant Vrias the Hetheite is slayne.Quis percussit Abimelech filium Jerobaal ? nonne mulier misit super eum fragmen molæ de muro, et interfecit eum in Thebes ? quare juxta murum accessistis ? dices: Etiam servus tuus Urias Hethæus occubuit.

22So the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had commanded him.Il messo adunque partì, e giunse, e raccontò a David tutto quello che gli avea comandato Gioab.The messenger therefore departed, and came, and told Dauid al thinges that Ioab had commanded him.Abiit ergo nuntius, et venit, et narravit David omnia quæ ei præceperat Joab. 23And the messenger said to David: The men prevailed against us, and they came out to us into the field: and we vigorously charged and pursued them even to the gate of the city.E disse il messo a David: Coloro hanno avuto del vantaggio sopra di noi, e sono usciti fuori contro di noi alla campagna: ma noi abbiam fatto forza, e gli abbiam rispinti sino alla porta della città.And the messenger sayd to Dauid: The men haue preuailed against vs, and they issued forth to vs into the field: and we violently pursewed them euen to the gate of the citie.Et dixit nuntius ad David: Prævaluerunt adversum nos viri, et egressi sunt ad nos in agrum: nos autem facto impetu persecuti eos sumus usque ad portam civitatis. 24And the archers shot their arrows at thy servants from off the wall above: and some of the king’s servants are slain, and thy servant Urias the Hethite is also dead.E gli arcieri hanno lanciati i loro dardi dalle mura sopra la tua gente, e son morti alcuni de' servi del re: anzi anche il tuo servo Uria di Heth è morto.And the archers shot arrowes at thy seruantes from of the wal aboue: and there died of the kinges seruantes, yea and thy seruant Vrias the Hetheite is dead.Et direxerunt jacula sagittarii ad servos tuos ex muro desuper, mortuique sunt de servis regis: quin etiam servus tuus Urias Hethæus mortuus est. 25And David said to the messenger: Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing discourage thee: for various is the event of war: and sometimes one, sometimes another is consumed by the sword: encourage thy warriors against the city, and exhort them that thou mayest overthrow it.E David disse al messo: Tu dirai a Gioab: Non perderti d'animo per simil cosa: perocché varii sono gli eventi della guerra: e ora questo, ora quello, è divorato dalla spada: fa coraggio a' tuoi guerrieri, e aizzali contro la città per distruggerla.And Dauid sayd to the messenger: Thus shalt thou say to Ioab: Let not this thing discomfort thee: for the euent of warre is diuerse: now this man, and now that man the sword consumeth: encourage thy warryers against the citie, that thou inayst destroy it, and exhort them.Et dixit David ad nuntium: Hæc dices Joab: Non te frangat ista res: varius enim eventus est belli, nunc hunc, et nunc illum consumit gladius: conforta bellatores tuos adversus urbem ut destruas eam, et exhortare eos.

26And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for him.E la moglie di Uria seppe, come Uria suo marito era morto, e lo pianse.Also the wife of Vrias heard, that Vrias her husband was dead, & she mourned for him.Audivit autem uxor Uriæ quod mortuus esset Urias vir suus, et planxit eum. 27And the mourning being over, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore him a son: and this thing which David had done, was displeasing to the Lord.E finito che ella ebbe il suo lutto, David la fece venire in sua casa: ed ella divenne sua moglie, e partorì a lui un figliuolo. Ma quello che avea fatto Davidde, dispiacque al Signore.And the mourning being past Dauid sent, and brought her in into his house, and she became his wife, and she bare him a sonne: and this thing which Dauid had done, was displeasant before our Lord.Transacto autem luctu, misit David, et introduxit eam in domum suam, et facta est ei uxor, peperitque ei filium: et displicuit verbum hoc quod fecerat David, coram Domino.