2 Rikkaalla oli suuret määrät lampaita ja härkiä,

3 mutta köyhällä ei ollut kuin yksi ainoa pieni karitsa, jonka hän oli ostanut. Hän elätti karitsaa, ja se kasvoi hänen luonaan yhdessä hänen lastensa kanssa. Se söi hänen leipäänsä ja joi hänen kupistaan, se makasi hänen sylissään ja oli hänelle kuin tytär.

8 Minä korotin sinut herrasi asemaan, annoin herrasi vaimot sinun syliisi ja annoin sinulle Israelin ja Juudan heimot. Jos tämä on vähän, voin antaa vielä mitä tahansa muutakin.

9 Miksi olet halveksinut minun sanaani ja tehnyt sellaista, mikä on minun silmissäni pahaa? Heettiläisen Urian olet lyönyt miekalla, olet tappanut hänet ammonilaisten miekalla, ja hänen vaimonsa olet ottanut vaimoksesi.

10 Niinpä miekka ei tule milloinkaan väistymään suvustasi, koska olet halveksinut minua ja ottanut vaimoksesi heettiläisen Urian vaimon.'

11 Herra sanoo näin: 'Minä nostan omasta perheestäsi onnettomuuden sinua vastaan, ja silmiesi edessä otan sinulta omat vaimosi ja annan heidät toiselle, joka makaa vaimojesi kanssa keskellä kirkasta päivää.

15 Sitten Natan meni kotiinsa. Ja Herra löi lasta, jonka Urian vaimo oli synnyttänyt Daavidille, ja lapsi sairastui pahoin.

16 Daavid kääntyi pojan vuoksi Jumalan puoleen, paastosi ja vietti yönsä maaten paljaalla lattialla.

17 Hovin vanhimmat tulivat hänen luokseen ja yrittivät saada hänet nousemaan, mutta hän ei suostunut eikä myöskään syönyt mitään heidän kanssaan.

20 Silloin Daavid nousi maasta, peseytyi, voiteli itsensä ja vaihtoi vaatteensa. Sitten hän meni pyhäkköön ja kumartui maahan rukoilemaan. Kotiin palattuaan hän pyysi syötävää, ja hänelle tuotiin ruokaa ja hän söi.

24 Daavid lohdutti vaimoaan Batsebaa. Hän meni tämän luo ja makasi hänen kanssaan, ja vaimo synnytti pojan, joka sai nimekseen Salomo. Herra rakasti poikaa

25 ja lähetti profeetta Natanin tuomaan sanan, että pojalle oli Herran vuoksi annettava nimi Jedidja.

26 Joab hyökkäsi ammonilaisten pääkaupungin Rabban kimppuun ja valtasi kuninkaan alakaupungin.

29 Daavid keräsi koko väkensä ja lähti Rabbaan, ja hän hyökkäsi kaupunkia vastaan ja valtasi sen.

30 Daavid otti ammonilaisten kuninkaan päästä jalokivin koristetun kultaisen otsarivan, talentin painoisen, ja siitä tuli hänen kruununsa. Hän vei kaupungista runsaasti muutakin saalista.

31 Kaupungin asukkaat hän kuljetti pois ja pani pakkotyöhön: toiset joutuivat sahaamaan kiviä, toiset tekemään tiiliä, toiset saivat käteensä rautaisen kuokan tai kirveen. Näin hän teki kaikille ammonilaisten kaupungeille. Sen jälkeen hän palasi koko sotaväki mukanaan Jerusalemiin.

1 And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 The rich had very many flocks and herds;

3 but the poor man had nothing at all, but one little ewe lamb which he had bought, and was nourishing; and it grew up with him, and together with his children: it ate of his morsel, and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.

4 And there came a traveller to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that had come to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that had come to him.

5 Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this thing is worthy of death;

6 and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man! Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

8 and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if {that} had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah to do evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Urijah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urijah the Hittite to be thy wife.

11 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

12 For thou didst {it} secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.

13 And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said to David, Jehovah has also put away thy sin: thou shalt not die.

14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, even the child that is born to thee shall certainly die.

15 And Nathan departed to his house. And Jehovah smote the child that Urijah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.

16 And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

17 And the elders of his house arose, {and went} to him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he ate no bread with them.

18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice; and how shall we say to him, The child is dead? he may do some harm.

19 But David saw that his servants whispered, and David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing, and entered into the house of Jehovah and worshipped; then he came to his own house and required them to set bread before him, and he ate.

21 And his servants said to him, What thing is this which thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child alive; but as soon as the child is dead, thou dost rise and eat bread.

22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, Who knows? {perhaps} Jehovah will be gracious to me, that the child may live.

23 But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.

24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon; and Jehovah loved him.

25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.

26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

28 And now gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city and take it: lest I take the city and it be called by my name.

29 And David gathered all the people, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.

30 And he took the crown of their king from off his head, the weight of which was a talent of gold with {the} precious stones; and it was {set} on David's head; and he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

31 And he brought out the people that were in it, and put them under the saw, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkilns. And so did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.