2 Samuel 12

1 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. 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 man had very many flocks and herds, 3 but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him. 4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he didn’t want to take of his own flock and of his own herd to prepare for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him."

5 David’s anger burned hot against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves to die! 6 He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity!"

7 Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things. 9 Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’

11 "This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’"

13 David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh."

Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die. 14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die." 15 Then Nathan departed to his house.

Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he was very sick. 16 David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground. 17 The elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he didn’t eat bread with them. 18 On the seventh day, the child died. David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, "Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him and he didn’t listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself if we tell him that the child is dead?"

19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?"

They said, "He is dead."

20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into Yahweh’s house, and worshiped. Then he came to his own house; and when he requested, they set bread before him and he ate. 21 Then his servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread."

22 He said, "While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not 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 will go to him, but he will not return to me."

24 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him; 25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah,*12:25 "Jedidiah" means "loved by Yahweh". for Yahweh’s sake.

26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters. 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name."

29 David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it. 30 He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent*12:30 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David’s head. He brought a great quantity of plunder out of the city. 31 He brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work under saws, under iron picks, under axes of iron, and made them go to the brick kiln; and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Ka Whakatūpehupehutia te Kīngi e tētahi Poropiti

1 Nā, ka tonoa a Nātana e Ihowā ki a Rāwiri; ā, ka tae atu ia ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, "Tokorua ngā tāngata i te pā kotahi; he taonga o tētahi, he rawakore tētahi. 2 He tini noa iho ngā hipi, ngā kau a te tangata taonga; 3 hore rawa ia he mea a te rawakore; heoi anō he reme uha kotahi nei, he mea nohinohi nāna i hoko mai i whāngai haere; ā, i tupu tahi ake rātou me āna tamariki. I kai tāna ake taro, i inu hoki i roto i tāna ake kapu, i takoto ki tōna uma; ā, i rite tonu he tamāhine ki a ia.

4 "Nā, ka tae he pahī ki te tangata taonga, ā, ka manawapā tērā ki te tango i tētahi o āna hipi, o āna kau, kia takā mā te manuhiri i haere mai ki a ia; heoi tangohia ana e ia te reme a te tangata rawakore, takā ana e ia mā te tangata i haere nei ki a ia."

5 Ko te tino muranga o te riri o Rāwiri ki taua tangata, ka mea ki a Nātana, "E ora ana a Ihowā, e tika ana kia mate te tangata nāna tēnei mahi. 6 Ko te reme hoki, kia whā ana e hoatu ai hei utu; mōna i mea i tēnei mea, mōna hoki kīhai i aroha."

7 Nā, ka mea a Nātana ki a Rāwiri, "Ko taua tangata rā, ko koe. Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: ‘Nāku koe i whakawahi hei kīngi mō Īharaira, nāku hoki koe i whakaora i te ringa o Haora; 8 ā, hoatu ana e ahau te whare o tōu ariki ki a koe, me ngā wāhine a tōu ariki ki tōu uma; i hoatu anō e ahau te whare o Īharaira rāua ko Hūrā ki a koe; ā, mehemea i iti tēnei, kua tāpiritia atu e ahau māu ērā atu mea anō. 9 He aha koe i whakahāwea ai ki te kupu a Ihowā? I mea ai i tēnei kino i tāna tirohanga? Ko Uria Hiti i patua e koe ki te hoari, ā, tangohia ana tāna wahine hei wahine māu; ko ia hoki tukitukia ana e koe ki te hoari a ngā tama a Āmona. 10 Nā reira e kore te hoari e whakakorea atu āianei i roto i tōu whare ā ake ake, mōu i whakahāwea ki ahau, i tango hoki i te wahine a Uria Hiti hei wahine māu.’

11 "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: ‘Nanā, ka whakaara ahau i te kino mōu i roto i tōu whare, ā, ka tango i āu wāhine i tāu tirohanga, ka hoatu ki tōu hoa, nā, ka takotoria e ia āu wāhine i te tirohanga ā te rā i runga nei. 12 I meatia pukutia hoki tēnei mea e koe; ko ahau ia ka mea i tēnei mea ki mua i a Īharaira katoa, ki mua anō i te rā.’ "

13 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Nātana, "Kua hara ahau ki a Ihowā."

Ā, ka mea a Nātana ki a Rāwiri, "Kua kauparea atu anō tōu hara e Ihowā; e kore koe e mate. 14 Otirā, i te mea nā tēnei mahi āu i whai take nui ai ngā hoariri o Ihowā ki te kohukohu, he pono ka mate te tamaiti ka whānau nei ki a koe."

Ka Mate te Tama a Rāwiri rāua ko Patehēpa

15 Nā, haere ana a Nātana ki tōna whare. Ā, ka pākia e Ihowā te tamaiti a Rāwiri i whānau nei i te wahine a Uria; he nui hoki te mate. 16 Nā, ka īnoi a Rāwiri ki te Atua mō te tamaiti; ā, nohopuku ana a Rāwiri, haere ana ki roto, pau noa taua pō e takoto ana i te whenua. 17 Nā, ka whakatika ngā kaumātua o tōna whare ki a ia, ki te whakaara i a ia i te whenua; heoi kīhai ia i pai, kīhai hoki i kai tahi i tā rātou taro.

18 Nā, i te whitu o ngā rā ka mate te tamaiti. Ā, ka wehi ngā tāngata a Rāwiri ki te mea ki a ia kua mate te tamaiti; i mea hoki rātou, "Nā, i te mea e ora ana te tamaiti, i kōrero tātou ki a ia, ā, kīhai ia i whakarongo ki tō tātou reo. Nā, tērā noa ake te kino e mea ai ia ki a ia anō ki te kōrerotia e tātou ki a ia te matenga o te tamaiti."

19 Otiia i kite a Rāwiri i āna tāngata e kōwhetewhete ana ki a rātou anō, ā, ka mōhio a Rāwiri kua mate te tamaiti. Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki āna tāngata, "Kua mate rānei te tamaiti?"

Ā, ka mea rātou, "Kua mate."

20 Kātahi a Rāwiri ka whakatika i te whenua, ka horoi i a ia, ka whakawahi i a ia, ka tango i ētahi kākahu kē mōna; ā, haere ana ki te whare o Ihowā ki te koropiko. Kātahi ka haere ia ki tōna whare. Nā, ka tonoa e ia, ā, ka whakatakotoria he taro māna, ā, kai ana ia.

21 Kātahi ka mea āna tāngata ki a ia, "He aha tēnei mea i mea nei koe? I nohopuku koe, i tangi ki te tamaiti i a ia e ora ana; nō te matenga ia o te tamaiti, nā, whakatika ana koe ki te kai taro."

22 Anō rā ko ia, "I te tamaiti e ora ana anō, i nohopuku ahau, i tangi; i mea hoki, ‘Ko wai ka tohu, tērā pea a Ihowā ka aroha ki ahau, ā, ka ora te tamaiti?’ 23 Ko tēnei, ka mate nei ia, kia nohopuku ahau hei aha? E taea rānei ia e ahau te whakahoki mai? Ko ahau e haere ki a ia, e kore ia e hoki mai ki ahau."

Ka Whānau mai a Horomona

24 Nā, ka whakamārie a Rāwiri i tāna wahine, i a Patehēpa, ā, haere ana ki roto, ki a ia, ā, takoto tahi ana rāua; ā, ka whānau anō ia, he tama, huaina iho tōna ingoa ko Horomona; i arohaina ia e Ihowā; 25 i tono hoki ia nā te ringa o Nātana poropiti, ā, nāna i hua tōna ingoa ko Teriria; he whakaaro hoki ki a Ihowā.

Ka Pāhoro a Rāwiri i a Rapa

26 Ā, i whawhai anō a Ioapa ki Rapa o ngā tamariki a Āmona; ā, horo ana i a ia te pā kīngi. 27 Nā, ka tono tāngata a Ioapa ki a Rāwiri, ka mea, "Kua tauria a Rapa e ahau, āe rā, kua horo i ahau te pā o ngā wai. 28 Nā, tēnā, huihuia te nuinga o te iwi ki te whakapae i te pā, kia riro ai i a koe; kei riro mai te pā i ahau, ā, nōku te ingoa e huaina ki reira."

29 Nā, huihuia ana te iwi katoa e Rāwiri, ā, haere ana ki Rapa; nā, tauria ana a reira e ia, ā, riro ana i a ia. 30 Tangohia ana e ia te karauna o tō rātou kīngi i tōna mātenga, ko tōna taimaha kotahi taranata kōura, ā, i roto ngā kōhatu utu nui; ā, pōtaea iho ki te mātenga o Rāwiri. Ā, i whakaputaina, e ia ngā taonga o te pā, tōna tini. 31 Nā, ko ngā tāngata i roto, whakaputaina ana e ia ki waho, ā, whakamahia ana ki ngā kani, ki ngā harou rino, ki ngā toki rino; i meinga anō rātou kia tīkā nā roto i te tahunga pereki. Ko tāna hoki tēnei i mea ai ki ngā pā katoa o ngā tamariki a Āmona. Nā, hoki ana a Rāwiri me te iwi katoa ki Hiruhārama.