David Take Bathsheba
For di time wey kings dey go war, David stay house, see Bathsheba dey baf, send make dem bring am, and she get belle. Uriah no gree enjoy im own house while di army dey camp for outside, so David write make dem put am for front line, and dem kill am. E bad for our Papa eye.
11 1For spring time, wen kings dey commot go war, David send Joab, im men, an all Israel. Dem scatter di Ammonite people an surround Rabbah. But David stay for Jerusalem. 2One evening David wake comot from im bed, dey waka for di roof of di king house. From dia e see one woman wey dey bath; di woman fine wella. 3David send person go ask about di woman. Somebody tok say, “No be Bathsheba be dis, di pikin of Eliam, wife of Uriah di Hittite man?”
4David send messengers go carry am. She come meet am, an e sleep wit am—she just don clean herself from her uncleanness—an she go back house. a a v4 Moses law say make woman do purification ceremony afta her monthly period bifor she fit go back to her normal life (see Lev. 15:19–28). 5Di woman come get belle, an she send word go give David: “I don get belle.”
6David send word go give Joab: “Send Uriah di Hittite man come meet me.” Joab come send Uriah go meet David. 7Wen Uriah reach meet am, David ask am about Joab, about di soldiers, an how di war dey go. 8David tok give Uriah, “Go down go your house, wash your leg.” Uriah commot for di palace, an di king send gift follow am go. 9Uriah come sleep for di door of di king house wit all di servants of im oga, e no go down enter im own house. 10Wen dem tell David say Uriah no go house, David ask am, “No be from journey you commot? Wetin make you no go your house?”
11Uriah tok give David, “Di ark, Israel, an Judah dey stay inside tent, an my oga Joab wit di men of my oga dey camp for open field. Abi I go go house go chop, drink, an sleep wit my wife? As you dey alive, an as your soul dey alive, I no go do dis kind ting.”
12David tok give Uriah, “Stay for here today sef, an tomorrow I go send you go back.” So Uriah stay for Jerusalem dat day an di next day. 13David call am, an e chop an drink wit am, an David make am drunk. But dat evening Uriah commot go sleep for im mat wit di servants of im oga; e no go house.
14For morning David write letter give Joab, an give am Uriah make e carry go. 15E write inside di letter say: “Put Uriah for front wia di fight strong pass, den una pull back leave am, so dat dem go strike am make e die.”
16As Joab dey surround di city, e put Uriah for di place wia e sabi say di strong-strong soldiers dey. 17Di men of di city commot come fight Joab, an some of David servants fall. Uriah di Hittite man sef die. 18Den Joab send word tell David all di news of di battle. 19E tell di messenger say, “Wen you don finish tell di king all di news of di battle, 20if di king vex come dey burn an e ask, ‘Wetin make una fight near di city reach so? Una no sabi say dem go shoot from di wall? 21Na who kill Abimelech di pikin of Jerubbesheth? No be woman throw upper grinding-stone for im head from di wall so dat e die for Thebez? Wetin make una near di wall reach so?’—den you go tok, Your servant Uriah di Hittite man sef don die.” b b v21 Jerubbesheth na anoda name for Gideon; di grinding-stone story dey inside Judges 9:50–54.
22So di messenger commot, reach dia, an tell David everytin wey Joab send am make e tok. 23Di messenger tell David, “Di men get power pass us an commot come face us for di field, but we push dem back reach di door of di gate. 24Di bow-shooters shoot your servants from di wall, an some of di king servants die. Your servant Uriah di Hittite man sef don die.”
25David tok give di messenger, “Tell Joab: ‘No make dis ting worry you, becos di sword dey chop dis one an dat one di same way. Attack di city hard pass, scatter am.’ Encourage am.”
26Wen di wife of Uriah hear say Uriah her husband don die, she cry mourn for her husband. 27Wen di mourning finish, David send call am, carry am come house, an she become im wife an born am one son. But di ting wey David do bad for di eyes of our Papa.
