Dawidi afata Batisheba
Mu gihe abami baja ku rugamba, Dawidi asigara i muhira, abona Batisheba yiyuhagira, aramutumako, maze arasama. Uriya yanka kuruhukira iwe i muhira mu gihe ingabo ziri mu ngando, nuko Dawidi yandika ngo bamushire ku murongo w'imbere yicwe. Ivyo ni bibi mu maso ya Data.
11 1Igihe c’itumba, igihe abami bagenda ku rugamba, Dawidi yararungitse Yowabu, abantu biwe, na Isiraheli yose. Barahoneje Abamoni, baragota Raba. Mugabo Dawidi yagumye i Yeruzalemu. 2Umusi umwe ku mugoroba, Dawidi aravyuka ku gitanda ciwe, atembera hejuru y’inzu y’umwami. Ari ng’aho, abona umugore ariko ariyuhagira; yari mwiza cane. 3Dawidi aratuma kubaza ivyerekeye uwo mugore. Umuntu aramubwira ati: “Mbega uyu si Batisheba, umukobwa wa Eliyamu, umugore wa Uriya Umuheti?”
4Dawidi aratuma intumwa aramutora. Araza iwe, arasangira naye igitanda, yari ahejeje kwisukura ku bihumanye vyiwe, aca asubira iwe. a a v4 Itegeko rya Musa ryasaba ko umugore akora imigenzo yo kwisukura amaze guheza amezi yiwe imbere y’uko asubira mu buzima busanzwe (raba Lewi 15:19–28). 5Uwo mugore aba yisamye, aratuma intumwa kwa Dawidi ati: “Ndibungenze.”
6Dawidi aratuma intumwa kwa Yowabu ati: “Nzanira Uriya Umuheti.” Yowabu aca arungika Uriya kwa Dawidi. 7Uriya ashitse iwe, Dawidi aramubaza ivyerekeye Yowabu, ivyerekeye ingabo, be n’ingene urugamba rwagenda. 8Dawidi abwira Uriya ati: “Manuka ugende iwawe, wiyoze ibirenge.” Uriya ava mu ngoro, umwami aca arungika iwe ishikanwa. 9Uriya araryama ku muryango w’inzu y’umwami hamwe n’abasavyi bose b’umukama wiwe, ntiyamanuka ngo aje iwe. 10Babwiye Dawidi yuko Uriya atagiye iwe, aramubaza ati: “Mbega ntiwavuye mu rugendo? Kubera iki utagiye iwawe?”
11Uriya abwira Dawidi ati: “Isandugu, Isiraheli na Yuda bari mu mahema, umukama wanje Yowabu n’abantu b’umukama wanje bari mu birindiro mu gahinga. Mbega noja iwanje kurya, kunywa no gusangira igitanda n’umugore wanje? Nk’uko uriho, no nk’uko ubugingo bwawe buriho, sinzogira iki kintu.”
12Dawidi abwira Uriya ati: “Guma ng’aha n’uyu musi nyene, ejo nzogusubiza inyuma.” Uriya aca aguma i Yeruzalemu uwo musi n’uwukurikira. 13Dawidi aramutumira, ararya anywana nawe, Dawidi aramuborereza. Mugabo kuri uwo mugoroba Uriya arasohoka ngo aryame ku kiriri ciwe hamwe n’abasavyi b’umukama wiwe; ntiyagiye iwe.
14Mu gitondo Dawidi yandikira Yowabu ikete, ariha Uriya ngo arishikane. 15Yandika muri iryo kete ati: “Shira Uriya imbere aho intambara ikaze cane, maze mumuvemwo, kugira ngo akubitwe apfe.”
16Igihe Yowabu yagota igisagara, ashira Uriya aho yari azi ko hari abarwanyi bakomeye cane. 17Abantu b’igisagara barasohoka barwana na Yowabu, bamwe mu basavyi ba Dawidi baragwa. Na Uriya Umuheti nyene arapfa. 18Maze Yowabu aratuma intumwa, abwira Dawidi inkuru yose y’intambara. 19Ahanura iyo ntumwa ati: “Niwamara kubwira umwami inkuru yose y’intambara, 20nimba ishavu ry’umwami rikazirika hanyuma akakubaza ati: ‘Kubera iki mwegereye igisagara cane mukarwana? Ntimwari muzi ko bazorasha bavuye ku rukuta? 21Ni nde yishe Abimeleki mwene Yerubesheti? Mbega si umugore yamutereye urusyo rwo hejuru avuye ku rukuta aca apfira i Tebezi? Kubera iki mwegereye urukuta cane?’—uce uvuga uti: Umusavyi wawe Uriya Umuheti na we yapfuye.” b b v21 Yerubesheti ni irindi zina rya Gideyoni; inkuru y’urusyo yanditswe mu Bacamanza 9:50–54.
22Iyo ntumwa iragenda, irashika, ibwira Dawidi ivyose Yowabu yari yayirungikiye kuvuga. 23Iyo ntumwa ibwira Dawidi iti: “Abo bantu baradukomantiye, baradusohokera mu gahinga, mugabo tubasubiza inyuma gushika ku muryango w’igisagara. 24Abarasha bararashe abasavyi bawe bavuye ku rukuta, bamwe mu basavyi b’umwami barapfa. N’umusavyi wawe Uriya Umuheti yapfuye nyene.”
25Dawidi abwira iyo ntumwa ati: “Bwira Yowabu uti: ‘Ntibigutere umubabaro, kuko inkota irya uyu n’uwundi kumwe. Gumya gutera igisagara cane kurushaho ukigwanye.’ Umuremeshe.”
26Umugore wa Uriya yumvise yuko Uriya umugabo wiwe yapfuye, aca aborogera umugabo wiwe. 27Igihe ukwiganya kwaheze, Dawidi aratuma intumwa zimuzane, azimuzana iwe, aba umugore wiwe, aramuvyarira umuhungu. Mugabo ico Dawidi yari yakoze cari ikibi mu maso ya Data wa twese.