II Samuel 12

vayyishlakh Adonai et-natan el-david vayyavo elayw vayyomer lo shene anashim hayu be'ir ekhat ekhad ashir ve'ekhad rash

and GOD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said, “There were two men in the same city, one rich and one poor.

le'ashir hayah tson uvaqar harbeh me'od

The rich one had very large flocks and herds,

velarash en-kol ki im-kivsah akhat qetannah asher qanah vayekhayyeha vattigdal immo ve'im-banayw yakhdav mippitto tokhal umikkoso tishteh uvekheqo tishkav vattehi-lo kevat

but the poor one had only one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He tended it and it grew up together with him and his children: it used to share his morsel of bread, drink from his cup, and nestle in his bosom; it was like a daughter to him.

vayyavo helekh le'ish he'ashir vayyakhmol laqakhat mitsono umibbeqaro la'asot la'oreakh habba-lo vayyiqqakh et-kivsat ha'ish harash vayya'aseha la'ish habba elayw

One day, a traveler came to the rich man, but he was loath to take anything from his own flocks or herds to prepare a meal for the guest who had come to him; so he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

vayyikhar-af david ba'ish me'od vayyomer el-natan khay-Adonai ki ven-mavet ha'ish ha'oseh zot

David flew into a rage against the man, and said to Nathan, “As GOD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

ve'et-hakkivsah yeshallem arbatayim eqev asher asah et-haddavar hazzeh ve'al asher lo-khamal

He must pay for the lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and showed no pity.”

vayyomer natan el-david attah ha'ish koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el anokhi meshakhtikha lemelekh al-yisra'el ve'anokhi hitsaltikha miyyad sha'ul

And Nathan said to David, “That man is you! Thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: ‘It was I who anointed you king over Israel and it was I who rescued you from the hand of Saul.

va'ettenah lekha et-bet adonekha ve'et-neshe adonekha bekheqekha va'ettenah lekha et-bet yisra'el vihudah ve'im-me'at ve'osifah lekha kahennah vekhahennah

I gave you your master’s house and possession of your master’s wives; and I gave you the House of Israel and Judah; and if that were not enough, I would give you twice as much more.

maddua bazita et-devar Adonai la'asot hara (vynv) [be'enay] et uriyyah hakhitti hikkita vakherev ve'et-ishto laqakhta lekha le'isha ve'oto haragta bekherev bene ammon

Why then have you flouted GOD’s command—and done what displeases Me? You have put Uriah the Hittite to the sword; you took his wife and made her your wife and had him killed by the sword of the Ammonites.

ve'attah lo-tasur kherev mibbetekha ad-olam eqev ki vezitani vattiqqakh et-eshet uriyyah hakhitti lihyot lekha le'isha

Therefore the sword shall never depart from your House—because you spurned Me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite and making her your wife.’

koh amar Adonai hinni meqim alekha ra'ah mibbetekha velaqakhti et-nashekha le'enekha venatatti lere'ekha veshakhav im-nashekha le'ene hashemesh hazzot

Thus said GOD: ‘I will make a calamity rise against you from within your own house; I will take your wives and give them to another man before your very eyes and he shall sleep with your wives under this very sun.

ki attah asita vassater va'ani e'eseh et-haddavar hazzeh neged kol-yisra'el veneged hashamesh

You acted in secret, but I will make this happen in the sight of all Israel and in broad daylight.’”

vayyomer david el-natan khatati la-Adonai vayyomer natan el-david gam-Adonai he'evir khattatekha lo tamut

David said to Nathan, “I stand guilty before GOD!” And Nathan replied to David, “GOD has remitted your sin; you shall not die.

efes ki-ni'ets ni'atsta et-oyeve Adonai baddavar hazzeh gam habben hayyillod lekha mot yamut

However, since you have spurned the enemies of GOD by this deed, even the child about to be born to you shall die.”

vayyelekh natan el-beto vayyiggof Adonai et-hayyeled asher yaledah eshet-uriyyah ledavid vayye'anash

Nathan went home, and GOD afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and it became critically ill.

vayevaqqesh david et-ha'elohim be'ad hanna'ar vayyatsom david tsom uva velan veshakhav aretsah

David entreated God for the boy; David fasted, and he went in and spent the night lying on the ground.

vayyaqumu ziqne veto alayw lahaqimo min-ha'arets velo avah velo-vara ittam lakhem

The senior servants of his household tried to induce him to get up from the ground; but he refused, nor would he partake of food with them.

vayehi bayyom hashevi'i vayyamot hayyaled vayyiru avde david lehaggid lo ki-met hayyeled ki ameru hinneh vihyot hayyeled khay dibbarnu elayw velo-shama beqolenu ve'ekh nomar elayw met hayyeled ve'asah ra'ah

On the seventh day the child died. David’s servants were afraid to tell David that the child was dead; for they said, “We spoke to him when the child was alive and he wouldn’t listen to us; how can we tell him that the child is dead? He might do something terrible.”

vayyar david ki avadayw mitlakhashim vayyaven david ki met hayyaled vayyomer david el-avadayw hamet hayyeled vayyomeru met

When David saw his servants talking in whispers, David understood that the child was dead; David asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “Yes,” they replied.

vayyaqom david meha'arets vayyirkhats vayyasekh vayekhallef simlotav vayyavo vet-Adonai vayyishtakhu vayyavo el-beto vayyishal vayyasimu lo lekhem vayyokhal

Thereupon David rose from the ground; he bathed and anointed himself, and he changed his clothes. He went into the House of GOD and prostrated himself. Then he went home and asked for food, which they set before him, and he ate.

vayyomeru avadayw elayw mah-haddavar hazzeh asher asitah ba'avur hayyeled khay tsamta vattevk vekha'asher met hayyeled qamta vattokhal lakhem

His courtiers asked him, “Why have you acted in this manner? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but now that the child is dead, you rise and take food!”

vayyomer be'od hayyeled khay tsamti va'evkeh ki amarti mi yodea (ykhnny) [vekhannani] Adonai vekhay hayyaled

He replied, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought: ‘Who knows? GOD may have pity on me, and the child may live.’

ve'attah met lammah zeh ani tsam ha'ukhal lahashivo od ani holekh elayw vehu lo-yashuv elay

But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will never come back to me.”

vayenakhem david et bat-sheva ishto vayyavo eleha vayyishkav immah vatteled ben (vyqr) [vattiqra] et-shemo shelomoh va-Adonai ahevo

David consoled his wife Bathsheba; he went to her and lay with her. She bore a son and she named him Solomon. GOD favored him,

vayyishlakh beyad natan hannavi vayyiqra et-shemo yedideyah ba'avur Adonai

sending a message through the prophet Nathan; and he was named Jedidiah at GOD’s behest.

vayyillakhem yo'av berabbat bene ammon vayyilkod et-ir hammelukhah

Joab attacked Rabbah of Ammon and captured the royal city.

vayyishlakh yo'av malakhim el-david vayyomer nilkhamti verabbah gam-lakhadti et-ir hammayim

Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have attacked Rabbah and I have already captured the water city.

ve'attah esof et-yeter ha'am vakhaneh al-ha'ir velokhdah pen-elkod ani et-ha'ir veniqra shemi aleha

Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it; otherwise I will capture the city myself, and my name will be connected with it.”

vayye'esof david et-kol-ha'am vayyelekh rabbatah vayyillakhem bah vayyilkedah

David mustered all the troops and marched on Rabbah, and he attacked it and captured it.

vayyiqqakh et-ateret-malkam me'al rosho umishqalah kikkar zahav ve'even yeqarah vattehi al-rosh david ushelal ha'ir hotsi harbeh me'od

The crown was taken from the head of their king and it was placed on David’s head—it weighed a talent of gold, and [on it] were precious stones. He also carried off a vast amount of booty from the city.

ve'et-ha'am asher-bah hotsi vayyasem bammegerah uvakharitse habbarzel uvemagzerot habbarzel vehe'evir otam (vmlkhn) [bammalben] vekhen ya'aseh lekhol are vene-ammon vayyashov david vekhol-ha'am yerushalai͏m

He led out the people who lived there and set them to work with saws, iron threshing boards, and iron axes, or assigned them to brickmaking; David did this to all the towns of Ammon. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.