¹Factum est autem,Now it happened that,vertente anno,at the turn of the year,eo tempore quo solent reges ad bella procedere,in the time when kings usually go forth to war,misit David Joab,David sent Joab,et servos suos cum eo,and his servants with him,et universum Israël,and all of Israel,et vastaverunt filios Ammon,and they laid waste to the sons of Ammon,et obsederunt Rabba:and they besieged Rabbah.David autem remansit in Jerusalem.But David remained in Jerusalem.

¹Factum est autem,Now it happened that,vertente anno,at the turn of the year,eo tempore quo solent reges ad bella procedere,in the time when kings usually go forth to war,misit David Joab,David sent Joab,et servos suos cum eo,and his servants with him,et universum Israël,and all of Israel,et vastaverunt filios Ammon,and they laid waste to the sons of Ammon,et obsederunt Rabba:and they besieged Rabbah.David autem remansit in Jerusalem.But David remained in Jerusalem.

²Dum hæc agerentur, accidit ut surgeret David de strato suo post meridiem,While these things were taking place, David happened to arise from his bed after midday,et deambularet in solario domus regiæ:and he walked upon the terrace of the king’s house.viditque mulierem se lavantem ex adverso super solarium suum:And he saw, across from his terrace, a woman washing herself.erat autem mulier pulchra valde.And the woman was very beautiful.

²Dum hæc agerentur, accidit ut surgeret David de strato suo post meridiem,While these things were taking place, David happened to arise from his bed after midday,et deambularet in solario domus regiæ:and he walked upon the terrace of the king’s house.viditque mulierem se lavantem ex adverso super solarium suum:And he saw, across from his terrace, a woman washing herself.erat autem mulier pulchra valde.And the woman was very beautiful.

³Misit ergo rex, et requisivit quæ esset mulier.Therefore, the king sent and inquired who the woman might be.Nuntiatumque est ei quod ipsa esset Bethsabee filia Eliam,And it was reported to him that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam,uxor Uriæ Hethæi.the wife of Uriah, the Hittite.

³Misit ergo rex, et requisivit quæ esset mulier.Therefore, the king sent and inquired who the woman might be.Nuntiatumque est ei quod ipsa esset Bethsabee filia Eliam,And it was reported to him that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam,uxor Uriæ Hethæi.the wife of Uriah, the Hittite.

⁴Missis itaque David nuntiis,And so, David sent messengers,tulit eam: quæ cum ingressa esset ad illum,and he took her. And when she had entered to him,dormivit cum ea:he slept with her.statimque sanctificata est ab immunditia sua,And presently, she was purified from her uncleanness.

⁴Missis itaque David nuntiis,And so, David sent messengers,tulit eam: quæ cum ingressa esset ad illum,and he took her. And when she had entered to him,dormivit cum ea:he slept with her.statimque sanctificata est ab immunditia sua,And presently, she was purified from her uncleanness.

⁵et reversa est domum suam concepto fœtu.And she returned to her house, having conceived an unborn child.Mittensque nuntiavit David,And sending, she informed David, and she said,et ait: Concepi.“I have conceived.”

⁵et reversa est domum suam concepto fœtu.And she returned to her house, having conceived an unborn child.Mittensque nuntiavit David,And sending, she informed David, and she said,et ait: Concepi.“I have conceived.”

⁶Misit autem David ad Joab,Then David sent to Joab,dicens:saying,Mitte ad me Uriam Hethæum.“Send me Uriah, the Hittite.”Misitque Joab Uriam ad David.And Joab sent Uriah to David.

⁶Misit autem David ad Joab,Then David sent to Joab,dicens:saying,Mitte ad me Uriam Hethæum.“Send me Uriah, the Hittite.”Misitque Joab Uriam ad David.And Joab sent Uriah to David.

⁷Et venit Urias ad David.And Uriah went to David.Quæsivitque David quam recte ageret JoabAnd David inquired whether Joab was doing well,et populus,and about the people,et quomodo administraretur bellum.and how the war was being conducted.

⁷Et venit Urias ad David.And Uriah went to David.Quæsivitque David quam recte ageret JoabAnd David inquired whether Joab was doing well,et populus,and about the people,et quomodo administraretur bellum.and how the war was being conducted.

⁸Et dixit David ad Uriam:And David said to Uriah,Vade in domum tuam,“Go into your house,et lava pedes tuos.and wash your feet.”Et egressus est Urias de domo regis,And Uriah departed from the house of the king.secutusque est eum cibus regius.And a meal from the king followed after him.

⁸Et dixit David ad Uriam:And David said to Uriah,Vade in domum tuam,“Go into your house,et lava pedes tuos.and wash your feet.”Et egressus est Urias de domo regis,And Uriah departed from the house of the king.secutusque est eum cibus regius.And a meal from the king followed after him.

⁹Dormivit autem Urias ante portam domus regiæ cum aliis servis domini sui,But Uriah slept before the gate of the king’s house, with the other servants of his lord,et non descendit ad domum suam.and he did not go down to his own house.

⁹Dormivit autem Urias ante portam domus regiæ cum aliis servis domini sui,But Uriah slept before the gate of the king’s house, with the other servants of his lord,et non descendit ad domum suam.and he did not go down to his own house.

¹⁰Nuntiatumque est David a dicentibus:And it was reported to David by some, saying,Non ivit Urias in domum suam.“Uriah did not go into his house.”Et ait David ad Uriam:And David said to Uriah:Numquid non de via venisti?“Did you not arrive from a journey?quare non descendisti in domum tuam?Why did you not go down to your house?”

¹⁰Nuntiatumque est David a dicentibus:And it was reported to David by some, saying,Non ivit Urias in domum suam.“Uriah did not go into his house.”Et ait David ad Uriam:And David said to Uriah:Numquid non de via venisti?“Did you not arrive from a journey?quare non descendisti in domum tuam?Why did you not go down to your house?”

¹¹Et ait Urias ad David:And Uriah said to David:Arca Dei et Israël et Juda habitant in papilionibus,“The ark of God, and Israel and Judah, dwell in tents,et dominus meus Joab et servi domini mei super faciem terræ manent:and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, stay upon the face of the earth.et ego ingrediar domum meam,And should I then go into my own house,ut comedam et bibam, et dormiam cum uxore mea?so that I may eat and drink, and sleep with my wife?Per salutem tuam, et per salutem animæ tuæ,By your welfare and by the welfare of your soul,non faciam rem hanc.I will not do this thing.”

¹¹Et ait Urias ad David:And Uriah said to David:Arca Dei et Israël et Juda habitant in papilionibus,“The ark of God, and Israel and Judah, dwell in tents,et dominus meus Joab et servi domini mei super faciem terræ manent:and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, stay upon the face of the earth.et ego ingrediar domum meam,And should I then go into my own house,ut comedam et bibam, et dormiam cum uxore mea?so that I may eat and drink, and sleep with my wife?Per salutem tuam, et per salutem animæ tuæ,By your welfare and by the welfare of your soul,non faciam rem hanc.I will not do this thing.”

¹²Ait ergo David ad Uriam:Therefore, David said to Uriah,Mane hic etiam hodie,“Even so, remain here today,et cras dimittam te.and tomorrow I will send you away.”Mansit Urias in Jerusalem in die illa et altera:So Uriah remained in Jerusalem, on that day and the next.

¹²Ait ergo David ad Uriam:Therefore, David said to Uriah,Mane hic etiam hodie,“Even so, remain here today,et cras dimittam te.and tomorrow I will send you away.”Mansit Urias in Jerusalem in die illa et altera:So Uriah remained in Jerusalem, on that day and the next.

¹³et vocavit eum David ut comederet coram se et biberet,And David called him, so that he might eat and drink before him,et inebriavit eum:and he made him inebriated.qui egressus vespere,And departing in the evening,dormivit in strato suo cum servis domini sui,he slept on his bedding, with the servants of his lord,et in domum suam non descendit.and he did not go down to his own house.

¹³et vocavit eum David ut comederet coram se et biberet,And David called him, so that he might eat and drink before him,et inebriavit eum:and he made him inebriated.qui egressus vespere,And departing in the evening,dormivit in strato suo cum servis domini sui,he slept on his bedding, with the servants of his lord,et in domum suam non descendit.and he did not go down to his own house.

¹⁴Factum est ergo mane,Therefore, when morning arrived,et scripsit David epistolam ad Joab: misitque per manum Uriæ,David wrote a letter to Joab. And he sent it by the hand of Uriah,

¹⁴Factum est ergo mane,Therefore, when morning arrived,et scripsit David epistolam ad Joab: misitque per manum Uriæ,David wrote a letter to Joab. And he sent it by the hand of Uriah,

¹⁵scribens in epistola:writing in the letter:Ponite Uriam ex adverso belli,“Place Uriah opposite the warfare,ubi fortissimum est prælium:where the battle is the strongest,et derelinquite eum,and then abandon him, so that,ut percussus intereat.having been wounded, he may die.”

¹⁵scribens in epistola:writing in the letter:Ponite Uriam ex adverso belli,“Place Uriah opposite the warfare,ubi fortissimum est prælium:where the battle is the strongest,et derelinquite eum,and then abandon him, so that,ut percussus intereat.having been wounded, he may die.”

¹⁶Igitur cum Joab obsideret urbem,And so, when Joab was besieging the city,posuit Uriam in loco ubi sciebat viros esse fortissimos.he positioned Uriah in the place where he knew the strongest men to be.

¹⁶Igitur cum Joab obsideret urbem,And so, when Joab was besieging the city,posuit Uriam in loco ubi sciebat viros esse fortissimos.he positioned Uriah in the place where he knew the strongest men to be.

¹⁷Egressique viri de civitate,And the men, departing from the city,bellabant adversum Joab,made war against Joab.et ceciderunt de populo servorum David, et mortuus est etiam Urias Hethæus.And some of the people among the servants of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

¹⁷Egressique viri de civitate,And the men, departing from the city,bellabant adversum Joab,made war against Joab.et ceciderunt de populo servorum David, et mortuus est etiam Urias Hethæus.And some of the people among the servants of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

¹⁸Misit itaque Joab,And so,et nuntiavit David omnia verba prælii:Joab sent and reported to David every word about the battle.

¹⁸Misit itaque Joab,And so,et nuntiavit David omnia verba prælii:Joab sent and reported to David every word about the battle.

¹⁹præcepitque nuntio,And he instructed the messenger,dicens:saying:Cum compleveris universos sermones belli ad regem,“When you have completed all the words about the war to the king,

¹⁹præcepitque nuntio,And he instructed the messenger,dicens:saying:Cum compleveris universos sermones belli ad regem,“When you have completed all the words about the war to the king,

²⁰si eum videris indignari,if you see him to be angry,et dixerit:and if he says:Quare accessistis ad murum, ut præliaremini?‘Why did you draw near to the wall in order to fight?an ignorabatis quod multa desuper ex muro tela mittantur?Are you ignorant that many darts are thrown from above the wall?

²⁰si eum videris indignari,if you see him to be angry,et dixerit:and if he says:Quare accessistis ad murum, ut præliaremini?‘Why did you draw near to the wall in order to fight?an ignorabatis quod multa desuper ex muro tela mittantur?Are you ignorant that many darts are thrown from above the wall?

²¹Quis percussit Abimelech filium Jerobaal?Who struck down Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal?nonne mulier misit super eum fragmen molæ de muro, et interfecit eum in Thebes?Did not a woman throw a fragment of a millstone upon him from the wall, and so kill him at Thebez?quare juxta murum accessistis? dices:Why did you approach beside the wall?’ then you shall say:Etiam servus tuus Urias Hethæus occubuit.‘Your servant Uriah, the Hittite, also lies dead.’”

²¹Quis percussit Abimelech filium Jerobaal?Who struck down Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal?nonne mulier misit super eum fragmen molæ de muro, et interfecit eum in Thebes?Did not a woman throw a fragment of a millstone upon him from the wall, and so kill him at Thebez?quare juxta murum accessistis? dices:Why did you approach beside the wall?’ then you shall say:Etiam servus tuus Urias Hethæus occubuit.‘Your servant Uriah, the Hittite, also lies dead.’”

²²Abiit ergo nuntius,Therefore,et venit,the messenger departed.et narravit David omnia quæ ei præceperat Joab.And he went and described to David all that Joab had instructed him.

²²Abiit ergo nuntius,Therefore,et venit,the messenger departed.et narravit David omnia quæ ei præceperat Joab.And he went and described to David all that Joab had instructed him.

²³Et dixit nuntius ad David:And the messenger said to David:Prævaluerunt adversum nos viri,“The men prevailed against us,et egressi sunt ad nos in agrum:and they went out to us in the field.nos autem facto impetu persecuti eos sumus usque ad portam civitatis.Then we pursued them, making an assault, even to the gate of the city.

²³Et dixit nuntius ad David:And the messenger said to David:Prævaluerunt adversum nos viri,“The men prevailed against us,et egressi sunt ad nos in agrum:and they went out to us in the field.nos autem facto impetu persecuti eos sumus usque ad portam civitatis.Then we pursued them, making an assault, even to the gate of the city.

²⁴Et direxerunt jacula sagittarii ad servos tuos ex muro desuper,And the archers directed their arrows at your servants from the wall above.mortuique sunt de servis regis:And some of the king’s servants died,quin etiam servus tuus Urias Hethæus mortuus est.and then also your servant Uriah the Hittite died.”

²⁴Et direxerunt jacula sagittarii ad servos tuos ex muro desuper,And the archers directed their arrows at your servants from the wall above.mortuique sunt de servis regis:And some of the king’s servants died,quin etiam servus tuus Urias Hethæus mortuus est.and then also your servant Uriah the Hittite died.”

²⁵Et dixit David ad nuntium: Hæc dices Joab:And David said to the messenger: “You shall say these things to Joab:Non te frangat ista res: varius enim eventus est belli,‘Do not let this matter dishearten you. For varied are the events of war.nunc hunc,Now this one,et nunc illum consumit gladius:and now that one, is consumed by the sword.conforta bellatores tuos adversus urbem ut destruas eam, et exhortare eos.Encourage your warriors against the city and exhort them, so that you may destroy it.’”

²⁵Et dixit David ad nuntium: Hæc dices Joab:And David said to the messenger: “You shall say these things to Joab:Non te frangat ista res: varius enim eventus est belli,‘Do not let this matter dishearten you. For varied are the events of war.nunc hunc,Now this one,et nunc illum consumit gladius:and now that one, is consumed by the sword.conforta bellatores tuos adversus urbem ut destruas eam, et exhortare eos.Encourage your warriors against the city and exhort them, so that you may destroy it.’”

²⁶Audivit autem uxor Uriæ quod mortuus esset Urias vir suus,Then the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah had died,et planxit eum.and she mourned for him.

²⁶Audivit autem uxor Uriæ quod mortuus esset Urias vir suus,Then the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah had died,et planxit eum.and she mourned for him.

²⁷Transacto autem luctu,But when the lamentation was completed,misit David,David sent and brought her into his house,et introduxit eam in domum suam,and she became his wife,et facta est ei uxor,and she bore a son to him.peperitque ei filium:And this word,et displicuit verbum hoc quod fecerat David,which David had done,coram Domino.was displeasing in the sight of the Lord.

²⁷Transacto autem luctu,But when the lamentation was completed,misit David,David sent and brought her into his house,et introduxit eam in domum suam,and she became his wife,et facta est ei uxor,and she bore a son to him.peperitque ei filium:And this word,et displicuit verbum hoc quod fecerat David,which David had done,coram Domino.was displeasing in the sight of the Lord.