2 Samuel · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 И҆ бы́сть по возвраще́нїи лѣ́та, во вре́мѧ и҆схожде́нїѧ царе́й (на бра́нь), и҆ посла̀ даві́дъ і҆ѡа́ва и҆ ѻ҆́троки своѧ̑ съ ни́мъ, и҆ всего̀ і҆и҃лѧ: и҆ расточи́ша сы́ны а҆ммѡ̑ни и҆ ѡ҆бсѣдо́ша ѡ҆́крестъ равва́ѳа, и҆ даві́дъ сѣ́де во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ.
1 At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
2 И҆ бы́сть при ве́черѣ, и҆ воста̀ даві́дъ ѿ ло́жа своегѡ̀, и҆ хожда́ше на кро́вѣ до́мꙋ ца́рскагѡ, и҆ ᲂу҆ви́дѣ женꙋ̀ съ кро́ва мы́ющꙋюсѧ: жена́ же взо́ромъ добра̀ велмѝ:
2 At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
3 и҆ посла̀ даві́дъ, и҆ взыска̀ женꙋ̀, и҆ речѐ: не сїѧ́ ли вирсаві́а дще́рь є҆лїа́влѧ, жена̀ ᲂу҆рі́и хетте́анина;
3 David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
4 И҆ посла̀ даві́дъ слꙋги̑, и҆ взѧ̀ ю҆̀, и҆ вни́де къ не́й, и҆ преспа̀ съ не́ю: и҆ та̀ бѣ̀ ѡ҆чи́стиласѧ ѿ нечистоты̀ своеѧ̀, и҆ возврати́сѧ въ до́мъ сво́й.
4 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
5 И҆ зача́тъ жена̀ во чре́вѣ: и҆ посла́вши возвѣстѝ даві́дꙋ и҆ речѐ: сѐ, а҆́зъ є҆́смь во чре́вѣ и҆мꙋ́щаѧ.
5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
6 И҆ посла̀ даві́дъ ко і҆ѡа́вꙋ, глаго́лѧ: послѝ ко мнѣ̀ ᲂу҆рі́ю хетте́анина. И҆ посла̀ і҆ѡа́въ ᲂу҆рі́ю къ даві́дꙋ.
6 David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 И҆ прїи́де ᲂу҆рі́а и҆ вни́де къ немꙋ̀, и҆ вопросѝ є҆го̀ даві́дъ ѡ҆ ми́рѣ і҆ѡа́ва и҆ ѡ҆ ми́рѣ люді́й и҆ ѡ҆ ми́рѣ бра́ни.
7 When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
8 И҆ речѐ даві́дъ ко ᲂу҆рі́и: и҆дѝ въ до́мъ тво́й, и҆ ᲂу҆мы́й но́зѣ твоѝ. И҆ и҆зы́де ᲂу҆рі́а и҆з̾ до́мꙋ царе́ва, и҆ и҆́де в̾слѣ́дъ є҆гѡ̀ снѣ́дь царе́ва.
8 David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
9 И҆ спа̀ ᲂу҆рі́а пред̾ враты̀ до́мꙋ царе́ва съ рабы̑ господи́на своегѡ̀, а҆ не и҆́де въ до́мъ сво́й.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house.
10 И҆ возвѣсти́ша даві́дꙋ, глаго́люще: ꙗ҆́кѡ не ходѝ ᲂу҆рі́а въ до́мъ сво́й. И҆ речѐ даві́дъ ко ᲂу҆рі́и: не съ пꙋти́ ли прише́лъ є҆сѝ; почто̀ не вше́лъ є҆сѝ въ до́мъ тво́й;
10 When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you come from a journey? Why didn’t you go down to your house?”
11 И҆ речѐ ᲂу҆рі́а къ даві́дꙋ: кївѡ́тъ бж҃їй и҆ і҆и҃ль и҆ і҆ꙋ́да пребыва́ютъ въ кꙋ́щахъ, и҆ господи́нъ мо́й і҆ѡа́въ и҆ рабѝ господи́на моегѡ̀ на лицы̀ се́лъ пребыва́ютъ, а҆́зъ же вни́дꙋ ли въ до́мъ мо́й ꙗ҆́сти и҆ пи́ти и҆ спа́ти съ жено́ю мое́ю; ка́кѡ; жива̀ дꙋша̀ твоѧ̀, а҆́ще сотворю̀ глаго́лъ се́й.
11 Uriah said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing!”
12 И҆ речѐ даві́дъ ко ᲂу҆рі́и: посѣдѝ здѣ̀ и҆ дне́сь, и҆ заꙋ́тра ѿпꙋщꙋ́ тѧ. И҆ пребы́сть ᲂу҆рі́а во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ въ то́й де́нь и҆ во ᲂу҆́трешнїй.
12 David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.
13 И҆ призва̀ є҆го̀ даві́дъ, и҆ ꙗ҆дѐ пред̾ ни́мъ и҆ пїѧ́ше, и҆ ᲂу҆поѝ є҆го̀, и҆ ѿи́де въ ве́черъ спа́ти на ло́же своѐ съ рабы̑ господи́на своегѡ̀, въ до́мъ же сво́й не и҆́де.
13 When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house.
14 И҆ бы́сть ᲂу҆́тро, и҆ написа̀ даві́дъ писа́нїе ко і҆ѡа́вꙋ, и҆ посла̀ рꙋко́ю ᲂу҆рі́иною.
14 In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 И҆ написа̀ въ писа́нїи, глаго́лѧ: введѝ ᲂу҆рі́ю проти́вꙋ бра́ни крѣ́пкїѧ, и҆ возврати́тесѧ вспѧ́ть ѿ негѡ̀, да ꙗ҆́звенъ бꙋ́детъ и҆ ᲂу҆́мретъ.
15 He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck and die.”
16 И҆ бы́сть є҆гда̀ стрежа́ше і҆ѡа́въ ᲂу҆ гра́да, и҆ поста́ви ᲂу҆рі́ю на мѣ́стѣ, и҆дѣ́же вѣ́дѧше, ꙗ҆́кѡ мꙋ́жїе си́льни та́мѡ.
16 When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 И҆ и҆зыдо́ша мꙋ́жїе и҆з̾ гра́да и҆ бїѧ́хꙋсѧ со і҆ѡа́вомъ: и҆ падо́ша ѿ люді́й ѿ рабѡ́въ даві́довыхъ, ᲂу҆́мре же и҆ ᲂу҆рі́а хетте́анинъ.
17 The men of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 И҆ посла̀ і҆ѡа́въ, и҆ возвѣстѝ даві́дꙋ всѧ̑ словеса̀, ꙗ҆̀же ѡ҆ бра́ни, глаго́лати къ царю̀.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19 И҆ заповѣ́да (і҆ѡа́въ) послꙋ̀, глаго́лѧ: є҆гда̀ сконча́еши всѧ̑ рѣ̑чи, ꙗ҆̀же ѡ҆ бра́ни, къ царю̀ глаго́лати,
19 and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
20 и҆ бꙋ́детъ а҆́ще разгнѣ́ваетсѧ ца́рь и҆ рече́тъ тѝ: почто̀ прибли́жистесѧ ко гра́дꙋ на бра́нь; не вѣ́дасте ли, ꙗ҆́кѡ стрѣлѧ́ти бꙋ́дꙋтъ съ стѣны̀;
20 it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?
21 кто̀ ᲂу҆бѝ а҆вїмеле́ха сы́на і҆ероваа́лѧ сы́на ни́рова; не жена́ ли ве́рже на́нь ᲂу҆ло́мкомъ же́рнова съ стѣны̀, (и҆ ᲂу҆разѝ є҆го̀,) и҆ ᲂу҆́мре въ ѳама́сѣ; почто̀ пристꙋпа́сте къ стѣнѣ̀; и҆ рече́ши: и҆ ра́бъ тво́й ᲂу҆рі́а хетте́анинъ (ᲂу҆бїе́нъ бы́сть, и҆) ᲂу҆́мре.
21 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”
22 И҆ и҆́де посо́лъ і҆ѡа́вль къ царю̀ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ, и҆ прїи́де, и҆ возвѣстѝ даві́дꙋ всѧ̑, є҆ли̑ка глаго́ла є҆мꙋ̀ і҆ѡа́въ, всѧ̑ глаго́лы бра́ни. И҆ разгнѣ́васѧ даві́дъ на і҆ѡа́ва и҆ речѐ къ послꙋ̀: почто̀ прибли́жистесѧ ко гра́дꙋ би́тисѧ; не вѣ́дасте ли, ꙗ҆́кѡ ꙗ҆́звени бꙋ́дете со стѣны̀; кто̀ ᲂу҆бѝ а҆вїмеле́ха сы́на і҆ероваа́лѧ; не жена́ ли ве́рже на́нь ᲂу҆ло́мокъ же́рнова со стѣны̀, и҆ ᲂу҆́мре въ ѳама́сѣ; почто̀ прибли́жистесѧ къ стѣнѣ̀;
22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
23 И҆ речѐ посо́лъ къ даві́дꙋ: ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆крѣпи́шасѧ на ны̀ мꙋ́жїе и҆ и҆зыдо́ша на ны̀ на село̀, и҆ гони́хомъ ѧ҆̀ до вра́тъ гра́да:
23 The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field; and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.
24 и҆ стрѣлѧ́ша стрѣльцы̀ со стѣны̀ на рабы̑ твоѧ̑, и҆ ᲂу҆мро́ша ѿ ѻ҆́трѡкъ ца́рскихъ, и҆ ра́бъ тво́й ᲂу҆рі́а хетте́анинъ ᲂу҆́мре.
24 The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
25 И҆ речѐ даві́дъ къ послꙋ̀: си́це да рече́ши ко і҆ѡа́вꙋ: да не бꙋ́детъ ѕло̀ пред̾ ѻ҆чи́ма твои́ма сло́во сїѐ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѻ҆вогда̀ ᲂу҆́бѡ си́це, ѻ҆вогда́ же и҆на́кѡ поѧда́етъ ме́чь: ᲂу҆крѣпѝ бра́нь твою̀ на гра́дъ, и҆ раскопа́й и҆̀: и҆ ᲂу҆крѣпѝ є҆го̀.
25 Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.’ Encourage him.”
26 И҆ ᲂу҆слы́ша жена̀ ᲂу҆рі́ина, ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆́мре ᲂу҆рі́а мꙋ́жъ є҆ѧ̀, и҆ рыда́ше по мꙋ́жи свое́мъ.
26 When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 И҆ пре́йде пла́чь, и҆ посла̀ даві́дъ, и҆ введѐ ю҆̀ въ до́мъ сво́й, и҆ бы́сть є҆мꙋ̀ жена̀, и҆ родѝ є҆мꙋ̀ сы́на. И҆ ѕо́лъ ꙗ҆ви́сѧ глаго́лъ, є҆го́же сотворѝ даві́дъ, пред̾ ѻ҆чи́ма гдⷭ҇нима.
27 When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Bathsheba
Wife of David and mother of Solomon, remembered amid both sin and grace.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 1-2; Matthew 1:6
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Eliam
Named as the father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. 1 Chronicles 3:5 calls him Ammiel.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 11:3; 1 Chronicles 3:5
Uriah
A Hittite warrior, husband of Bathsheba, who would not go home while the ark and the army were in tents, and whom David had placed in the fiercest fighting so that he would be…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 11:3; 2 Samuel 11:11; 2 Samuel 11:15
Cross references (20)
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- 1 1 Chronicles 20:1; 1 Kings 20:26; 1 Kings 20:22; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Ecclesiastes 3:8
- 2 Matthew 5:28; Psalm 119:37; 1 John 2:16; Acts 10:9; Job 31:1
- 3 2 Samuel 23:39; 1 Chronicles 3:5; Jeremiah 5:8; James 1:14–15; 1 Chronicles 11:41
- 4 Leviticus 18:19; James 1:14–15; Psalm 51:1–19; Proverbs 30:20; Leviticus 12:2–5
- 5 Deuteronomy 22:22; Proverbs 6:34
- 6 Proverbs 28:13; Matthew 26:70; Isaiah 29:13; Job 20:12–14; Genesis 38:18–23
- 7 1 Samuel 17:22; Genesis 37:14; Genesis 29:6
- 8 Genesis 18:4; Isaiah 29:15; Luke 7:44; Luke 12:2; Psalm 55:21
- 9 Proverbs 21:30; Job 5:12–14
- 11 2 Samuel 7:2; 2 Samuel 20:6; 2 Samuel 7:6; 1 Samuel 1:26; 2 Timothy 2:12
- 12 Jeremiah 2:22–23; Jeremiah 2:37
- 13 Habakkuk 2:15; Genesis 19:32–35; Exodus 32:21; Proverbs 20:1
- 14 1 Kings 21:8–10; Jeremiah 17:9; Micah 7:3–5; Psalm 52:2; Psalm 19:13
- 15 2 Samuel 12:9; Psalm 51:4; 2 Samuel 11:17; Psalm 51:14; 1 Samuel 18:21
- 16 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Samuel 20:9–10; 2 Kings 10:6; 1 Kings 21:12–14; 2 Samuel 11:21
- 17 Psalm 51:14; 2 Samuel 12:9
- 21 Judges 9:50–54; Judges 7:1; 2 Samuel 3:27; Judges 6:32; 2 Samuel 3:34
- 25 2 Samuel 12:26; Ecclesiastes 9:1–3; 1 Samuel 6:9; Joshua 7:8–9; Ecclesiastes 9:11–12
- 26 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 3:31; Genesis 27:41
- 27 2 Samuel 12:9; Psalm 51:4–5; 1 Chronicles 21:7; Hebrews 13:4; Deuteronomy 22:29
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