12–БОБ
Натан пайғамбар Довудни койийди
1 Эгамиз Натан пайғамбарни Довуднинг ҳузурига жўнатди. Натан Довуднинг ҳузурига келиб, гап очди:
— Бир шаҳарда икки одам яшар экан. Ўша одамлардан бири бой, бошқаси камбағал экан. 2 Бойнинг жуда кўп мол–қўйлари бор экан. 3 Камбағалнинг эса биттагина сотиб олиб боқаётган совлиқ қўзичоқдан бошқа ҳеч нарсаси йўқ экан. Қўзичоқ камбағал одамнинг уйида болалар билан бирга катта бўлаётган экан. Қўзичоқ унинг таомидан еб, идишидан сув ичар, қўйнида ухларкан. Қисқаси, қўзичоқ ўша одамнинг қизидай экан. 4 Бир куни бой одамнинг уйига бир йўловчи ташриф буюрибди. Бой меҳмонга таом ҳозирлаш учун ўзининг мол–қўйларидан биттасини ҳам сўйишга кўзи қиймабди–да, камбағалнинг қўзисини сўйиб, меҳмонга таом ҳозирлабди.
5 Довуд бой одамнинг ишидан қаттиқ ғазабланди:
— Худо шоҳид! Шундай иш қилган одам ўлимга лойиқдир! — деди Натанга. 6 — Бағритошлик қилиб, шундай иш қилгани учун у қўзичоқ эвазига тўртта қўй тўлаши лозим.
7 Шу гапдан кейин Натан Довудга:
— Ўша одам сенсан! — деди. — Исроил халқининг Худоси — Эгам шундай айтмоқда: “Мен сенга мой суртиб Исроилга шоҳ қилдим, Шоулнинг қўлидан халос этдим. 8 Сенга хўжайинингнинг хонадонини инъом қилдим, хотинларини қўйнингга солиб қўйдим. Исроил ва Яҳудо халқини сенга бердим. Агар булар оз бўлса эди, яна нималарни бермасдим! 9 Нега Менинг олдимда қабиҳлик қилиб, сўзимни писанд қилмадинг? Хет халқидан бўлган Уриёни ўлдирдинг, ҳа, Оммонларнинг қиличи билан жонини олдинг. Хотинини эса тортиб олдинг. 10 Мени писанд қилмаганинг учун, Уриёнинг хотинини тортиб олганинг учун бундан буён қилич сенинг хонадонингга доим хавф солиб туради.” 11 Эгам шундай айтмоқда: “Ўзингнинг хонадонингдан ўзингга ёмонлик келтираман. Кўз ўнгингда хотинларингни яқинларингдан бирига бераман. Ўша яқининг куппа–кундузи хотинларингнинг қўйнига киради. 12 Ҳа, сен бу ишни яширинча қилдинг, Мен эса, бутун Исроил халқи кўрсин деб, куппа–кундузи қиламан.”
13 — Эгам олдида гуноҳ қилдим! — деди Довуд Натанга.
— Эгам гуноҳингдан ўтди, ўлмайсан, — деди Натан. 14 — Бироқ сен шу ишни қилиб, Эгамизни менсимаганинг учун туғилган боланг нобуд бўлади.
15 Натан шу гапларни айтиб, уйига кетди.
Довуднинг ўғли вафот этади
Уриёнинг хотини Довуддан фарзанд кўрган эди. Эгамиз эса ўша болани оғир хасталикка мубтало қилди. 16 Довуд ўғли учун Худога илтижо қилиб, рўза тутди, уйига бориб кечалари кўкрагини захга бериб ётаверди. 17 Сарой оқсоқоллари уни ердан турғизмоқчи бўлишса ҳам, Довуд турмади, улар билан бирга таом ҳам емади.
18 Еттинчи куни бола оламдан ўтди. Аъёнлар, болангиз оламдан ўтди, деб хабар беришга қўрқишди. “Бола тирик пайтида, биз шоҳ билан суҳбатлашдик, аммо у бизнинг гапимизга қулоқ солмади”, дейишди ўзаро. “Болангиз вафот этди, деб шоҳга қандай айтамиз? У ўзини ўзи бирор нарса қилиб қўйиши мумкин.”
19 Довуд аъёнларининг ўзаро шивир–шивир қилаётганларини эшитиб, боласининг нобуд бўлганини билди.
— Болам нобуд бўлдими? — деб сўради улардан.
— Ҳа, нобуд бўлди, — дейишди аъёнлар.
20 Шундан кейин Довуд ердан турди. Ювиниб, хушбўй мой суртди ва кийимларини алмаштирди. Эгамизнинг уйига бориб, сажда қилди. Сўнг уйига қайтиб келиб:
— Менга таом келтиринглар, — деб буюрди. Довуд олдига қўйилган таомни еди. 21 Шунда аъёнлари сўрашди:
— Нимага бундай қиляпсиз? Бола тириклигида рўза тутдингиз, йиғладингиз, у нобуд бўлгандан сўнг эса, ўрнингиздан турдингиз, таом едингиз.
22 Довуд шундай жавоб берди:
— Ҳа, болам тириклигида рўза тутдим, йиғладим. Ким билади, Эгам менга шафқат қилар, болам тирик қолар, деб ўйлаган эдим, 23 лекин энди болам нобуд бўлди. Шундай бўлгач, нега рўза тутайин?! Болани қайтариб олиб кела олармидим?! Мен унинг ёнига бораман, лекин у менинг олдимга қайтиб келмайди.
Сулаймоннинг туғилиши
24 Довуд хотини Ботшевага тасалли берди, қўйнига кириб, у билан қовушди. Ботшева бир ўғил туғди. Довуд болага Сулаймон деб исм қўйди. Эгамиз ҳам болани яхши кўриб суйди 25 ва бу ҳақда Натан пайғамбар орқали хабар берди. Эгамиз болани севгани учун, Натан унга Ёдидаё деб исм қўйди.
Довуд Рабба шаҳрини қўлга киритади
26 Бу пайтда Йўаб Оммонларнинг Рабба шаҳрига ҳужумни давом эттираверди. Ниҳоят, шаҳарнинг шоҳ саройи жойлашган қалъасини босиб олди. 27 Кейин Довудга чопарлар орқали шундай хабар жўнатди: “Рабба шаҳрига ҳужум қилиб, ҳовузни қўлга киритдим. 28 Энди қолган сипоҳни бошлаб келинг, шаҳарни сиз ўраб, босиб олинг, токи шаҳарни мен қўлга киритган бўлмайин, акс ҳолда, шаҳарни Йўаб олган деб айтиб юришади.”
29 Довуд ҳамма сипоҳларини тўплаб, Рабба шаҳрига йўл олди. У шаҳарга ҳужум қилиб, қўлга киритди. 30 Оммон шоҳининг бошидаги тожини ҳам олди. Қимматбаҳо тошлар билан безатилган, оғирлиги икки пуд келадиган бу олтин тож Довуднинг бошига кийдирилди. Довуд шаҳардан катта миқдорда ўлжа йиғди. 31 У шаҳар аҳолисини арра, чўкич ва болта билан бажариладиган ишларга, ғишт тайёрлашга мажбур қилди. Довуд Оммон шаҳарларининг ҳаммасида шу усулни қўллади. Шундан кейин у жамики лашкарини бошлаб, Қуддусга қайтиб кетди.
1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
7 ¶ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; 8 And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
15 ¶ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? 19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself , and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
24 ¶ And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
26 ¶ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. 29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. 30 And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. 31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
