1 Khokhuen 11
1 Israel pum te Hebron kah David taengla tingtun uh tih, “Kaimih he na rhuh neh na saa ni he.
Then the people of Israel came to David at Hebron [town] and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors [IDM] that you have.
2 Hlaem hlavai kah na manghai Saul a om vaengah pataeng Israel te na vuenva puei tih na kunael puei. Te dongah ni na Pathen BOEIPA loh namah taengah, ‘Nang tah ka pilnam Israel na luem puei vetih nang he ka pilnam Israel soah rhaengsang la na om ni,’ a ti,” a ti na uh.
In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli [soldiers in our battles]. You are the one to whom Yahweh our God promised, ‘You will be the leader [MET] of my people; you will be their king.’”
3 Israel kah a ham boeih khaw Hebron kah manghai taengla pawk uh tih David loh amih neh Hebron kah BOEIPA mikhmuh ah paipi a saii. Te phoeiah Samuel kut dongkah BOEIPA ol vanbangla David te Israel sokah manghai la a koelh uh.
So all the Israeli elders came to David at Hebron. And David made a sacred agreement with them while Yahweh was listening. They anointed him [with olive oil to set him apart] to be the king of the Israeli people. That is what Yahweh had previously told [the prophet] Samuel would happen.
4 Te vaengah David neh Israel boeih tah Jebus Jerusalem la cet uh. Te khohmuen kah khosa rhoek tah Jebusi rhoek ni.
David and all the Israeli [soldiers] [SYN] went to Jerusalem. [At that time, ] Jerusalem was called Jebus, and the people who lived there were the Jebus people-group.
5 Te vaengah Jebus kah khosa rhoek loh David te, “Hela ha kun boeh,” a ti nah. Tedae David loh David khopuei kah Zion rhalvong te a rhawt pah.
Those people said to David, “Your [soldiers] will not be able to get inside our city!” But David’s [soldiers] captured the city, even though it had strong walls around it, and since then it has been called ‘The City of David’.
6 Te phoeiah David loh, “Lamhma la Jebusi aka ngawn boeih tah boeilu la, mangpa la om saeh,” a ti nah. Te dongah Zeruiah capa Joab te lamhma la cet tih boeilu la pahoi om van.
[What happened was this: ]: David said [to his soldiers], “The one who leads [our soldiers] to attack the Jebus people-group will become the commander of all my army.” Joab, the son of Zeruiah, led the soldiers, so he became the commander of all the army.
7 David loh te kah rhalmahim ah kho a sak dongah ni David khopuei la a khue uh.
[After they captured] the city which had strong walls around it, David moved there. That is why they named it ‘The City of David’.
8 Khopuei te a kaepvai kah vaikhap lamloh khotaeng khovai hil a thoh tih a caknoi khopuei te Joab loh a hing sak.
David’s workers rebuilt the city, starting where the land was filled in and extending to the wall that was around the city. Joab’s [men] repaired the other parts of the city.
9 David te pongpa, pongpa tih a pantai vanbangla caempuei BOEIPA khaw anih taengah om.
David became more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him.
10 He tah a ram khuiah anih aka duel David kah boeilu hlangrhalh rhoek neh Israel sokah BOEIPA ol bangla anih aka manghai sak Israel cungkuem rhoek coeng ni.
Yahweh had promised [that David would become the king]. And all the Israeli people (were happy that David was/supported David as) their king. There were many soldiers/warriors who helped David’s kingdom to remain strong.
11 David kah hlangrhalh hlangmi he tah sawmthum kah boeilu, rhalboei Hakhomi capa Jashobeam. Anih loh a caai te a haeng tih ya thum te voei khat la a rhokpam sak.
This is a list of the leaders of David’s [most mighty] warriors: Jashobeam was from the Hacmon clan. He was one of the leaders of David’s most powerful soldiers. One time he fought against 300 enemies and killed them all with his spear.
12 Anih hmatoeng ah Akhohi Dodo capa Eleazar. Anih khaw hlangrhalh pathum khuikah ni.
Another one was Eleazar, who was the son of Dodo from the clan of Ahoh.
13 Anih te Pasdammin ah khaw David taengah ni a om. Te vaengah Philisti rhoek tah caemtloek la pahoi tingtun uh. Lohma kah khamyai te cangtun khawk om pueng dae pilnam tah Philisti mikhmuh lamloh rhaelrham uh.
[One day] he was with David at Pas Dammim when the soldiers of Philistia gathered there for the battle. There was a field of barley there. At first the Israeli soldiers ran away from the soldiers of Philistia,
14 Lohma li ah pai uh tih khohmuen te a huul uh. Te dongah Philisti te a ngawn uh vaengah khaw BOEIPA loh loeihnah a len neh a khang.
but then David and Eleazar stopped in the middle of the field and fought to defend it and killed [many of] the soldiers of Philistia. Yahweh enabled them to win a great victory on that day.
15 Boeilu sawmthum lamkah pathum te Adullam lungko lungpang kah David taengla a suntlak uh vaengah Philisti caem tah Rephaim kol ah rhaeh uh.
One time three of David’s thirty most mighty warriors came to David when he was camping next to the huge rock outside the cave near Adullam. At that same time, the army of Philistia had camped in the Rephaim Valley.
16 David te rhalvong ah a om kuelhuelh vaengah Philisti khohung te Bethlehem ah om van.
David was in a fortress, and some of the soldiers of Philistia were occupying Bethlehem.
17 David loh Bethlehem vongka kah tuito lamkah tui te a ngaidam, a ngaidam vaengah tah, “Kai he u long nim n'tul lah ve?” a ti.
[One day] David was very thirsty and said, “I wish that someone would bring me some water from the well near the gate at Bethlehem!”
18 Pathum long te Philisti rhaehhmuen te a va uh tih vongka taengkah Bethlehem tuito lamkah tui te a than uh. Te phoeiah a khuen uh tih David taengla pawk uh. Tedae David loh te te a ok ham huem pawt tih BOEIPA ham a suep.
So those three most outstanding warriors forced their way through the camp of Philistia soldiers and drew some water from the well, and brought it to David. But he would not drink it. Instead, he poured it out [on the ground to be an offering] to Yahweh.
19 Te phoeiah, “He saii ham he kamah lamkah khaw, ka Pathen taeng lamkah khaw savisava saeh. A hinglu te a kun puei uh coeng dongah hinglu dongkah hlang thii he a ka ok eh?” a ti. Te dongah hlangrhalh pathum loh a saii pah te ok hamla huem pawh.
He said, “Yahweh, it would certainly not be right for me to drink this water! That would be like [RHQ] drinking the blood of these men who were willing/ready to die for me!” So he refused to drink it. That was one of the things that those three most outstanding warriors did.
20 Te vaengah Joab mana Abishai tah te rhoek pathum kah a lu la om. Anih loh a caai a haeng tih ya thum te a rhokpam sak. Te dongah pawt nim anih te pathum lakli ah ming a om.
Joab’s [younger] brother Abishai was the leader of the 30 most mighty warriors. [One time] Abishai fought 300 [enemy] soldiers with his spear and killed them.
21 Pathum lakah khaw rhaep nit la a thangpom tih amih taengah mangpa la a om coeng dongah pathum lakli ah mop voel pawh.
So he became as famous as those three most outstanding warriors. He became their commander, even though he was not one of those three men.
22 Kabzeel lamkah bisai aka ping, tatthai hlang capa, Jehoiada koca Benaiah loh Moab kah sathueng hlang rhoi te a tloek. Te phoeiah anih te vuelsong khohnin ah khaw suntla tih tangrhom khui kah sathueng te a ngawn bal.
Jehoiada’s son Benaiah was a brave soldier from Kabzeel [town] who did heroic deeds. He killed two of the best warriors from [the] Moab [people-group]. One day he went down into a pit when snow was falling [on the ground] and killed a lion there.
23 Anih loh Egypt hlang te khaw a ngawn. Tekah hlang te cungnueh ah dong nga lo. Egypt kut dongkah caai te hni tak kah tampai bangla om. Tedae anih te conghol neh a suntlak thil mai tih Egypt kut lamkah caai te a rhawth pah. Te phoeiah amah caai neh amah te a ngawn.
He also killed a soldier from Egypt who was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) tall. The soldier from Egypt carried a spear that was as long as a weaver’s rod. Benaiah had [only] a club, but he grabbed the other man’s spear and killed him with it.
24 He tlam he Jehoiada capa Benaiah loh a saii dongah ni anih te a ming khaw hlangrhalh pathum lakah a om.
Those are some of the things that Benaiah did. So he became as famous as the three mighty warriors.
25 Sawmthum lakah khaw anih te amah la thangpom coeng ne. Tedae pathum taengla a mop thai voel pawt dongah anih te David loh a taengom la a khueh.
He was more honored than the other members of the group of thirty most mighty warriors, but he did not become a member of the group of three most outstanding warriors. David appointed him to be the leader of his bodyguards.
26 Te vaengkah tatthai hlangrhalh rhoek tah Joab mana Asahel, Bethlehem lamkah Dodo capa Elhanan.
These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: Asahel, the [younger] brother of Joab; Elhanan, the son of Dodo, from Bethlehem;
27 Haroree Shammoth, Pelonee Helez.
Shammah, from [the] Harod [clan]; Helez, from [the] Pelon [clan];
28 Tekoa Ikkesh capa Ira, Anatoth Abiezer.
Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa [town]; Abiezer, from Anathoth [city];
29 Khushathi Sibbekhai neh Akhohi Ilai.
Sibbecai, from Hushah’s [clan]; Ilai from Ahoh’s clan;
30 Netophah Maharai neh Netophah Baanah capa Heled.
Maharai, from Netophah [town]; Heled, the son of Baanah, also from Netophah [town];
31 Benjamin koca Gibeah lamkah Ribai capa Ittai. Pirathon kah Benaiah.
Ithai, the son of Ribai, from Gibeah [town] in [the land that belonged to] the tribe of Benjamin; Benaiah, from Pirathon [town];
32 Gaash soklong lamkah Hurai neh Arbahi Abiel.
Hurai, from the valleys near Gaash [Mountain]; Abiel from the clan of Arabah;
33 Baharumi Azmaveth neh Shaalbin Eliaba.
Azmaveth, from Baharum [town]; Eliahba, from Shaalbon [town];
34 Gizoni Hashem koca rhoek ah Harari Shagee capa Jonathan.
The sons of Hashem from [the] Gizon [clan]; Jonathan the son of Shagee from the Harar [town/clan];
35 Harari Sakar capa Ahiam, Ur capa Eliphal.
Ahiam the son of Sharar/Sacar, from Harar [town/clan]; Eliphal the son of Ur;
36 Mekerathi Hepher neh Pelonee Ahijah.
Hepher from the Mekerath [clan]; Ahijah from the Pelon [clan/town];
37 Karmel Hezro neh Ezbai capa Naari.
Hezro from Carmel [city]; Naarai the son of Ezbai;
38 Nathan mana Joel neh Hagri capa Mibhar.
Joel the [younger] brother of Nathan; Mibhar the son of Hagri;
39 Ammoni Zelek neh Zeruiah capa Joab kah hno phuei Beeroth Naharai.
Zelek from the Ammon people-group; Naharai, the man who carried Joab’s weapons, from Beeroth [town];
40 Yitha Ira neh Yitha Gareb.
Ira and Gareb from Jattir [town];
41 Khitti Uriah neh Ahlai capa Zabad.
Uriah, [Bathsheba’s husband], from the Heth people-group; Zabad the son of Ahlai;
42 Reuben boeilu Reuben Shiza capa Adina neh a taengkah sawmthum.
Adina the son of Shiza, a leader from the tribe of Reuben, who had thirty [soldiers] with him;
43 Maakah capa Hanan neh Mithini Joshaphat.
Hanan the son of Maacah; Joshaphat from Mithna [town/clan];
44 Ashtrarity Uzzia, Shamma, Jeuel neh Jeiel. Arori Hotham koca rhoek.
Uzzia from Ashterath [town]; Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, from Aroer [city];
45 Shimri capa Jediael neh a mana Tizi Joha.
Jediael the son of Shimri and his [younger] brother Joha, from Tiz [town/clan];
46 Makhavim Eliel, Jeribai, Elnaam koca Joshavi, Moab Ithmah.
Eliel from Mahavah [town/clan]; Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam; Ithmah from [the] Moab [region];
47 Eliel, Obed neh Mezobah Jaasiel.
Eliel and Obed, and Jaasiel from Zobah [town/clan].
