2 Samuel 14
1 Manghai kaha lungbuei tah Absalom taengla a om te Zeruiah capa Joab loh a ming.
Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.
2 Te dongah Joab loh Tekoa la ol a tah tih te lamkah huta aka cueih te a khuen. Te phoeiah anih te, “Nguekcoi mai lamtah nguekcoinah himbai bai mai laeh. Situi hluk boeh, aka duek ham khohnin yung ah aka nguekcoi huta bangla om laeh.
And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:
3 Te phoeiah manghai taengla cet lamtah amah taengah hekah ol bangla thui pah,” a ti nah tih Joab loh anih ka dongah ola khuehpah.
And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.
4 Tekoa nu loh manghai tea voek vaengah a maelhmai diklai laa buluk thil tiha bawk pueng. Te phoeiah ni, “Manghai nang loh ng'khang,” a tinah.
And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.
5 Te dongah amah te manghai loh, “Nang te ba dae lae,” a tinah. Te vaengah, “Kai tah nuhmai nu tih ka va khaw duek coeng.
And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
6 Na salnu taengkah capa panit he amamih rhoiTe lohma ah hnueiuhrhoi. Amih rhoi laklo ah sim uh pawh. Te dongah pakhat loh pakhat tea ngawn tih duek.
And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.
7 Te dongaha huiko boeih loh na salnu he m'pai thil tih, 'A manuca aka ngawn te han tloeng lamtah anih loh a ngawn a manuca kah hinglu ah anih te ka ngawn uh pawn eh. A pang tueng khaw ka phae uh ni,’ a tiuh. Te dongah ka hmai-alh aka sueng te thih koinih ka va ming neha meet he diklai hman ah khueh rhoe khueh mahpawh he,” a tinah.
And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.
8 Te dongah manghai loh huta te, “Na im la mael laeh, nang hamTe kamah loh ka uen bitni,” a tinah.
And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.
9 Tedae Tekoa nu loh manghai taengah, “Ka boei manghai kathaesainah he kamah so neh a pa imkhui ah om saeh lamtah manghai neh a ngolkhoel ta ommongsitoe la om saeh,” a tinah.
And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, may the sin be on me and on my family, and may the king and the seat of his kingdom be clear of sin!
10 Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Nang taengah aka thui te kamah taengla hang khuen, nang koep m'ben hamTe khoep boel saeh,” a tinah.
And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.
11 Te phoeiah, “BOEIPA na Pathen loh manghai te n'thoelh pawn saeh. Thii phu aka suk te a rhaep, rhaep la thup nawn saeh. Te daengah ni ka capa tea diil sak uh pawt eh,” a tinah. Te vaengah manghai loh, “BOEIPA kah hingnah rhangneh na capa kah a sam pakhat pataeng diklai la rhul mahpawh,” a tinah.
Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.
12 Te phoeiah huta loh, “Na salnu long he ka boeipa manghai taengah ol kan thui dae eh,” a ti nah hatah, “Thui saw,” a tinah.
Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.
13 Te dongah huta loh, “Balae tih tahae kah bangla, Pathen kah pilnam he na moeh thil. A heh uhTe manghai loh na khue pawt vaengah, a rhaem banghui la hekah ol he manghai loh a thui.
And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)
14 Diklai dongah tuia luh tih a coi thai voel pawt bangla n'duek rhoe n'duek uh pawn ni. Pathen loh a hinglu bawt pah pawt cakhawa kopoek te a moeh pah ta. Te dongaha heh tangtae khaw amah taeng lamloh loh a bung moenih.
For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.
15 Te dongah he ol he ka boei manghai taengah thui ham ni ka pawk coeng. Pilnam loh kai ng'hih cakhawa ti banglam ni na salnu loh manghai taengah ka thui eh. A salnu kah olkaTe manghai loh a rhoirhi mai khaming.
And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.
16 Pathen kah rho dong lamloh kamah neh ka capa rhenten aka mitmoeng sak ham khaw, hlang kut lamloh a sal nu a huul ham khaw manghai loh ya pai saeh.
For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.
17 Na salnu long tah ka boei manghai kah ol he Pathen puencawn bangla duemnah la om saeh a ti dae ta. Ka boei manghai loh a thaea then khaw a yaak dongah BOEIPA na Pathen tah namah taengah om nawn saeh,” a tinah.
Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!
18 Te phoeiah manghai loh huta tea doo tih, “Namah kan dawt bangla kai taengah ol phah boel mai,” a tinah. Te vaengah huta long khaw, “Ka boei manghai nang thui laeh,” a tinah.
Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.
19 Te vaengah manghai loh, “Nang taengkah olka boeih dongah he Joab kah kutngo om nama?,” a tinah. Te dongah huta loh a doo tih, “Ka boei manghai kah na hinglu kah hingnah vanbangla ka boei manghai loha thui te pakhat khaw banvoei bantang laa hlihloeh moenih. Na sal Joab loh kai ng'uen tih he rhoek kah olka boeih he na salnu kah a ka dongaha khueh.
And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:
20 Olka tea hmuethma hoilae ham ni hekah olka he na sal Joab loh a saii. Tedae ka boeipa tah Pathen puencawn kah cueihnah banglaa cueih dongah, diklai hman kah khaw boeiha ming,” a tinah.
This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.
21 Te daengah manghai loh Joab te, “Ol he ka tloek bitni ne, cet lamtah Absalom camoe te lo laeh,” a tinah.
And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.
22 Te dongah Joab loh a maelhmai te diklai laa buluk tiha bawk phoeiah manghai tea uem. Te phoeiah Joab loh, “Tihnin ah tah ka boei manghai na mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ka dang te na sal loh ka ming. Na sal kah a sal patoeng ol he manghai loha rhoi coeng,” a ti.
Then Joab, falling down on his face on the earth, gave the king honour and blessing; and Joab said, Today it is clear to your servant that I have grace in your eyes, my lord king, because the king has given effect to the request of his servant.
23 JoabTe thoo tih Geshuri la cet tih Absalom te Jerusalem la a mael puei.
So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.
24 Tedae manghai loh, “Amah im la mael saeh lamtah ka maelhmai he hmu boel saeh,” a tinah. Te dongah AbsalomTe amah im la mael tih manghai kah maelhmai khaw hmu pawh.
And the king said, Let him go to his house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom went back to his house and did not see the face of the king.
25 Absalom bangla sakthen hlang he Israel boeih khuiaha om moenih. A khopha lamloh a luki duela thangthen hamla om. A pum dongaha lolhmaih pakhat khaw om pawh.
Now in all Israel there was no one so greatly to be praised for his beautiful form as Absalom: from his feet to the crown of his head he was completely beautiful.
26 A kum, kum ah apata pha atah a luTe vok. Te khaw amah mat a nan vaengah ni a vok pueng. A lu dongkah sam tea vok tiha thuek vaengah manghai coilung ah shekel yahnih a lo pah.
And when he had his hair cut, (which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair; ) the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight.
27 Absalom loh capa pathum neh canu pakhata sak. A canu ming tah Tamar tih, a mueimae khaw sakthen nu la om.
And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.
28 Absalom tah Jerusalem ah khohnin la kum nit kho a sak dae manghai maelhmai hmuh pawh.
For two full years Absalom was living in Jerusalem without ever seeing the face of the king.
29 Te dongah Absalom loh Joab tea tah tih manghai taenglaa tueih. Tedae a taenglaa pawk pah ham te a ngaih pah moenih. Te dongaha pabae la koepa tueih dae lo sak ham ngaih pah pawh.
Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
30 Te vaengah a sal rhoek taengah, “So uh lah, Joab kah lo he kamah kut ah om, te lamkah cangtun te paan uh lamtah hmai neh hlup la hlup pa uh,” a tinah. Te dongah Absalom kah sal rhoek loh lo te hmai neha hlupuh.
So he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley in it; go and put it on fire. And Absalom's servants put the field on fire.
31 Te daengah JoabTe too tih Absalom tea im laa paan. Te vaengah, “Balae tih na sal rhoek loh kai lo ke hmai neha hlup uh,” a tinah.
Then Joab came to Absalom in his house and said to him, Why have your servants put my field on fire?
32 Absalom loh Joab te, “'Hela halo dae,’ ka ti tih la nang te kan tah. Te daengah man manghai te voek hamla nang te kan tueih ve. Geshuri lamkah ka pawk parhiTe kai hamla balaea then, ka om palueng vetih manghai kah maelhmai ka hmuh laeh mako, tedae kai pum dongah thaesainah a om atah kai he ng'ngawn saeh,” a tinah.
And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.
33 JoabTe manghai taengla cet tiha thuipah. Te daengah Absalom tea khue tih manghai taengla koep ha pawk. Te vaengah manghai kah mikhmuh ah a maelhmai diklai la a buluk tih a bawk. Manghai loh Absalom tea mok.
So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.
