2 Samuel 14

1 Manghai kaha lungbuei tah Absalom taengla a om te Zeruiah capa Joab loh a ming.

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward 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 Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray you, feign yourself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not yourself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned 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 speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

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 when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did reverence, and said, 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 unto her, What disturbs you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine 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 your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one stroke the other, and slew him.

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, behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that stroke his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon 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 unto the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.

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 Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.

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, Whoever says ought unto you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more.

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 said she, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall 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, Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word unto my lord the king. 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, Wherefore then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king does speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king does not fetch home again his banished.

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 we must essentially die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person: yet does he devise means, that his banished be not expelled 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.

Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

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 hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance 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 handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD your God will 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 answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray you, the thing that I shall ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

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 answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king has spoken: for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid:

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.

To fetch about this form of speech has your servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the 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 unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

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.

And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.

23 JoabTe thoo tih Geshuri la cet tih Absalom te Jerusalem la a mael puei.

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

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 turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

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.

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

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 polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it: ) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after 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 unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

28 Absalom tah Jerusalem ah khohnin la kum nit kho a sak dae manghai maelhmai hmuh pawh.

So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

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.

Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, 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.

Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set 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 arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have your servants set 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 answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

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 came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.