2 Samuel 17
1 Te phoeiah Ahithophel loh Absalom taengah, “Hlang thawng hlai nit ka coelh pawn ni. Ka hlah uh vetih khoyin ah David hnuk te ka hloem laeh mako.
MOREOVER Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
2 Bonghnaek tih a kuta kha to vaengah ka anih te ka paan eh?, anih te ka lakueng sak eh. A taengkah pilnam loh boeiha rhaelrham tak vaengah manghai amah te ka ngawn eh.
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
3 Te vaengah pilnam te namah taengla boeih kam mael puei mako. Na toem hlang te rhuemtuet la a mael daengah ni pilnam boeih khaw rhoepnaha om eh?,” a tinah.
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
4 Tekah olka tah Absalom kah mikhmuh neh Israel patong boeih kah mikhmuh ah thuem mai.
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Tedae Absalom loh, “Arkii Hushai te khaw khue laeh. Anih ka dongkah ol te khaw ya uh sih,” a tinah.
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
6 HushaiTe Absalom taenglaa pawk vaengah Absalom loh, “Ahithophel loh a thui ol bangla thui van lah, na thui pawt atah anih ol te vai sih a?” a tinah.
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
7 Tedae Hushai loh Absalom taengah, “Tahae tue vaengah Ahithophel loh cilsuep n'uen cilsuep tea then moenih,” a tinah.
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
8 Te phoeiah Hushai loh, “Na pa te na ming coeng, a hlang rhoek khaw amih tah hlangrhalh rhoek ni, amiha hinglu tah kohong kah dueidah laemhong vom bangla tlung. Te phoeiah na pa he caemtloek hlang la a om dongah pilnam nen khaw rhaeh mahpawh.
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9 Amah ngawn tah rhom pakhat ah nim, a hmuen pakhat ah nim thuh uh pawn maco te. Lamhma kaha cungku tea yaaka yaak vaengah, 'Absalom hnukkah pilnam khuiah lucik om coeng,’ a ti bitni.
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
10 Na pa neh a taengkah tatthai tongpa rhoek kah a tlung a thang te Israel pum loh a ming vaengah a lungbuei sathueng lungbuei bangla aka om tatthai capa pataeng paci la paci pueng ni.
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
11 Te dongah Dan lamloh Beersheba due tuipuei laivin bangla aka yet Israel boeih he nang taengah tingtun rhoe tingtun saeh lamtah na mikhmuh kah caemrhal te kun thil saeh ka ti.
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
12 AnihTe hmuen khat, khat ah phoe tih m'muk pahoi vaengah, mamih loh anihTe diklai dongkah buemtuia suntlak bangla ng'et thil daengah ni, amah khaw, a taengkah hlang boeih loh pakhat khawa sueng pawt eh.
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13 Khopuei la nong cakhaw khopuei te Israel pum loh rhuia khuen uh vetih anih tea nuei pataenga hmuh pawt hilah soklong laa sol uh ni.
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
14 Absalom neh Israel hlang boeih loh Arkii Hushai kah cilsuep tah Ahithophel kah cilsuep lakah then ngai,” a ti uh,” a tinah. BOEIPA loh Absalom soah yoethaenah khuen ham kong ah Ahithophel kah cilsuep then te phae hamla BOEIPA loh a uen.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Hushai loh khosoih Zadok neh Abiathar te, “Ahithophel loh Absalom neh Israel patong rhoek tuek tueka uen bangla, kai loh kang uen.
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
16 Te dongah David taengah hlang tlek tueih lamtah puen pah laeh. KhoyinTe khosoek kolken ah rhaeh thil boeh. Kat rhoela khat phai, manghai neh a pilnam pum te vik yoop ve,’ ti nah,” a tinah.
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
17 Jonathan neh Ahimaaz tah Enrogel aha om vaengah amih rhoi taengla salnu cet tiha puenpah. Tedae amih rhoiTe Khopuei khuila kun ham neh phoe hama coeng rhoi pawt dongah manghai David taengla cet rhoi tiha thuirhoi.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
18 Tedae amih rhoi te camoe pakhat loh vik a hmuh tih Absalom taenglaa puenpah. Te dongah amih rhoi khaw vil nong rhoi tih Bahurim kah hlang pakhat im la kunrhoi. Te phoeiaha vongup khuikah tangrhom khuila suntlarhoi.
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
19 A yuu loh himbaiyan te a loh tih tangrhom kah a rhai ah khoepa phaih. A soah canghum khoep a yaal thil dongaha hmuethma khaw ming uh pawh.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
20 Absalom kah sal rhoekTe huta kah im la ha pawk uh tih, “Ahimaaz neh Jonathan ta?,” a tinah. Te vaengah amih te huta loh, “Sokca tui ke a poeng rhoi coeng ta,” a tinah. A tlap uh daea hmuh pawt dongah Jerusalem la maeluh.
And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 Amiha caeh phoeiah tangrhom lamloh koep ha luei rhoi tih cetrhoi. Te phoeiah manghai David taengla puenrhoi. David taengah te, “Hlah uh lamtah tui ke pahoi kat uh laeh, he tlam he ni Ahithophel ni nang ng'uen,” a tinah.
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
22 Te dongah David neh a taengkah pilnam boeihTe hlah uh tih Jordan te katuh. Mincang khothaih duela Jordan aka kat pawt he pakhat khaw mueh pawh.
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
23 A cilsuep loh a pha pawt te Ahithophel loh a hmuh coeng dongah, laak tea ngoldoelh tih hlahuh. Te phoeiah amah kho la a im tea paan. A imkhui cako tea uen phoeiah kuiok tih duek tih a napa kah phuel aha upuh.
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 Te dongah David loh Mahanaim laa pawk vaengah Absalom neh amah taengah Israel hlang boeihTe Jordan ah katuh.
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Amasa te Absalom loh Joab yueng la caempuei soaha ngol sak. Te vaengah Amasa capa tongpa pakhat a ming ah Ithra tah Israel hoel dae ta. Anih longTe Nahash nu Joab manu Zeruiah mana Abigail te a kun thil.
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
26 Te vaengah Israel neh AbsalomTe Gilead kho ah rhaeh.
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
27 DavidTe Mahanaim la a pawk vaengah Rabbah lamkah Ammon koca Nahash capa Shobi, Lodebar lamkah Ammiel capa Makir, Rogelim lamkah Giladi Barzillai loh,
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 thingkong, baeldung, um-am, cangyen, cangtun, vaidam, maidawn, vairhum, rhacik, vairhum,
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
29 khoitui, suknaeng, boiva, vaito sukkhalTe David neh a taengkaha pilnam ham hang khuen tih, “Pilnam he bungpong neh khosoek ah tui a halh vaengah ca uh saeh,” a tiuh.
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
