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 to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
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.
I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike 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 to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
4 Tekah olka tah Absalom kah mikhmuh neh Israel patong boeih kah mikhmuh ah thuem mai.
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 Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
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.
When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
7 Tedae Hushai loh Absalom taengah, “Tahae tue vaengah Ahithophel loh cilsuep n'uen cilsuep tea then moenih,” a tinah.
Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
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.
Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your 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 now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who 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.
Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are 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.
But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your 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 we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
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 has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t 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.
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 ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on 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 Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
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, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who 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 were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
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.
But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
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.
The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was 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.
Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” 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.
After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled 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 who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the 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.
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb 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. Absalom passed over the 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.
Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26 Te vaengah Israel neh AbsalomTe Gilead kho ah rhaeh.
Israel and Absalom encamped 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,
When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 thingkong, baeldung, um-am, cangyen, cangtun, vaidam, maidawn, vairhum, rhacik, vairhum,
brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
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.
honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
