2 Samuel 20

1 Te vaengah hlang muen pakhat om, a ming tah Benjamin hlang, Bikhri capa Sheba ni. Tuki tea ueng tih, “Mamih kah hamsum he David ham moenih, mamih kah rho he Jesse capa taengah a om ham moenih. Israel rhoekTe amah kah dap la boeih cet saeh,” a ti.

Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.'

2 Te dongah Israel hlang boeih tah David hnuk lamloh Bikhri capa Sheba hnuk la cetuh. Tedae Judah hlang tah Jordan lamloh Jerusalem duela a manghai nen ni a kaibaenguh.

So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah did cleave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

3 DavidTe Jerusalem kah amah im laa pawk vaengah im tawt laa paiha yula huta parha te manghai loh a loh tih im hloeh ah a khueh. Amih te a cangbam van ngawn dae amih taengla moe pah voel pawh. Amih te a duek hnin duelaa daengdaeh dongah a khosaknah he nuhmai la omuh.

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood, with their husband alive.

4 Manghai loh Amasa taengah, “Hnin thum khuiah Judah hlang te kamah taengla hueh lamtah namah khaw pahoi om,” a tinah.

Then said the king to Amasa: 'Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.'

5 Amasa loh Judah rhoekTe hueh hamla cet ngawn dae uelh, uelh tih tingtunnah tea khueh.

So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

6 Te dongah David loh Abishai taengah, “Absalom lakah Bikhri capa Sheba loh mamih taengah thae a huet pawn ni. Namah loh na boeipa kah sal rhoek ke khuen lamtah a hnukah hloem laeh. Khopuei vong cakTe anih loh hmuh vetih mamih mikhmuh ah huul uh ve,” a tinah.

And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.'

7 Te dongah Joab kah hlang rhoek, Kerethi, Phelethi neh hlangrhalh boeih tah anih hnukah cet uh tih, Bikhri capa Sheba hnuk hloem hamla Jerusalem lamloh khoonguh.

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

8 AmihTe Gibeon lungnu ah a om uh vaengah AmasaTe amih mikhmuh aha pawkpah. Te dongah Joab loh a himbai neh a pueinak te a muk. Capang dongkah cunghangTe cihin neh a cinghen aha sol dae a khuen vaengah vik a colhpah.

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

9 Joab loh Amasa te, “Ka manuca na sading a? a tinah. Te phoeiah anih te mok hamla Amasa hnapae te Joab kah bantang kut neh a tuuk.

And Joab said to Amasa: 'Is it well with thee, my brother?' And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

10 Te vaengah Joab kut dongkah cunghang te Amasa loh hmuethmat pawh. Te dongah AmasaTe tumca neha bung aha laih tih a bungTe diklai la pawk a soppah. Anih tea talh mueh la duek. Te phoeiah Joab neh a mana Abishai loh Bikhri capa Sheba tea hloem.

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand; so he smote him therewith in the groin, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

11 Te vaengah Joab kah tueihyoeih khui lamkah hlang pakhatTe a taengah pai tih, “U khaw Joab taengla aka naep tih u khaw David ham aka ti te tah Joab hnukah bat saeh,” a ti.

And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said: 'He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David let him follow Joab.'

12 Amasa tah long lung aha thii neha bol vaengah hlang pakhat loh a hmuh. Te dongah pilnam te boeiha hloh tih Amasa te longpuei lamloh lohma la a thoeihuh. Anih taengla aka thoeng boeih loh a hmuh vaengaha pai thil tih anihTe himbaia khuk thil.

And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

13 Long lamloha khoe van nen tah hlang boeih loh Bikhri capa Sheba hnuk hloem hamla Joab tea paan.

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

14 Te vaengah Israel koca boeihTe Abel lungnu neh Bethmaakha due, Beree boeih te khawa hil. Te dongah coi tih, tingtun uh tih a hnukah banguh.

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they were gathered together, and went in also after him.

15 Abelbethmaakaha pha uh vaengah anih te koep a dumuh. Khopuei te tanglung malh a lun thil uh tih rhalmahvong tea pai thil. Joab neha pilnam pum loh vongtung te cungku sak hama thuk.

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the moat; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

16 Te vaengah khopuei lamkah huta aka cueihTe pang tih, “Hnatun, hnatun uh mai lah, Joab te, 'Hela ha mop lamtah namah taengah ka thui eh?,’ ti nah dae,” a ti.

Then cried a wise woman out of the city: 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab: Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.'

17 A taenglaa thoeng pah vaengah huta loh, “Joab nang a,” a tinah. Te dongah, “Kai ni ue,” a tinah. Te phoeiah, 'Na salnu kah ol he hnatun lah,” a ti nah hatah, “Ka hnatun ngawn,” a tinah.

And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And he answered: 'I am.' Then she said unto him: 'Hear the words of thy handmaid.' And he answered: 'I do hear.'

18 Te phoeiaha thui lam khaw thuipah. Hlamat aha thui uh tih Abel ah toem la toem uh tih cing uh,’ a ti lah ko.

Then she spoke, saying: 'They were wont to speak in old time, saying: They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they ended the matter.

19 Kai long tah Israel he oltak la ka thuung vaengah nang long tah khopuei neh Israel khuikaha manuTe ngawn ham na mae. Balae tih BOEIPA kah rho na yoop eh?,” a tinah.

We are of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel; seekest thou to destroy a city and a mother in Israel? why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?'

20 Joab loh a doo tih, “Savisava la savisava, kai lamloh aka yoop mai tih aka phae mai te.

And Joab answered and said: 'Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

21 He tah ol voel moenih. Tedae Ephraim tlang kah hlang pakhat, Bikhri capa, a ming ah Sheba loh manghai David te a kuta luklek thil. Anih bueng mah han tloeng lamtah khopuei lamloh ka nong bitni,” a tinah. Te vaengah huta loh Joab taengah, “A luTe vongtung lamloh namah taengla ham voeih coeng te,” a tinah.

The matter is not so; but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.' And the woman said unto Joab: 'Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.'

22 Huta loh pilnam boeih te a cueihnah neha paan dongah Bikhri capa Sheba kah a lu tea rhaih pa uh tih Joab taenglaa voeihuh. Te daengah tuki tea ueng tih, hlang khopuei lamloh amah kah dap duela taekyakuh. Te phoeiah JoabTe Jerusalem kah manghai taengla koep mael.

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the horn, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

23 Te dongah Israel caempuei boeih te Joab loh, Kerethi neh PhelethiTe Jehoiada capa Benaiah loh,

Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

24 Adoram loh saldong boei, Ahilud capa Jehoshaphat loh khokhuen cabu,

and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

25 ShevaTe cadaek, Zadok neh Abiathar loh khosoih te a ngol thil.

and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

26 Jairi Ira khaw David taengah khosoih la om van.

and Ira also the Jairite was chief minister unto David.