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.
There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, 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 joined with 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.
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 custody and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
4 Manghai loh Amasa taengah, “Hnin thum khuiah Judah hlang te kamah taengla hueh lamtah namah khaw pahoi om,” a tinah.
Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be 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 stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to 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.
David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he get himself 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.
Joab’s men went out after him with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue 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. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went along 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.
Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” 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 struck him with it in the body and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued 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.
One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who 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.
Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. 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 everyone who 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 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.
He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went 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.
They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who 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 a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
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.
He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.” He answered, “I’m listening.”
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 used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a 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.
I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
20 Joab loh a doo tih, “Savisava la savisava, kai lamloh aka yoop mai tih aka phae mai te.
Joab answered, “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, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you 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 to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
23 Te dongah Israel caempuei boeih te Joab loh, Kerethi neh PhelethiTe Jehoiada capa Benaiah loh,
Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,
24 Adoram loh saldong boei, Ahilud capa Jehoshaphat loh khokhuen cabu,
Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,
25 ShevaTe cadaek, Zadok neh Abiathar loh khosoih te a ngol thil.
Sheva was scribe, Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
26 Jairi Ira khaw David taengah khosoih la om van.
and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
