2 Samuel 23
1 He tah David kah olka, Jesse capa David kah hmailong olphong, Jakob Pathen loh a koelh tih sang la thoh hlang kah olphong, Israel kah laa ding ni.
Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:
2 BOEIPA kah Mueihla he kai dongah cal tih, a olTe ka lai dongah om.
The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.
3 Israel Pathen loh kai taengaha thui tih, “Israel lungpang tah hlang soaha dueng la aka taemrhai tih Pathen hinyahnah neh aka taem aka rhai la om.
The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,
4 Mincang khosae khomik aka thoeng bangla, mincang khomai a om pawt dongah a aa bangla, khotlan hnukah diklai lamkah baelhing banghui ni.
It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.
5 Ka imkhui he Pathen neh doda uh ngawn pawt cakhaw kumhal paipi tah kamah taengah ni a khueh. A cungkuem dongah rhong a tael tih ka daemnah cungkuem tea ngaithuen. Te dongah ka hue ngaih boeih te khaw cuen voel pawh.
For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?
6 Tedae aka muen tah hling banglaa thaek banlak tih kut nen khaw lo voel pawh.
But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:
7 Amih aka ben hlang long tah thi neh caai tueng khaw cung tih amah hmuen ah hmai neha hoeh la a hoeh uh,” a ti.
But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned with fire, every one of them.
8 He rhoek he tah David kah hlangrhalh rhoek kaha ming ni. Takhemoni Joshebbashebeth tah boeilu la om tih anih tah amah kah caai neh yahuem sut. Caai nen te hlang ya rhet mai voei khat laa rhokpam sak.
These are the names of David's men of war: Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three; his axe was lifted up against eight hundred put to death at one time.
9 Anih hnuk, anih hnukah tah Akhohi capa Dodo, Dodo capa Eleazar khaw David taengkah hlangrhalh pathum khuiah thum. Amih te a veet tih caemtloek ham Philisti rhoek a tingtun uh vaengah Israel hlang khaw a khuenuh.
After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight,
10 Te dongah anihTe thoo tih a kuta kohnue neh cunghang dongah a kut rhap a khoom duela Philisti tea tloek. Te dongah BOEIPA loh amah khohnin ah loeihnah tangluea saii pah tih pilnam khaw anih hnukah hnopai pit ham dawk la ha pawkuh.
He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines.
11 Anih phoeiah Harari Agee capa Shammah a om vaengah Philisti tah mulhing bangla tingtunuh. Te vaengah lohma kah khamyai ah rhacik khawk om tapkhoeh. Pilnam tah Philisti mikhmuh lamloh rhaelrham coeng.
After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines.
12 Te vaengah khamyai bangli ah pai tih pilnam te a huul. Philisti tea ngawn vaengah BOEIPA loh loeihnah tangluea saiipah.
But he kept his place in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack and overcame the Philistines: and the Lord gave a great salvation.
13 A lu sawmthum pathum khuikah sawmthumTe suntla uh tih cangah vaengah Adullam lungko kah David taengla pawkuh. Te vaengah Philisti mulhing tah Rephaim kol ah rhaeh pueng.
And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.
14 Te vaengah DavidTe rhalvong khuiah om tih Philisti rhaltawt hmuen tah Bethlehem ah om van.
And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.
15 David loh vongka kah Bethlehem tuito tui ke a ngaidam tih, “U long nim kai n'tul lah ve,” a ti.
And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!
16 Te dongah hlangrhalh pathum loh Philisti kah rhaehhmuen tea va uh tih vongka kah Bethlehem tuito tuia thanuh. Te phoeiaha khuen uh tih David taenglaa pawk puei uh. Tedaea ok ham huem pawt tih BOEIPA hmaiaha hawk.
And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.
17 Te vaengah, “He ka saii ham kai lamkah tah savisava BOEIPA, a hinglu aka caeh puei hlang rhoek kah a thii a? a ti tih ok ham huem pawh. Hlangrhalh pathum long khaw te tlam te ni a saiiuh.
And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.
18 Zeruiah capa Joab mana Abishai tah pathum kah a lu la om. Anih loh a caai tea haeng tih ya thuma rhokpam sak. Te dongah anih tah pathum lakaha ming om.
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty.
19 Pathum lakaha thangpom het a? Te dongah amih taengah mangpa la om cakhaw pathum tea pha moenih.
Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three.
20 Kabzeel lamkah Jehoiada capa Benaiah tah hlangtang capa, tatthai neh a bisai khaw khuet. Anih loh Moab kah sathueng hlang panit tea ngawn. Te phoeiah anihTe suntla tih vuel hla dongah vaam kah sathueng khui ah aka om sathueng tea ngawn.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:
21 Anih loh Egypt hlang tah a mueimae hlang aka then khaw a ngawn bal. Egypt kut dongah caai om daea conghol neh a suntlak thil. Te phoeiah Egypt kut lamkah caai tea rhawth pah tih amah caai neh amah te a ngawn.
And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.
22 Te te a saii dongah Jehoiada capa Benaiah tah hlangrhalh pathum dongah a ming thum.
These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.
23 Sawmthum lakaha thangpom dongah pathum taengah thum sak voel pawt tih anihTe David amah kah a taengom laa khueh.
He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.
24 Sawmthum khuiah Joab mana Asahel neh Bethlehem kah Dodo capa Elhanan,
Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of Dodai, of Beth-lehem,
25 Kharodi Shamah neh Kharodi Elika,
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
26 Palti Helez neh Tekoa Ikkesh capa Ira,
Helez the Paltite, Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 Anatoth kah Abiezer neh Khushathi Mebunnai,
Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbecai the Hushathite,
28 Akhohi Zalmon neh Netophah Maharai,
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
29 Netophah Baanah capa Heled, Benjamin koca rhoek kah khohmuen Gibeah kah Ribai capa Ithai,
Heldai, the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
30 Pirathon capa Benaiah, Gaash soklong lamkah Hiddai,
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the valleys of Gaash,
31 Arbahi Abialbon neh Barhum Azmaveth,
Abiel the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim,
32 Shaalbin Eliaba neh Jashen koca rhoek lamkah Jonathan,
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, Jashen the Gunite,
33 Harari Shammah, Harari Sharar capa Ahiam,
Jonathan, the son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam, the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34 Maakathi koca kah Ahasbai capa Eliphelet, Giloh Ahithophel capa Eliam,
Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam, the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35 Karmel Hezro neh Arab Paarai,
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Archite,
36 Zobah lamkah Nathan capa Igal, Gad Bani,
Igal, the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
37 Ammoni Zelek, Zeruiah capa Joab kah hno phuei Beeroth Naharai,
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah,
38 Yitha Ira neh Yitha Gareb,
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
39 Khitti Uriah neh tun ah sawmthum parhih louh.
Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in number.
