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.

And these [are] [the] words of David last [the] utterance of David [the] son of Jesse and [the] utterance of the man [who] he was raised up height [the] [one] anointed of [the] God of Jacob and [the] pleasant [one] of [the] songs of Israel.

2 BOEIPA kah Mueihla he kai dongah cal tih, a ol Te ka lai dongah om.

[the] spirit of Yahweh he has spoken by me and speech his [is] on tongue my.

3 Israel Pathen loh kai taengah a thui tih, “Israel lungpang tah hlang soah a dueng la aka taemrhai tih Pathen hinyahnah neh aka taem aka rhai la om.

He said [the] God of Israel to me he spoke [the] rock of Israel [one who] rules over humankind righteous [one who] rules [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.

And like [the] light of morning [when] it dawns [the] sun morning not clouds from brightness from rain vegetation 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 te a ngaithuen. Te dongah ka hue ngaih boeih te khaw cuen voel pawh.

For not thus [is] house? my with God for a covenant of perpetuity he has made to me arranged in everything and preserved for all salvation my and every desire for not will he make grow?

6 Tedae aka muen tah hling bangla a thaek banlak tih kut nen khaw lo voel pawh.

And a worthless person [is] like thorn[s] [which is] chased away all of them for not in a hand people will take.

7 Amih aka ben hlang long tah thi neh caai tueng khaw cung tih amah hmuen ah hmai neh a hoeh la a hoeh uh,” a ti.

And anyone [who] he will touch them he will arm himself iron and [the] wood of a spear and with fire certainly they will be burned at the dwelling.

8 He rhoek he tah David kah hlangrhalh rhoek kah a 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 la a rhokpam sak.

These [are] [the] names of the warriors who [belonged] to David Josheb-Basshebeth a Tahkemonite - [the] chief of the three he Adino (the Eznite *Q(K)*) on eight hundred [one] slain at a time (one. *Q(K)*)

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 khuen uh.

(And [was] after him *Q(k)*) Eleazar [the] son of (Dodo *Q(K)*) [the] son of Ahoah among three (the warriors *Q(K)*) with David when defied they the Philistines [who] they were gathered there for battle and they went up [the] man of Israel.

10 Te dongah anih Te thoo tih a kut a kohnue neh cunghang dongah a kut rhap a khoom duela Philisti te a tloek. Te dongah BOEIPA loh amah khohnin ah loeihnah tanglue a saii pah tih pilnam khaw anih hnukah hnopai pit ham dawk la ha pawk uh.

He he arose and he struck down among the Philistines until - for it was weary hand his and it cleaved hand his to the sword and he did Yahweh a deliverance great on the day that and the people they returned after him only to strip.

11 Anih phoeiah Harari Agee capa Shammah a om vaengah Philisti tah mulhing bangla tingtun uh. Te vaengah lohma kah khamyai ah rhacik khawk om tapkhoeh. Pilnam tah Philisti mikhmuh lamloh rhaelrham coeng.

And [was] after him Shamma [the] son of Agee [the] Hararite and they were gathered [the] Philistines to Lehi and it was there [the] portion of the field full of lentils and the people it fled from before [the] Philistines.

12 Te vaengah khamyai bangli ah pai tih pilnam te a huul. Philisti te a ngawn vaengah BOEIPA loh loeihnah tanglue a saii pah.

And he took his stand in [the] middle of the portion and he delivered it and he struck down [the] Philistines and he did Yahweh a deliverance great.

13 A lu sawmthum pathum khuikah sawmthum Te suntla uh tih cangah vaengah Adullam lungko kah David taengla pawk uh. Te vaengah Philisti mulhing tah Rephaim kol ah rhaeh pueng.

And they went down (three *Q(K)*) from the thirty leader[s] and they came to [the] harvest to David to [the] cave of Adullam and a community of Philistines [was] encamped in [the] valley of [the] Rephaites.

14 Te vaengah David Te rhalvong khuiah om tih Philisti rhaltawt hmuen tah Bethlehem ah om van.

And David then [was] in the stronghold and a garrison of Philistines then [was] 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 he desired David and he said who? will he give to drink me water from [the] well of Beth-lehem which [is] at the gate.

16 Te dongah hlangrhalh pathum loh Philisti kah rhaehhmuen te a va uh tih vongka kah Bethlehem tuito tui a than uh. Te phoeiah a khuen uh tih David taengla a pawk puei uh. Tedae a ok ham huem pawt tih BOEIPA hmaiah a hawk.

And they broke through [the] three the warriors in [the] camp of [the] Philistines and they drew water from [the] well of Beth-lehem which [was] at the gate and they carried [it] and they brought [it] to David and not he was willing to drink them and he poured out them to Yahweh.

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 saii uh.

And he said far be it to me O Yahweh than to do I this [thing] ¿ [the] blood of the men who went with lives their and not he was willing to drink them these [things] they did [the] three the warriors.

18 Zeruiah capa Joab mana Abishai tah pathum kah a lu la om. Anih loh a caai te a haeng tih ya thum a rhokpam sak. Te dongah anih tah pathum lakah a ming om.

And Abishai [the] brother of - Joab [the] son of Zeruiah he [was] [the] chief (of the three *Q(K)*) and he he wielded spear his on three hundred [one] slain and [belonged] to him a name among the three.

19 Pathum lakah a thangpom het a? Te dongah amih taengah mangpa la om cakhaw pathum te a pha moenih.

More than the three ¿ for [was he] honored and he became to them a commander and to the three not he came.

20 Kabzeel lamkah Jehoiada capa Benaiah tah hlangtang capa, tatthai neh a bisai khaw khuet. Anih loh Moab kah sathueng hlang panit te a ngawn. Te phoeiah anih Te suntla tih vuel hla dongah vaam kah sathueng khui ah aka om sathueng te a ngawn.

And Benaiah [the] son of Jehoiada [was] a son of a man (of strength *Q(K)*) great of deeds from Kabzeel he he struck down [the] two [the] lion-like men of Moab and he he went down and he struck down (the lion *Q(K)*) in [the] midst of the pit on [the] day of the snow.

21 Anih loh Egypt hlang tah a mueimae hlang aka then khaw a ngawn bal. Egypt kut dongah caai om dae a conghol neh a suntlak thil. Te phoeiah Egypt kut lamkah caai te a rhawth pah tih amah caai neh amah te a ngawn.

And he he struck down a man Egyptian (a man of *Q(K)*) appearance and [was] in [the] hand of the Egyptian a spear and he went down to him with the staff and he seized the spear from [the] hand of the Egyptian and he killed him with own spear his.

22 Te te a saii dongah Jehoiada capa Benaiah tah hlangrhalh pathum dongah a ming thum.

These [things] he did Benaiah [the] son of Jehoiada and [belonged] to him a name among three the warriors.

23 Sawmthum lakah a thangpom dongah pathum taengah thum sak voel pawt tih anih Te David amah kah a taengom la a khueh.

More than the thirty [he was] honored and to the three not he came and he appointed him David to bodyguard his.

24 Sawmthum khuiah Joab mana Asahel neh Bethlehem kah Dodo capa Elhanan,

Asah-el [the] brother of Joab [was] among the thirty Elhanan [the] son of Dodo 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 Mebunnai 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,

Heleb [the] son of Baanah the Netophathite. Ittai [the] son of Ribai from Gibeah of [the] descendants of Benjamin.

30 Pirathon capa Benaiah, Gaash soklong lamkah Hiddai,

Benaiah [the] Pirathonite Hiddai from [the] wadis of Gaash.

31 Arbahi Abialbon neh Barhum Azmaveth,

Abi-Albon the Arbathite Azmaveth the Barhumite.

32 Shaalbin Eliaba neh Jashen koca rhoek lamkah Jonathan,

Eliahba the Shaalbonite [the] sons of Jashen Jonathan.

33 Harari Shammah, Harari Sharar capa Ahiam,

([the] son of *X*) 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] son of the Maacathite. Eliam [the] son of Ahithophel the Gilonite.

35 Karmel Hezro neh Arab Paarai,

(Hezrai *Q(K)*) the Carmelite Paarai the Arbite.

36 Zobah lamkah Nathan capa Igal, Gad Bani,

Igal [the] son of Nathan from Zobah. Bani the Gadite.

37 Ammoni Zelek, Zeruiah capa Joab kah hno phuei Beeroth Naharai,

Zelek the Ammonite. Naharai the Beerothite ([the] bearer of *Q(K)*) [the] armor of Joab [the] 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 all [were] thirty and seven.