2 Samuel 23
1 He tah David kah olka, Jesse capa David kah hmailong olphong, Jakob Pathen loh a koelh tih a sosang la a 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 raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
2 BOEIPA kah Mueihla he kai dongah cal tih, a ol te ka lai dongah om.
“The LORD’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.
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.
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules 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.
shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’
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.
Isn’t my house so with God? Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation and all my desire. Won’t he make it grow?
6 Tedae aka muen tah hling bangla a thaek banlak tih kut nen khaw lo voel pawh.
But all the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can’t be taken with the hand.
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.
The man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They will be utterly burnt with fire in their place.”
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 mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred 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 khuen uh.
After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away.
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 arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and the LORD worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take plunder.
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.
After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from 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.
But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory.
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.
Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
14 Te vaengah David te rhalvong khuiah om tih Philisti rhaltawt hmuen tah Bethlehem ah om van.
David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
15 David loh vongka kah Bethlehem tuito tui ke a ngaidam tih, “U long nim kai n'tul lah ve,” a ti.
David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by 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.
The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David; but he would not drink of it, but poured it out 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 saii uh.
He said, “Be it far from me, LORD, that I should do this! Isn’t this the blood of the men who risked their lives to go?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
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.
Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name amongst the three.
19 Pathum lakah a thangpom het a? Te dongah amih taengah mangpa la om cakhaw pathum te a pha moenih.
Wasn’t he most honourable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
20 Kabzeel lamkah Jehoiada capa Benaiah tah hlang hing 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.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of 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.
He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
22 Te te a saii dongah Jehoiada capa Benaiah tah hlangrhalh pathum dongah a ming thum.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name amongst the three mighty men.
23 Sawmthum lakah a thangpom dongah pathum taengah thum sak voel pawt tih anih te David amah kah a taengom la a khueh.
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three. David set him over his guard.
24 Sawmthum khuiah Joab mana Asahel neh Bethlehem kah Dodo capa Elhanan,
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25 Kharodi Shammah 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 Heleb, Benjamin koca rhoek kah khohmuen Gibeah kah Ribai capa Ittai,
Heleb 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 a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
31 Arbahi Abialbon neh Barhum Azmaveth,
Abialbon 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,
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
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,
Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
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, armour bearers to 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 lo uh.
and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
