2 Samuel 3
1 Saul imkhui neh David imkhui ah caemtloek he puet om. Te vaengah David tah rhoeng tih Saul imkhui tah tattloel la a paipah.
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
2 David loh Hebron aha caa sak rhoek tah Jezreel nu Ahinoam capa AmnonTe a cacuek la om.
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3 A pabae ah Karmel Nabal yurho nu Abigal neh Kileab, A pathum ah Geshuri manghai Talmai canu Maakah capa Absalom,
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4 a pali ah Haggith capa Adonijah, a panga ah Abital capa Shephatiah,
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
5 a parhuk ah David yuu Eglah capa Ithream tih, te rhoekTe David loh Hebron aha sak rhoek ni.
And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
6 Saul imkhui neh David imkhui laklo ah caemtloeka oma om vaengah Abner tah Saul imkhui ah khak om.
And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
7 Te vaengah Aiah canu a ming ah Rizpah tah Saul taengah yula la om. Tedae Abner te, “Balae tih a pa kah yula te na kun thil,” a tinah.
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore have you gone in unto my father's concubine?
8 Ishbosheth kah ol loh Abner te mata lungoe sak tih, “Judah taengah kai he ui lu a? Tihnin ah na pa Saul imkhui ah, a paca boeina neh a baerhoep taengah sitlohnah ka tueng coeng. Te dongah David kut dongah nang kan mop pawh. Tedae tihnin ah kai he huta nethaesainah nan pup thil.
Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do show kindness this day unto the house of Saul your father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David, that you charge me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
9 Pathen loh Abner te saii nawn saeh lamtah anih te khoengvoep nawn saeh. BOEIPA loh Davida caeng vanbangla anih ham te ka saii van atah.
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him;
10 A ram te Saul imkhui lamloha puen vetih Israel neh Judah soah Dan lamloh Beersheba duela David kah ngolkhoela hol pah ham te khaw,” a tinah.
To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
11 Te vaengah anih te a rhih coeng dongah Abner te ol koepa mael ham khaw huem voel pawh.
And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
12 Te phoeiah Abner loh David taengah amah yueng la puencawna tueih tih anih kah yueng la, “Khohmuen ke u ham tloe nim? Nang neh kai moi bop pawn sih, Israel boeih te nang taengla aka maelh ham khaw ka kut he nang taengah om ta he,” a tinah.
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel unto you.
13 Te dongah David loh, “Then, kai loh nang taengah moi kam boh ngawn ni. Tedae ol pakhatTe nang taeng lamloh tha sak ham kai loh kam bih. Ka maelhmai hmuh ham na pawk vaengah Saul canu Mikhal te nang khuen lamhma pawt atah ka maelhmai he na hmu mahpawh,” a tinah.
And he said, Well; I will make a league with you: but one thing I require of you, that is, You shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.
14 Te dongah David loh, “Philisti kah yanghli yakhat neh kamah ham ka bae ka yuu Mikhal te m'pae saeh, “tila voek sak ham Saul capa Ishbosheth taengah puencawna tueih.
And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
15 Ishboshetha tah vanbangla huta te a va Laish capa Paltiel taeng lamloha bongpah.
And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
16 Tedae anih te a va loh a vai tih a caehpah. Bahurim duela a hnukaha rhah pah hatah anih te Abner loh, “Mael lamtah cet laeh,” a ti nah tih vik mael.
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
17 Abner kah olkaTe Israel patong taengah om coeng tih, “Hlaem neh hlaemvai ah nangmih soah aka manghai la David aka toem khaw na omuh.
And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, All of you sought for David in times past to be king over you:
18 Saii uh kanoek laeh, BOEIPA loh David hama uen pah coeng tih, 'Ka sal David kut loh ka pilnam Israel he Philisti kut lamkah, a thunkha cungkuem kut lamloha khang ni, ' a ti,” a tinah.
Now then do it: for the LORD has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
19 Abner loh Benjamin kah a hna dongah khawa thuipah. Te phoeiah AbnerTe Hebron kah David hna ah Israel mikhmuh neh Benjamin imkhui pum kah mikhmuh ah boeih then coeng tila thui pah ham tloekloek cet.
And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
20 Abner loh a taengkah hlang pakul neh Hebron kah David tea paan. Te dongah David loh Abner neh anih taengkah hlang rhoek ham buhkoknaha saiipah.
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
21 Abner loh David taengah, “Ka thoo mai saeh lamtah ka cet mai eh. Ka boeipa manghai ham Israel pum te ka coi eh. Te daengah ni namah taengah paipia saii uh vetih na hinglu loh a ngaih sarhui bangla na manghai thil eh?,” a tinah. Te dongah David loh Abner tea tueih tih ngaimong la cet.
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
22 Te vaengah David kah sal rhoek neh Joab tah caem lamloh pakcak ha pawkuh. Amih te kutbuem neh muep ha pawkuh. Tedae Abner tah a tueih coeng tih ngaimong laa caeh coeng dongah Hebron kah David taengah om voel pawh.
And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
23 Joab neh amah taengkah caempuei te boeih ha pawk uh vaengah Ner capa Abner tah manghai taengla kun tih anih te a tueih dongah ngaimong laa caehTe Joab taenglaa puen pa uh tih a thui pauh.
When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
24 Te dongah Joab loh manghai taengla kun tih, “Balae na saii he, namah taengla Abner ha pawkTe ba ham lae anih te na tueih tih a caeh khaw a caeh rhoe.
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came unto you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?
25 Ner capa Abner te nang hloih ham ha pai tila na ming. Te dongah na thoengnah neh na kunnah, na aelnah aka dawn ham, na saii boeih tea dawn ham ni,” a tinah.
You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.
26 Te phoeiah JoabTe David taeng lamloh coe tih Abner hnukah puencawna tueih. Te dongah Abner te Sirah tuito lamloha mael puei uh dae David loh ming pawh.
And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
27 Hebron la Abner ha mael vaengah anihTe Joab loh vongka khui la duema mawt. Te phoeiaha bung ah pahoia thun tih Joab kah a manuca Asahel kah thiia yueng la Abner khaw duek.
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and stroke him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
28 Te phoei lamkahTe David loh a yaak tih, “Ner capa Abner thii kawng dongah kamah neh ka ram he kumhal duela BOEIPA taengah ommongsitoe la om saeh.
And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
29 Joab lu so neh a napa imkhui boeih soah phuei uh saeh. Joab imkhui ah a thi a hnai neh aka pahuk, conghol dongah aka kuitung khaw, cunghang neh aka rhu, buh ka nai khaw pat boel saeh,” a ti.
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that has an issue, or that is a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls on the sword, or that lacks bread.
30 Gibeon caem vaengah a manuca Asahela ngawn pah dongah Joab neh a mana Abishai loh Abner tea ngawnrhoi.
So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
31 David loh Joab neh a taengkah pilnam boeih taengah, “Na himbai phen uh, tlamhni vah uh, Abner hmai ah rhaengsae uh,” a ti nah tih, manghai David te baiphaih taengah cet.
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
32 Abner te Hebron aha upuh. Manghai loh a ola huel tih Abner phuel ah rhap. Te vaengah pilnam khaw boeih rhapuh.
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
33 Abner ham manghai te rhaengsae tih, “Hlang anga duek bang lam a Abnera duek eh?,
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies?
34 Na kut ham pin pawh, na kho khaw rhohum dongah man bal pawh, dumlai hlang kah mikhmuh aha cungku uh bangla na cungku,” a ti. Anih te pilnam boeih loh a rhaep la a rhah.
Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters: as a man falls before wicked men, so fell you. And all the people wept again over him.
35 Kho om vaengah David te buh cah ham pilnam pum loh a paan. Tedae David loh a toemngam tih, “Pathen loh kai taengah han saii saeh lamtah khomika khum hlanah buh khaw khat khat khaw ka tuep atah amah loh ng'koei nawn saeh,” a ti.
And when all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was yet day, David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
36 Pilnam pum loh a hmat uh tih a mik ah copuh. Manghai loh a saii boeih tah pilnam mik ah boeih cop.
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
37 Ner capa Abnera ngawn hamTe manghai taeng lamkaha om moenih tila tekah khohnin ah pilnam pum neh Israel pum loh a ming.
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
38 Te vaengah manghai loh a sal rhoek te, “Mangpa neh hlangtang he na ming uh moenih a? Tihnin ah Israel lakli aha cungku he.
And the king said unto his servants, Know all of you not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
39 Tihnin ah ka mongkawt cakhaw manghai la ng'koelh tih Zeruiah koca tongpa rhoek lakah ka ning. Thae aka saii taengah a boethae bangla BOEIPA loh thuung saeh,” a tinah.
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
