2 Samuel 4
1 Hebron ah Abnera duek te Saul capa loh a yaak vaengah a kut la sut kha tih Israel rhoek khaw boeih letuh.
When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
2 Saul capa he hlang panit caem mangpa la omrhoi. Pakhat ming tah Baanah tiha pabae ming tah Benjamin koca lamkah Beeroth Rimmon capa Rekhab ni. Te vaengah Beeroth khaw Benjamin laa taethilcoeng.
Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is considered a part of Benjamin;
3 Tedae Beeroth te Gatayim la yong tiha om coeng dongah tihnin due pahoi bakuep.
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until today).
4 Te vaengah Saul capa Jonathan kah a ca tongpa kho khaem tah kum nga lo ca coeng. Jezreel lamkah Saul neh Jonathan kah olthanga pawk vaengah anih aka poeh loh anih te a poeh tih a rhaelrham puei. Tedaea rhaelrham hamlaa tamto dongaha paloe puei tih vik khaem. Anih ming tah Mephibosheth ni.
Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
5 Beeroth Rimmon capa Rekhab neh BaanahTe cet rhoi tih khothun kholing ah Ishbosheth im la pawkrhoi. Te vaengah IsboesethTe imphu kah thingkong dongah ana yalh.
The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth as he took his rest at noon.
6 Amih rhoiTe cangrhang aka lo bangla im khui la kun rhoi tih a bung aha thunrhoi. Te phoeiah Rekhab neh a mana Baanah te vawl viuhrhoi.
They came there into the middle of the house as though they would have fetched wheat, and they struck him in the body; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
7 Ima pha rhoi vaengah Ishbosheth tah imhman thingkong dongkah baiphaih dongah yalh. Te dongah anih te a ngawn rhoi tiha duek sak phoeiah a lu tea rhaih pah rhoi. Anih lu tea khuen rhoi tih khoyin khing Arabah long ah cetrhoi.
Now when they came into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
8 Ishbosheth lu te Hebron kah David taenglaa pawk puei rhoi tih manghai te, “Na thunkha Saul capa Ishbosheth kah a lu he. Anih loh na hinglua mae dae BOEIPA loh ka boeipa manghai taengah hang khueh coeng. Tawnlohnah tah tihnin ah Saul so neha tiingan soah pai coeng he,” a tirhoi.
They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! The LORD has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.”
9 Tedae David loh Beeroth Rimmon capa Rekhab neh a mana Baanah tea doo tih, “BOEIPA kah hingnah dongah ka hinglu he citcai cungkuem lamkah aka lat,
David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
10 Saula duek tarha vaengah kai taengla ha puen tih a thuiTe amah mikhmuh neh aka phong bangla om. Tedae anih kah olthangthen ka thuung ham te amah ni ka tuuk tih Ziklag ah ka ngawn.
when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
11 Hlang dueng, a im kah thingkong dongkah mai aka ngawn hlang rhoi he halang rhoi coeng. A thii te na kut dong lamloh ka suk vetih diklai lamloh nangmih rhoi te kang khoe pawn mahpawt nim?,” a tinah.
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?”
12 David loh tueihyoeih rhoek tea uen tih amih rhoi te a ngawnuh. A kut a kho tea tlueh pa tih Hebron tuibuem aha hoeiuh. Tedae Ishbosheth kah a lu te tah a khuen uh tih Hebron kah Abner phuel aha upuh.
David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.
