2 Samuel 5

1 Israel koca pum loh David te Hebron laa paan uh tih, “Kaimih he namah rhuh, kaimih he namah saa dae la he.

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Hlaem hlavai kah Saula om vaengah ni kaimih soah manghai la na om khaw na om rhoe coeng. Israel tea thak, a thak tiha pawk khaw a pawk puei. Te dongah ni BOEIPA loh namah taengah, 'Ka pilnam Israel te na luem puei vetih Israel soah rhaengsang la na om bitni,’ a ti pai,” a tiuh.

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the LORD said to thee: Thou shalt feed My people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.'

3 Israel patong boeih loh Hebron la manghai tea paanuh. Te vaengah manghai David loh amih te Hebron ah moia boh pah tih BOEIPA mikhmuh ah David te Israel sokah manghai laa koelhuh.

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel.

4 David a manghai vaengah kum sawmthum lo ca coeng tih kum sawmli khuiah manghai van.

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

5 Hebron ah JudahTe kum rhih hla rhuka manghai thil tih Jerusalem ah Israel neh Judah pumTe kum sawmthum kum thuma manghai thil.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

6 Manghai neh a hlang rhoek loh Jerusalem khohmuen khosa kung Jebusi tea caeh uh thil hatah David tea voek tih, “Hela na kun mahpawh, hela David kun boel saeh a ti coeng atah mikdael rhoek neh aka khaem rhoek long mah nang te n'haek thai,” a tinah.

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke unto David, saying: 'Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither'; thinking: 'David cannot come in hither.'

7 Tedae David loh Zion rhalvong David khopuei te vik a loh.

Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

8 Te khohnin ah David loh, “Aka khaem khaw, mikdael khaw, khat khat long khaw Jebusi aka ngawn tah tuikun khaw pha saeh,” a ti. Te khaw David kah a hinglua hmuhuet, la a hmuhuet uh tih mikdael khokhaem loh, “Im khuila ha kun boel saeh,” a ti uh dongah ni.

And David said on that day: 'Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and getteth up to the gutter, and taketh away the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul —.' Wherefore they say: 'There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.'

9 Rhalvong te David loh a om thil dongah David Khopuei la a khue. Te dongah vaikhap lamloh imkhui duela a kaepvai te David loh a sak.

And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

10 Davida caeha pongpa vaengaha pantaiTe caempuei Pathen BOEIPA loh anih a om puei dongah ni.

And David waxed greater and greater; for the LORD, the God of hosts, was with him.

11 Tyre manghai Khiram loh David taengla puencawna tueih tih lamphai thing, thing kutthai, pangbueng dongkah ham lungto kutthai neh David ham ima sakuh.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

12 Israel sokah manghai la BOEIPA loh aniha thoh khaw, a pilnam Israel kong ah a rama phoh te khaw David loh a ming.

And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel's sake.

13 David loh yupuei yula muepa loh dongah Hebron lamkah Jerusalem la a pawk vaengah David ham capa neh canu khawka sak pauh.

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

14 Jerusalem ah anih ham aka thaang rhoeka ming rhoek tah Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon;

15 Ibhar, Elishua neh, Nepheg neh Japhia,

and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia;

16 Elishama, Eliada neh Eliphelet.

and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

17 Israel sokah manghai la Davida koelh uh te Philisti rhoek loh a yaak uh vaengah David mae hamla Philisti rhoek boeih cetuh. Tedae David loh a yaak tih rhalvong la suntla thuk.

And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

18 Te vaengah Philisti rhoek ha pawk uh tih Rapha kol ah khawk taaiuh.

Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

19 David loh BOEIPA tea dawt tih, “Philisti te ka paana yaa, amihTe ka kut dongah nan tloeng aya?” a ti nah hatah BOEIPA loh David te, “Cet! Philisti te na kut dongah kam paek rhoe kam paek ni,” a tinah.

And David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt Thou deliver them into my hand?' And the LORD said unto David: 'Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.'

20 DavidTe Baalperazim la cet tih amih te a ngawn. Te vaengah David loh, “Ka thunkha rhoekTe BOEIPA loh ka mikhmuh ah tui puut banglaa va coeng,” a ti. Te dongah tekah hmuen tea ming Baalperazim la a khue.

And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said: 'The LORD hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters.' Therefore the name of that place was called Baal-perazim.

21 Te vaengaha hnoo uh sut amih muei te David neh a hlang rhoek loh a kohuh.

And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

22 Te phoeiaha rhaep la Philisti rhoek koep cet uh tih Rapha kol ah taaiuh.

And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

23 Te vaengah David loh BOEIPA tea dawt hatah, “Cet boeh, a hnuk longah vael lamtah, amih te tikti rhaldan ah khoep cuuk.

And when David inquired of the LORD, He said: 'Thou shalt not go up; make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.

24 Tikti soi ah haeksak ol na yaak la, na yaak coeng atah cuuk thil laeh. Philisti lambong tloek hamTe na hmaiah BOEIPA cet coeng,” a tinah.

And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is the LORD gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.'

25 BOEIPA loh amaha uen bangla David loh a saii tih Philisti tea tloek tih Geba lamloh Gezer la pawk.

And David did so, as the LORD commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.