2 Samuel 17
1 Te phoeiah Ahithophel loh Absalom taengah, “Hlang thawng hlai nit ka coelh pawn ni. Ka hlah uh vetih khoyin ah David hnuk te ka hloem laeh mako.
Moreover Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Do let me now select twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;
2 Bonghnaek tih a kut a kha to vaengah ka anih te ka paan eh?, anih te ka lakueng sak eh. A taengkah pilnam loh boeih a rhaelrham tak vaengah manghai amah te ka ngawn eh.
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will terrify him; so that all the people that are with him will flee; and I will smite the king alone;
3 Te vaengah pilnam te namah taengla boeih kam mael puei mako. Na toem hlang te rhuemtuet la a mael daengah ni pilnam boeih khaw rhoepnah a om eh?,” a ti nah.
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: when all return [except] the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.
4 Tekah olka tah Absalom kah mikhmuh neh Israel patong boeih kah mikhmuh ah thuem mai.
And the thing was pleasing in the eyes of Abshalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
5 Tedae Absalom loh, “Arkii Hushai te khaw khue laeh. Anih ka dongkah ol te khaw ya uh sih,” a ti nah.
Then said Abshalom, Do call now also Chushai the Arkite, and let us hear what he likewise beareth in his mouth.
6 Hushai te Absalom taengla a pawk vaengah Absalom loh, “Ahithophel loh a thui ol bangla thui van lah, na thui pawt atah anih ol te vai sih a?” a ti nah.
And when Chushai was come to Abshalom, Abshalom said unto him, as followeth, Such words as these hath Achithophel spoken: shall we do after his words? if not, do thou speak.
7 Tedae Hushai loh Absalom taengah, “Tahae tue vaengah Ahithophel loh cilsuep n'uen cilsuep te a then moenih,” a ti nah.
And Chushai said unto Abshalom, The counsel that Achithophel hath given at this time is not good.
8 Te phoeiah Hushai loh, “Na pa te na ming coeng, a hlang rhoek khaw amih tah hlangrhalh rhoek ni, amih a hinglu tah kohong kah dueidah laemhong vom bangla tlung. Te phoeiah na pa he caemtloek hlang la a om dongah pilnam nen khaw rhaeh mahpawh.
And Chushai said, Thou well knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are of an embittered spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is also a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9 Amah ngawn tah rhom pakhat ah nim, a hmuen pakhat ah nim thuh uh pawn maco te. Lamhma kah a cungku te a yaak a yaak vaengah, 'Absalom hnukkah pilnam khuiah lucik om coeng,’ a ti bitni.
Behold, he is now hidden in some one of the pits, or in some one of the [other] places: and it will come to pass, when some of them should fall at the first onset, that whosoever heareth it would say, There hath been slaughter among the people that follow Abshalom.
10 Na pa neh a taengkah tatthai tongpa rhoek kah a tlung a thang te Israel pum loh a ming vaengah a lungbuei sathueng lungbuei bangla aka om tatthai capa pataeng paci la paci pueng ni.
And he also that is most valiant, whose heart is as the heart of the lion, would become quite discouraged; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they who are with him are valiant persons.
11 Te dongah Dan lamloh Beersheba due tuipuei laivin bangla aka yet Israel boeih he nang taengah tingtun rhoe tingtun saeh lamtah na mikhmuh kah caemrhal te kun thil saeh ka ti.
But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba', like the sand that is by the sea in multitude: while thou in thy own person goest into the fight.
12 Anih te hmuen khat, khat ah phoe tih m'muk pahoi vaengah, mamih loh anih te diklai dongkah buemtui a suntlak bangla ng'et thil daengah ni, amah khaw, a taengkah hlang boeih loh pakhat khaw a sueng pawt eh.
And when we come upon him in some one of the places where he may be found, we will encamp around him as the dew falleth on the earth: and there shall not be left of him and of all the men that are with him so much as one.
13 Khopuei la nong cakhaw khopuei te Israel pum loh rhui a khuen uh vetih anih te a nuei pataeng a hmuh pawt hilah soklong la a sol uh ni.
And if he should withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the stream, until there be not found there even one small stone.
14 Absalom neh Israel hlang boeih loh Arkii Hushai kah cilsuep tah Ahithophel kah cilsuep lakah then ngai,” a ti uh,” a ti nah. BOEIPA loh Absalom soah yoethaenah khuen ham kong ah Ahithophel kah cilsuep then te phae hamla BOEIPA loh a uen.
And Abshalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chushai the Arkite is better than the counsel of Achithophel. But the Lord had ordained to frustrate the good counsel of Achithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring the evil upon Abshalom.
15 Hushai loh khosoih Zadok neh Abiathar te, “Ahithophel loh Absalom neh Israel patong rhoek tuek tuek a uen bangla, kai loh kang uen.
Then said Chushai unto Zadok and to Ebyathar the priests, Thus and thus did Achithophel counsel Abshalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.
16 Te dongah David taengah hlang tlek tueih lamtah puen pah laeh. Khoyin te khosoek kolken ah rhaeh thil boeh. Kat rhoela khat phai, manghai neh a pilnam pum te vik yoop ve,’ ti nah,” a ti nah.
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but rather pass over at once; lest the king be entirely ruined, and all the people that are with him.
17 Jonathan neh Ahimaaz tah Enrogel ah a om vaengah amih rhoi taengla salnu cet tih a puen pah. Tedae amih rhoi te Khopuei khuila kun ham neh phoe ham a coeng rhoi pawt dongah manghai David taengla cet rhoi tih a thui rhoi.
Now Jonathan and Achima'az were staying by 'En-rogel; and a maid-servant had to go and tell them, that they should go and tell king David; for they dared not be seen to come into the city.
18 Tedae amih rhoi te camoe pakhat loh vik a hmuh tih Absalom taengla a puen pah. Te dongah amih rhoi khaw vil nong rhoi tih Bahurim kah hlang pakhat im la kun rhoi. Te phoeiah a vongup khuikah tangrhom khuila suntla rhoi.
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told it to Abshalom; but they went, both of them, quickly away, and came to the house of a man in Bachurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.
19 A yuu loh himbaiyan te a loh tih tangrhom kah a rhai ah khoep a phaih. A soah canghum khoep a yaal thil dongah a hmuethma khaw ming uh pawh.
And the wife took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and scattered ground corn thereupon; so that nothing was perceived.
20 Absalom kah sal rhoek te huta kah im la ha pawk uh tih, “Ahimaaz neh Jonathan ta?,” a ti nah. Te vaengah amih te huta loh, “Sokca tui ke a poeng rhoi coeng ta,” a ti nah. A tlap uh dae a hmuh pawt dongah Jerusalem la mael uh.
And Abshalom's servants came to the woman into the house, and they said, Where are Achima'az and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are passed over the brook of water. And they sought, but could not find them; and they returned to Jerusalem.
21 Amih a caeh phoeiah tangrhom lamloh koep ha luei rhoi tih cet rhoi. Te phoeiah manghai David taengla puen rhoi. David taengah te, “Hlah uh lamtah tui ke pahoi kat uh laeh, he tlam he ni Ahithophel ni nang ng'uen,” a ti nah.
And it came to pass, after they were gone, that they came up out of the well, and went and told it to king David, and they said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Achithophel counseled against you.
22 Te dongah David neh a taengkah pilnam boeih te hlah uh tih Jordan te kat uh. Mincang khothaih duela Jordan aka kat pawt he pakhat khaw mueh pawh.
Then did David arise, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the time the morning was light, not even one was lacking who had not passed over the Jordan.
23 A cilsuep loh a pha pawt te Ahithophel loh a hmuh coeng dongah, laak te a ngoldoelh tih hlah uh. Te phoeiah amah kho la a im te a paan. A imkhui cako te a uen phoeiah kuiok tih duek tih a napa kah phuel ah a up uh.
And when Achithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled the ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and gave his charge to his household, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 Te dongah David loh Mahanaim la a pawk vaengah Absalom neh amah taengah Israel hlang boeih te Jordan ah kat uh.
Then came David to Machanayim: and Abshalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Amasa te Absalom loh Joab yueng la caempuei soah a ngol sak. Te vaengah Amasa capa tongpa pakhat a ming ah Ithra tah Israel hoel dae ta. Anih long te Nahash nu Joab manu Zeruiah mana Abigail te a kun thil.
And Abshalom placed 'Amassa instead of Joab as captain over the army: and 'Amassa was the son of a man, whose name was Yithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigal the daughter of Nachash, the sister of Zeruyah Joab's mother.
26 Te vaengah Israel neh Absalom te Gilead kho ah rhaeh.
And Israel and Abshalom encamped in the land of Gil'ad.
27 David te Mahanaim la a pawk vaengah Rabbah lamkah Ammon koca Nahash capa Shobi, Lodebar lamkah Ammiel capa Makir, Rogelim lamkah Giladi Barzillai loh,
And it came to pass, when David was come to Machanayim, that Shobi the son of Nachash of Rabbah of the children of 'Ammon, and Machir the son of 'Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gil'adite of Rogelim,
28 thingkong, baeldung, um-am, cangyen, cangtun, vaidam, maidawn, vairhum, rhacik, vairhum,
Brought beds, and bowls, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,
29 khoitui, suknaeng, boiva, vaito sukkhal te David neh a taengkah a pilnam ham hang khuen tih, “Pilnam he bungpong neh khosoek ah tui a halh vaengah ca uh saeh,” a ti uh.
And honey, and cream, and sheep, and cow's cheese, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
