2 Samuel 19
1 Te vaengah Joab taengah tah, “Manghai tah rhap tih Absalom ham nguekcoi coeng ke,” tila a puen pah.
Soon Joab was told, “The king is crying and mourning for Absalom.”
2 Loeihnah khaw tekah khohnin ah tah pilnam boeih ham nguekcoinah la coeng. A capa ham manghai a kothae,’ a ti te te khohnin ah tah pilnam loh a yaak.
Victory that day was turned into mourning for the whole army, because they were told, “The king is grieving for his son.”
3 Caemtloek lamloh a rhaelrham uh vaengah a hmaithae uh tih pilnam loh a phaelhael bangla khopuei la kun ham khaw te khohnin ah tah pilnam khaw phaelhael uh.
They stole back into town that day like defeated people steal in, ashamed of running away from the battle.
4 Manghai loh a maelhmai a buenglueng. Te phoeiah manghai te ol ue la pang tih, “Ka capa Absalom, Absalom, ka capa aw, ka capa,” a ti.
The king held his face in his hands and sobbed loudly, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Joab te manghai im la kun tih, “Tihnin ah namah hinglu, na capa rhoek neh na canu rhoek kah hinglu, na yupuei rhoek kah hinglu neh na yula rhoek kah hinglu aka hlawt na sal rhoek boeih kah maelhmai he tihnin ah yah na bai coeng.
Then Joab went inside and told the king, “Today you have humiliated all your men who have saved your life, and the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.
6 Lungnah ham tueng te na thiinah tih thiinah ham tueng te na lungnah. Na mangpa rhoek neh na sal rhoek he tihnin ah na yan sumsoek coeng. Absalom te hing vetih tihnin ah kaimih boeih ka duek uh koinih na mikhmuh ah thuem sue tite tihnin ah ka ming ngawn.
You did this by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. Today you have made it plain that the commanders and the men don't mean anything to you. Today I'm sure that you'd be quite happy if Absalom was alive and all of us were dead!
7 Thoo lamtah pongpa mai laeh. Na sal rhoek kah a lungbuei te hloep pah laeh. BOEIPA dongah ka toemngam coeng he, na cet pawt koinih hlaempang pakhat pataeng nang taengah hlang rhaeh mahpawh. Te vaengah na camoe lamloh tahae duela nang soah aka thoeng yoethaenah boeih lakah tahae kah he nang ham thae ngai coeng,” a ti nah.
So get up, go out, and thank your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don't, you won't have a man left by tonight. That will be far worse for you than all the disasters you've had from your youth until now.”
8 Manghai te thoo tih vongka ah ngol. Te vaengah pilnam boeih taengla puen uh tih, “Vongka ah manghai om ke,” a ti uh. Te daengah pilnam boeih te manghai kah mikhmuh ah ha pawk tih Israel amah kah dap la boeih rhaelrham van.
So the king got up and went to sit at the town gate. Everybody was told: “Look, the king is sitting at the town gate.” They all came to see the king. In the meantime the Israelites had run away and gone to their homes.
9 Pilnam boeih a om vaengah Israel koca rhoek boeih taengah lai a thui tih, “Mamih kah thunkha kut lamkah he manghai long ni mamih n'huul, Philisti kut lamkah mamih m'poenghal sak. Tedae Absalom kongah ni khohmuen lamloh a yong he.
Everyone among the tribes of Israel were arguing with each other, saying, “The king rescued us from the persecution of our enemies, he saved us from the Philistines, but now he's had to run from the country because of Absalom.
10 Mamih soah ng'koelh Absalom te caemtloek vaengah duek coeng. Te dongah balae tih manghai mael puei ham te hil na phah uh tarha,” a ti uh.
Now Absalom, the man we chose to be our king by anointing him, he's died in battle. Why don't we do something and invite King David to come back?”
11 Te vaengah manghai David loh khosoih Zadok neh Abiathar te, “Judah patong rhoek te thui pah lamtah, 'Balae tih a im la manghai mael puei ham te yulh na om uh eh, Israel pum kah ol long tah manghai te a imkhui ah a paan coeng.
King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Tell the elders of Judah, ‘Are you going to be the last people to bring the king back to his palace, since the king has heard that all of Israel wants it?
12 Ka manuca rhoek nang, nangmih tah kamah rhuh, kamah saa ni. Te dongah balae tih manghai te mael puei ham te yulh na om uh eh?,’ ti nah.
You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. Why should you be the last ones to want to bring the king back?’
13 Te phoeiah Amasa te, “Nang tah ka rhuh neh ka saa moenih a?, Pathen loh kai taengah han saii nawn saeh. Joab yueng la hnin takuem ka mikhmuh ah caempuei mangpa la na om pawt atah amah loh rhoirhaep nawn saeh,'ti nah,” a ti nah tih ol a tah.
Tell Amasa, ‘Aren't you my flesh and blood too? May God punish me very severely if from now on you're not the commander of my army instead of Joab!’”
14 Judah hlang boeih a thinko te hlang pakhat kah la a hong tih, “Namah neh na sal rhoek khaw boeih ha mael laeh,” tila manghai te a tah uh.
Amasa convinced all the people of Judah to unitedly support David, so they sent a message to the king: “Please come back, you and everyone with you.”
15 Te dongah manghai te mael tih Jordan la pawk. Te vaengah Judah te Gilgal la ha pawk tih manghai doe ham neh manghai te Jordan kat puei hamla cet.
The king began his journey back, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah met him at Gilgal to help him cross the river.
16 Te vaengah Bahurim lamkah Benjamin koca, Gera capa Shimei tah puk cu tih manghai David doe hamla Judah hlang neh suntla.
Shimei, son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17 Amah neh Benjamin lamkah hlang thawngkhat, Saul im kah tueihyoeih Ziba neh a capa hlang hlai nga, amah taengkah a sal pakul loh manghai te mikhmuh ah Jordan te a thaihtak thiluh.
With him were one thousand men from the tribe of Benjamin, including Ziba, servant of Saul's family, as well as Ziba's fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan to meet the king.
18 Manghai imkhui khat puei ham neh a hmuh, a hmuh ah a then saii ham te vahcaeh ah kat. Jordan a kat vaengah manghai kah mikhmuh ah Gera capa Shimei a bakop pah.
They crossed at the ford to bring the king's household over and whatever else he wanted. Shimei crossed the Jordan and fell facedown before the king.
19 Te phoeiah manghai te, “Ka boeipa kai sokathaesainah te nawtna boel mai, ka boei manghai loh Jerusalem lamkah a nong khohnin ah na sal kah a paihaeh te poek voel boeh. Manghai loh a lungbuei te hnop mai saeh.
“Your Majesty, please forgive me and disregard the wrong that I, your servant, did when Your Majesty left Jerusalem. Please forget all about it.
20 Kamah ka tholh te na sal loh a ming. Tedae tihnin ah ka boei manghai doe hamla aka suntla Joseph imkhui pum khuiah lamhma la ka pawk coeng he,” a ti nah.
I, your servant, recognize that I have sinned. But look! Today I'm the first from any of the tribes of Joseph to come down and meet Your Majesty.”
21 Zeruiah capa Abishai loh a doo tih, “BOEIPA kah a koelh mai thae aka phoei thil dongah Shimei te duek boel mai saeh a he,” a ti nah.
Abishai, son of Zeruiah, said, “Shouldn't Shimei be executed for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed one?”
22 David loh, “Nangmih Zeruiah koca rhoek neh kai he me tlam lae, tihnin ah kai ham Satan la na om uh. Tihnin ah Israel khuiah hlang ng'ngawn aya? Tihnin ah kai loh Israel ka manghai thil te ka ming moenih a?,” a ti nah.
But David replied, “What's that got do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Do you want to be my enemies today? Is this a day to execute anybody in Israel? Aren't I certain that today I'm the king of Israel once more?”
23 Te phoeiah manghai loh Shimei te, “Na duek mahpawh,” a ti nah tih anih te manghai loh a toemngam thil.
David turned to Shimei and swore an oath to him, “You're not going to die.”
24 Saul capa Mephibosheth khaw manghai doe hamla suntla. Te vaengah a kho yuut pawh, a hmui khaw huih pawh. Manghai a caeh hnin lamloh sading la ha pawk hnin duela a himbai khaw suk pawh.
Then Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, went to meet the king. He had refused to look after his feet or trim his mustache or have his clothes washed from the day the king left until the day of his peaceful return.
25 Te tlam te om tih manghai doe ham te Jerusalem a pha. Te vaengah anih te manghai loh, “Mephibosheth balae tih kamah taengah na pongpa pawh,” a ti nah.
When he arrived from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn't you come with me, Mephibosheth?”
26 Te dongah, “Ka boei manghai aw, ka sal loh kai m'phok. Na salpa long he, 'Kamah ham laak ka khit saeh lamtah ka ngol eh. Te phoeiah na sal aka khaem he manghai taengla ka cet eh?,’ a ti coeng.
Mephibosheth answered, “Your Majesty, my servant Ziba tricked me. I told him, ‘Saddle up my donkey so I can ride her and leave with the king,’ because you know that I'm lame.
27 Tedae ka boei manghai taengah na sal te a thainawn thil. Ka boei manghai tah Pathen kah puencawn banghui ni. Na mikhmuh ah then na ti bangla n'saii nawn.
Ziba has misrepresented me, your servant, to Your Majesty. However, Your Majesty is like an angel of God, so do what you think best.
28 A pa kah a cako he boeih om voel pawh. Ka boei manghai taeng lamkah loh hlang duek la om uh coeng dae na sal te na caboei dongah buh caak puei ham na paek sak, manghai taengah koep ka pang ham akhaw kai hamla duengnah om pueng aya?,” a ti nah.
All my grandfather's family could only expect death from Your Majesty, but you included me, your servant, among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to ask the king for anything more?”
29 Te dongah anih te manghai loh, “Balae tih ol koep na thui, 'Nang neh Ziba te khohmuen tael uh rhoi,’ ka ti,” a ti nah.
“Why talk any more about these issues of yours?” David responded. “I've decided that you and Ziba should divide the land.”
30 Mephibosheth loh manghai taengah, “Boeih lo ngawn saeh, ka boei manghai loh sading la a im te a paan coeng atah,” a ti nah.
Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Let him have it all! I'm just happy that Your Majesty has returned home in peace.”
31 Giladi Barzillai khaw Rogelim lamkah suntla tih Jordan ngan, Jordan ngan ah thak hamla manghai te Jordan a kat puei.
Barzillai the Gileadite had also came down from Rogelim to help the king cross the Jordan and to make his way onwards from there.
32 Barzillai tah kum sawmrhet lo coeng tih bahoeng patong ca coeng. Anih tah hlang len muep a om dongah manghai te Mahanaim ah a yalh vaengah anih loh a cangbam.
Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age, and because he was a very wealthy man, he had provided the king with food while he was staying in Mahanaim.
33 Te dongah manghai loh Barzillai te, “Nang tah kamah neh kat sih lamtah Jerusalem ah tah kamah taengah nang te kan cangbam bitni,” a ti nah.
The king said to Barzillai, “Cross the Jordan with me, and I will provide for you while you stay with me in Jerusalem.”
34 Barzillai loh manghai te, “Ka hingnah a kum khohnin meyet nim aka om tih Jerusalem manghai taengla ka caeh eh.
“How much longer do you think I have to live so I could go to Jerusalem and stay there with the king?” Barzillai replied.
35 Tihnin ah kai kum sawmrhet aka lo ca long he a laklo ah a thae a then khaw ka ming aya?, Ka caak, ka ok te na sal loh a tuep thai aya? Huta tongpa kah a hlo hlai ol te a yaak pueng aya? Balae tih na sal he ka boei manghai ham hnorhih la koep a om suidae.
“I'm already eighty. I don't enjoy anything anymore. I can't taste what I eat or drink. I can't hear when people sing. There's no point for me, your servant, to be another burden to Your Majesty!
36 Na sal loh manghai te Jordan bet m'poeng puei bitni. Ba ham lae manghai loh he bang khoboe neh kai nan thuung aih eh.
For your servant to cross the Jordan River with the king is enough reward for me!
37 Na sal he mael mai pawn saeh lamtah a nu a pa kah phuel kaep kamah kho ah ka duek mai eh. Na sal Khimham loh ka boei manghai te ng'kat puei saeh, anih te na mikhmuh ah then na ti bangla saii nawn,” a ti nah.
Then let your servant go back home, that I may die in my home town near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant, my son Chimham. Let him cross over with Your Majesty, and treat him as you think best.”
38 Te dongah manghai loh, “Khimham loh kai n'kat puei saeh lamtah na mikhmuh ah a then la anih te ka khueh bitni. Nang ham na ngaih boeih te kamah lamkah loh ka saii bitni,” a ti nah.
The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will treat him as you think best, and I will do for you whatever you want.”
39 Pilnam loh Jordan te Jordan boeih a kat daengah ni manghai te a kat pueng. Manghai loh Barzillai te a mok tih yoethen a paek phoeiah amah hmuen la mael.
So everybody crossed the Jordan first, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and then Barzillai went back home.
40 Manghai loh Gilgal poeng duela Khimham loh a caeh puei. Te vaengah Judah pilnam boeih neh Israel pilnam rhakthuem loh manghai a thak rhoela a thak uh.
Then the king carried on to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him. The whole army of Judah and half the army of Israel accompanied the king.
41 Te vaengah Israel hlang boeih te manghai taengla pakcak pawk uh tih manghai taengah, “Balae mah manuca Judah hlang rhoek nang ng'liim tih manghai neh a imkhui khaw, David kah a hlang rhoek boeih te khaw, Jordan a poeng puei uh,” a ti uh.
But soon the men of Israel who were there came to the king and asked him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, secretly take Your Majesty away and bring you and your household across the Jordan, together with all your men?”
42 Te vaengah Judah hlang boeih loh Israel hlang te, “Manghai he kaimih neh ka yoei uh ta, tedae balae tih he olka dongah nangmih taengah a lungoe, manghai taengkah te ka caak khaw ka caak uh nim, kamamih ham ka phueih khaw ka phueih uh nim?,” a ti uh.
The men of Judah explained to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is one of our relatives. Why are you getting upset about this? When did we ever eat the king's food? When did we ever get anything for yourselves?”
43 Te dongah Israel hlang loh Judah hlang te a doo tih, “Kai neh manghai taengah ban parha om ta, nang lakah tah David khaw kamah ni. Balae tih kai nan hnaep, ka manghai mael puei ham he kamah taengah lamhma la ol ana om moenih,” a ti nah. Tedae Judah hlang kah a ol te Israel hlang kah ol lakah lalh.
“We've got ten shares in the king,” the men of Israel replied, “so we have a greater claim on David than you do. So why do you look down us? Weren't we the first ones to talk about bringing back our king?” But the men of Judah argued even more strongly than the men of Israel.
