2 Samuel 23

1 He tah David kah olka, Jesse capa David kah hmailong olphong, Jakob Pathen loh a koelh tih sang la thoh hlang kah olphong, Israel kah laa ding ni.

Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse saith, and the man who was raised on high saith, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

2 BOEIPA kah Mueihla he kai dongah cal tih, a ol te ka lai dongah om.

The spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was upon my tongue.

3 Israel Pathen loh kai taengah a thui tih, “Israel lungpang tah hlang soah a dueng la aka taemrhai tih Pathen hinyahnah neh aka taem aka rhai la om.

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, that ruleth in the fear of God,

4 Mincang khosae khomik aka thoeng bangla, mincang khomai a om pawt dongah a aa bangla, khotlan hnukah diklai lamkah baelhing banghui ni.

[He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, a morning without clouds; [when] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.

5 Ka imkhui he Pathen neh doda uh ngawn pawt cakhaw kumhal paipi tah kamah taengah ni a khueh. A cungkuem dongah rhong a tael tih ka daemnah cungkuem te a ngaithuen. Te dongah ka hue ngaih boeih te khaw cuen voel pawh.

Verily my house is not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he maketh it not to grow.

6 Tedae aka muen tah hling bangla a thaek banlak tih kut nen khaw lo voel pawh.

But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, for they cannot be taken with the hand:

7 Amih aka ben hlang long tah thi neh caai tueng khaw cung tih amah hmuen ah hmai neh a hoeh la a hoeh uh,” a ti.

But the man that toucheth them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.

8 He rhoek he tah David kah hlangrhalh rhoek kah a ming ni. Takhemoni Joshebbashebeth tah boeilu la om tih anih tah amah kah caai neh yahuem sut. Caai nen te hlang ya rhet mai voei khat la a rhokpam sak.

These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.

9 Anih hnuk, anih hnukah tah Akhohi capa Dodo, Dodo capa Eleazar khaw David taengkah hlangrhalh pathum khuiah thum. Amih te a veet tih caemtloek ham Philisti rhoek a tingtun uh vaengah Israel hlang khaw a khuen uh.

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

10 Te dongah anih te thoo tih a kut a kohnue neh cunghang dongah a kut rhap a khoom duela Philisti te a tloek. Te dongah BOEIPA loh amah khohnin ah loeihnah tanglue a saii pah tih pilnam khaw anih hnukah hnopai pit ham dawk la ha pawk uh.

He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

11 Anih phoeiah Harari Agee capa Shammah a om vaengah Philisti tah mulhing bangla tingtun uh. Te vaengah lohma kah khamyai ah rhacik khawk om tapkhoeh. Pilnam tah Philisti mikhmuh lamloh rhaelrham coeng.

And after him was Shammah the son of Agce a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.

12 Te vaengah khamyai bangli ah pai tih pilnam te a huul. Philisti te a ngawn vaengah BOEIPA loh loeihnah tanglue a saii pah.

But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

13 A lu sawmthum pathum khuikah sawmthum te suntla uh tih cangah vaengah Adullam lungko kah David taengla pawk uh. Te vaengah Philisti mulhing tah Rephaim kol ah rhaeh pueng.

And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

14 Te vaengah David te rhalvong khuiah om tih Philisti rhaltawt hmuen tah Bethlehem ah om van.

And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

15 David loh vongka kah Bethlehem tuito tui ke a ngaidam tih, “U long nim kai n'tul lah ve,” a ti.

And David longed and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem which is by the gate!

16 Te dongah hlangrhalh pathum loh Philisti kah rhaehhmuen te a va uh tih vongka kah Bethlehem tuito tui a than uh. Te phoeiah a khuen uh tih David taengla a pawk puei uh. Tedae a ok ham huem pawt tih BOEIPA hmaiah a hawk.

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

17 Te vaengah, “He ka saii ham kai lamkah tah savisava BOEIPA, a hinglu aka caeh puei hlang rhoek kah a thii a? a ti tih ok ham huem pawh. Hlangrhalh pathum long khaw te tlam te ni a saii uh.

And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: [shall I drink] the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

18 Zeruiah capa Joab mana Abishai tah pathum kah a lu la om. Anih loh a caai te a haeng tih ya thum a rhokpam sak. Te dongah anih tah pathum lakah a ming om.

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.

19 Pathum lakah a thangpom het a? Te dongah amih taengah mangpa la om cakhaw pathum te a pha moenih.

Was he not most honourable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [first] three.

20 Kabzeel lamkah Jehoiada capa Benaiah tah hlangtang capa, tatthai neh a bisai khaw khuet. Anih loh Moab kah sathueng hlang panit te a ngawn. Te phoeiah anih te suntla tih vuel hla dongah vaam kah sathueng khui ah aka om sathueng te a ngawn.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two [sons of] Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

21 Anih loh Egypt hlang tah a mueimae hlang aka then khaw a ngawn bal. Egypt kut dongah caai om dae a conghol neh a suntlak thil. Te phoeiah Egypt kut lamkah caai te a rhawth pah tih amah caai neh amah te a ngawn.

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

22 Te te a saii dongah Jehoiada capa Benaiah tah hlangrhalh pathum dongah a ming thum.

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.

23 Sawmthum lakah a thangpom dongah pathum taengah thum sak voel pawt tih anih te David amah kah a taengom la a khueh.

He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.

24 Sawmthum khuiah Joab mana Asahel neh Bethlehem kah Dodo capa Elhanan,

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;

25 Kharodi Shamah neh Kharodi Elika,

Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite;

26 Palti Helez neh Tekoa Ikkesh capa Ira,

Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;

27 Anatoth kah Abiezer neh Khushathi Mebunnai,

Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite;

28 Akhohi Zalmon neh Netophah Maharai,

Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite;

29 Netophah Baanah capa Heled, Benjamin koca rhoek kah khohmuen Gibeah kah Ribai capa Ithai,

Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin;

30 Pirathon capa Benaiah, Gaash soklong lamkah Hiddai,

Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash;

31 Arbahi Abialbon neh Barhum Azmaveth,

Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite;

32 Shaalbin Eliaba neh Jashen koca rhoek lamkah Jonathan,

Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan;

33 Harari Shammah, Harari Sharar capa Ahiam,

Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite;

34 Maakathi koca kah Ahasbai capa Eliphelet, Giloh Ahithophel capa Eliam,

Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;

35 Karmel Hezro neh Arab Paarai,

Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite;

36 Zobah lamkah Nathan capa Igal, Gad Bani,

Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite;

37 Ammoni Zelek, Zeruiah capa Joab kah hno phuei Beeroth Naharai,

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah;

38 Yitha Ira neh Yitha Gareb,

Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite;

39 Khitti Uriah neh tun ah sawmthum parhih louh.

Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.