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1 Kum thum sung in Israel leh Syria mite kikah’ah gal ana umpon ahi.
For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
2 Hiche jou kumthum lhin in, Judah lengpa Jehoshaphat in Israel lengpa Ahab chu agavil in ahi.
Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
3 Aman avil sung hin Israel lengpan asepaite komah, “Nanghon Ramoth-gilead khopi hi eihoa ahi na het uvem? Ahinla eihon hiche khopi hi Syriate khut’a kona nunglah dohna dingin imacha inabol pouvin ahi,” ati.
[While they were talking, ] Ahab said to his officials, “Do you realize that the Syrians are still occupying our city of Ramoth in [the] Gilead [region]? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!”
4 Chuin aman Jehoshaphat lang chu angan, “Nang in Ramoth-gilead nunglah dohna dinga galsatna a hi neipanhu nomlou ham?” atin ahile, Jehoshaphat in Israel lengpa chu a donbut in, “I-bol a ka panhu da ding ham, nangle kei thakhat ihi chula em, ka sepaite jong na sepai ahin ka sakol ho jong na sakol ahi,” ati.
Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will your [army] join my [army] to fight against the people of Ramoth [and retake that city]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “[Certainly] I [will do whatever] you [want], and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also.”
5 Jehoshaphat in, “Ahinla Pakajin ipi asei jem veuhite” tin aseibe kit in ahi.
Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
6 Hichun Israelte lengpan themgao jali hochu akouvin amaho koma chun, “Ramoth-gilead douna gal ka kon ding ham ahi lou leh ka kon lou ding ham?” tin anadongin ahi. Amahon abon uvin a donbut un, “Aphai, kondoh jing in, Pakaiyin galjona napeh ding ahi,” atiuve.
So Ahab summoned about 400 of his prophets together, and he asked them, “Should my [army] go to fight the people in Ramoth and retake that city, or not?” They answered, “Yes, go [and attack them], because God will enable your [army] to defeat them.”
7 Ahinlah Jehoshaphat in, “Hiche muna hi hitobang thudoh mama hijong le idoh thei diu themgao adang umlou ham,” atin ahi.
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
8 Israel lengpan Jehoshaphat jah’a, “Hitobanga Pakai koma eidohpeh thei diu kahet mikhat aum nalaiye, ahinlah ama hin kei dingin thilphalou ngen aseijin ahi. Ama chu Imlah chapa Micaiah ahi,” tin anadonbut in ahi. Jehoshaphat in adonbut in, “Lengkhat in hitia chu thu asei ngei ahipoi! Aman ipi asei em ngaiju hite,” ati.
The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he (prophesies/tells what God says to him) he never says [that] anything good [will happen] to me. He always predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
9 Hijeh chun Israel lengpan asepaiho khatchu akouvin, “Imlah chapa Micaiah chu gapui loijin,” ati.
So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
10 Israel lengpa Ahab leh Judah lengpa Jehoshaphat chu leng vonin akivon lhon in, Samaria khopi kelkot kom changvohna phol munna chun laltouna akido lhonin atoulhon in ahi. Ahab themgaoho chun amani masanga chun gaothu aphong phong jeng un ahi.
The king of Israel and the king of Judah were wearing their (royal robes/robes that showed that they were kings). They were sitting on thrones at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of the kings, (prophesying/predicting what was going to happen).
11 Amaho lah’a khatpen Kenaanah chapa Zedekiah kitipa chun, thih saki lim in asemin hiti hin asamphong in, “Hitihin Pakaiyin aseiye, Hiche thih saki hi nasutna Syriate chu najo ding ahi,” ati.
One of them, whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron [something that resembled] horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed [to Ahab], “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these your [army] will keep attacking the Syrians [like a bull attacks another animal] [MET], until you completely destroy them!’”
12 Themgao dangho jong athusei chu anom un, hitin aseikit uve, “Ramoth-gilead’a chun kaltou unlang gal gajou’un, ajeh chu Pakaiyin lengpa chu galjona apehding ahi,” atiuve.
All the [other] prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!”
13 Alangkhat ah, Micaiah koma che asottolpa chun ajah’a, “Ven, themgao dang ho jousen lengpa koma chun galjona ding ngen aseipeh un, nangin jong amaho bang in galjo na ding seipeh in,” ati.
Meanwhile, the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are predicting that the king’s army will defeat the Syrians. So be sure that you agree with them and say (what will be favorable/that the king’s army will be successful).”
14 Ahinlah Micaiah in adonbut in, “Hingjing Pakai min’a kasei ahi, Pakaiyin seijin ati bou ka sei ding ahi,” atipeh in ahi.
But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
15 Micaiah themgao chu lengpa kom alhun phat in, Ahab in jong ajah’a, “Micaiah, Ramoth-gilead douna a kache diu ham ahilouleh kachelou diu ham?” atileh Micaiah in jong jonkap tah’in, “Aphai, chetouvun lang ga jou un, Pakaiyin lengpa galjona nape naveh ta!” ati peh in ahi.
When Micaiah came to Ahab, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to fight against [the people of] Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
16 Ahin lengpan gangtah in adonbut in, “Pakai thalhenga kakoma thu nasei tengleh thudih bou seijin tia i-jatvei ka ngeh hitam?” atin ahi.
But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was (lying/being sarcastic), so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you [RHQ] many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
17 Hichun Micaiah in, “Keiman gao’in thilkhat kamu’e, Israelte molchunga kelngoi achingbei tobanga akithe cheh kamun ahi, chule Pakaiyin, a pakaipau akithat ahitai, tun amaho chu lungmong in sol tauvin,” ati.
So Micaiah said to him, “[The truth is that] in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
18 Israel lengpan Jehoshaphat jah’a asaptho jengin, “Kaseipeh sa hilou ham? Amahin, kakom ah thilse tilou thilpha eisei peh khapon ahi,” ati.
Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you [RHQ] that he never predicts [that] anything good [will happen to me]! He [always] predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].”
19 Hichun Micaiah in aseiben, “Ngaijun Pakaiyin aseiye! Pakai chu avan sepaiho chengin ajet avei’ah aumkim vellun Ama alaltouna a atouve,” ati.
But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
20 Pakaiyin, ‘Ahab hi athi nadinga Ramoth-gilead douna gal kon ding’a koipen atildoh ding ache ding ham? atile, hichea chun lunggel tamtah aseikhom uvin,
And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
21 Achaina in, lhagao khat in, Pakai komma chun keiman choudoh ing kate, ati.
Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
22 “Pakaiyin i-nalo got ham?” atile, “Lhagao chun adonbut nin keima che ingting Ahab themgao ho thujou asei diuvin gatil doh ing kate” ati. Hichun Pakaiyin nalolhin ding ahi chenlang gabol tan,” ati.
Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
23 “Tun vetan Pakaiyin nathemgao ho koma thujou asei sah ahitai, ajeh chu Pakaiyin na manthah na dinga aphondoh joh ahi,” atipeh tai.
So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused all of your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
24 Hichun Kenaanah chapa Zedekiah chun Micaiah chu ajon in angei phe abehpeh in ahi. “Hoiya patna chu Pakaiyin keima eidalhah’a, nang koma bou thu asei jeng ham,” ati.
Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” [RHQ]
25 Micaiah in adonbut in, “Nangma na insung dan sung khat na aguh’a kisel’a nache tengleh hedoh tan nate,” ati.
Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken to] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian troops]!”
26 Chuin Ahab lengpan, “Amachu man unlang khopi gamvaipo Amon kom leh ka chapa Joash koma puilut un,” tin thu apen ahi.
King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
27 Keima damsella kahung kilekit kahsen songkul’a ana hen unlang aneh dingin changlhah leh tuibou anape un, tin seipeh un,” ati.
Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!”
28 Hichun Micaiah in adonbut in, “Ven nangma damsella nahung kilepou pou leh Pakaiyin keima eimanchah lou hiding ahi,” ati, aban aseibe kit in, “Mijousen kathu seihi melchih un,” ati.
Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
29 Hichun Israel lengpa Ahab leh Judah lengpa Jehoshaphat teni chu asepai jouse toh Ramoth-gilead sat dingin akon lhontan ahi.
So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
30 Israel lengpa chun Jehoshaphat jah’a, “Hitia hi gal mun’a ilut tenguleh koiman eihetdoh lou na dingin kahina khel ing kate, nangin vang naleng von chu kivon tan,” ati. Hitichun Israel lengpan ahina akhel in galmun’a alut tauve.
King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king]. But you should wear your (royal robe/robe that shows that you are a king).” So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
31 Alang khatna Syria lengpan sakol kangtalai touthem lamkai somthum le ni ho jah’a chun, “Israel lengpa bou chu nokhum un adangho chu limsah hih un,” ati.
The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
32 Hitichun Syria sakol kangtalai touthem hochun alengvonna kivon Jehoshaphat chu adelkhum go taovin ahi. Amahon, “Hiche khu Israelte lengpa ahi,” tin ahin sam’un ahi. Ahinlah Jehoshaphat chu ahung penjah phat’in,
So when the men who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing (his royal robes/clothes that showed he was the king)], they pursued him. They shouted, “There is the king of Israel!” But when Jehoshaphat cried out,
33 Sakol kangtalai touthem lamkai ho chun Israel lengpa ahilou ahetdoh phat un adel tapouvin ahi.
they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
34 Ahin Syria sepai khat in Israel sepaite lah’a chu agah moh donkap leh Israel lengpa chu a Ompho kikah a chun thal chu alut kha tan ahileh Ahab chun asakol kangtalai tolpa koma chun, “Sakol chu nung tol inlang, hichea kon hin nei toldoh tan,” ati.
But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!”
35 Nilhum keijin galchu akisat in, lengpa chu Syria mite lang angan sakol kangtalai chunga chun aki jamin ahi. Athisan chu amaha akon chun tol ah avalhan nilhah lang in ahitan ahi.
The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian troops. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of the chariot. And late in the afternoon he died.
36 Nisa chu ahung lhumphat in sepaiho lah a chun, “Gal i-lel taove, na kihinso thei nading cheh un jam tauvin,” tin ahung kisam tan ahi.
Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
37 Hitichun lengpa athitan atahsa chu Samaria a ahin polut’un avui taovin ahi.
So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
38 Hijouchun asakol kangtalai chu Samaria twikul pang ah asop theng un ahi. Pakaiyin ana tep peh bang chun numei kijohho kisilna munna chun athisan chu uicha hon ahung lehngim un ahi.
They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs [came and] licked the king’s blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen.
39 Ahab vaihom sunga thilsoh holeh aman ana tohdoh ho, saiha a asahdoh leng inpi ahin khopi ana tundoh ho ahin abonchan Israel lengte thusim kijihna lekhabua chun aki jihlut in ahi.
The account/record of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory [that they built for him], and the cities that were built for him, was written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
40 Hitichun Ahab chu athitan ahileh achapa Ahaziah chun lengmun ahin lotan ahi.
When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
41 Ahab lengpan Israel mite lah’a vai anahop kumli lhinin, Asa chapa Jehoshaphat in Judah mite lah’a vai anahom pantan ahi.
Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
42 Jehoshaphat leng ahungchan chun kum somthum le nga ana lhing tan ahi. Hitichun aman Jerusalem'ah kum somnile nga vai ana hom’in ahi. Anu chu Shilhi chanu Azubah ahi.
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43 Jehoshaphat chu leng phatah anahi. Amahin apa Asa phat na hinkho hochu anung anajui in ahi. Aman Pathen mitmu’n thilpha jong ana bol in ahi. Ama vaihom sungin kithoi na doiphung hochu ana suhtheng sahpon ahi. Hijeh chun mipi hochun kithoina gantha ana bol nalaiyun chuleh gim namtui jong ana lhut nam jing un ahi.
Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars [that the people had built] on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices [to idols] on those altars and burned incense there.
44 Jehoshaphat chun Israel lengpa toh kichamna anasem in ahi.
Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
45 Jehoshaphat vaihom sunga thilsoh holeh a thanei naho chuleh agalsat na ho jouse Judah lengte thusim kijihlutna lekhabua aum soh keijin ahi.
All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his [troops] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
46 Apa Asa khanglaiya jong ana chejom peh pasal le numei kijoh ana umnalai chengse chu gamsunga konin ana ban suhmang in ahi.
Jehoshaphat’s father Asa [had tried to expel] the male prostitutes that stayed at the pagan shrines, but some of them were still there. Jehoshaphat got rid of them.
47 Hichelai khang chun Edom gam'a leng ana umpon.
At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
48 Jehoshaphat in Ophir munna sana podingin kiveina kong innei honkhat ana semdoh in ahi. Ahinlah hiche kong innei hochun agamsung kongkai mun’ah tosetna ana toh jeh un ana kitol masa pouvin ahi.
Jehoshaphat [ordered some Israeli men to] build a fleet/group of ships to sail [south] to [the] Ophir [region] to get gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber/Elath, so the ships never sailed.
49 Khatvei chu Ahab chapa Ahaziah chun Jehoshaphat komah, “Keima mite leh nangma mite hon kongtol khom uhen,” ana tin ahileh Jehoshaphat ana nom pon ahi.
Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
50 Jehoshaphat chu athi phat in David khopi a apu apate toh anavui khom un ahi.
When Jehoshaphat died, his [body] was buried where his ancestors were buried in [Jerusalem, ] the city where King David [had ruled]. Then Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king.
51 Judah lengpa Jehoshaphat in vai ana homna kum som le sagi lhinin, Ahab chapa Ahaziah in Israel te lah’a vai anahom pan in ahi. Aman Samaria munah kum ni vai ana hom in ahi.
Before King Jehoshaphat died, when he had been ruling in Judah for 17 years, Ahab’s son Ahaziah began to rule in Israel. Ahaziah ruled in Samaria for two years.
52 Aman Pakai mitmu in thilse jong ana bollin ahi. Aman hichu anule apa chonchan phalou tah ana jui ahin, chuleh Israelte ana chonset sah Jeroboam chondan hoilou tah chu ana jui ahi.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, doing the [evil] things that his father and mother had done and the evil things that Jeroboam had done—the king who had led all the Israeli people to sin [by worshiping idols].
53 Aman Baal milim doi ana houvin, apa bang in Pakai Israel Pathen chu ana chou lunghang in ahi.
Ahaziah bowed in front of Baal’s idol and worshiped it. That caused Yahweh, the God who was the true God of the Israeli people, to become very angry, just as Ahaziah’s father had caused Yahweh to become angry.
