2 Samuel 14

1 Chuin lengpan Absalom hi angai cha lheh jeng taiti Zeruiah chapa Joab hin ahin hetdoh tan ahi.

And when now Joab the son of Zeruyah perceived that the heart of the king was [turned] toward Abshalom:

2 Joab hin mi asolin Tekoa khosunga mi numei chingtah khat aga hol doh sah in, amanu koma chun asei tai, “Nangma tun lunghem a pul dou dou jeng tobang'in kisem in, pul douna ponsil kisil’in lang, thao jeng jong kinu dan, ajeh chu phat sottah sunga thi op’a um numei pul dou dou jeng bangin um'in ati.

Then sent Joab to Tekoa', and he fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, Feign. I pray thee, as though thou mournest, and do put on mourning garments, and anoint thyself not with oil; but be as a woman that hath these many days been mourning for the dead.

3 Chutengle lengpa koma ga chelut’inlang, ajah a hitin ga sei in, “ati, Joab chun asei ding thu jouse abonchan amanu chu athu mop tai.

And thou must come to the king and speak with him after these words: and Joab put the words into her mouth.

4 Tekoa khosunga numeinu chu lengpa koma ahung phat’in abohkhup in tol'a amai asulut in jana ape tai, chule aman aseiyin, “Vo lengpa, nei pan pin,” ati.

And the woman from Tekoa' spoke to the king, and fell on her face to the ground, and bowed herself, and said, Help, O king!

5 Hichun lengpan jong adong in, “Na gentheina ipi pen ham?” atileh, amanun adonbut’in, O kaden, keima meithainu kahi, kaji pa athia ahitai ati.

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she said, Truly, I am a widow-woman; since my husband is dead.

6 Chule nasoh nu kei hin chapa ni kaneiyin, amani chu lou jaova ahung kibao lhonin akina lhone; hichun amani phel khen ding mihem khat cha anaum lou jeh in khatpan khatjoh pachu ajep’in athat pai tai.

And thy hand-maid had two sons, and they two quarreled together in the field, and there was no one between them to help [either]; so the one smote the other, and slew him.

7 Hijeh chun tun vetan, insung pumpi ahung kon uvin nasoh nu hi eidel khum’uvin hitin asei uve, Asopipa that pachu hinlha doh loiyin, aman asopi pa athat in ahinkho khel a keihon ama katha diu ahi,’ tin aseiyuve; hitobang hin amahon ama chilhah jong asuh bei teidiu dol ahitai. Hitia hi amahon keima mei-am jeng jong achen mit uva hiche leiset chunga kaji pa min asuh mang diu, achi khai ding jong aumsah lou diu ahitai,” ati.

And, behold, the whole family is risen up against thy handmaid, and they said, Give up the slayer of his brother, that we may have him put to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath killed; and we will destroy also the heir: and thus they will quench my coal which is remaining, so as not to allow to my husband either name or remainder upon the face of the earth.

8 Chuphat’in lengpan jong numei nu koma chun hitin aseiye, “keima boldin dalhan lang, Na’in lama chen, keiman anavesui tange koiman atohkhah lou nadin,’ tin asol tai.

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will issue [my] charge concerning thee.

9 Chuin Tekoa khoa hung kon numeinu chun lengpa koma chun hitin asei kit’e, kakipah e, kapu lengpa chule “Kapu lengpa chu keima eikithopi jeh a nahin seiset khah uleh themmona chu keima le ka inkote chunga chujo hen, lengpa le alaltou na vang themmona beiyin umjo hen,’ tin aseiye.

Then said the woman of Tekoa unto the king, On me, my Lord, O king, be the iniquity, and on my father's house: and may the king and his throne be guiltless.

10 Chuin lengpan asei kit in, “Mihem khat touvin nakoma thu asei kit’a ahileh ama chu kei koma hin pui jeng in, ama chun nang ma natham khah kit louhel ding ahi,’ ati peh e.

And the king said, Whosoever speaketh aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

11 Hichun amanun jong asei kit in, “Lungset tah in Pakai na Pathen henga nei taopeh teitei in, chutia chu thisan phu lanom pan mi atha kit louva, kachapa atha louna din,’ atileh; lengpan jong aseipeh-in, “Pakai hing jing mina kasei ahi, nachapa chu asamjang khat jeng cha jong kisubui lou ding ahi,’ ati tai.

Then said she, Let the king, I pray thee, remember the Lord thy God, so as not to suffer the avenger of the blood to cause yet more destruction, and that they may not destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of thy son to the earth.

12 Hichun numei nun asei kit’in, “Lungset tah-in nasohnu kei hi kapu lengpa koma thu cheng khat beh neisei sah thei kit ding ham,’ atia ahileh; lengpan jong, “Seiyin seiyin,” ati.

Then said the woman, Let thy hand-maid, I pray thee, speak unto my Lord the king one word. And he said, Speak on.

13 Hichun numei nun asei in, “Chuti ahileh ipi dinga nangman Pathen mite douna a hitobang thilgon hi nanei ham? Ijeh-inem itileh lengpan hitobanga thutanna naneiya kon hin lengpan nadel mangpa inlama napuilut loujeh-in nathu tan hi nangma chungma ma a nakitan ahi tai ati.

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? and since the king doth speak this thing, he is as a guilty man, if the king do not permit his banished one to return home.

14 Ajeh chu eiho Ibon chauva athi cheh ding Ihiu’ve, chule Ibon chauva tol'a twi kisung lha kinung thaldoh kit thei lou tobang ihiuvin ahi, Pathen in jong mithi long damsa chu phong doh kit deh tapon te; chule lengpa chun ama toh ekikhan teng ule ama toh ihung eumkhom theikit nadiu aneijin ahi.

For we must needs die, and are as water which is spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and yet doth God not take away life; and he deviseth thoughts, so that the banished one may not remain banished from him.

15 Chule keima hiche thuseiya hi kapu lengpa heng hung kahi, ipijeh-inem itileh mipi hin keima eitijat sah tauvin chuphat’a nasohnu ken jong hitia hi kagela, ‘Keiman lengpa koma gasei tange, ijem itileh lengpan asohnu kei thuseihi ngai jeng khat nan’te

And now that I am come to speak unto my Lord the king of this thing, [happened] because the people made me afraid; and therefore thy hand-maid said, I will still speak unto the king; perhaps the king may act [in accordance with] the word of his hand-maid.

16 Chule lengpan jong eisumang ding miho khut’a eihuh doh tei ding ahi, Pathen mite lah a ei suhmang sah lou ding ahi.’

For the king may hear [me], to deliver his hand-maid out of the hand of the man [that desireth] to exterminate me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

17 Henge, kapu lengpan lungthim chamna eihin pih kit diu ahi. chule keiman kahen nangma hi thilpha thilse hekhen dola Pathen vantil tabang nahi. Pakai na-Pathenin napanpi jing hen,” ati.

And thy hand-maid said, May the word of my Lord the king now become [the means of giving] repose; for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king to comprehend the good and the bad: and may the Lord thy God be with thee.

18 Hichun lengpan jong numeinu chu adonbut’in, “Keiman kadoh doh chu ipi hijong le imlou hellin neihin seipi in ati. Hichun numeinun jong aseiyin, “Kapu lengpan na seinom nom sei jengin,’ atitai.

Then answered the king and said unto the woman, Conceal not, I pray thee, from me a word concerning what I am going to ask thee. And the woman said, Let my Lord the king but speak.

19 Hichun lengpan adong in, “Thil hijatpi nasei na a hi nangma Joab chutoh kihoutoh a kikhut jop nahim?” atileh; numeinu jong chun adonbut’in, “Kapu lengpa, eti kem kaseilep ding ham? Koima chan nangma kommah emacha sel thei ponte. Henge, Joab in eihinsol a chule thu hijat pi hi aman nasohnu keima hi eithumop’a ka kamsung'a eikhumpeh ahinai ati.

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my Lord, O king! none can turn to the right or to the left from all that my Lord the king hath spoken; for it was thy servant Joab who hath bidden me, and it was he that hath put in the mouth of thy hand-maid all these words.

20 Nalhacha Joab chun nalung nakhel a thil kigon dol jouse nakhel doh ding gelkhoh na a hiche hi abol anahi. Ahoi chu hita leh kapu nangma hi leiset chunga um thil ijakai hetna dol a na chih dan mong mong Pathen Vantil chihna tobang bang a hi bou’ve,” atin ahi.

In order to change the appearance of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my Lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is [done] on the earth.

21 Chutah chun lengpan jong Joab koma asei in asol tan ahi, aphai tun chinlang golhangpa Absalom chu ga nung pui lut tan,” ati.

And the king said unto Joab, Behold, now, thou hast done this thing: go then, bring back the young man Abshalom.

22 Chuin Joab jong chu tol'a abohkhup in, jana apen, lengpa phatthei aboh in, hiti hin Joab chun asei tai, “Tuni hin kapu lengpa mitmun lungset na kachang mong mong e, ti na soh pa thil ngeh khoh pen hi nanop peh jenge,’ ati.

And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today is thy servant convinced that I have found grace in thy eyes, my Lord, O king; since the king hath acted in accordance with the word of thy servant.

23 Chuin Joab jong akipat doh paiyin Geshur gam'a achen Absalom chu Jerusalem a ahin lepui tai.

And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Abshalom to Jerusalem.

24 Ahin lengpan hitin thupeh aneiye, “Absalom hi ama insunga chimei thei ahi, ahin keima angsunga vang hung vah lut thei louhel ding ahi,” ati. Hijeh chun Absalom in lengpa cu amutapon ahi.

And the king said, Let him repair to his own house, but my face he shall not see. So Abshalom repaired to his own house, but the king's face he did not see.

25 Tun Israel chate lah a Absalom tobanga amel hoi jeh a seiphat thei dang koima cha anaum poi; Absalom hi akeng khotal juma pat alujang gei a achunga nolna ding imacha beihel ahi.

And like Abshalom there was no man as handsome in all Israel, so that he was greatly praised: from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head there was no blemish on him.

26 Alujang sam chu kumkhat a khatvei bou ache ji ahi chule ajeh chu agih behseh jijeh ahi. hitia hi asam akivoa thil te naa atea ahileh, asam jeng jong chu shekel ja ni cheng agih jin ahi.

And when he shaved off [the hair of] his head [and it was at the end of every year that he shaved it off; because it was too heavy on him, so that he had to shave it off: ] he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

27 Absalom hin chapa thum ahing in, chule chanu khat jong ahing in, achanu min chu Tamar akiti; Tamar jong hi numei hoi tah khatma ahi.

And there was born unto Abshalom three sons and one daughter, whose name was Thamar: this one was a woman of handsome appearance.

28 Hiti hin Absalom hi kum ni lhingset Jerusalema acheng ahin, hijongle lengpa ang sungah khatvei cha avah lut kha hih beh in ahi.

And Abshalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and the king's face he did not see.

29 Chuin Absalom chun Joab kou dingin mi asol’in, ahunga ahileh lengpa koma sol din agon; ahinla Joab chu Absalom koma ahung tapon ahi. Hichun Joab in mi asol kit’in, ahi vang'in Joab chu ahung deh kit poi.

Abshalom sent out therefore for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again the second time; but he would not come.

30 Chuphat’in aman jong asoh te koma asei in, “Veuvin, Joab lou khu keima lou ban tah ahin, cheuvin lang alou laiya khu mei in gahal vam tauvin,” ati. Hijeh chun Absalom soh ten jong Joab lou chu meiyin agahal vam tao vin ahi.

He thereupon said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is alongside of mine, and he hath barley there: go and set it on fire. And Abshalom's servants set the field on fire.

31 Chuphat’in Joab jong akipat doh in Absalom koma achen akoma hitin aseiye, “Ipi dinga nasoh ten kalou meiya ahal vam jeng u hitam?” aga tie.

Then did Joab arise, and he went to Abshalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set the field belonging to me on fire?

32 Hichun Ab’salom jong chun Joab chu adonbut’in, “Vetan, keiman nahenga thu kahin thot jin, ‘Hikoma hungin keiman lengpa koma nasol ing ting, “Ipi ding pen tah a keima hi Geshur gam'a kona hung khoh khoh a kahiya, kei dinga Geshur gam'a umden chu nomjo dinga?” tin aseiye, tia gadoh sah ding kati nahi. Tujengin jong lengpa angsunga neilut sah mong mong in lang keiman themmona kaneiya ahijong leh aman eithat jeng hen,’ ati tia ga sei sah ding kati ahi,” ati.

And Abshalom said to Joab, Behold, I had sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it would be better for me were I yet there: and now let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him put me to death.

33 Hijeh chun Joab jong lengpa koma achen aga seipeh tan ahileh, hichun lengpan jong Absalom chu akoutai. Chuin Absalom jong lengpa koma ahungin, lengpa angsunga chun abohkhup in amai tol'a asulut in jana apen ahi; chuin lengpan jong Absalom chu achop tai.

So Joab went to the king, and told it to him: and he called for Abshalom, who came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Abshalom.