2 Samuel 17

1 Tun Ahithophel in Absalom koma hitin angeh tan ahi, “tujan ma ma David nung del pai din keiman Sepai sangsom le sangni kilhen doh inge ati.

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David tonight,

2 Keiman David chu athachol pet tah le akingaiset pet tah a kaga met ding ahi. chule ama le a sepai te jouse kasuh kichat ding chuteng mijouse jammang soh ding chuteng keiman lengpa bou katha ding ahi ati.

and come on him, and he [will be] weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people who [are] with him have fled, and I have struck the king by himself,

3 Mipi ho vang chu abonchauva kahin puilut ding, mou thah akichen pi ding pa henga hung kipuilut banga in lam a kahin puilut ding ahibouve; chule nangman mi khat sheh bou tha dinga nahol ahin, chutengle mipi vang chu lung mong tah a umdiu ahitai,” ati.

and I bring back all the people to you—as the turning back of the whole [except] the man whom you are seeking—[then] all the people are [at] peace.”

4 Athusei hin Absalom alung lhai sah lheh jeng in, chule Israel chunga lamkai ho jouse jong abonchauvin alung lhaisah soh hel tan ahi.

And the word is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all [the] elderly of Israel.

5 Chuphat’in Absalom chun hitin aseiye, “Arkite mi Hushai chu hinpuilut uvin, aman ipi agel a asei em, ngai u hite,” ati.

And Absalom says, “Now call for Hushai the Archite also, and we hear what [is] in his mouth—even he.”

6 Hichun Hushai chu Absalom kom ahinpuilut taovin chuin Absalomin Ahithophel thusei chu Hushai aseipih tan ahi, chuin aman adongin, nangma lunggel epi ham? Hinsei in ahilouleh Ahithophel thumop hi ijui jing diu hytam? Ahilouleh epi nathumop nom em ati.

And Hushai comes to Absalom, and Absalom speaks to him, saying, “According to this word Ahithophel has spoken; do we do his word? If not, you—speak.”

7 Hijeh chun Hushai jong chun Absalom koma chun aseipaiyin, “Tuchunga Ahithophel mi hilna hi thilpha ahipoi,” ati tai.

And Hushai says to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has counseled [is] not good at this time.”

8 Hichun Hushai chun asei be kit nalai e, “Napa ahin amite ahiuvin mihat ahi, ti nangman jong na hetsa ahi; chujong le amahohi akiphin lung hangsa ahiuvin, gamlah a anou kilah peh savompi tobang ahiuve. Hiche tilou jong hin napa chu gal bol them tah mi ana hi kit’e; hijeh chun ama hi mipi ho toh geh khom lou hel ding ahi, ati.

And Hushai says, “You have known your father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and your father [is] a man of war, and does not lodge with the people;

9 Tu jenga jong achang seh a kokhuh dung khat a kisel ham, ahilou leh mun chom dang khat a kisel ding ahitai. Chule ama ahungdoh a nahin bulu teng uleh namite themkhat chu hungthi tei ding, chuteng nasepai te chunga tijat nale kichat na hung lhung ding, chule hitia hi Absalom’s mite chu akithat tai tia thu hung kithang ding ahi.

behold, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it has been at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer has heard and said, There has been a slaughter among the people who [are] after Absalom;

10 Chuteng le galhang miho alung put sakeibah kai lung put tobang jeng ho jong chu kicha a hung lung lhadai gam diu ahi; ajeh chu napa chu mihat tah ahin, apan pi miho jong chu gal hang mi jeng ahiu’ve, ti hi Israel pumpin ahin hetdoh ding ahi.

and he also, the son of valor, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, utterly melts, for all Israel knows that your father is a hero, and those with him [are] sons of valor.

11 Hijongle keima lunggel vang ahileh, Israel chate pumpi hi sahlam Dan gam'a apet lhanglam Beersheba gei in nangma koma hung kikhom soh kei u hen lang, twikhanglen pang a neldi jat aphah teng u leh nangma tah in mijouse chu lamkai lechun kati ahi.

So that I have counseled: let all Israel be diligently gathered to you, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and you yourself are going in the midst;

12 Chuti hen lang hileh eihon David chu emuteng uleh, achung a ichuh cheh uva, tol'a dai twi alhah bang banga achunga ikibuh lhah cheh diua ahi. khuti henlang hile ama ahin apan pi miho jouse puma khat’a khat jeng cha jong ahingdoh umlou diu ahi.

and we have come to him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] on him as the dew falls on the ground, and there has not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even one.

13 Chule ijem tin David chu khosung dung khat’a jamlut jongleh, Israel pumpin khao kipatsoh keiyin tin, chule akhopi chu kikai manghel’intin, song hal si khat geiya jong kidalha lou ding, ahi,” ati.

And if he is gathered to a city, then they have caused all Israel to carry ropes to that city, and we have drawn it to the brook until there has not even been found a stone there.”

14 Chuphat’in Absalom le Israel miten abonchauvin aseiyun, “Arkite mi Hushai thumop hi Ahithophel thumop sang in apha joi,” ati tau’ve. Ijeh-inem itileh Pakai in Absalom chunga thilse aso sah nom jeh a Ahithophel lung gel phatah chu suh lhah nadinga tohgon ananeisa ahitan ahi.

And Absalom says—and all the men of Israel, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel”; and YHWH willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of YHWH’s bringing the calamity to Absalom.

15 Hichun Hushai chun thempu te ni Zadok le Abiathar chu asei peh in, “Hitobang hin chule hiti hin Ahithophel chun Absalom le Israel upa ho ahil chah tai; hichun keiman jong hitobang hin kahil guh kit’in ahi, atitai.

And Hushai says to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Thus and thus Ahithophel has counseled Absalom and the elderly of Israel, and thus and thus I have counseled;

16 Hijeh chun tun mi sol loi lhon in lang David koma ga sei sah lhonin, ajeh chu ‘Tujan hin gamthip noi pal mun dunga ana geh hih beh in, iti nama jongle ana gal kai pai tei teiyin; achuti louva ahileh lengpa David le akilhonpi mite chu abonchauva min atha gam hel diu ahitai,’ tin ga sei sah lhon tan,” ati.

and now, send quickly, and declare [it] to David, saying, Do not lodge in the plains of the wilderness tonight, and also, certainly pass over, lest there is a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.”

17 Jonathan le Ahimaaz chun En-rogel mun a chu anga jing ji lhona, soh numei khat che’a amani chu thu aga pehji ahi; chutengle amani chepai kit ji lhona David lengpa agasei peh ji ji lhon ahi; Ijeh-inem itileh amani hi khopi sung ahung lut ji lhon le apotji lhon hi koimachan amu louhel nadinga umlhon ahi.

And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maidservant has gone and declared [it] to them—and they go and have declared [it] to King David—for they are not able to be seen to go into the city.

18 Ahin golhang khat chun amani hi amudoh tan, hi chun golhang pachu achen Absalom koma aga sei peh tai; hijeh chun amani jong kin loi tah in ache mang loi lhonin, Bahurim khoa pasal khat insung a ahunglut lhonin ahileh, amapa hin a in vel'a chun twikul khat aneiye; hijeh chun amani jong twikul sunga chun alut lhon in akisel lhon tai.

And a youth sees them, and declares [it] to Absalom; and both of them go on quickly, and come to the house of a man in Bahurim, and he has a well in his court, and they go down there,

19 Hichun numei khat hin twikul kam sin nading khat alan, akama chun aphan, achunga chun chang aphou khumin ahileh imacha aumlam akihe doh ta pon ahi.

and the woman takes and spreads the covering over the face of the well, and spreads the ground grain on it, and the thing has not been known.

20 Hichun Absalom sepaite chu hiche in mun a numeinu kom ahung phat’uvin ama hon jong, “Ahimaaz le Jonathan chu hoi lam a um lhon tam?” tia adoh uleh, numeinun jong ajah-uva asei peh in, “Amani chu twidung khu galkai lhon tan te” ati peh e. Amaho chun agahol’uvin amudoh joulou phat’uvin Jerusalem lama ahung kinungle kit tau’ve.

And the servants of Absalom come to the woman at the house, and say, “Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman says to them, “They passed over the brook of water”; and they seek, and have not found, and return to Jerusalem.

21 Hichun amaho ache phat’uvin Ahimaaz leh Jonathan chu twikul sunga konin ahung pot doh lhon in, achepai pai lhonin David lengpa aga sei peh lhon tan ahi. Amani hin David koma hitin asei lhon e, “Kipat doh loiyin lang, Jordan vadung gal kai loi tan ati; ajeh chu hitobang bang hin Ahithophel chun nang dou nan lung gel phalou lou mi ahil tai,” aga te lhon e.

And it comes to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare [it] to King David, and say to David, “Rise, and pass over the waters quickly, for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”

22 Chuphat’in David jong akipat doh pai pai in, ama lhonpi mipi chutoh akilhonin Jordan vadung agal kai tau’ve; chule khovah lhah phat in Jordan vadung galkai loulai khat cha aum tapou’ve.

And David rises, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, until the morning light, until not one has been lacking who has not passed over the Jordan.

23 Ahithophel hin athumop chu koiman alah peh lou amu doh phat chun sangan chunga touna akiphan, akhopi ainlama achetai. Chuin aman ain alou agol toh soh keiyin, chujouvin amale ama akikhai lih tai. chuin mihon amahi apa lhankhuh ma man avui tau’ve.

And Ahithophel has seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddles the donkey, and rises and goes to his house, to his city, and gives charge to his household, and strangles himself, and dies, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.

24 David chu Mahanaim kiti laiya chun ahungin ahi. Absalom jong chun Jordan vadung ahinpal galkai in ama ahin Israel chate abonchauva ahiu vin ahung tau’ve.

And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;

25 Absalom hin Joab khel’in asepaite lamkai din Amasa kitipa chu ana pan sah tan ahi. Chule Amasa kitipa hi Ishmael mi pasal khat amin Jether kitipa chapa ahin, Jether hin Joab nu, Zeru’iah sopinu Nahash kitinu chanu Abigail chu aki chenpin ahi.

and Absalom has set Amasa over the host instead of Joab, and Amasa [is] a man’s son whose name is Ithra the Israeli who has gone in to Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

26 Chuin Israel chate leh Absalom hin Gilead gamsung a ngahmun asem tauvin ahi.

and Israel encamps with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.

27 David chu Mahanaim ahung lhun phat’in, Ammon mite kho Rabbah a konin Nahash chapa Shobi le Lodebar khoa kona Ammiel chapa Makir toh, chule Rogelim khoa kona Gilead mi Barzillai chutoh ahung un ahi.

And it comes to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Behold-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim,

28 Chuin lupna jalkhun phabep le kisil na kong ho, leibel phabep toh, suhlou chang le sakol chang, neh ding an, chule changpol kansa, louthul le bekan ahin pouvin ahi.

[have brought] bed, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [grain], and beans, and lentiles, and roasted [pulse],

29 Chujongle khoiju le bongnoiha ahin, kelngoi jong, bongnoi thao jong David le alhonpi miho neh ding chun ahinpou’ve; ijeh-inem itileh amaho hin asei uvin, “David le aloi te mipi hi gamthip laiya gilkel’uva tha lhasam tah a’umah ahi tauve,” atiuvin ahi.

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows; they have brought [these] near for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, “Your people [are] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.”