2 Samuel 19

1 Joab koma chun, “Lengpa David chun Absalom pul adou lel in akap kap jeng tai,” tithu agalhung tan ahi.

And it was told Joab: 'Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.'

2 Hijeh chun hiche nikhoa gal kijo chu mipi abonchauva din pul douna a sohdoh jo tan ahi; ijeh-inem itileh hiche nikho hin mipin abonchan ajauvin, “Lengpan achapa thi pul adou lel lheh jenge,” akititai.

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day: 'The king grieveth for his son.'

3 Sepaite jong chu hiche nikho hin guhthim chan khopi sunga ahung kijot lut’uvin, gal alel niuva jachat thoh'a hung vah lut bangin ahung lut tauve.

And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

4 Hichun lengpan amai akhut in akikhun, othongje jun lengpa akap jah jengin, “Vo Absalom, kachapa!” atin asam sam jeng’e.

And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice: 'O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!'

5 Hichun Joab jong lengpa insunga ahung lut’in hitin aseitei, “Tuni hin nangman na sepaite jouse hinkho ahin, nangma hinkho ahin, nachate numei le pasal jouse hinkho jong chule najite leh nathaikem ho hinkho huhhing'a pang jouse mai najum sah tai ati.

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said: 'Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

6 Ipijeh-inem itileh nangman nahot bolte nalungset jon, nalungset te joh nahot boljo tai. Ajeh chu tunin nangman kichen tah in naseidoh tan, gal lamkaiho leh sepaite hi nang dinga imacha louva pang danin nabol tan ahi. Ijeh-inem itileh tuni hin Absalom chu kihing hoi hen lang keiho hi kabonchauvin thigam jengu leng nangma nalung lhaijo ding ahi.

in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee; for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

7 Hijeh chun tun kipatdoh in lang pot doh pai pai jengin lang nasohte koma thu ngeitah tah in hung sei loiyin; ijeh-inem itileh Pakai mina kihahsel kahi, nangma nahung potdoh louva ahileh tujan jenga jong hi mihem khat’a khat chan jong nagepi louhel ding ahitai; chuti hen lang hileh, nachapa gollhangpa a kona nachunga hung lhung thilse hijat sanga jong hiche thilsoh ding hi khohjo ding ahi,” ati.

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak to the heart of thy servants; for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night; and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.'

8 Chuphat’in lengpa jong akipat doh jengin kelkot phunga atouna a chun atoutai. Hichun mipi abonchauva jah dingin aseipeh tai, “Vetan, lengpa khu kelkot phungbula atou tai,” atiuva ahileh; chuphat’in mipi ho chu abomnchauvin lengpa angsunga ahung kitol lutsoh tauve, Israel chate Absalom nungjui ho vang chu ama ama inlam cheh a ajam lut soh tauve.

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying: 'Behold, the king doth sit in the gate'; and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

9 Israel phung chujat lah a chun mipi abonchan aboilah lah jenguvin, hitin aseiyuve, “Lengpa David chun imelmateu khut’a kona jong inahuhhingu uva chule Philistines te khut akon a jong eina sochat sah u ahin, hinlah Absalom agin jeh a gamsunga kona jamdoh ahitai atiuve.

And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying: 'The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.

10 Chule tua ichunguva leng chang dinga thao inupau Absalom la galmu nin athitan. Chuti ahileh ibola David chu ileng diuva elekoukit dadiu ham? akitiuve.

And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now, therefore, why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?'

11 Hichun David lengpan jong thempu te ni Zadok le Abiathar koma thu athot’in hitin aseiye, “Judah mi upate koma seipeh lhon in lang, ‘Lengpa koma Israel dang jouse thu hung lhungsoh ta, ipi dinga nang ho hi lengpa in'a puilut kit ding thuseiya anukhahpen a pang naiuvem?

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying: 'Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying: Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? — For the speech of all Israel was come to the king, to bring him to his house. —

12 Nangho hi keima inkote mong mong, kaphe le kathisan nahiuve; ahileh ipi dinga nang ho lengpa puiding thusei nukhah a napan diu ham?’ ati tilhon'in.

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; wherefore then should ye be the last to bring back the king?

13 Chujong leh Amasa kitipa koma jong nasei peh lhon ding, ‘Nang hi keima thisan le phe mong nahi lou ham? Tua lhah nang hi Joab panmun khela sepaite lamkaiya napan lou poupouva ahileh Pathenin abolnom nomin eibol hen, akhoh cheh jon jong eibol hen, kapan sah ding nahi,’ tin a seiye, nati lhon ding ahi,” ati.

And say ye to Amasa: Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.'

14 Hichun Amasa chun Judah mite chu mihem khat sheh abahsah jengin alungu kitoh del’in, athu nun’in, hijeh chun amahon thu ahin thot paiyun, lengpa henga chun, “Nang le nasepaite nabonchauvin hung kile kit jeng uvin,” atiuvin ahi.

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent unto the king: 'Return thou, and all thy servants.'

15 Hijeh chun lengpa jong Jerusalem ahung kile kit tan ahi. chule Jordan vadung ahung lhung tan ahile Judah jong chu lengpa lamtoa Jordan vadunga apui galkai din ahungun Gilgal ahung lhung taove.

So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.

16 Gera chapa Shimei kitipa Benjamin phunga mipajong chu Bahurim khoa pat’in David lengpa lamto din kino tah in Judah mite chutoh ahung kilhon suh tai.

And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, made haste and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

17 Chule midang Benjamin phunga kon misangkhat, Saul insunga dia sepai jalamkai Ziba jaonan, chule Ziba chapate somlenga le asoh somni toh ahung thaovin Jordan vadung a lengpa kimupi din ahung lhailhao vin ahi.

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him. And they rushed into the Jordan before the king.

18 Hitichun lengpa leh a ingsungmite chutoh Jordan vadung ahung galkai un, kithopi nathei chan in ejakai in amachu akitho piu vin ahi. Shimei dinga David khutona lengpan Jordan vadung ahin galkai ding toh lhonin, Shimei chu ama angsungah abohkhup in ahi.

And the ferryboat passed to and fro to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he would go over the Jordan.

19 Shimei chu ataovin, “kapakai lengpa, lungset tah in neingaidam in,” nangman Jerusalem nadalhah a nalhachan thil phalou tah tah kabol hochu heimil inlang nalungsungah jong umsah datan ati.

And he said unto the king: 'Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did iniquitously the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

20 keiman kahei echan a chonse kahi hitam. Hijeh achu tunia hilai mun hung kahi, Israel te jouse lah a dinga kapakai lengpa lamto masapen a.

For thy servant doth know that I have sinned; therefore, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.'

21 Chuin Zeruiah chapa Abishai in asei in, Shimei hi thading ahi, ajeh chu aman leng thao kinupa hi agaosap ahi.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said: 'Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?'

22 Hichun David in ahinsei in, Zeruiah chapa kon nang nadoh beh ham ati. Epi dinga tonia nangma keima melma a pang gu nahim? Tonihi achaini ahipoi, ajeh chu tonia hi keima Avella Israel te leng kahikit ahitai ati.

And David said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?'

23 Hichun Shimei lamma akihei in, David akihahsellin, nahinkho hi kahing hoi ding ahi ati.

And the king said unto Shimei: 'Thou shalt not die.' And the king swore unto him.

24 Chuin Saul tupa Mephibosheth chu Jerusalem ahunsuh in lengpa ahung kimupin ahi. lengpan Jerusalem adalhah nikho apet chun akeng, akhamul chule avon sop ding emacha akhoh sah tapon ahi.

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

25 Chuin lengpan adonbut in, Mephibosheth epi dinga keima toh nahung khom lou ham? ati.

And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him: 'Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?'

26 Hichun Mephibosheth in adonbut in, kapakai kalengpa kasohpa Ziba in eijou lhep in ahi. keiman kaseipih in, ka sangan chu gongtoh in khuti leh lengpa toh kachi khom thei ding ahi kati ajeh chu nangman neihet banga keima hi elbai kahi.

And he answered: 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said: I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.

27 keima kahungnom lou dan in Ziba in asei in eijoulhep e. ahin keiman kahe nai kapakai kalengpa hi Pathen vantil tabang nahin, hijeh chun nangman nagel a aphai nati ti chun bol tan ati.

And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

28 Chule keima le kainsung mite jouse hi athi dinga lom kahi bou ve ka pakai, hinlah hichu hilou vin nangman neijabol in nadokhangah an neineh khompi e! hiche kalvar a chu epi kathum nahlai ding ham?

For all my father's house were deserving of death at the hand of my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet? or why should I cry any more unto the king?'

29 Nangman aphatai nati, chuin David in adonbut in, nangma le Ziba hi nagam sung chu kitoh chat a nakihop lhon ding in kagel lhatai.

And the king said unto him: 'Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say: Thou and Ziba divide the land.'

30 Chuin Mephibosheth in aseiyin, amachan ding jouse chu petan ati. Nangma damsella nahung kile kit hi keidin aphaset tai kapakai le kalengpa ati.

And Mephibosheth said unto the king: 'Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house.'

31 Gilead mi Barzillai chu Rogelim akon ahungsuh in Jordan vadungah lengpa chu ahung kimupin ahi.

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he passed on to Jordan with the king, to bring him on the way over the Jordan.

32 Amahi akum ahan tan midam thei tah kum somget ahi tan ahi. chule amahi ahi lengpa Mahanaim aumlai a nehding pipa chu.

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old; and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

33 Chuin lengpan Barzillai kommah asei in hung inlang keitoh Jerusalem ah hung cheng tan. keiman hilaimun ah chu nangma kavetsui ding nahi ati.

And the king said unto Barzillai: 'Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.'

34 Hichun Barzillai in ahin donbut in, ahipoi keima Jerusalem chan hung ding in kateh var tai ati.

And Barzillai said unto the king: 'How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

35 Tun keima kum somget kahitan, chule keiman emacha kanupsah pithei aumtapoi. Ju le an jeng jong atui tapon, chule lasa them ho lasah jong kangai nom tapoi. Keimahi kapakai lengpa dia alungkham nabep kahi ding ahitai.

I am this day fourscore years old; can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

36 lengpa toh Jordan lui galkai ding bou chu kangaichat thupi pen ahijoi.

Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

37 Chuteng le keima athidia kanu le kapa kivuina gamsunga kakinung le ding ahi. ahin hichehi nasohpa Kimham kachapa ahi. amahi kapakai kalengpa toh kilhon henlang chule nangman napeh nom chan chu aman kisan hen, ati.

Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.'

38 Chuin lengpa jong anom tan aphai, Kimham toh kachikhom ding chule aman adei nalam chan a kakithopi ding chule adei angai chan kabolpih ding ahi ati.

And the king answered: 'Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee; and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.'

39 Hiti chun mipi jouse chun lengpa toh Jordan chu agalkai tao vin ahi. chuin David in Barzillai chu phatthei aboh a achop jou vin, Barzillai chu a inlam akile kit tan ahi.

And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

40 Chuin lengpan Kimham alhonpin Gilgal akhokel tan ahi. Judah sepai jouse le Israel seapi kehkhat in lampi ah analam touvin ahi.

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him; and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

41 Ahin Israel mite jouse chu lengpa chungah akiphin taovin, Judah miten lengpa chu natom chahkheh un keihon nang nahin namite ahin Jordan nahung galkai nadiu vin kithopi nading phat eipipouve atiu vin ahi.

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king: 'Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?'

42 CHuin Judah miten adonbut un, lengpa hi keiho son chilhah mong ahi. epi dinga hichehin nasuh lunghang uham? Keihon lengpa akon neh ding ahilou leh thilphachom ema kakisan pouve atiu vin ahi.

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel: 'Because the king is near of kin to us; wherefore then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath any gift been given us?'

43 Ahin adanghon ahin donbut un Israel sungah phung soma um nalai e atiuve. Hijeh chun keihon lengpa chungah somvei jen nangho bol bangin thaneina kanei uve ati. Hitabang abol nadinga hi epi tha nanei uham? Keihohi kahi lou uham amasapen a amahi leng hisah kit ute tichu? Kinel nachu anung ama ah achijom jing in chule Juda mite chu Israel mite sangin aham ngaimo lheh un ahi.

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said: 'We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye; why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?' And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.