1 Setouknae 11
1 Isarelnaw pueng teh Hebron kho koe a tho awh. Khenhaw! kaimanaw teh na hru hoi na tak lah ka o awh.
Then the people of Israel came to David at Hebron [town] and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors [IDM] that you have.
2 Hnuk lae atueng dawk Sawl a bawi nah haiyah, Isarelnaw ka tâcawtkhai e hoi kâenkhai e lah na o. BAWIPA Cathut ni nang koevah, ka tami Isarel tukhoumkung lah na o vaiteh, kahrawikung lah na o han ati telah atipouh awh.
In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli [soldiers in our battles]. You are the one to whom Yahweh our God promised, ‘You will be the leader [MET] of my people; you will be their king.’”
3 Hatdawkvah, Isarel kacuenaw pueng teh Hebron kho siangpahrang koe a tho awh teh, Devit ni Hebron kho BAWIPA e hmalah, ahnimouh hoi lawkkamnae a sak. Samuel hno lahoi BAWIPA e lawk patetlah Isarel siangpahrang hanelah Devit teh satui a awi awh.
So all the Israeli elders came to David at Hebron. And David made a sacred agreement with them while Yahweh was listening. They anointed him [with olive oil to set him apart] to be the king of the Israeli people. That is what Yahweh had previously told [the prophet] Samuel would happen.
4 Devit hoi Isarelnaw pueng teh Jubusitnaw khosaknae Jerusalem lah a cei awh. Jerusalem teh Jebusitnaw khosaknae doeh.
David and all the Israeli [soldiers] [SYN] went to Jerusalem. [At that time, ] Jerusalem was called Jebus, and the people who lived there were the Jebus people-group.
5 Jebusit kho kaawmnaw ni Devit hi vah khoeroe kâen hanh, telah atipouh awh. Hateiteh, Devit ni Zion rapanim a lawp pouh teh Devit khopui tie lah ao.
Those people said to David, “Your [soldiers] will not be able to get inside our city!” But David’s [soldiers] captured the city, even though it had strong walls around it, and since then it has been called ‘The City of David’.
6 Devit ni Jubusitnaw hmaloe ka tuk e teh, ransabawi hoi kahrawikung lah ao han telah ati. Hatdawkvah, Zeruiah capa Joab teh hmaloe poung lah a cei teh kahrawikung kacue lah a sak.
[What happened was this: ]: David said [to his soldiers], “The one who leads [our soldiers] to attack the Jebus people-group will become the commander of all my army.” Joab, the son of Zeruiah, led the soldiers, so he became the commander of all the army.
7 Devit teh rapanim thung lah kho a sak dawkvah, Devit khopui ati awh.
[After they captured] the city which had strong walls around it, David moved there. That is why they named it ‘The City of David’.
8 Millo e hmuen koehoi khopui petkâkalup lah rapan teh a kangdue. Joab ni khopui pueng hah a pathoup.
David’s workers rebuilt the city, starting where the land was filled in and extending to the wall that was around the city. Joab’s [men] repaired the other parts of the city.
9 Hatdawkvah, Devit teh hoehoe a len teh, ransahu BAWIPA ahni koevah ao.
David became more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him.
10 Hetnaw teh Devit ni a tawn e thakaawme taminaw doeh. Isarelnaw pueng hoi ama hoi a uknaeram hanlah amamouh hoi amamouh tha a kâpoe awh teh, Isarel kong dawk BAWIPA e lawk patetlah siangpahrang o thai nahanelah kangdoutkhainaw doeh.
Yahweh had promised [that David would become the king]. And all the Israeli people (were happy that David was/supported David as) their king. There were many soldiers/warriors who helped David’s kingdom to remain strong.
11 Hetheh Devit ni a tawn e tami athakaawme taminaw doeh. Hakmonite tami e capa Jashobeam, tami 30 touh e hu kahrawikung, tahroe a patuep teh vai touh hoi tami 3,00 ka thet e doeh.
This is a list of the leaders of David’s [most mighty] warriors: Jashobeam was from the Hacmon clan. He was one of the leaders of David’s most powerful soldiers. One time he fought against 300 enemies and killed them all with his spear.
12 Ahni hnukkhu hoi Aho tami Dodo e capa Eleazar tami athakaawme taminaw 3 touh dawkvah, buet touh lah ao.
Another one was Eleazar, who was the son of Dodo from the clan of Ahoh.
13 Ahni teh Pasdammim e hmuen Devit koevah ao. Hawvah Filistinnaw teh, tarantuk hanelah a kamkhueng awh teh, hawvah catun hoi kakawi e tanghling ao. Taminaw pueng teh Filistinnaw e hmalah a yawng awh.
[One day] he was with David at Pas Dammim when the soldiers of Philistia gathered there for the battle. There was a field of barley there. At first the Israeli soldiers ran away from the soldiers of Philistia,
14 Hatei, ahnimouh teh, law lungui hmuen a la teh Filistinnaw a thei awh. Hottelah BAWIPA ni kalentoenaw, tânae a kamnue sak.
but then David and Eleazar stopped in the middle of the field and fought to defend it and killed [many of] the soldiers of Philistia. Yahweh enabled them to win a great victory on that day.
15 Ransa 30 touh thung dawk e tami a thakasai e tami 3 touh teh Adullam lungngoum, Devit onae lungsong koe a cathuk awh.
One time three of David’s thirty most mighty warriors came to David when he was camping next to the huge rock outside the cave near Adullam. At that same time, the army of Philistia had camped in the Rephaim Valley.
16 Hatdawkvah, Devit teh rapanim thungup ao. Filistin ransanaw teh Bethlehem vah ao awh.
David was in a fortress, and some of the soldiers of Philistia were occupying Bethlehem.
17 Devit ni a rabuipoung teh, Bethlehem tuikhu dawk e tui, rapan longkha teng e hah ka nei hanelah na ka poe thai e awm pawiteh, ka ngaipoung eite telah a ti.
[One day] David was very thirsty and said, “I wish that someone would bring me some water from the well near the gate at Bethlehem!”
18 Ransa kathum touh ni Filistin ransanaw a roenae hah pat a rakan awh teh, rapan longkha teng e Bethlehem tuikhu dawk e tui hah a do awh teh, Devit koevah a thokhai awh. Hateiteh, Devit ni net ngai hoeh. BAWIPA hanelah a rabawk.
So those three most outstanding warriors forced their way through the camp of Philistia soldiers and drew some water from the well, and brought it to David. But he would not drink it. Instead, he poured it out [on the ground to be an offering] to Yahweh.
19 Ahni ni, Oe BAWIPA hethateh khoeroe ka net mahoeh. Athakaawme taminaw kathum touh ni a sak e hno doeh.
He said, “Yahweh, it would certainly not be right for me to drink this water! That would be like [RHQ] drinking the blood of these men who were willing/ready to die for me!” So he refused to drink it. That was one of the things that those three most outstanding warriors did.
20 Joab e a nawngha Abishai teh, kathum touh thung dawk e kacue lah ao. Tami 300 touh hah tahroe hoi a thei dawkvah, tami kathum touh thung dawk e a min kamthang e lah ao.
Joab’s [younger] brother Abishai was the leader of the 30 most mighty warriors. [One time] Abishai fought 300 [enemy] soldiers with his spear and killed them.
21 Tami kathum touh thung dawk ahni teh kahni touh hlak oup hanelah ao. Hatdawkvah kacuepoung lah ao. Hateiteh, hmaloe e kathum touh dawkvah bawk hoeh.
So he became as famous as those three most outstanding warriors. He became their commander, even though he was not one of those three men.
22 Jehoiada e capa Benaiah teh, Kabzeel kho e tami thakaawme capa hno moikapap ka sak e lah ao. Ahni ni sendek patetlah athakaawme Moab tami tarankahawi e kahni touh a thei. Hahoi bout a cei teh, tadamtui a bo nah a khu dawk kaawm e sendek buet touh bout a thei.
Jehoiada’s son Benaiah was a brave soldier from Kabzeel [town] who did heroic deeds. He killed two of the best warriors from [the] Moab [people-group]. One day he went down into a pit when snow was falling [on the ground] and killed a lion there.
23 Ka rasang katang e Izip tami dong 5 touh e hah a thei. Izip tami e kut dawk hni kawng kalawng tittouh e tahroe hah a patuep. Benaiah sonron hoi a yawng sin teh, Izip tami e kut dawk e tahroe hah a lawp teh hote tahroe hoi letlang a thei.
He also killed a soldier from Egypt who was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) tall. The soldier from Egypt carried a spear that was as long as a weaver’s rod. Benaiah had [only] a club, but he grabbed the other man’s spear and killed him with it.
24 Hete hnonaw hah Jehoiada e capa Benaiah ni a sak e, tami a thakasai kathum touh dawkvah barinae a poe awh.
Those are some of the things that Benaiah did. So he became as famous as the three mighty warriors.
25 Tami 30 touh hlakvah bari kamcu lah ao katang. Hateiteh, hmaloe kathum touh koe bawk thai hoeh. Hahoi Devit ni ama karingkungnaw thung dawk kacuelah a ta.
He was more honored than the other members of the group of thirty most mighty warriors, but he did not become a member of the group of three most outstanding warriors. David appointed him to be the leader of his bodyguards.
26 Athakaawme ransanaw teh: Joab e hmaunawngha Asahel, Bethlehem kho e tami Dodo e capa Elhanan tinaw doeh.
These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: Asahel, the [younger] brother of Joab; Elhanan, the son of Dodo, from Bethlehem;
27 Harorite tami Shammoth, Pelonit tami Helez.
Shammah, from [the] Harod [clan]; Helez, from [the] Pelon [clan];
28 Tekoa tami Ikkesh capa Ira, Anathoth tami Abiezer.
Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa [town]; Abiezer, from Anathoth [city];
29 Hushath tami Sibbekhai hoi Ahoh tami Ilai.
Sibbecai, from Hushah’s [clan]; Ilai from Ahoh’s clan;
30 Netophah tami Maharai hoi Netophah tami Baanah capa Heled.
Maharai, from Netophah [town]; Heled, the son of Baanah, also from Netophah [town];
31 Benjamin casak Gibeah tami Ribai capa Ittai. Pirathon tami Benaiah.
Ithai, the son of Ribai, from Gibeah [town] in [the land that belonged to] the tribe of Benjamin; Benaiah, from Pirathon [town];
32 Gaash yawn e Hurai hoi Arbath tami Abiel.
Hurai, from the valleys near Gaash [Mountain]; Abiel from the clan of Arabah;
33 Baharum tami Azmaveth hoi Shaalbim tami Eliahba.
Azmaveth, from Baharum [town]; Eliahba, from Shaalbon [town];
34 Gizon tami Hashem casaknaw dawkvah Hararite tami Shagee capa Jonathan.
The sons of Hashem from [the] Gizon [clan]; Jonathan the son of Shagee from the Harar [town/clan];
35 Hararite tami Sakar capa Ahiam, Ur capa Eliphal.
Ahiam the son of Sharar/Sacar, from Harar [town/clan]; Eliphal the son of Ur;
36 Mekerath tami Hepher hoi Pelonit tami Ahijah.
Hepher from the Mekerath [clan]; Ahijah from the Pelon [clan/town];
37 Karmel tami Hezro hoi Ezbai capa Naari.
Hezro from Carmel [city]; Naarai the son of Ezbai;
38 Nathan e hmaunawngha Joel hoi Hagri capa Mibhar.
Joel the [younger] brother of Nathan; Mibhar the son of Hagri;
39 Ammon tami Zelek hoi Zeruiah capa Joab senehmaica ka sin pouh e Beeroth tami Naharai.
Zelek from the Ammon people-group; Naharai, the man who carried Joab’s weapons, from Beeroth [town];
40 Ithrite tami Ira hoi Ithrite tami Gareb.
Ira and Gareb from Jattir [town];
41 Hit tami Uriah hoi Ahlai capa Zabad.
Uriah, [Bathsheba’s husband], from the Heth people-group; Zabad the son of Ahlai;
42 Reuben tami Shiza capa Adina hoi ama koe kaawm e tami 30 touh kahrawikung lah ao.
Adina the son of Shiza, a leader from the tribe of Reuben, who had thirty [soldiers] with him;
43 Maakah capa Hanan hoi Mithini tami Joshaphat.
Hanan the son of Maacah; Joshaphat from Mithna [town/clan];
44 Ashtrarity tami Uzzia, Shamma, Jeuel hoi Jeiel. Aroerite tami Hotham casaknaw.
Uzzia from Ashterath [town]; Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, from Aroer [city];
45 Shimri capa Jediael hoi a nawngha Tizit tami Joha.
Jediael the son of Shimri and his [younger] brother Joha, from Tiz [town/clan];
46 Mahavit tami Eliel, Jeribai, Elnaam casak Joshavi, Moab tami Ithmah.
Eliel from Mahavah [town/clan]; Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam; Ithmah from [the] Moab [region];
47 Eliel, Obed hoi Mezobah tami Jaasiel.
Eliel and Obed, and Jaasiel from Zobah [town/clan].
