2 Samuel 17
1 Ahithophel ni Absalom koevah, tami 12, 000 rawi naseh. Sahnin tangmin ka thaw vaiteh Devit ka pâlei han.
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom: “I will choose for myself twelve thousand men, and rising up, I will pursue David this night.
2 A tha a tawn teh a kut tha a youn navah, ka tuk vaiteh, a lung ka puen sak han. Ahni koe kaawm e pueng hah a yawng awh vaiteh, siangpahrang dueng hah ka thei han.
And rushing against him, for he is weary and has weakened hands, I will strike him. And when all the people who are with him will have fled, I will strike down the king in isolation.
3 Taminaw pueng nang koe ka thokhai han na tawng e teh tami pueng hoi a kâvan han. Tami pueng bout a ban awh vaiteh, karoumcacah ao awh han telah ati.
And I will lead back the entire people, returning in the manner of one man. For you are seeking only one man. And all the people shall be in peace.”
4 Hote lawk hah Absalom hoi Isarelnaw miphun kacuenaw ni a ngai awh.
And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.
5 Absalom ni Arki tami Hushai hai kaw haw, a dei e hah maimouh ni thai pouh haw sei telah ati.
But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what he also may say.”
6 Hushai ni Absalom koe a pha toteh, Absalom ni Ahithophel ni hettelah a dei. A dei e patetlah sak han na maw, sak awh mahoeh maw. Nahoeh pawiteh, nang hai dei van haw telah atipouh.
And when Hushai had gone to Absalom, Absalom said to him: “Ahithophel has spoken a word in this manner. Should we do it or not? What counsel do you give?”
7 Hushai ni Absalom koe a pha toteh, Absalom ni Ahithophel ni pouknae a thokhai e heh hawi hoeh.
And Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given at this time is not good.”
8 Hushai ni, na pa hoi a taminaw teh na panue toe. Athakaawme tami, ka matheng katang e tavom manu a ca la pouh e patetlah, doeh ao awh. Hahoi, na pa teh taran ka tuk e lah ao teh, taminaw koe roe mahoeh.
And again Hushai declared, “You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.
9 Khenhaw! atuvah, lungngoum buetbuet touh koe a kâhro han doeh. Nahoeh pawiteh, alouke hmuen koe a kâhro han doeh. Tami tangawn ahmaloe la rawm lah dout awh pawiteh, hote kamthang ka thai e ni Absalom hnukkâbangnaw teh, a due awh toe telah a dei awh han.
Perhaps now he hides in pits, or in another place, wherever he wills. And if by chance, in the beginning, anyone may fall, whoever hears about it, no matter what he has heard, will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who were following Absalom.’
10 Tarankahawi e tami, sendek e lungthin ka tawn e patenghai a lung a pout han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Isarelnaw pueng ni na pa teh athakaawme hoi ama koe kaawm e naw teh tami a thakasai e seng doeh tie hah a panue awh.
And even the very strong, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will be weakened out of fear. For all the people of Israel know your father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are robust.
11 Hatdawkvah pouknae na poe han ka ngai e teh, Dan kho hoi Beersheba kho totouh, Isarelnaw teh tuipui teng e sadi yit touh nang koe a kamkhueng awh teh, nangmanaw hai tarantuknae koe cet van awh nateh,
But this seems to me to be the right counsel: Let all of Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand of the sea which is innumerable. And you will be in their midst.
12 hottelah kâhmo thainae a hmuen pueng koe, talai dawk tadamtui ka bawt e patetlah muen na ramuk awh vaiteh, ama hoi ahni koe kaawm pueng buet touh hai pâhlung awh mahoeh.
And we shall rush against him in whatever place he will have been found. And we shall cover him, as the dew usually falls upon the ground. And we shall not leave behind even one of the men who are with him.
13 Hothloilah, khopui buet touh koe kâen pawiteh, Isarelnaw pueng ni tangron sin vaiteh hote kho dawk cei awh vaiteh, talungcanaw buet touh boehai ao hoeh totouh, palang vah koung sawn awh han telah ati.
And if he will enter into any city, all of Israel shall encircle that city with ropes. And we will pull it into the torrent, so that there may not be found even one small stone from it.”
14 Absalom hoi Isarelnaw ni Arki tami Hushai ni pouknae a poe e teh Ahithophel ni pouknae a poe e hlak ahawi telah ati awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni Absalom e lathueng runae a pha sak thai nahan BAWIPA ni kahawipoung e Ahithophel pouknae a poe e a tapuet sak han a ngai dawk doeh.
And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.
15 Hushai ni vaihma Zadok hoi Abiathar koevah, hottelah Ahithophel ni Absalom hoi Isarelnaw hah pouknae a poe, hahoi kai ni hai pouknae hot patetlah ka poe toe telah ati.
And Hushai said to the priests, Zadok and Abiathar: “Ahithophel gave counsel to Absalom and to the elders of Israel in this and that manner. And I gave counsel in such and such a manner.
16 Hatdawkvah, atu tangmin vah, kahrawngum ayawn dawk roe laipalah, pou cet awh. Nahoeh pawiteh, siangpahrang hoi a taminaw pueng teh koung a thei payon awh han doeh telah Devit koe karanglah dei pouh awh telah ati.
Now therefore, send quickly, and report to David, saying: ‘You shall not stay this night in the plains of the desert. Instead, without delay, go across. Otherwise the king may be engulfed, and all the people who are with him.’”
17 Jonathan hoi Ahimaaz teh Enrogel vah ao awh teh, sannu buet touh ni ahnimouh koe ouk a dei pouh teh, ahnimouh ni Devit koe patuen ouk a dei pouh awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, khopui thung kâen e hah apinihai hmu hanelah awm hoeh.
But Jonathan and Ahimaaz remained beside the Fountain of Rogel. And a handmaid went away and reported it to them. And they set out, so that they might carry the report to king David. For they could not be seen, nor enter into the city.
18 Hatei, camo ni a hmu awh teh, Absalom koe a dei pouh. Hottelah kahni touh hoi vai touh lahoi a yawng roi. Bahurim tami buet touh thongma dawk tuikhu ka tawn e im dawk a kâen roi teh tuikhu dawk a kâhro roi.
But a certain young man saw them, and he revealed it to Absalom. Yet truly, they traveled quickly and entered into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they descended into it.
19 Hahoi, a yu ni tuikhu teh a khuem hoi a khuem teh cakang muen a vaw sin dawkvah apinihai panuek hoeh.
Then a woman took and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as if drying hulled barley. And so the matter was hidden.
20 Absalom e a sannaw hote im koe a pha awh navah, Ahimaaz hoi Jonathan hah namaw ao roi telah napui koe a pacei awh. Napui ni, palang namran lah yo a pha han doeh toe telah atipouh. Ahnimouh ni a tawng awh teh hmawt awh hoeh toe. Hateh Jerusalem lah a ban awh.
And when the servants of Absalom had entered into the house, they said to the woman, “Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman responded to them, “They passed through hurriedly, after they had taken a little water.” But those who were seeking them, when they had not found them, returned to Jerusalem.
21 Hahoi, a ban awh hnukkhu, Ahimaaz hoi Jonathan teh tuikhu dawk hoi a tâco roi teh, Devit siangpahrang koe a dei pouh roi. Devit koevah thaw awh nateh karanglah cet awh leih. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hettelah Ahithophel ni nang na taranlahoi pouknae a poe telah atipouh.
And when they had gone, they ascended from the well. And traveling, they reported to king David, and they said: “Rise up, and go across the river quickly. For Ahithophel has given a counsel of this kind against you.”
22 Devit hoi ama koe kaawm e pueng a thaw awh teh, Jordan tui a raka awh. Khodai nah be a raka awh toe. Ka rakat hoeh e tami buet touh hai awm hoeh.
Therefore, David rose up, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed over the Jordan, until first light. And not even one of them was left behind who had not crossed over the river.
23 Ahithophel ni pouknae a poe e hah tarawi awh hoeh tie a thai awh toteh, la a rakueng awh teh ama kho lah a cei awh. A imthungnaw kho a saknae kong kahawicalah cing a thui hnukkhu a kaithi. A mintoenaw e phuen koe a pakawp awh.
Then Ahithophel, seeing that his counsel had not been done, saddled his donkey, and he rose up and went away to his own house and to his own city. And putting his house in order, he killed himself by hanging. And he was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
24 Devit ni Mahanaim kho koe a pha navah, Absalom teh Isarelnaw hoi Jordan tui a raka awh.
Then David went to the encampment, and Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Absalom ni Joab e yueng lah Amasa hah ransabawi lah a hruek. Amasa teh Joab e a manu Zeruiah e a nawngha Nahash canu Abigail ka ipkhai e Ishmael miphun Ithra capa doeh.
Truly, Absalom appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa was the son of a man who was called Ithra of Jezrael, who entered to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, who was the mother of Joab.
26 Isarel miphunnaw hoi Absalom teh Gilead ram dawk a tungpup awh.
And Israel made camp with Absalom in the land of Gilead.
27 Devit teh Mahanaim kho a pha toteh, Ammon ram Rabbah tami Nahash capa Shobi hoi Lodebar, Amiel capa Makhir hoi Rogelim hoi Gilead tami Barzillai tinaw ni,
And when David had arrived at the encampment, Shobi, the son of Nahash, from Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai, the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 Hote taminaw teh kahrawngum vah a vonhlam awh, a tawntam awh, tui a kahran awh telah ati awh dawkvah, Devit hoi a taminaw ni canei hanelah catun, barli, pe a phunphun,
brought to him bedding, and tapestries, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and cooked grain, and beans, and lentils, and fried chick peas,
29 khoitui, sanutuikamkak, tu, iphah, ailo, kawlung naw hah a sin pouh awh.
and honey, and butter, sheep and fattened calves. And they gave these to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the desert.
