2 Samuel 19

1 Siangpahrang teh Absalom hanelah a khui a ka tie Joab koe a dei pouh awh.

And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:

2 Hot hnin e tânae teh tami pueng hanelah lungmathoe nahanelah doeh ao. Siangpahrang ni a capa pou a khuikakhai tie hah a thai awh.

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 Tarantuknae koehoi ka yawng e naw ni kayanae lahoi khothung duem a kâen awh e patetlah hot hnin navah arulahoi khothung duem a kâen awh.

And the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle.

4 Siangpahrang ni a minhmai a ramuk teh, Oe ka capa Absalom, Oe Absalom, ka capa, ka capa telah kacaipounglah a khuika.

And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.

5 Joab ni siangpahrang koe a cei teh, imthungkhu a kâen, na hringnae na canu na capa a hringnae hoi na yu hoi na yudonaw a hringnae karungngangnaw hah sahnin vah na kaya sak awh toe.

Then Joab going into the house to the king, said: Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, that 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 Nang na kamaithoenaw lung na pataw teh, nang lungpataw naw law teh na maithoe toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, kacuenaw hoi ransanaw teh nama hanelah bang hoeh lah sahnin na kamnue sak. Absalom hring pawiteh, kaimanaw hah sahnin be kadout awh pawiteh, na lung a hawi han doeh telah sahnin ka hmunae lah ao atipouh.

Thou lovest them that hate thee, and thou hatest them that love thee: and thou hast shewn this day that thou carest not for thy nobles, nor for thy servants: and I now plainly perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had been slain, then it would have pleased thee.

7 Thaw nateh alawilah tâcawt nateh, na sannaw hnâroumnae lawk dei pouh leih. Na tâcawt hoehpawiteh, tami buet touh hai atu tangmin nang koe kaawm awh mahoeh toe. Hote hno teh na nawca hoi sahnin totouh nang dawk kaawm e hlak hoe kathout han, telah BAWIPA thoebo laihoi ka dei telah atipouh.

Now therefore arise, and go out, and speak to the satisfaction of thy servants: for I swear to thee by the Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth, there will not tarry with thee so much as one this night: and that will be worse to thee, than all the evils that have befallen thee from thy youth until now.

8 Siangpahrang teh a thaw teh, rapan longkha koe a tahung. Siangpahrang rapan longkha koe a tahung e taminaw ni a thai awh toteh, ahni koe a cei awh. Isarelnaw teh amamae rim koelah be a kâran awh.

Then the king arose and sat in the gate: and it was told to all the people that the king sat in the gate: and all the people came before the king, but Israel fled to their own dwellings.

9 Isarel miphunnaw dawk buet touh hoi buet touh kâounnae ao. Siangpahrang ni taran kut dawk hoi na rungngang. Filistinnaw e kut dawk thung hoi na rungngang. Atuvah Absalom kecu dawk ram thung hoi a yawng.

And all the people were at strife in 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 for Absalom.

10 Maimouh ni satui awi awh e Absalom teh tarantuknae koe a due toe. Bangkongmaw siangpahrang bout bankhai awh hane na dei awh hoeh. Bangkong lawkkamuem lah na o awh telah a kâpakung awh.

But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in the battle: how long are you silent, and bring not back the king?

11 Siangpahrang Devit ni vaihma Zadok hoi Abiathar koe, Judah kacuenaw koe bangkongmaw siangpahrang hah a im lah ceisak hane, bangkong hnuk na teng awh. Isarelnaw ni a dei awh e lawk patenghai siangpahrang koe a pha teh a thai toe.

And king David sent to Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests, saying: Speak to the ancients of Juda, saying: Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? (For the talk of all Israel was come to the king in his house.)

12 Nangmanaw teh ka hmaunawngha ka hru, ka tak doeh. Siangpahrang koe bout thaisak hane hah bangkong hnuk na teng awh.

You are my brethren, you are my bone, and my flesh, why are you the last to bring back the king?

13 Amasa koevah, nang hah kaie ka hru, ka tak lah na awm hoeh maw. Joab yueng lah ka hmaitung ransabawi lah na awm sak hoehpawiteh, Cathut ni ahawi ati e patetlah kai dawk sak naseh, telah dei pouh awh, telah tami a patoun.

And say ye to Amasa: Art not thou my bone, and my flesh? So do God to me and add more, if thou be not the chief captain of the army before me always in the place of Joab.

14 Hottelah Judah miphunnaw hah lungthin buet touh e patetlah ao sak. Siangpahrang koevah, a taminaw hoi ban awh telah dei pouh hanelah taminaw hah a patoun.

And be inclined the heart of all the men of Juda, as it were of one man: and they sent to the king, saying: Return thou, and all thy servants.

15 Siangpahrang teh a ban teh, Jordan tui koe a pha. Judahnaw ni siangpahrang a dawn awh teh, Jordan tui namran lah thak hanelah Gilgal kho koelah a cei awh.

And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan, and all Juda came as far as Galgal to meet the king, and to bring him over the Jordan.

16 Benjamin miphun Bahurim kho e tami Gera capa Shimei teh karanglah siangpahrang dawn hanelah Judahnaw koe a cei van.

And Semei the son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim, made haste and went down with the men of Juda to meet king David,

17 Benjamin miphun 1, 000, Sawl imthung e a san Ziba hoi a capa 15 touh hoi a san 20 touh a tho awh teh, siangpahrang e a hmaitung vah Jordan tui a raka awh.

With a thousand men of Benjamin, and Siba the servant of the house of Saul: and his fifteen sons, and twenty servants were with him: and going over the Jordan,

18 Siangpahrang imthungnaw a thak sak nahanelah, a panki e sak nahanelah, a ceikhai awh. Jordan tui a raka awh navah, Gera capa Shimei teh siangpahrang hmalah a tabo.

They passed the fords before the king, that they might help over the king’s household, and do according to his commandment. And Semei the son of Gera falling down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan,

19 Ka bawipa ni payonnae ka tawn e lah na pouk hanh naseh. Siangpahrang ka bawipa ni Jerusalem a tâcotakhai hnin vah, na san ni kalan hoeh e lah sak e hah, na pâkuem pouh hanh. Siangpahrang ni a lung dawk pâkuem hanh naseh.

Said to him: Impute not to me, my lord, the iniquity, nor remember the injuries of thy servant on the day that thou, my lord, the king, wentest out of Jerusalem, nor lay it up in thy heart, O king.

20 Na san ni yonnae ka sak e hah na san kai ni ka panue. Hateiteh, Joseph imthungnaw dawk, ka bawipa dawn hanelah ahmaloe ka tho e doeh telah ati.

For I thy servant acknowledge my sin: and therefore I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph, and am come down to meet my lord the king.

21 Zeruiah capa Abisai ni BAWIPA ni satui a awi e thoe a bo dawkvah, Shimei hah dei hane nahoehmaw telah ati.

But Abisai the son of Sarvia answering, said: Shall Semei for these words not be put to death, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?

22 Devit ni nangmanaw Zeruiah capanaw sahnin kai na taran hane, kai hoi bangmaw na kâseng awh. Sahnin Isarel ka kâtet pueng thei hanelah maw kai teh sahnin Isarel siangpahrang lah ka o tie ka panuek hoeh na maw telah ati.

And David said: What have I to do with you, ye sons of Sarvia? why are you a satan this day to me? shall there any man be killed this day in Israel? do not I know that this day I am made king over Israel?

23 Siangpahrang ni Shimei koevah, na dout mahoeh telah lawk a kam.

And the king said to Semei: Thou shalt not die. And he swore unto him.

24 Sawl capa Mephibosheth teh siangpahrang dawn hanelah a tho. Siangpahrang a cei hnin hoiyah karoumcalah bout a tho hoehnahlan totouh, a khok pâsu hoeh, a pâkhamuen ngaw hoeh, a hni hai pâsu hoeh.

And Miphiboseth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard: nor washed his garments from the day that the king went out, until the day of his return in peace.

25 Siangpahrang dawn hanelah Jerusalem kho koe a pha navah, siangpahrang ni Mephibosheth, bangkong kai koe na cei van hoeh telah ati.

And when he met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him: Why camest thou not with me, Miphiboseth?

26 Oe siangpahrang ka bawipa, ka san ni na dum. Bangkongtetpawiteh, na san ni siangpahrang koe cei hanelah la kâcui thai nahanlah kârasoup han ka ti ei, na san teh ka khokkhem.

And he answering, said: My lord, O king, my servant despised me: for I thy servant spoke to him to saddle me an ass, that I might get on and go with the king: for I thy servant am lame.

27 Siangpahrang ka bawipa nang koevah, na san heh na pathoe. Hateiteh, siangpahrang ka bawipa teh, Cathut kalvantami patetlah ao. Ahawi na tie patetlah sak lawih.

Moreover he hath also accused me thy servant to thee, my lord the king: but thou my lord the king art as an angel of God, do what pleaseth thee.

28 Bangkongtetpawiteh, imthungnaw heh siangpahrang hmaitung be thei hanelah a kamcu. Hatei, na san teh caboi dawk rawca ka ven e lah na o sak. Hatdawkvah, siagpahrang koevah kai ni hno alouke ka hei ngam hane bangmaw kaawm telah atipouh.

For all of my father’s house were no better than worthy of death before my lord the king; and thou hast set me thy servant among the guests of thy table: what just complaint therefore have I? or what right to cry any more to the king?

29 Siangpahrang ni nange kong bangmaw dei hanelah kaawm. Nang hoi Ziba ni lawhmuen na kârei roi han telah kai ni ka dei toe tayaw telah ati.

Then the king said to him: Why speakest thou any more? what I have said is determined: thou and Siba divide the possessions.

30 Mephibosheth ni siangpahrang koevah, siangpahrang teh ama im vah karoumcalah a pha dawkvah, ama ni abuemlahoi lat lawi naseh telah atipouh.

And Miphiboseth answered the king: Yea, let him take all, for as much as my lord the king is returned peaceably into his house.

31 Gilead tami Barzillai hah Rogelim kho lahoi a tho teh, siangpahrang teh Jordan tui rakakhai hanelah ahni koe a cei van.

Berzellai also the Galaadite coming down from Rogelim, brought the king over the Jordan, being ready also to wait on him beyond the river.

32 Barzillai teh a kum 80 touh a pha toe. A matawng toe. Mahanaim vah siangpahrang ao nah thung teh canei hane kawi ouk a poe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahni teh ka tawnta poung e lah ao.

Now Berzellai the Galaadite was of a great age, that is to say, fourscore years old, and he provided the king with sustenance when he abode in the camp: for he was a man exceeding rich.

33 Siangpahrang ni Barzillai koevah, kai koe tho van nateh, Jerusalem kho kai koe awm nateh, na kawk han telah atipouh.

And the king said to Berzellai: Come with me that thou mayest rest secure with me in Jerusalem.

34 Barzillai ni siangpahrang koevah, nâsittouh maw ka hring rah vaiteh, Jerusalem siangpahrang koe ka cei van han vaiyoe.

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

35 Sahnin kai teh kum 80 touh ka pha toe. A thoe hoi hawi kapek thai hoeh toe. Kai ni ka canei e a tui hoi tui hoeh e hai ka panue yaw toung. Tongpa napui naw e la sak pawlawk hai ka thai hoeh toe. Na san kai ni siangpahrang ka bawipa hanelah, hmuenri lah khuet ka o han vaw.

I am this day fourscore years old, are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? or can meat or drink delight thy servant? or can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why should thy servant be a burden to my lord, the king?

36 Na san ni siangpahrang koe, Jordan tui na raka totouh dueng doeh ka tho thai ti. Bangkong nama siangpahrang ni het patetlae tawkphu khuet na poe han vaw.

I thy servant will go on a little way from the Jordan with thee: I need not this recompense.

37 Na san kai teh ka onae kho dawk, apa e tangkom koe ka due hanelah na ban sak leih. Na san Khimham ao doeh. Siangpahrang hoi rei cet sak. Ahawi na tie patetlah na sak han telah atipouh.

But I beseech thee let thy servant return, and die in my own city, and be buried by the sepulchre of my father, and of my mother. But there is thy servant Chamaam, let him go with thee, my lord, the king, and do to him whatsoever seemeth good to thee.

38 Siangpahrang ni Khimham teh kai hoi rei ka cei roi han. Ahawi na tie patetlah ahni dawk ka sak han. Na hei e pueng hai na sak pouh han telah atipouh.

Then the king said to him: Let Chamaam go over with me, and I will do for him whatsoever shall please thee, and all that thou shalt ask of me, thou shalt obtain.

39 Tami pueng hai Jordan tui namran lah a raka awh. Siangpahrang ama dueng a raka hnukkhu, Barzillai hah a tapam a paco teh yawhawi a poe teh aonae koe lah a ban.

And when all the people and the king had passed over the Jordan, the king kissed Berzellai, and blessed him: and he returned to his own place.

40 Siangpahrang teh Gilgal kho a cei. Khimham hai ahni koe a cei van. Judahnaw ni siangpahrang teh a thak awh. Isarel taminaw ni hai a thak awh van.

So the king went on to Galgal, and Chamaam with him. Now all the people of Juda had brought the king over, and only half of the people of Israel were there.

41 Isarelnaw pueng siangpahrang koe a tho awh teh, bangkongmaw hmaunawngha Judahnaw ni hoe a hnai awh teh, siangpahrang hoi a imthungnaw hoi Jordan tui namran lah koung a ceikhai awh telah ati awh.

Therefore all the men of Israel running together to the king, said to him: Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and have brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?

42 Judahnaw ni siangpahrang teh kaimouh hoi kâhnai e lah ao dawkvah, bangkongmaw hete kong dawk na lungkhuek. Siangpahrang e rawcanaw kaimouh ni ka ca ka nei awh maw. Kaimouh koe na poe awh e hno ao maw telah Isarelnaw hanelah atipouh.

And all the men of Juda answered the men of Israel: Because the king is nearer to me: why art thou angry for this matter? have we eaten any thing of the king’s, or have any gifts been given us?

43 Isarelnaw ni Judahnaw koe kaimouh ni siangpahrang dawk hra touh coe hane ka tawn awh. Devit dawkvah nangmanaw hlak pang hane hoe ka tawn awh. Siangpahrang ban sak hane kong dawk kaimouh hoi apuengcue kâpannae awm laipalah, bangkong kaimanaw na dudam awh telah Judahnaw koe bout a dei pouh awh. Judahnaw e lawk hah Isarelnaw e lawk hlak hoe a hram.

And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said: I have ten parts in the king more than thou, and David belongeth to me more than to thee: why hast thou done me a wrong, and why was it not told me first, that I might bring back my king? And the men of Juda answered more harshly than the men of Israel.