2 Samuel 3
1 Sawl imthung hoi Devit imthung hah atueng moi kasawlah a kâtuk awh. Devit imthung hoehoe a thao awh. Sawl imthung teh hoehoe a tha ayoun awh.
Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.
2 Devit ni Hebron kho vah capa a tawn. Camin Amnon, Jezreel tami Ahinoam koehoi e doeh.
And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess:
3 Apâhni e teh, Khileab, Karmel tami Nabal e yu Abigail koehoi e doeh. Apâthum e teh Absalom, Geshur siangpahrang Talmai canu Maakah capa doeh.
And his second Cheleab of Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: and the third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tholmai king of Gessur:
4 Apali e teh, Adonijah Haggith capa doeh. Apanga e teh, Shephatiah, Abital capa doeh.
And the fourth Adonias, the son of Haggith: and the fifth Saphathia the son of Abital:
5 Ataruk e teh, Ithream Devit e yu Eglah koehoi e doeh. Hetnaw teh Devit capanaw Hebron kho dawk a khe e naw doeh.
And the sixth Jethraam of Egla the wife of David: these were born to David in Hebron.
6 Sawl imthung hoi Devit imthung a kâtuk awh navah, Abner teh Sawl imthung koe lah a tha pou a sai.
Now while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner the son of Ner ruled the house of Saul.
7 Sawl ni ado a tawn, A min teh Rizpah, Aiah canu doeh. Ishbosheth ni Abner koevah bangkong apa e ado koe na kâen telah atipouh.
And Saul had a concubine named Respha, the daughter of Aia. And Isboseth said to Abner:
8 Ishbosheth lawk a dei e ni Abner hah a lung puenghoi a khuek sak. Judah taminaw e ui e lû namaw, sahnin ditouh na pa Sawl imthungnaw hoi a hmaunawngha hoi a huikonaw koe lungmanae kamnue sak e lahoi Devit e kut dawk ka poe awh hoeh. Nang ni hete napui kong dawk yonnae ka sak e patetlah na pouk.
Why didst thou go in to my father’s concubine? And he was exceedingly angry for the words of Isboseth, and said: Am I a dog’s head against Juda this day, who have shewn mercy to the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and friends, and have not delivered thee into the hands of David, and hast thou sought this day against me to charge me with a matter concerning a woman?
9 Sawl imthung dawk hoi uknae la pouh han Isarel hoi Judah lathueng vah Dan hoi Beersheba to touh.
So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him,
10 Devit e bawitungkhung kangdue sak hanelah BAWIPA ni Devit koe lawk a kam e patetlah ka sak hoehpawiteh, Cathut ni Abner heh a ngainae patetlah sak naseh, hothlak kapap lahai sak naseh.
That the kingdom be translated from the house of Saul, and the throne of David be set up over Israel, and over Juda from Dan to Bersabee.
11 Abner hah a taki toung dawkvah Ishbosheth lawkkam touh boehai pathung hoeh.
And he could not answer him a word, because he feared him.
12 Abner ni amae yueng lah Devit koe patounenaw a patoun teh hete ram heh apie maw kai koe lawkkamnae sak haw. Isarelnaw nang koe lah kampang hanelah, ka kut heh nang koe lah a kampang han telah a ti.
Abner therefore sent messengers to David for himself, saying: Whose is the land? and that they should say: Make a league with me, and my hand shall be with thee: and I will bring all Israel to thee.
13 Devit ni ahawi nang koe lawkkamnae ka sak han. Hateiteh hno buet touh ka hei han. Kai na kâhmo hanelah na tho navah, Sawl canu Mikhal na thokhai hoehpawiteh, ka mei na hmawt mahoeh telah a ti.
And he said: Very well: I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, saying: Thou shalt not see my face before thou bring Michol the daughter of Saul: and so thou shalt come, and see me.
14 Devit ni Sawl e capa Ishbosheth koevah Filistin tami vuensom 100 touh hoi ka ran e ka yu Mikhal hah na poe telah patounenaw a patoun.
And David sent messengers to Isboseth the son of Saul, saying: Restore my wife Michol, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
15 Ishbosheth ni tami a patoun teh, a vâ Laish capa Paltiel kut dawk e a thokhai.
And Isboseth sent, and took her from her husband Phaltiel, the son of Lais.
16 A vâ teh a kâ laihoi a cei teh, Bahurim kho totouh a kâbang. Abner ni ahni koe cet nateh ban lawih telah atipouh teh a ban.
And her husband followed her, weeping as far as Bahurim: and Abner said to him: Go and return. And he returned.
17 Abner ni Isarel kacuenaw a pâkhueng teh, ahnimouh koe, hah hoehnahlan teh Devit heh siangpahrang lah na ngai awh e doeh.
Abner also spoke to the ancients of Israel, saying: Both yesterday and the day before you sought for David that he might reign over you.
18 Atuvah tawmrasang awh leih. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni Devit kong dawk ka san Devit kut dawk hoi ka tami Isarel hah Filistinnaw kut dawk hoi na rungngang han telah a dei atipouh.
Now then do it: because the Lord hath spoken to David, saying: By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hands of the Philistines, and of all their enemies.
19 Abner ni Benjamin taminaw a thainae koehai a dei. Hottelah Abner ni Isarel taminaw hoi Benjamin imthungnaw ni ahawi ati awh e pueng Hebron vah Devit koe dei pouh hanelah a cei awh.
And Abner spoke also to Benjamin. And he went to speak to David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to all Benjamin.
20 Abner ni tami 20 touh hoi Devit aonae koe Hebron kho lah a cei teh, Devit ni roipu a sak teh, Abner hoi a taminaw a ca sak.
And he came to David in Hebron with twenty men: and David made a feast for Abner, and his men that came with him.
21 Abner ni Devit koevah, kathâw vaiteh, nang koe lawkkamnae a sak thai awh nahane hoi na pouknae patetlah lawk ka ceng thai nahan, Isarelnaw pueng ka bawipa koe pâkhueng hanelah, ka cei han telah ati. Devit ni Abner a patoun teh duem a cei.
And Abner said to David: I will rise, that I may gather all Israel unto thee my lord the king, and may enter into a league with thee, and that thou mayst reign over all as thy soul desireth. Now when David bad brought Abner on his way, and he was gone in peace,
22 Hatnavah, Joab hoi Devit e a sannaw teh taran a pâleinae koehoi a ban awh teh, hnopai moi a sin awh. Abner teh Devit hoi Hebron kho dawk rei awm roi hoeh. Devit ni a patoun toung dawkvah karoumcalah a cei.
Immediately David’s servants and Joab came, after having slain the robbers, with an exceeding great booty: and Abner, was not with David in Hebron, for he had now sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
23 Joab hoi ama koe kaawm e taminaw pha awh navah, Ner capa Abner hah, siangpahrang koe a tho teh, ahni ni a ban sak toung dawkvah karoumcalah a cei telah Joab koe a dei pouh han.
And Joab and all the army that was with him, came afterwards: and it was told Joab, that Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
24 Joab teh Siangpahrang koe a kâen teh, bawipa, bangtelamaw na sak e hah khenhaw! Abner teh nang koe tho teh, bangkongmaw yout na cei sak.
And Joab went in to the king, and said: What hast thou done? Behold Abner came to thee: Why didst thou send him away, and he is gone and departed?
25 Ner capa Abner teh na panue, nang dum hanelah, na tâco na kâen, na sak e pueng panue han a ngai dawk ka tho e doeh telah a ti.
Knowest thou not Abner the son of Ner, that to this end he came to thee, that he might deceive thee, and to know thy going out, and thy coming in, and to know all thou dost?
26 Devit koehoi Joab a tâco navah, Abner hah pâlei hanelah patounenaw a patoun. Sirah tuikhu koehoi bout a bankhai. Hatei teh Devit panuek hoeh.
Then Joab going out from David, sent messengers after Abner, and brought him back from the cistern of Sira, David knowing nothing of it.
27 Abner ni Hebron kho a pha navah, Joab ni rapan longkha koe arulahoi lawk kâpan hanelah a ceikhai teh a hmaunawngha Asahel thi a palawngnae koe a von dawk a thut teh a due.
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother.
28 Hathnukkhu, Devit ni a thai navah, Ner capa Abner thi palawngnae kong dawk kai hoi ka uknaeram teh, BAWIPA hmalah pou ka kamthoung han.
And when David heard of it, after the thing was now done, he said: I, and my kingdom are innocent before the Lord for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
29 Joab hoi a na pa imthungnaw e lû dawk bawt na seh, Joab imthung dawk thihnaipatawnae, hrikbei, hnamkhun, tahloi hoi duenae, takangnae pout hanh naseh, telah a ti.
And may it come upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father’s house: and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue of seed, or that is a leper, or that holdeth the distaff, or that falleth by the sword, or that wanteth bread.
30 Hottelah, Joab hoi a nawngha Abisai ni Abner hah a thei van, bangkongtetpawiteh, Asahel hah Gibeon kâtuknae koe a thei dawk vah.
So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.
31 Devit ni hai Joab hoi ama koe kaawmnaw koe na hni hah ravek awh nateh Buri kâkhu awh. Abner hanelah khuikanae sak awh atipouh teh, Devit ni ro hah a kâbang sin.
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
32 Abner teh Hebron vah a pakawp awh teh, siangpahrang hoi taminaw teh Abner phuen koe a ka awh.
And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner: and all the people also wept.
33 Siangpahrang Abner a ka khai awh teh, Abner teh tamipathu due la maw a due han.
And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.
34 Na kut hai katek hoeh, na khok hai hlong buet hoeh. Tamikapo kut dawk hoi kadout e patetlah duenae na tawng toe telah ati. Taminaw hai bout a kâ awh.
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet laden with fetters: but as men fall before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people repeating it wept over him.
35 Khohmo hoehnahlan Devit teh rawca ca sak hanelah taminaw a tho awh. Hatei Devit ni kanî a khup hoehnahlan rawca thoseh, alouknaw hai thoseh ka cat pawiteh, Cathut ni a ngai e patetlah na tet naseh, hothlak kapap lahai na sak naseh telah thoe a kâbo.
And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sunset.
36 Hote hah taminaw ni a thai toteh, a lunghawi awh. Siangpahrang ni a sak e pueng taminaw ni a ngai awh teh a lunghawi sak awh.
And all the people heard, and they were pleased, and all that the king did seemed good in the sight of all the people.
37 Bangkongtetpawiteh, tamihu hoi Isarelnaw pueng ni hat hnin vah Ner capa Abner thei e hah siangpahrang khokhangnae nahoeh tie a panue awh.
And all the people, and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king’s doing, that Abner the son of Ner was slain.
38 Siangpahrang ni a taminaw koe sahnin vah Isarelnaw dawk bawi hoi tami kalen a due tie na panuek awh hoeh maw.
The king also said to his servants: Do you not know that a prince and great man is slain this day in Israel?
39 Kai teh satui awi e lah ka o eiteh, sahnin ka tha ayoun. Zeruiah capa lah kaawm e hetnaw teh kai hlak a thao awh. Ka hawihoeh e patetlah BAWIPA ni pathung naseh telah a ti.
But I as yet am tender, though anointed king. And these men the sons of Sarvia are too hard for me: the Lord reward him that doth evil according to his wickedness.
