2 Samuel 14
1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
Manghai kah a lungbuei tah Absalom taengla a om te Zeruiah capa Joab loh a ming.
2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and do not anoint thyself with oil, but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead.
Te dongah Joab loh Tekoa la ol a tah tih te lamkah huta aka cueih te a khuen. Te phoeiah anih te, “Nguekcoi mai lamtah nguekcoinah himbai bai mai laeh. Situi hluk boeh, aka duek ham khohnin yung ah aka nguekcoi huta bangla om laeh.
3 And go in to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
Te phoeiah manghai taengla cet lamtah amah taengah hekah ol bangla thui pah,” a ti nah tih Joab loh anih ka dongah ol a khueh pah.
4 And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
Tekoa nu loh manghai te a voek vaengah a maelhmai diklai la a buluk thil tih a bawk pueng. Te phoeiah ni, “Manghai nang loh ng'khang,” a ti nah.
5 And the king said to her, What troubles thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
Te dongah amah te manghai loh, “Nang te ba dae lae,” a ti nah. Te vaengah, “Kai tah nuhmai nu tih ka va khaw duek coeng.
6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.
Na salnu taengkah capa panit he amamih rhoi te lohma ah hnuei uh rhoi. Amih rhoi laklo ah sim uh pawh. Te dongah pakhat loh pakhat te a ngawn tih duek.
7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say, Deliver him who smote his brother that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also. Thus they will quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.
Te dongah a huiko boeih loh na salnu he m'pai thil tih, 'A manuca aka ngawn te han tloeng lamtah anih loh a ngawn a manuca kah hinglu ah anih te ka ngawn uh pawn eh. A pang tueng khaw ka phae uh ni,’ a ti uh. Te dongah ka hmai-alh aka sueng te thih koinih ka va ming neh a meet he diklai hman ah khueh rhoe khueh mahpawh he,” a ti nah.
8 And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
Te dongah manghai loh huta te, “Na im la mael laeh, nang ham te kamah loh ka uen bitni,” a ti nah.
9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house, and the king and his throne be guiltless.
Tedae Tekoa nu loh manghai taengah, “Ka boei manghai kathaesainah he kamah so neh a pa imkhui ah om saeh lamtah manghai neh a ngolkhoel ta ommongsitoe la om saeh,” a ti nah.
10 And the king said, Whoever says anything to thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Nang taengah aka thui te kamah taengla hang khuen, nang koep m'ben ham te khoep boel saeh,” a ti nah.
11 Then she said, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood not destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah lives, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
Te phoeiah, “BOEIPA na Pathen loh manghai te n'thoelh pawn saeh. Thii phu aka suk te a rhaep, rhaep la thup nawn saeh. Te daengah ni ka capa te a diil sak uh pawt eh,” a ti nah. Te vaengah manghai loh, “BOEIPA kah hingnah rhangneh na capa kah a sam pakhat pataeng diklai la rhul mahpawh,” a ti nah.
12 Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
Te phoeiah huta loh, “Na salnu long he ka boeipa manghai taengah ol kan thui dae eh,” a ti nah hatah, “Thui saw,” a ti nah.
13 And the woman said, Why then have thou devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as he who is guilty, in that the king does not fetch home again his banished one.
Te dongah huta loh, “Balae tih tahae kah bangla, Pathen kah pilnam he na moeh thil. A heh uh te manghai loh na khue pawt vaengah, a rhaem banghui la hekah ol he manghai loh a thui.
14 For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again, neither does God take away life, but devises means that he who is banished be not an outcast from him.
Diklai dongah tui a luh tih a coi thai voel pawt bangla n'duek rhoe n'duek uh pawn ni. Pathen loh a hinglu bawt pah pawt cakhaw a kopoek te a moeh pah ta. Te dongah a heh tangtae khaw amah taeng lamloh loh a bung moenih.
15 Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid. And thy handmaid said, I will now speak to the king. It may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
Te dongah he ol he ka boei manghai taengah thui ham ni ka pawk coeng. Pilnam loh kai ng'hih cakhaw a ti banglam ni na salnu loh manghai taengah ka thui eh. A salnu kah olka te manghai loh a rhoirhi mai khaming.
16 For the king will hear to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
Pathen kah rho dong lamloh kamah neh ka capa rhenten aka mitmoeng sak ham khaw, hlang kut lamloh a sal nu a huul ham khaw manghai loh ya pai saeh.
17 Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be gracious, for as an agent of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. And Jehovah thy God be with thee.
Na salnu long tah ka boei manghai kah ol he Pathen puencawn bangla duemnah la om saeh a ti dae ta. Ka boei manghai loh a thae a then khaw a yaak dongah BOEIPA na Pathen tah namah taengah om nawn saeh,” a ti nah.
18 Then the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, anything that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
Te phoeiah manghai loh huta te a doo tih, “Namah kan dawt bangla kai taengah ol phah boel mai,” a ti nah. Te vaengah huta long khaw, “Ka boei manghai nang thui laeh,” a ti nah.
19 And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken, for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid.
Te vaengah manghai loh, “Nang taengkah olka boeih dongah he Joab kah kutngo om nama?,” a ti nah. Te dongah huta loh a doo tih, “Ka boei manghai kah na hinglu kah hingnah vanbangla ka boei manghai loh a thui te pakhat khaw banvoei bantang la a hlihloeh moenih. Na sal Joab loh kai ng'uen tih he rhoek kah olka boeih he na salnu kah a ka dongah a khueh.
20 Thy servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. And my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an agent of God, to know all things that are on the earth.
Olka te a hmuethma hoilae ham ni hekah olka he na sal Joab loh a saii. Tedae ka boeipa tah Pathen puencawn kah cueihnah bangla a cueih dongah, diklai hman kah khaw boeih a ming,” a ti nah.
21 And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.
Te daengah manghai loh Joab te, “Ol he ka tloek bitni ne, cet lamtah Absalom camoe te lo laeh,” a ti nah.
22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king. And Joab said, Today thy servant knows that I have found favor in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.
Te dongah Joab loh a maelhmai te diklai la a buluk tih a bawk phoeiah manghai te a uem. Te phoeiah Joab loh, “Tihnin ah tah ka boei manghai na mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ka dang te na sal loh ka ming. Na sal kah a sal patoeng ol he manghai loh a rhoi coeng,” a ti.
23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Joab te thoo tih Geshuri la cet tih Absalom te Jerusalem la a mael puei.
24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house, and did not see the king's face.
Tedae manghai loh, “Amah im la mael saeh lamtah ka maelhmai he hmu boel saeh,” a ti nah. Te dongah Absalom te amah im la mael tih manghai kah maelhmai khaw hmu pawh.
25 Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty; from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
Absalom bangla sakthen hlang he Israel boeih khuiah a om moenih. A khopha lamloh a luki duela thangthen hamla om. A pum dongah a lolhmaih pakhat khaw om pawh.
26 And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it, because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.
A kum, kum ah apat a pha atah a lu te vok. Te khaw amah mat a nan vaengah ni a vok pueng. A lu dongkah sam te a vok tih a thuek vaengah manghai coilung ah shekel yahnih a lo pah.
27 And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of a fair countenance.
Absalom loh capa pathum neh canu pakhat a sak. A canu ming tah Tamar tih, a mueimae khaw sakthen nu la om.
28 And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and he did not see the king's face.
Absalom tah Jerusalem ah khohnin la kum nit kho a sak dae manghai maelhmai hmuh pawh.
29 Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. And he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
Te dongah Absalom loh Joab te a tah tih manghai taengla a tueih. Tedae a taengla a pawk pah ham te a ngaih pah moenih. Te dongah a pabae la koep a tueih dae lo sak ham ngaih pah pawh.
30 Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
Te vaengah a sal rhoek taengah, “So uh lah, Joab kah lo he kamah kut ah om, te lamkah cangtun te paan uh lamtah hmai neh hlup la hlup pa uh,” a ti nah. Te dongah Absalom kah sal rhoek loh lo te hmai neh a hlup uh.
31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?
Te daengah Joab te too tih Absalom te a im la a paan. Te vaengah, “Balae tih na sal rhoek loh kai lo ke hmai neh a hlup uh,” a ti nah.
32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come here, that I may send thee to the king to say, Why have I come from Geshur? It were better for me to still be there. Now therefore let me see the king's face, and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.
Absalom loh Joab te, “'Hela halo dae,’ ka ti tih la nang te kan tah. Te daengah man manghai te voek hamla nang te kan tueih ve. Geshuri lamkah ka pawk parhi te kai hamla balae a then, ka om palueng vetih manghai kah maelhmai ka hmuh laeh mako, tedae kai pum dongah thaesainah a om atah kai he ng'ngawn saeh,” a ti nah.
33 So Joab came to the king, and told him. And when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.
Joab te manghai taengla cet tih a thui pah. Te daengah Absalom te a khue tih manghai taengla koep ha pawk. Te vaengah manghai kah mikhmuh ah a maelhmai diklai la a buluk tih a bawk. Manghai loh Absalom te a mok.
