Kings II 18
1 And David numbered the people with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
David loh amah taengkah pilnam tea soep tih amih te thawngkhat kah mangpa, yakhat kah mangpaa khuehpah.
2 And David sent away the people, the third part under the hand of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Abessa the son of Saruia, the brother of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Ethi the Gittite. And David said to the people, I also will surely go out with you.
David loh pilnam hlop thum ah hlop at te Joab kut hmuiah, hlop thum ah hlop at te Joab mana Zeruiah capa Abishai kut hmuiah, hlop thum ah hlop at Ghitti Ittai kut hmuiah hlop at, a tueih. Te vaengah manghai loh pilnam te, “Kamah khaw nangmih taengah ka pawk rhoe ka pawk bitni,” a tinah.
3 And they said, Thou shalt not go out: for if we should indeed flee, they will not care for us; and if half of us should die, they will not mind us; for thou [art] as ten thousand of us: and now [it is] well that thou shalt be to us an aid to help us in the city.
Tedae pilnam loh, “Cet boeh, rhaelrham khaw n'rhaelrham uh koinih mamih taengah lungbuei khueh hae mahpawh. Mamih khuikah he rhakthuem duek uh cakhaw mamih taengah lungbuei khueh uh mahpawh. Mamih bang mah thawng rha lo coeng. Te dongah khopuei lamloha bom la nan bom hamTe kaimih ham hnothen la om coeng,” a tinah.
4 And the king said to them, Whatsoever shall seem good in your eyes I will do. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
Amih te manghai loh, “Nangmih mikhmuh aha then te ka saii bitni,” a tinah. Manghai te vongka kaep aha pai vaengah pilnam boeihTe yakhat ah, thawngkhat ah khonguh.
5 And the king commanded Joab and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Spare for my sake the young man Abessalom. And all the people heard the king charging all the commanders concerning Abessalom.
Manghai loh Joab, Abishai, Ittai te a uen tih, “Camoe taeng neh Abslom taengah khaw, kai ham tah hoelh hoelh ah ne,” a tinah. Manghai loh mangpa taengah Absalom kawng neh rhipa uen te pilnam loh boeiha yaak.
6 And all the people went out into the wood against Israel; and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim.
Te vaengah pilnam tah IsraelTe cuuk thil hamla lohma la khonguh. Te vaengah Ephraim duup ah caemtloek om coeng.
7 And the people of Israel fell down there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter in that day, [even] twenty thousand men.
Israel pilnam he David sal rhoek kah mikhmuh ah pahoi yawk uh coeng. Te vaeng hnin ah thawng kul te lucik la muep omuh.
8 And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.
Caemtloek te diklai hman tom ah taekyak la taekyak. Tekah khohnin ah cunghang loh a yoop lakah duup loha yoop pilnamTe yet ngai.
9 And Abessalom went to meet the servants of David: and Abessalom was mounted on his mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head was entangled in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth; and the mule passed on from under him.
Absalom loh David kah sal rhoek te a mikhmuh aha mah. Te vaengah AbsalomTe muli-marhang dongah ngol tih muli-marhang loh rhokael bu talulh hmuiaha kun puei. Tedae a luTe rhokael dongah vik kingkaek tih vaan laklo neh diklai laklo ah sut dingkoei. Te vaengah ah a hmuikah muli-marhang loh vik a yong tak.
10 And a man saw it, and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Abessalom hanging in an oak.
Hlang pakhat loh a hmuh vaengah Joab taengah puen tih, “Absalom tah rhokael dongaha kuiok ka hmuh he,” a tinah.
11 And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [pieces] of silver, and a girdle.
Te dongah Joab loh amah taengla aka puen hlang te, “Na hmuh tarha mai, balae tih anihTe diklai la na ngawn pahoi pawh, Te koinih ka pum dongkah tangka phikrha neh hni pakhat he nang kam paek suidae,” a tinah.
12 And the man said to Joab, Were I even to receive a thousand shekels of silver, I would not lift my hand against the king's son; for in our ears the king charged thee and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Take care of the young man Abessalom for me,
Te hlang loh Joab taengah, “Kai loh ka kut dongah tangka thawngkhat ka thuek pawt mai akhaw, manghai loh mamih hna ah namah khaw, Abishai neh Ittai taengah ah khaw, 'Absalom camoeTe ngaithuen uh,’ a ti tih ng'uen dongah manghai capaTe ka kut ka hlah thil mahpawh.
13 so as to do no harm to his life: and nothing of the matter will be concealed from the king, and thou wilt set thyself against me.
A hinglu te ka saii pah koinih ka hinglu hea honghi ni. Te dongah manghai taengah tah olka pakhat khaw phah mahpawh, namah khawa hmaiah na pai van ni,” a tinah.
14 And Joab said, I will begin this; I will not thus remain with thee. And Joab took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abessalom, while he was yet alive in the heart of the oak.
Tedae Joab loh, “Na mikhmuh ah ka rhing voel mahpawh,” a tinah. Te phoeiah a kut dongah mancai pathum te a khuen tih rhokael bangli aha hing la aka bat Absalom te a lungkoe ah hlut a daeng.
15 And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed Abessalom, and smote him and slew him.
Joab kah hnopai aka phuei cadong parha loh a vael tih Absalom tea ngawn uh dongaha duek sakuh.
16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab spared the people.
Te phoeiah Joab loh tukia ueng thil tih pilnam te Joab loh a hloh coeng dongah pilnam loh Israel hnuk aka hloem tea toeng.
17 And he took Abessalom, and cast him into a great cavern in the wood, into a deep pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every man to his tent.
Absalom tea loh uh tih duup kah rhoma len khuiaha voeihuh. Te phoeiah anihTe lungkuk lunga len la muepa hmoek thiluh. Israel pum te khaw amah, amah kah dap la boeih rhaelrhamuh.
18 Now Abessalom while yet alive had taken and set up for himself the pillar near which he was taken, and set it up so as to have the pillar in the king's dale; for he said he had no son to keep his name in remembrance: and he called the pillar, Abessalom's hand, until this day.
Absalom loh, “Ka ming aka thoelh ham ca ka khueh pawh,” a ti dongah amaha hing vaengah amah ham lungpang pakhat te manghai kol aha thoh. Te dongah lungpang te anih minga phom thil tih tihnin duela Absalom ngolbuela khue.
19 And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said, Let me run now and carry glad tidings to the king, for the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.
Te vaengah Zadok capa Ahimaaz loh, “BOEIPA loh a thunkha kut lamloh aniha tang sak te ka yong laeh vetih manghai taengah ka phong laeh mako,” a ti.
20 And Joab said to him, Thou [shalt] not [be] a messenger of glad tidings this day; thou shalt bear them another day; but on this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
Tedae anih te Joab loh, “Tihnin nang he olthangthen aka khuen hlang moenih, a tloe khohnin ah na phong bitni, tihnin ah phong boel dae manghai capa he duek pueng,” a tinah.
21 And Joab said to Chusi, Go, report to the king all that thou hast seen. And Chusi did obeisance to Joab, and went out.
Te phoeiah Joab loh Kushi te, “Na hmuh taengtae te cet lamtah manghai taengah thui pah,” a tinah. Te dongah Kushi loh Joab tea bawk tih yong.
22 And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said again to Joab, Nay, let me also run after Chusi. And Joab said, Why wouldest thou thus run, my son? attend, thou hast no tidings for profit if thou go.
Zadok capa Ahimaaz loh koepa rhaep tih Joab taengah, “Metlam khaw om mai saeh, Kushi hnukah ka yong van mai eh?,” a tinah. Tedae Joab loh, “Ka ca na yong te ba ham lae? OlthangthenTe na dang hae moenih,” a tinah.
23 And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi.
Tedae, “Metlam khaw om mai saeh ka yong ni,” a ti nah. Te dongah, “Yong laeh,” a tinah. Ahimaaz tah vannaem longpuei ah yong tih Kushi tea khal coeng.
24 And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up on the top of the gate of the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone before him.
Te vaengah DavidTe vongka rhoi laklo ah ngol. Te vaengah rhaltawt te vongtung longah vongka imphu la cet. A mik tea huel tiha sawt hatah hlang pakhatTe amah bueng tarhaa yongpah.
25 And the watchman cried out, and reported to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, [there are] good tidings in his mouth. And the man came and drew near.
Rhaltawt te a doek tih manghai taenglaa puen hatah manghai loh, “Amah bueng koinih a ka dongahTe olthangthen coini,” a ti. Te vaengaha yoei la voeh voeh a caehpah.
26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman cried at the gate, and said, And look, another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings glad tidings.
Te vaengah rhaltawt loh hlang tloe ha yong te a hmuh bal. Te dongah hlang dawn loh thoh tawt tea khue tih, “Hlang pakhat amah bueng ha yong ke,” a tinah. Tedae manghai loh, “Anih khaw olthang aka phong ni,” a ti.
27 And the watchman said, I see the running of the first as the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said, He [is] a good man, and will come to [report] glad tidings.
Rhaltawt loh, “Lamhma la aka yong te Zadok capa Ahimaaz kah a yong bangla ka hmuh,” a tinah. Te vaengah manghai loh, “AnihTe hlang then ni, olthangthen neha then la ha pawk coeng,” a ti.
28 And Achimaas cried out and said to the king, Peace. And he did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground, and said, Blessed [be] the Lord thy God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hands against my lord the king.
Ahimaaz te a khue hatah manghai te, “Ngaimong la,” a tinah. Te phoeiah manghai hmaiah a maelhmai te diklai laa bakoppah. Te phoeiah, “Ka boei manghai mai a kut aka thueng thil hlang rhoek te na kut dongah aka det BOEIPA na Pathen taha yoethen pai,” a tinah.
29 And the king said, [Is] the young man Abessalom safe? and Achimaas said, I saw a great multitude [at the time] of Joab's sending the king's servant and thy servant, and I knew not what was there.
Manghai loh, “Camoe Absalom tah a sading a?” a tinah. Te vaengah Ahimaaz loh, “Manghai kah sal Joab neh na sal pakhat lohhlang tueih hamla hukhuka tawn uh te ka hmuh dae mebang khaw ka ming moenih,” a tinah.
30 And the king said, Turn aside, stand still here. And he turned aside, and stood.
Te dongah manghai loh, “Hela hoeih pai lah,” a ti nah tih hoeih pai tangloeng.
31 And, behold, Chusi came up, and said to the king, Let my lord the king hear glad tidings, for the Lord has avenged thee this day upon all them that rose up against thee.
Te vaengah Kushi te pakcak ha pawk tih Kushi loh, “Ka boei manghai loh phong pai saeh. Tihnin ah tah BOEIPA loh nang aka tlai thil hlang boeih kah kut lamloh nang n'tang sak coeng,” a tinah.
32 And the king said to Chusi, Is it well with the young man Abessalom? and Chusi said, Let the enemies of my lord the king, and all whosoever have risen up against him for evil, be as that young man.
Te dongah manghai loh Kushi te, “Camoe Absalom tea sading a? a tinah. Te vaengah Kushi loh, “Ka boei manghai kah thunkha rhoek neh nang taengah boethae neh aka tlai thil boeih tah camoe bangla om van saeh,” a tinah.
33 And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, My son Abessalom, my son, my son Abessalom; would God I had died for thee, [even] I [had died] for thee, Abessalom, my son, my son!
Manghai tea tlai neh vongka imhman la yoeng tih rhap. Te vaengah a caeh doela ka capa Absalom, ka capa aw, ka capa Absalom ka capa Absalom, nang yueng la kamah ka duek ham u long m'paek eh? ka capa Absalom, ka capa aw,” a ti.
