2 Samuel 18
1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
David loh amah taengkah pilnam tea soep tih amih te thawngkhat kah mangpa, yakhat kah mangpaa khuehpah.
2 And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people: 'I will surely go forth with you myself also.'
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 But the people said: 'Thou shalt not go forth; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us; but thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succour us out of 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 unto them: 'What seemeth you best I will do.' And the king stood by the gate-side, 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 Abishai and Ittai, saying: 'Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.' And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
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 So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest 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 were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of 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 For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
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 Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
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 certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said: 'Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.'
Hlang pakhat loh a hmuh vaengah Joab taengah puen tih, “Absalom tah rhokael dongaha kuiok ka hmuh he,” a tinah.
11 And Joab said unto the man that told him: 'And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have had to give 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 unto Joab: 'Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying: Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
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 Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against mine own life — and there is no matter hid from the king — then thou thyself wouldest have stood aloof.'
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 Then said Joab: 'I may not tarry thus with thee.' And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.
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 about and smote Absalom, 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 horn, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back 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 they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones; and all Israel fled every one 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 Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said: 'I have no son to keep my name in remembrance'; and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument unto 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 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok: 'Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him 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 unto him: 'Thou shalt not be the bearer of tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, forasmuch as 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 Then said Joab to the Cushite: 'Go tell the king what thou hast seen.' And the Cushite bowed down unto Joab, and ran.
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 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab: 'But come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite.' And Joab said: 'Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou wilt have no reward for the tidings?'
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 'But come what may, said he, I will run.' And he said unto him: 'Run.' Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and overran the Cushite.
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 Now David sat between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
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, and told the king. And the king said: 'If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth.' And he came apace, 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 called unto the porter, and said: 'Behold another man running alone.' And the king said: 'He also bringeth 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 think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.' And the king said: 'He is a good man, and cometh with good 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 Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king: 'All is well.' And he bowed down before the king with his face to the earth, and said: 'Blessed be the LORD thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand 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 it well with the young man Absalom?' And Ahimaaz answered: 'When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.'
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, and stand here.' And he turned aside, and stood still.
Te dongah manghai loh, “Hela hoeih pai lah,” a ti nah tih hoeih pai tangloeng.
31 And, behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said: 'Tidings for my lord the king; for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of 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 unto the Cushite: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And the Cushite answered: 'The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.'
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 much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, thus he said: 'O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, 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.
