< 2 Samuel 14 >

1 And Joab son of Zeruial knows that the heart of the king [is] on Absalom,
Manghai kaha lungbuei tah Absalom taengla a om te Zeruiah capa Joab loh a ming.
2 and Joab sends to Tekoah, and takes a wise woman from there, and says to her, “Please feign yourself a mourner, and now put on garments of mourning, and do not anoint yourself with oil, and you have been as a woman mourning for the dead [for] these many days,
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 you have gone to the king, and spoken to him, according to this word”; and Joab puts the words into her mouth.
Te phoeiah manghai taengla cet lamtah amah taengah hekah ol bangla thui pah,” a ti nah tih Joab loh anih ka dongah ola khuehpah.
4 And the woman of Tekoah speaks to the king, and falls on her face to the earth, and pays respect, and says, “Save, O king.”
Tekoa nu loh manghai tea voek vaengah a maelhmai diklai laa buluk thil tiha bawk pueng. Te phoeiah ni, “Manghai nang loh ng'khang,” a tinah.
5 And the king says to her, “What do you [want]?” And she says, “I [am] truly a widow woman, and my husband dies,
Te dongah amah te manghai loh, “Nang te ba dae lae,” a tinah. Te vaengah, “Kai tah nuhmai nu tih ka va khaw duek coeng.
6 and your maidservant has two sons; and both of them strive in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and one strikes the other, and puts him to death;
Na salnu taengkah capa panit he amamih rhoiTe lohma ah hnueiuhrhoi. Amih rhoi laklo ah sim uh pawh. Te dongah pakhat loh pakhat tea ngawn tih duek.
7 and behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and say, Give up him who strikes his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he has slain, and we also destroy the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left—so as not to set a name and remnant on the face of the ground for my husband.”
Te dongaha 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 tiuh. Te dongah ka hmai-alh aka sueng te thih koinih ka va ming neha meet he diklai hman ah khueh rhoe khueh mahpawh he,” a tinah.
8 And the king says to the woman, “Go to your house, and I give charge concerning you.”
Te dongah manghai loh huta te, “Na im la mael laeh, nang hamTe kamah loh ka uen bitni,” a tinah.
9 And the woman of Tekoah says to the king, “On me, my lord, O king, [is] the iniquity, and on the house of my father; and the king and his throne [are] innocent.”
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 tinah.
10 And the king says, “He who speaks to you, and you have brought him to me, then he does not add to come against you anymore.”
Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Nang taengah aka thui te kamah taengla hang khuen, nang koep m'ben hamTe khoep boel saeh,” a tinah.
11 And she says, “Please let the king remember by your God YHWH, that the redeemer of blood does not add to destroy, and they do not destroy my son”; and he says, “YHWH lives; if there falls [even one] hair of your son 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 tea diil sak uh pawt eh,” a tinah. Te vaengah manghai loh, “BOEIPA kah hingnah rhangneh na capa kah a sam pakhat pataeng diklai la rhul mahpawh,” a tinah.
12 And the woman says, “Please let your maidservant speak a word to my lord the king”; and he says, “Speak.”
Te phoeiah huta loh, “Na salnu long he ka boeipa manghai taengah ol kan thui dae eh,” a ti nah hatah, “Thui saw,” a tinah.
13 And the woman says, “And why have you thought thus concerning the people of God? Indeed, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king has not brought back his outcast;
Te dongah huta loh, “Balae tih tahae kah bangla, Pathen kah pilnam he na moeh thil. A heh uhTe manghai loh na khue pawt vaengah, a rhaem banghui la hekah ol he manghai loh a thui.
14 for we surely die, and [are] as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God does not accept a person, and has devised plans in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.
Diklai dongah tuia luh tih a coi thai voel pawt bangla n'duek rhoe n'duek uh pawn ni. Pathen loh a hinglu bawt pah pawt cakhawa kopoek te a moeh pah ta. Te dongaha heh tangtae khaw amah taeng lamloh loh a bung moenih.
15 And now that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, [it is] because the people made me afraid, and your maidservant says, Please let me speak to the king; it may be the king does the word of his handmaid,
Te dongah he ol he ka boei manghai taengah thui ham ni ka pawk coeng. Pilnam loh kai ng'hih cakhawa ti banglam ni na salnu loh manghai taengah ka thui eh. A salnu kah olkaTe manghai loh a rhoirhi mai khaming.
16 for the king listens to deliver his handmaid out of the paw of the man [seeking] to 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 and your maidservant says, Please let the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so [is] my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and your God YHWH is with you.”
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 thaea then khaw a yaak dongah BOEIPA na Pathen tah namah taengah om nawn saeh,” a tinah.
18 And the king answers and says to the woman, “Please do not hide from me the thing that I am asking you”; and the woman says, “Please let my lord the king speak.”
Te phoeiah manghai loh huta tea doo tih, “Namah kan dawt bangla kai taengah ol phah boel mai,” a tinah. Te vaengah huta long khaw, “Ka boei manghai nang thui laeh,” a tinah.
19 And the king says, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answers and says, “Your soul lives, my lord, O king, none [turn] to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant.
Te vaengah manghai loh, “Nang taengkah olka boeih dongah he Joab kah kutngo om nama?,” a tinah. Te dongah huta loh a doo tih, “Ka boei manghai kah na hinglu kah hingnah vanbangla ka boei manghai loha thui te pakhat khaw banvoei bantang laa hlihloeh moenih. Na sal Joab loh kai ng'uen tih he rhoek kah olka boeih he na salnu kah a ka dongaha khueh.
20 Your servant Joab has done this thing in order to bring around the appearance of the thing, and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of a messenger of God, to know all that [is] in the land.”
Olka tea hmuethma hoilae ham ni hekah olka he na sal Joab loh a saii. Tedae ka boeipa tah Pathen puencawn kah cueihnah banglaa cueih dongah, diklai hman kah khaw boeiha ming,” a tinah.
21 And the king says to Joab, “Now behold, you have done this thing; and go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
Te daengah manghai loh Joab te, “Ol he ka tloek bitni ne, cet lamtah Absalom camoe te lo laeh,” a tinah.
22 And Joab falls on his face to the earth, and pays respect, and blesses the king, and Joab says, “Today your servant has known that I have found grace in your eyes, my lord, O king, in that the king has done the word of his servant.”
Te dongah Joab loh a maelhmai te diklai laa buluk tiha bawk phoeiah manghai tea 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 loha rhoi coeng,” a ti.
23 And Joab rises and goes to Geshur, and brings in Absalom to Jerusalem,
JoabTe thoo tih Geshuri la cet tih Absalom te Jerusalem la a mael puei.
24 and the king says, “Let him turn around to his house, and he does not see my face.” And Absalom turns around to his house, and he has not seen the face of the king.
Tedae manghai loh, “Amah im la mael saeh lamtah ka maelhmai he hmu boel saeh,” a tinah. Te dongah AbsalomTe amah im la mael tih manghai kah maelhmai khaw hmu pawh.
25 And there was no man [so] beautiful in all Israel like Absalom, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even to his crown there was no blemish in him;
Absalom bangla sakthen hlang he Israel boeih khuiaha om moenih. A khopha lamloh a luki duela thangthen hamla om. A pum dongaha lolhmaih pakhat khaw om pawh.
26 and in his shaving his head—and it has been at the end of year by year that he shaves [it], for it [is] heavy on him, and he has shaved it—he has even weighed out the hair of his head—two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.
A kum, kum ah apata pha atah a luTe vok. Te khaw amah mat a nan vaengah ni a vok pueng. A lu dongkah sam tea vok tiha thuek vaengah manghai coilung ah shekel yahnih a lo pah.
27 And there are born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, and her name [is] Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.
Absalom loh capa pathum neh canu pakhata sak. A canu ming tah Tamar tih, a mueimae khaw sakthen nu la om.
28 And Absalom dwells in Jerusalem [for] two years of days, and he has not seen the face of the king;
Absalom tah Jerusalem ah khohnin la kum nit kho a sak dae manghai maelhmai hmuh pawh.
29 and Absalom sends to Joab, to send him to the king, and he has not been willing to come to him; and he sends again a second time, and he has not been willing to come.
Te dongah Absalom loh Joab tea tah tih manghai taenglaa tueih. Tedae a taenglaa pawk pah ham te a ngaih pah moenih. Te dongaha pabae la koepa tueih dae lo sak ham ngaih pah pawh.
30 And he says to his servants, “See, the portion of Joab [is] by the side of mine, and he has barley there; go and burn it with fire”; and the servants of Absalom burn the portion with 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 tinah. Te dongah Absalom kah sal rhoek loh lo te hmai neha hlupuh.
31 And Joab rises and comes to Absalom in the house, and says to him, “Why have your servants burned the portion that I have with fire?”
Te daengah JoabTe too tih Absalom tea im laa paan. Te vaengah, “Balae tih na sal rhoek loh kai lo ke hmai neha hlup uh,” a tinah.
32 And Absalom says to Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, and I send you to the king to say, Why have I come in from Geshur? [It was] good for me while I [was] there—and now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me then you have put me to death.”
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 parhiTe kai hamla balaea 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 tinah.
33 And Joab comes to the king, and declares [it] to him, and he calls to Absalom, and he comes to the king, and bows himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king gives a kiss to Absalom.
JoabTe manghai taengla cet tiha thuipah. Te daengah Absalom tea 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 tea mok.

< 2 Samuel 14 >