2 Samuel 18
1 And David mustered the people who were with him, and appointed commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds over them.
David loh amah taengkah pilnam tea soep tih amih te thawngkhat kah mangpa, yakhat kah mangpaa khuehpah.
2 David divided the army into three, 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. The king said to 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 they said, "You must not go out, for if we retreat, no one will care about us. If half of us die, no one will care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. So it is better for you to be in the city to help."
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 The king said to them, "I will do what seems best to you." The king stood beside 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 The king gave this order to Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Be gentle for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the people were listening when the king gave orders to all the commanders 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 took place 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 struck there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter took place 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 spread over the entire region, 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 happened to meet the servants of David. And he was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head got caught in the oak, and he was left suspended in midair, while the mule that was under him kept going.
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 someone saw it and told Joab, and said, "Look, I saw Absalom 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 Then Joab said to the man who reported it, "Look, you saw this. So why didn't you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a belt."
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 But the man said to Joab, "Even if I could feel in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn't lay a hand on the king's son, for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Be gentle for my sake with 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 treacherously against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have dissociated yourself from 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 Then Joab said, "I'm not going to waste time with you." So he took three sharp sticks in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the midst 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 Then ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded and struck Absalom and killed him.
Joab kah hnopai aka phuei cadong parha loh a vael tih Absalom tea ngawn uh dongaha duek sakuh.
16 Then Joab blew the trumpet and the people turned back from pursuing Israel, for Joab had called for the people to halt.
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 threw him into a large pit in the forest, and heaped up over him a huge pile of stones. Then all Israel fled, each 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 lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the King's Valley; for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in memory." He called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to 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 Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me run, let me carry the king news how that the LORD has 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 But Joab said, "You are not to bring the news today, but you may bring news another day. But today you are to bring no news." For it was because the king's son was 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 Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." So the Cushite bowed before Joab and departed.
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 Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, "Whatever happens, please let me go after the Cushite." But Joab said, "Why do you want to run, my son, since you will have no reward for the news?"
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 he said, "But whatever happens, I will run." So he said to him, "Run." Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran 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 was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall and raised his eyes and looked, and there was a man running alone towards 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 Then the watchman shouted and informed the king. And the king said, "If he is alone, there is good news in his mouth." And he kept coming nearer.
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 Then the watchman saw another man running. And the watchman above the gate called out, and said, "Look, another man running alone." And the king said, "He also brings good news."
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 Then the watchman said, "I think the first runner is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok." And the king said, "He is a good man, and comes with good news."
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 came near and said to the king, "All is well." Then he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground, and said, "Blessed is the LORD your God, who has defeated the men who opposed 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 asked, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab, the king's servant, sent your servant off, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know 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 Then the king said, "Step aside and stand here." So he stepped aside and waited.
Te dongah manghai loh, “Hela hoeih pai lah,” a ti nah tih hoeih pai tangloeng.
31 Then look, the Cushite arrived, and he said, "Good news for my lord the king, for the LORD has delivered you today from all those who rose up against you."
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 Then the king asked the Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And the Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you with evil intent be like 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 shaken, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. And as he wept he said, "My son Absalom. My son, my son Absalom. If only I had died in your place, 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.
