1 Chronicles 12
1 David went to Ziklag [town] to escape from [King] Saul. While he was there, many warriors came and joined him, and they helped him when he fought battles.
Kish capa Saul khae hoiah anghawk ving moe, Ziklag ah oh naah, David khaeah angzo kaminawk loe, misatuk abomh kami hoi thacak misatuh kami ah oh o.
2 They carried bows [and arrows]. They were able to shoot arrows and to sling stones. They could use either their right arms or their left arms to do that. They were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.
Nihcae loe kalii to sin o moe, banqoi bantang palaa kaat thaih kami, ngazai hoiah thlung zai thaih kami ah oh o; to kaminawk loe Benjamin acaeng Saul ih nawkamya ah oh o.
3 Their leader was Ahiezer. Next in command was Joash. They were both sons of Shemaah from Gibeah [city]. [These are the names of some of those warriors: ] Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu from Anathoth [town];
Gibeath acaeng Shemah capa hnik Ahiezer hoi Joash loe kacoehta ah oh hoi; Azmaveth capa hnik loe Jeziel hoi Pelet; Berakhah hoi Jehu loe Anathoth acaeng ah oh hoi,
4 Ishmaiah from the Gibeon [city], who was a leader of the thirty mighty warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah [town];
kami quithumto thungah thacak kami Gibeon vangpui acaeng Ishmaiah loe kami quithumto zaehoikung ah oh; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Gederah acaeng Jozabad,
5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph [town];
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah hoi Harup acaeng Shephatiah,
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam, who were descendants of Korah;
Elkanah, Jesiah, Azarel, Joezer hoi Korah acaeng Jashobeam,
7 Joelah and Zebadiah, who were sons of Jeroham, from Gedor [town].
Gedor vangpui ih Jeroham capa Joelah hoi Zebadiah.
8 Some men from the tribe of Gad [east of the Jordan River] joined David when he was at his fortress in [the caves in] the desert. They were brave warriors who were trained for fighting battles and able to use shields and spears well. They [SYN] were as fierce as [SIM, MTY] lions, and they could run as fast as [HYP, SIM] deer/gazelles on the hills/mountains.
David ohhaih praezaek ah kaom thoemto Gad kaminawk doeh oh o, nihcae loe thacak misatuh kami ah oh o moe, aphaw sin hoi misatuh thaih kami ah oh o; nihcae ih mikhmai loe kaipui mikhmai baktiah oh o moe, mae nui ih tasuk baktiah angtawt loe o.
9 Ezer was their leader. Next in command was Obadiah. Next was Eliab.
Ezer loe kacoehta ah oh; hnetto haih ah Obadiah; thumto haih ah Eliab,
10 Next was Mishmannah. Next was Jeremiah.
palito haih ah Mishmanah, pangato haih ah loe Jeremiah to oh,
11 Next was Attai. Next was Eliel.
tarukto haih ah Attai, sarihto haih ah loe Eliel,
12 Next was Johanan. Next was Elzabad.
tazetto haih ah Johanan; takawtto haih ah Elzabad,
13 Next was [another man whose name was] Jeremiah. The last was Macbannai.
hato haih ah Jeremiah, hatlaito haih ah Makbanai to oh.
14 Those men from the tribe of Gad were all army officers. Some of them commanded 1,000 soldiers, and some of them commanded 100 soldiers.
Hae kaminawk loe Gad ih caanawk thungah misatuh zaaehoikung ah oh o, tamsi koekah cumvaito, kapop koekah sangto oh o.
15 They crossed [to the west side of] the Jordan [River] during March, [at the time of the year] when the river was flooded. They chased from there all the people who lived in the valleys on both sides of the river.
Jordan vapui taeng tui mah uengh boihhaih khrah tangsuek naah, azawn ah kaom kaminawk loe ni angyae bang hoiah niduem bangah cawnh o boih.
16 Some other men from the tribe of Benjamin and from Judah also came to David in his fortress.
Benjamin kaminawk hoi Judah kaminawk loe David misa abuephaih ahmuen ah angzoh o.
17 David went out [of the cave] to meet them and said to them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, I am eager to have you join with me. But if you have come to enable my enemies to capture me, even though I [SYN] have not done anything to harm you, I hope/wish that the God whom our ancestors (worshiped/belonged to) will see it and condemn/punish you.”
David loe nihcae dawt hanah caeh moe, nihcae khaeah, Kai abomh hanah poekmonghaih hoiah nang zoh o nahaeloe, nangcae abomh hanah ka ohcoek; toe ka misanawk hmaa ah kai nang phat o taak nahaeloe, ka sakpazaehaih om ai pongah, aicae ampa ih Sithaw mah khen nasoe loe, nangcae nuiah lokcaek nasoe, tiah a naa.
18 Then [God’s] Spirit came upon Amasai, who was another leader of the thirty [greatest warriors], and he said, “David, we want to be with you; you who are the son of Jesse, we will join you. We know that things will go very well [DOU] for you and for those who are with you, because your God is helping you.”
To pacoengah kami quithumto zaehoikung kacoehta Amasai nuiah Muithla to angzoh, Anih mah David, kaicae loe nang ih kami ah ni ka oh o, Jesse capa, kaicae loe nang bangah ni ka oh o: nang khaeah, monghaih, monghaih to om nasoe! Nang abomh kaminawk khaeah monghaih om nasoe; na Sithaw mah nang ang bomh, tiah a naa. To pongah David mah nihcae to talawk moe, angmah ih misatuh zaehoikung ah suek.
19 So David welcomed those men, and he appointed them to be leaders of his soldiers. Some men from the tribe of Manasseh also joined David when he went with the soldiers of Philistia to fight against Saul’s [army]. But David and his men did not really help the army of Philistia. After the leaders of Philistia talked [about David and his soldiers], they sent David away. They said, “If David joins his master Saul again, we will all be killed {his army will kill all of us}!”
Philistin kaminawk hoi Saul tuk hanah a caeh naah, thoemto Manasseh kaminawk loe David khaeah angzoh o; nihcae loe angmah ih angraeng Saul khaeah akun o ueloe, aicae ih lu nganbawh kana paek o tih, tiah a thuih o pongah, David hoi anih ih kaminawk mah Philistin kaminawk to abomh o ai, angmacae angraengnawk hoi lok angdueng o pacoengah, David to kalah bangah patoeh o ving.
20 When David went to Ziklag, these were the men from the tribe of Manasseh who went with him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, [another man whose name was] Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each of them had been a commander of 1,000 men [in Saul’s army].
David Ziklag vangpui ah caeh naah, Manasseh acaeng Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Mikael, Jozabad, Elihu hoi Zallethai cae to anih khaeah angzoh o; hae kaminawk loe Manasseh acaeng sangto ukkung ah oh o.
21 They were all brave soldiers, and they helped David to fight against the groups of men who roamed throughout the country, robbing people. So those men became commanders in David’s army.
To kaminawk loe thacak misatuh angraeng ah oh o moe, mingcah ban thung hoiah David bomkung ah oh o.
22 Every day more men joined David’s men, and his army became large, like [SIM] the army of God (OR, a very huge army).
Nito pacoeng nito, Sithaw ih misatuh kami baktiah, thacak parai misatuh kami tawn ai nathung, David to abomh hanah kaminawk angzoh o.
23 These are the numbers of soldiers who were ready for battle who joined David at Hebron [city]. They came to help him to become the king of Israel to replace Saul, as Yahweh had promised would happen.
Angraeng mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah, Saul ukhaih prae to David khaeah paqoi pae ving hanah, Hebron ah David khaeah angzo, misatuk han amsakcoek kaminawk loe,
24 There were 6,800 men from Judah, who carried shields and spears.
aphaw hoi tayae kasin, misatuh Judah kaminawk sang taruk quitazetto,
25 There were 7,100 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were all strong warriors trained to fight battles.
misatuk han amsakcoek thacak Simeon kaminawk sang sarih, cumvaito,
26 There were 4,600 men from the tribe of Levi.
Levi kaminawk sang pali, quitarukto oh o,
27 Jehoiada, who was a leader descended from Aaron, was in that group of descendants of Levi, and there were 3,700 men with him.
Jehoiada loe Aaron acaeng zaehoikung ah oh moe, kami sang thum, cumvai sarihto,
28 Zadok, a strong young soldier, was also in that group, and there were 22 other leaders from his clan who came with him.
thacak thendoeng Zadok hoi anih ampa ih imthung takoh thung hoiah misatuh angraeng pumphae hnetto,
29 There were 3,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who were Saul’s relatives. Most of them had previously wanted one of Saul’s descendants to be the king.
Benjamin acaengnawk thung hoiah Saul ih nawkamyanawk sang thumto oh o; hae acaeng thungah kami pop loe Saul ih imthung nuiah oepthok ah khosah kami ah oh o.
30 There were 20,800 men from the tribe of Ephraim who were all brave warriors and trained for fighting battles and famous in their own clans.
Thacak moe, angmacae acaeng thungah ahmin kamthang Ephraim ih acaeng sing hnet, sang tazetto,
31 There were 18,000 men from the half of the tribe of Manasseh [that lived west of the Jordan River]. They were all chosen to go and help David become the king.
David to siangpahrang ah suek hanah ahmin paek ahap Manasseh acaeng thung ih kami sang hatlai tazetto oh o.
32 There were 200 men who were leaders from the tribe of Issachar, along with their relatives. Those leaders always knew what the Israelis should do, and they knew the right time to do it.
Atue panoek moe, Israel kaminawk mah sak han koi panoek kami, Issakar kami kacoehta cumvai hnetto oh o, nihcae ih nawkamyanawk loe nihcae tlim ah toksak hanah amsak o coek.
33 There were 55,000 men from the tribe of Zebulun. They were all experienced warriors and knew how to use all kinds of weapons well. They were completely loyal to David.
Misatuh kop, misa angtukhaih hmuenmae hoi akoep ah kaom, misatuh thaih Zebulun kami sing pangato oh o.
34 There were 1,000 officers from the tribe of Naphtali. With them were 37,000 soldiers, each carrying shields and spears.
Naphtali acaeng hoi misatuh angraeng sangto, aphaw hoi tayae sin kami sing thum, sang sarihto oh o.
35 There were 28,600 soldiers from the tribe of Dan, all trained to fight battles.
Misatuk kop Dan acaeng loe sing hnet, sang tazet, cumvai tarukto oh o.
36 There were 47,000 experienced soldiers from the tribe of Asher, all trained to fight battles.
Misatuk kop misatuk han amsakcoek Asher acaeng loe sing palito oh o.
37 There were also 120,000 soldiers from the area east of the Jordan [River who joined David]. They were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They had all kinds of weapons.
Jordan vapui yaeh ih Reuben, Gad hoi ahap Manasseh kami thung hoiah maiphaw congca sin kami sing hatlaihnetto oh o.
38 All those men were soldiers who volunteered to be in David’s army. They came to Hebron wanting very much to enable David to be the king of all of the Israeli people.
Hae kaminawk boih loe misatuk kop kami, misatuh thaih angdoethaih ahmuen ah angdoet o moe, David to Israel kaminawk boih ukkung siangpahrang ah suek hanah poekhaih katawn, Hebron ah angzo kami ah oh o; kanghmat Israel kaminawk boih mah doeh David to siangpahrang ah suek hanah poekhaih tawn o.
39 The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, because their families had given them food to take with them.
To kaminawk loe David khaeah ni thumto oh o moe, a naek o moe, a caak o; angmacae nawkamyanawk mah caaknaek to paek o.
40 Also, their fellow Israelis came from as far away as the area where the tribes of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali lived, bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought a lot of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, [olive] oil, cattle and sheep. And throughout Israel, the people were very joyful.
A taengah kaom Issakar, Zebulun hoi Naphtali kaminawk loe caaknaek to laa hrang, kaengkuu hrang, mule hrang hoi maitawnawk hoiah phawh pae o; nihcae loe anghoe o parai pongah, Israel prae thungah takaw dip, thaiduet thaih hoi sak ih takaw, misur thaih kazaek hoiah sak ih takaw, misurtui, situi, maitawnawk hoi tuunawk to sin pae o.
