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.
David el muta Ziklag, acn el tuh som nu we ke el kakaingkunul Tokosra Saul. Pus mwet mweun fas ac oaru elos tuh welulang in pacl sac.
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.
Mwet ingan ma ke sruf lal Benjamin, sruf pac lal Saul. Elos fin pisr, ku orekmakin fuht natulos, elos ku in orekmakin paolos kewa, layot ac lasa.
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];
Captain lun u se inge pa Ahiezer ac Joash, wen luo natul Shemaah, mwet Gibeah. Inen mwet mweun wialos pa inge: Jeziel ac Pelet, wen luo natul Azmaveth Beracah ac Jehu, mwet Anathoth
4 Ishmaiah from the Gibeon [city], who was a leader of the thirty mighty warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah [town];
Ishmaiah mwet Gibeon, sie mwet mweun pwengpeng su sie sin mwet kol lun “Mwet Tolngoul” Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johannan, ac Jozabad, mwet Gederah
5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph [town];
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, ac Shephatiah, mwet Hariph
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam, who were descendants of Korah;
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, ac Jashobeam, mwet Korah
7 Joelah and Zebadiah, who were sons of Jeroham, from Gedor [town].
Joelah ac Zebadiah, wen natul Jeroham mwet Gedor
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.
Pa inge inen mwet mweun pwengpeng ac fas in sruf lal Gad su weang un mwet lal David ke el tuh muta ke pot se yen mwesis ah. Elos arulana etu orekmakin mwe loeyuk ac osra. Ngetnget lalos sulallal oana mutun lion, ac elos irpit oana deer fineol uh.
9 Ezer was their leader. Next in command was Obadiah. Next was Eliab.
Pa inge takin wal lalos: Ezer pa emeet, Obadiah akluo, Eliab aktolu,
10 Next was Mishmannah. Next was Jeremiah.
Mishmannah akakosr, Jeremiah aklimekosr,
11 Next was Attai. Next was Eliel.
Attai akonkosr, Eliel akitkosr,
12 Next was Johanan. Next was Elzabad.
Johanan akoalkosr, Elzabad akeu,
13 Next was [another man whose name was] Jeremiah. The last was Macbannai.
Jeremiah aksingoul, ac Machbannai aksingoul sie.
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.
Kutu sin mwet in sruf lal Gad inge elos captain fulat fin tausin, ac kutu elos mwet kol fin foko.
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.
Ke malem se meet in yac se ma Infacl Jordan tuh sronot lulap, mwet inge elos fahsr sasla infacl ah, ac ukweak mwet nukewa su muta ke infahlfal nu kutulap, oayapa infahlfal nu roto.
16 Some other men from the tribe of Benjamin and from Judah also came to David in his fortress.
Sie pacl ah sie u sin mwet Benjamin ac mwet Judah elos fahla nu ke pot se David el muta we.
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 el som in sonolos ac el fahk nu selos, “Kowos fin tuku ke misla tuh kowos in kasreyu, nga engan in paing kowos. Fahsru, wikutyang! A kowos fin nunku in tukakinyuyak nu sin mwet lokoalok luk, sruhk wangin ma nga oru koluk nu suwos, God lun papa tumasr El etu, ac El ac fah sot kaiyuk nu suwos.”
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.”
Na ngun lun God tuku ke ku nu fin sie selos, Amasai, su tok el pa captain lun “Mwet Tolngoul” ah, ac el fahk ke pusra lulap, “David, wen natul Jesse, kut mwet lom! Insewowo nu sum ac nu selos nukewa su kasrekom! God El wi kom lac.” David el paingulos ac eisalos tuh elos in captain lun un mwet mweun lal.
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}!”
Kutu mwet mweun in sruf lal Manasseh elos tuh welulang David ke pacl se el wi mwet Philistia som in mweunel Tokosra Saul. Tusruktu David el tuh tiana kasru mwet Philistia in pacl sac, ke sripen tokosra lalos elos sensen mu David el ac tuh forla welul Saul lainulos, oru elos folokunulla David nu Ziklag.
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].
Pa inge inen mwet mweun lun Manasseh su welulang David ke pacl el folok ah: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, ac Zillethai. Kais sie mwet inge elos tuh captain fin mwet mweun sie tausin in acn Manasseh.
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.
Elos kulansupwal David ac kol mwet mweun lal, mweyen elos nukewa mwet na fas ke mweun. Tok, elos captain lun un mwet mweun lun Israel nufon.
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).
Apkuran in len nukewa oasr mwet sasu welulang David, pwanang un mwet mweun lal ah sa na in kui ac arulana yohk.
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.
Ke David el tuh muta Hebron, mwet mweun puspis elos tuku weang un mwet mweun lal in kasrel tuh elan aolulla Saul ac tokosra, oana ma LEUM GOD El tuh wulela kac.
24 There were 6,800 men from Judah, who carried shields and spears.
Pisen mwet Judah ma utuk mwe loang ac osra pa mwet onkosr tausin oalfoko.
25 There were 7,100 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were all strong warriors trained to fight battles.
Pisen mwet Simeon su akola nu ke mweun pa mwet itkosr tausin siofok.
26 There were 4,600 men from the tribe of Levi.
Pisen mwet Levi pa mwet akosr tausin onfoko:
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.
mwet lal Jehoiada in fwil lal Aaron, oasr mwet tolu tausin itfoko,
28 Zadok, a strong young soldier, was also in that group, and there were 22 other leaders from his clan who came with him.
mwet in sou lal Zadok, su sie mwet fusr pulaik, oasr mwet kol longoul luo.
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.
Pisen mwet Benjamin (sruf lal Saul sifacna) pa mwet tolu tausin — pusiyen mwet Benjamin elos tuh welul na Saul.
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.
Pisen mwet Ephraim pa mwet longoul tausin oalfoko su pwengpeng in sou lalos sifacna.
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.
Pisen mwet in Tafun Manasseh Roto pa mwet singoul oalkosr tausin su sulosolla in som ac akleumyal David.
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.
Pisen mwet Issachar pa mwet kol luofoko, weang pac mwet lalos uh. (Mwet inge kewa etu ma fal mwet Israel in oru, oayapa ke pacl fal in mukuikui kac).
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.
Pisen mwet Zebulun pa mwet lumngaul tausin su alken ke orekma ac arulana pwaye insialos, oayapa elos etu orekmakinyen mwe mweun nukewa.
34 There were 1,000 officers from the tribe of Naphtali. With them were 37,000 soldiers, each carrying shields and spears.
Pisen mwet Naphtali pa sie tausin mwet kol, weang pac mwet tolngoul itkosr tausin su utuk mwe loeyuk ac osra.
35 There were 28,600 soldiers from the tribe of Dan, all trained to fight battles.
Pisen mwet Dan pa mwet longoul oalkosr tausin onfoko su akpah tari nu ke mweun.
36 There were 47,000 experienced soldiers from the tribe of Asher, all trained to fight battles.
Pisen mwet Asher pa mwet angngaul tausin su akola nu ke mweun.
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.
Pisen mwet Reuben ac Gad ac Tafun Manasseh Kutulap, (sruf inge kewa muta kutulap in Infacl Jordan) oasr mwet siofok longoul tausin, ac elos nukewa pahla ke utuk kain in mwe mweun nukewa.
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.
Mwet mweun inge nukewa elos akola nu ke mweun ke elos som nu Hebron ke sripa sifanna: in akleumyal David tuh elan tokosra fin Israel nufon. Ac mwet Israel nukewa wialos insese pac nu kac.
39 The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, because their families had given them food to take with them.
Mwet mweun inge elos muta yorol David ke lusen len tolu, ac elos mongo ac nim ma mwet Israel wialos tuh akoo nu selos.
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.
Finne mwet su muta loesla nu epang — oana mwet in sruf lun Issachar, Zebulun, ac Naphtali — elos utuk mwe mongo fin donkey, camel, miul, ac cow natulos. Pukanten flao, fig, tun in raisin, wain, ac oil in olive. Elos usla pac cow ac sheep, elos in uniya mwe mongo pac. Ma inge nukewa mwe akkalemye lupan engan lun mwet Israel yen nukewa.
