Sie Tokosra 20
1 Tokosra Benhadad lun Syria el orani un mwet mweun nukewa lal. Oasr kasreyal sin tokosra tolngoul luo ke mutunfacl saya, wi horse ac chariot natulos. Elos fahsryak kuhlusya acn Samaria ac mweuni.
Then Benhadad, the king of Syria, gathered together his entire army. And there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. And ascending, he fought against Samaria, and he besieged it.
2 Tokosra Benhadad el supwala mwet utuk kas lal nu in siti uh nu yorol Tokosra Ahab lun Israel, in fahk, “Tokosra Benhadad el fahk ke sap ku lal
And sending messengers into the city, to Ahab, the king of Israel,
3 mu kom in fuhleang silver ac gold lom nu sel, wi mutan kiom ac tulik nukewa nutum ma ku in mano.”
he said: “Thus says Benhadad: Your silver and your gold is mine. And your wives and your best sons are mine.”
4 Ac Ahab el topuk ac fahk, “Folokot ac fahk nu sel Tokosra Benhadad, leum luk, lah nga ac oru oana ma el fahk. El ku in eisyu ac ma nukewa luk.”
And the king of Israel responded, “In agreement with your word, my lord the king, I am yours, with all that is mine.”
5 Tok kutu, mwet utuk kas uh sifilpa foloko nu yorol Ahab ac us pac soko sap sel Benhadad su fahk ouinge: “Nga sapot tari nu sum kom in supwama silver, gold, mutan ac tulik.
And the messengers, returning, said: “Thus says Benhadad, who sent us to you: Your silver and your gold, and your wives and your sons, you shall give to me.
6 A inge, nga ac supwaot mwet kol fulat lun mwet mweun luk in iluhsya kewa koanon inkul sum, oayapa lohm sin mwet kol fulat lom, ac eis ma nukewa ma elos pangon mu ma saok. Elos ac sun acn ingan pacl se pacna inge lutu.”
Therefore, tomorrow, at this same hour, I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. And all that pleases them, they will put in their hands and take away.”
7 Tokosra Ahab el pangoneni mwet kol nukewa lun facl sac ac fahk, “Kowos liye ke mwet se inge sukna in kunauskutla uh? El supwama kas nu sik ac sap ngan supwala mutan kiuk, tulik nutik, silver ac gold, ac nga tuh wi na sap lal.”
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and he said: “Let your souls take heed, and see that he commits treachery against us. For he sent to me for my wives and sons, and for silver and gold. And I did not refuse.”
8 Na mwet kol ac mwet uh topuk, “Nimet lohng ma el fahk ingan. Nimet kom munasla.”
And all those greater by birth, with all the people, said to him, “You should neither listen, nor acquiesce to him.”
9 Ouinge Ahab el fahk nu sin mwet utuk kas lal Benhadad, “Fahkang nu sel tokosra, leum luk, lah nga ac oru sap soko lal meet ah, tusruktu sap soko tok an nga tia ku in lela.” Mwet utuk kas inge som twe sifilpa foloko ke soko pac sap
And so, he responded to the messengers of Benhadad: “Tell my lord the king: Everything about which you sent to me in the beginning, I your servant will do. But this thing, I am not able to do.”
10 sel Benhadad, fahk mu, “Nga ac fahsrot ac us pisen mwet ma ac ku in kunausla siti sum an, ac usla nufon ipin eot mokutkuti inpaolos. Lela god uh in uniyuwi ngan misa, nga fin tia orala!”
And returning, the messengers took this to him, and he sent again and said, “May the gods do these things to me, and may they add these other things, if the dust of Samaria is enough to fill the hands of all the people who follow me.”
11 Tokosra Ahab el topuk, “Fahkang nu sel Tokosra Benhadad lah mwet mweun pwaye se oru konkin lal tukun mweun, tia meet liki.”
And responding, the king of Israel said, “Tell him that one who is girded should not boast the same as one who is ungirded.”
12 Benhadad el eis top lal Ahab ke pacl se ma el, ac tokosra saya ma welul ah, nimnim in lohm nuknuk selos. El sapkin nu sin mwet mweun lal in akola in mweuni siti sac, na elos fahsryang nu yen elos ac mweun we.
Then it happened that, when Benhadad had heard this word, he and the kings were drinking in a pavilion. And he said to his servants, “Encircle the city.” And they encircled it.
13 In pacl sac, mwet palu se som nu yorol Tokosra Ahab ac fahk, “LEUM GOD El fahk, ‘Nikmet sangeng sin un mwet mweun lulap se ingan. Nga ac sot kom in kutangulosla misenge, na kom fah etu lah nga pa LEUM GOD.’”
And behold, one prophet, drawing near to Ahab, the king of Israel, said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Certainly, you have seen this entire exceedingly great multitude? Behold, I will deliver them into your hand today, so that you may know that I am the Lord.”
14 Ahab el siyuk, “Su ac us mweun uh?” Ac mwet palu sac fahk, “LEUM GOD El fahk mu mwet mweun fusr su kolyuk sin kais sie governor in acn Israel pa ac us mweun uh.” Na tokosra el siyuk, “Ac su ac sapsap nu sin mwet nukewa?” Mwet palu sac fahk, “Kom.”
And Ahab said, “By whom?” And he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: By the footmen of the leaders of the provinces.” And he said, “Who should begin to do battle?” And he said, “You should.”
15 Ouinge tokosra el pangoneni mwet mweun fusr nukewa su muta ye kolyuk lun governor lun kais sie acn in facl Israel, su pisalos mwet luofoko tolngoul luo nufon. Na el pangonak un mwet mweun lun Israel, su pisalos mwet itkosr tausin.
Therefore, he took a count of the servants of the leaders of the provinces. And he found the number to be two hundred thirty-two. And he set them in order after the people, all the sons of Israel, who were seven thousand.
16 Mweun sac mutawauk ke infulwen len, ke Benhadad ac tokosra tolngoul luo su welul elos sruhila in lohm nuknuk selos.
And they went out at midday. But Benhadad was drinking; he was inebriated in his pavilion, and the thirty-two kings with him, who had arrived in order to assist him.
17 Mwet mweun fusr Israel elos fahsr meet. Benhadad el tuh supwala mwet kalngeyuk lal in liye acn meeto, ac elos foloko ac fahk nu sel lah un mwet mweun se pa tuku Samaria me.
Then the servants of the leaders of the provinces went out to the first place, at the front. And so, Benhadad sent, and they reported to him, saying: “Men have gone out from Samaria.”
18 Benhadad el sapkin, “Elos finne tuku in mweun ku in suk misla, sruokolosi a nimet onelosla.”
And he said: “If they have arrived for peace, apprehend them alive; if to do battle, capture them alive.”
19 Mwet mweun fusr uh pa us mutun mweun uh, ac un mwet mweun lun Israel fahsr tokolos.
Therefore, the servants of the leaders of the provinces went out, and the remainder of the army was following.
20 Kais sie sin mwet mweun lun Israel inge uniya mwet se ma el anwuk nu se. Mwet Syria elos kaing, ac mwet Israel ukwalos na. A Benhadad el kaingla fin horse natul, wi pac kutu mwet mweun lal su kasrusr fin horse.
And each one struck down the man who came against him. And the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Also, Benhadad, the king of Syria, fled on a horse, with his horsemen.
21 Tokosra Ahab el som nu yen mweun uh orek we, ac sruokya horse ac chariot, ac orala kutangla na lulap se fin mwet Syria.
But the king of Israel, going out, struck the horses and the chariots, and he struck the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 Na mwet palu sac som nu yorol Tokosra Ahab ac fahk, “Folokla ac musaeak un mwet mweun lom an, akola akwoye, mweyen tokosra lun Syria el ac sifil foloko mweuni kom meet liki infulwen yac fahsru.”
Then a prophet, drawing near to the king of Israel, said to him: “Go and be strengthened. And know and see what you are doing. For in the following year, the king of Syria will rise up against you.”
23 Mwet kol fulat lal Tokosra Benhadad elos fahk nu sel, “God lun mwet Israel ingan elos god fineol, pa pwanang mwet Israel elos kutangkutla. Tuh kut lulalfongi na yohk lah kut ac kutangulosla kut fin mweunelos yen tupasrpasr.
Then truly, the servants of the king of Syria said to him: “Their gods are the gods of the mountains; because of this, they have overwhelmed us. But it is better that we fight against them in the plains, and then we will prevail over them.
24 Inge kom eisla tokosra tolngoul luo liki kunokon lalos, ac sang mwet kol ma pisrla ke mweun yen tupasrpasr in aolulos.
Therefore, you should do this word: Remove each of the kings from your army, and set commanders in their place.
25 Na kom pangoneni mwet mweun lom an in pus oana pisen mwet ma tuh kaingkinkomla, ac sokak horse ac chariot in oana pisen ma wanginla. Kut ac mweuni mwet Israel yen tupasrpasr, ac kut ac fah kutangulosla ke fwil se inge.” Tokosra Benhadad el insese ke kas in kasru lalos inge, ac el oru oana.
And replace the number of soldiers who have been cut down of yours, and the horses, in accord with the earlier number of horses, and the chariots, in accord with the number of chariots that you had before. And we will fight against them in the plains, and you will see that we will prevail over them.” And he trusted in their counsel, and he did so.
26 Meet liki infulwen yac se tok ah, el pangoneni mwet lal ac welulos som nwe ke siti Aphek in mweuni mwet Israel.
Therefore, after the passing of the year, Benhadad took a count of the Syrians, and he ascended to Aphek, so that he might fight against Israel.
27 Mwet Israel uh pangonyukeni ac akola kufwen mwe mweun natulos, ac som nu nien aktuktuk lalos, ac orekelik nu ke u luo, ac tu forang nu sin mwet Syria. Mwet Israel inge elos oana u srisrik luo ke nani fin lumweyuk elos nu ke pisen mwet Syria, su fahsrelik ac nwakla in polo acn sac nufon.
Then the sons of Israel were numbered, and taking provisions, they set out to the opposite side. And they stretched out the camp facing them, like two little flocks of goats. But the Syrians filled the land.
28 Sie mwet palu som nu yorol Tokosra Ahab ac fahk, “Pa inge ma LEUM GOD El fahk: ‘Mweyen mwet Syria elos fahk mu nga sie god fineol uh ac tia god nu yen tupasrpasr, nga ac sot kom in kutangla un mwet mweun lulap se inge, na kom ac mwet lom nukewa fah etu lah nga pa LEUM GOD.’”
And one man of God, drawing near, said to the king of Israel: “Thus says the Lord: Because the Syrians have said, ‘The Lord is the God of the mountains, but he is not the God of the valleys,’ I will deliver this entire great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
29 Mwet Syria ac mwet Israel elos mutana in acn elos aktuktuk we ac ngetani nu sie ke len itkosr. Ke len se akitkosr elos mutawauk in mweun, ac mwet Israel elos uniya siofok tausin mwet mweun lun Syria.
And for seven days, both sides arranged each of their battle lines. Then, on the seventh day, the war was undertaken. And the sons of Israel struck down, from the Syrians, one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
30 Mwet Syria ma lula elos kaingla nu in siti Aphek, twe pot we ah topla ac toanya pac longoul itkosr tausin selos. Benhadad el kaingla pac nu in siti uh ac wikla in sie fukil oan etok ke sie lohm.
Then those who had remained fled to Aphek, into the city. And the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men of those who had remained. Then Benhadad, fleeing, entered the city, into a room that was inside another room.
31 Mwet pwapa fulat lal ah som nu yorol ac fahk, “Kut lohng mu tokosra lun mwet Israel elos mwet na kulang. Filikutla kut in losya infulwasr ke nuknuk yohk eoa ac pwelah insifasr ke sucl, ac som nu yorol tokosra lun Israel. Na sahp el ac nunak munas nu sum ac tia unikomi.”
And his servants said to him: “Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel show clemency. And so, let us put sackcloth around our waists, and ropes on our heads, and let us go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will save our lives.”
32 Ouinge elos losya infulwalos ke nuknuk yohk eoa, ac pwelah inkwawalos ke sucl, ac som nu yorol Ahab ac fahk, “Benhadad, mwet kulansap lom, el kwafe nu sum tuh kom in lela elan moul.” Ac Ahab el fahk, “Ku el srakna moul? Wona! El oana tamulel se nu sik!”
So they wrapped sackcloth around their waists, and they placed ropes on their heads. And they went to the king of Israel, and they said to him: “Your servant, Benhadad, says: ‘I beg you to let my soul live.’” And he replied, “If he is still alive, he is my brother.”
33 Mwet pwapa fulat lal Benhadad elos tupan lah oasr akul wo elos ac liye, ac ke Ahab el fahk “tamulel” na elos sulaklak na fahk, “Pwaye sum, Benhadad el tamulel lom!” Na Ahab el sap, “Usalu nu yuruk.” Ke Benhadad el sun acn we, Ahab el solal elan fanyak welul fin chariot natul uh.
The men accepted this as a good sign. And hastily, they took up the word from his mouth, and they said, “Benhadad is your brother.” And he said to them, “Go, and bring him to me.” Therefore, Benhadad went out to him, and he lifted him onto his chariot.
34 Benhadad el fahk nu sel, “Nga ac folokonot siti nukewa ma papa tumuk ah tuh eisla sin papa tomom ah, ac kom fah orala sie acn in kuka ah lom in acn Damascus, oana ke papa tumuk el tuh oru in acn Samaria.” Ahab el topuk, “Ke sripen ma kital aetuila kac inge, nga ac aksukosokyekomla.” Na el orala sie wulela ku inmasrloltal, ac aksukosokyalla.
And he said to him: “The cities that my father took from your father, I will return. And you may make streets for yourself in Damascus, just as my father made in Samaria. And after we have made a pact, I will withdraw from you.” Therefore, he formed a pact with him, and he released him.
35 Ke sap lun LEUM GOD, sie mwet palu inmasrlon un mwet palu el sap sie pac selos in puokilya. Tusruktu el srangesr oru.
Then a certain man from the sons of the prophets said to his associate, by the word of the Lord, “Strike me.” But he was not willing to strike.
36 Na mwet se ma sapkin el fahk nu sel, “Mweyen kom tia akos ma LEUM GOD El sapkin, lion soko ac unikomi ke kom ac tufahna fahla likiyu.” Na ke el tufahna fahla lukel, lion soko fahsryak twe unilya.
And he said to him: “Because you were not willing to heed the voice of the Lord, behold, you will depart from me, and a lion will slay you. And when he had departed a short distance from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
37 Na mwet palu sac sifilpa som nu yurin sie pac mwet ac fahk, “Puokyuwi!” Na el oru oana el fahk — el liksrenina puokilya na el kineta.
But upon finding another man, he said to him, “Strike me.” And he struck him, and wounded him.
38 Mwet palu sac pwela mutal ke nuknuk se tuh in tia akilenyuk el, ac el som tu inkanek ah, soano tokosra Israel elan tuku.
Then the prophet departed. And he met the king along the way, and he changed his appearance by sprinkling dust around his mouth and eyes.
39 Ke pacl se tokosra el tuku, na mwet palu sac wola ac fahk, “Leum fulat, ke nga tuh muta ke mweun ah, sie sin mwet mweun ah use sie mwet lokoalok ma el tuh sruokya, ac fahk nu sik, ‘Taranul el uh. El fin kaingla, mwata ac oan fom: fin tia anwuki kom, kom ac moli ke tolu tausin ipin silver.’
And when the king had passed by, he cried out to the king, and he said: “Your servant went out to do battle in close quarters. And when one man had fled, a certain person brought him to me, and he said: ‘Guard this man. For if he slips away, your life will take the place of his life, or you will weigh out one talent of silver.’
40 Tusruk nga tuh kafofo ke kutepacna ma saya, na mwet sac kaingla.” Tokosra el fahk, “Kom sifacna pakiya mwe kalya nu sum uh, ac kom fah akkeokyeyuk fal nu kac.”
And while I was distracted, turning one way and another, suddenly, he was not to be seen.” And the king of Israel said to him, “This is your judgment, that which you yourself have decreed.”
41 Mwet palu sac tulakunla ipin nuknuk sac liki mutal, na tokosra el akilenulak lah sie sin mwet palu ah pa el.
Then immediately, he wiped away the dust from his face, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.
42 Na mwet palu sac fahk nu sel tokosra, “Pa inge kas sin LEUM GOD: ‘Mweyen kom tuh lela mwet se nga sap in anwuki in kaingla, kom ac fah moli ke moul lom, ac un mwet mweun lom ac fah kunausyukla mweyen elos lela un mwet mweun lal in kaingla.’”
And he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Because you have released from your hand a man worthy of death, your life will take the place of his life, and your people will take the place of his people.”
43 Tokosra el folokla nu in acn sel Samaria, ac el fosrnga ac inse toasr.
And so the king of Israel returned to his house, unwilling to listen, and a fury entered into Samaria.
