¹And the days of David were at hand that he should die; and he enjoined Solomon his son saying,

¹Huan, David sih hun a hongnaita a; a tapa Solomon thu a piaa,

²I go the way of all the earth: be of good courage therefore, and be a man;

²Lei tengteng dan bangin ka pai tei sinta a: huchiin hat takin om inla, pasal pha takin om in;

³and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;

³Na thilhih peuhmah leh, na kiheina lam peuhmaha na lamzan theihna dingin Mosi dan a gelh bangin, Toupa na Pathianin a lampite jui ding leh a thuseh te, a thupiakte, a vaihawmte leh a thutheihsakte pom dinga thu a piakte jui in:

⁴that Jehovah may confirm his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee, said he, a man upon the throne of Israel.

⁴Toupa ka tungtang thua, Na suanten a lungtang tak uleh, a lungsim tak ua ka mitmuha thutaka om dinga a omdan ua a pilvang uleh Israelte laltutphaha tu ding mi na tatlak kei ding uh, chia a gen a hih kip sin ahi.

⁵And thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and upon his sandals that were on his feet.

⁵Huan, Zerui tapa Joabin a honbawlsdan, Israelte sepaih heutu nih Ner tapa Abner leh, Jether tapa Amasa te a bawldan na thei hi. Huchia a thaha, kilep laia kidou sisan suaha a suaha, a taia a kawnggaka leh a khedap buta kidouna sisan a bansakdan.

⁶And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom, and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

⁶Huchiin pha na sak dan bangin hih inla, a lu a kelsam pou hanah lungmuang takin tum sak ken.

⁷But shew kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came up to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

⁷Gilead mi Barzilai tate tungah bel hehpihna hihlangin, na dohkana an ummi dingin tel sakin; na unau Absolom akipana ka taimang laiin ka kiangah a hong ngala.

⁸And behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day that I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

⁸Huan, ngaiin Bahurim khuaa mi, Benjamin suan, Ger tapa Simei na kiangah a om a, aman mahanam muna ka hoh laiin hamse hoihlou pi a honloha, himahleh Jordanah hongdawn dingin a hong kuana, hauilaiah, namsauin ka honthatkei ding, chiin Toupa min louin a kiangah ka nakichiam ta hi.

⁹And now hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and thou shalt know what thou oughtest to do to him; but bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

⁹Huchiin mohlou louin jaw khah ken, mi pil na hi ngala; a tungah bang chiin na hih dia chih a hih leh na thei mai ding; a lu a kelsam pou sisan toh hanah na tumsak ding ahi, achia.

¹⁰And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

¹⁰Huan, David bel a pute kiangah a ihmu teitaa, David khopi ah a vui uh.

¹¹And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

¹¹Israelte tunga David lal sung bel kum sawmli ahi: Hebron khuaah kum sagih a lal a, Jerusalem khuaah kum sawmthum leh kum thum a lal.

¹²And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

¹²Huan, Solomon bel a pa David laltutphah ah a tu a; huchiin a gam nakpi taka hihkipin a hong omta hi.

¹³And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

¹³Huan, Hagith tapa Adonija bel Solomon nu Bat-seba kiangah a hoha. Aman, hoih lam thua hong na hi maw? achia. Aman, hoih lam thu ah hi e, a chi a.

¹⁴And he said, I have something to say to thee. And she said, Speak.

¹⁴Huan, na kiangah banghiam gen ding ka nei hi, achi nawn a, aman, gen ve, achi a.

¹⁵And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces on me that I should reign; but the kingdom is turned about and is become my brother's, for it was his from Jehovah.

¹⁵Huan, aman, gam keia a hita chih leh, Israelte tengtengin leng kumpipa dingin kei a hon en thek uh chih na theia: himahleh ka unaupa adingin gam a nahei nawn zota a: Toupa nana seh danin amaha ahi him ahi.

¹⁶And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.

¹⁶Tuin thil kahat honnget ding ka nei a, pha honsak sak lou mahmah ken, a chi a, huan, aman a kiangah, gen ve a chi a.

¹⁷And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king -- for he will not refuse thee -- that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.

¹⁷Huan, aman, hehpih takin kumpipa Solomon honhoupihsak inla (nang thu jaw a sel sin ngal kei a). Shunam mi Abisag ji dingin honnei sakin, a chi a.

¹⁸And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.

¹⁸Huan, Bat-seba, hile ake, kumpipa ka honna houpihsak ding, achia.

¹⁹And Bathsheba went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne; and he caused a throne to be set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.

¹⁹Huchiin, Bat-seba bel Adonija a dia kumpipa Solomon houpih dingin a kiangah a hohta hi. Huan, kumpipa amah kipahpih dingin a dinga, a maah a kuna, a laltutphah ah a tua, huan, kumpipa nu adingin laltutphah a tungsaka; a taklamah a tu ta hi.

²⁰Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.

²⁰Huchiin, thil khat neu chik petmah ka hon ngen ding; pha honsak lou sak mahmah ken, a chi a. Huan, kumpipan a kiangah ngen ve nu: pha ka honsak lou sak het kei ding, a chi a.

²¹And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.

²¹Huan, aman, Shunam mi Abisag na unaupa Adonija ji dingin nei sakin, a chi a.

²²And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

²²Huan, kumpipa Solomonin a dawnga, a nu kiangah, bang chidana Shunam mi Abisag pen Adonija dia ngen na hia oi? Gam leng nget sak vanglak tanla; amah ka u a vo oi; amah ading leh siampu Abiathar leh Zerui tapa Joab adingin leng ngen tan la, a chi a.

²³And king Solomon swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and more also, -- Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life!

²³Huchiin, kumpipa Solomonin Toupa min louin, Adonija thil ngetin amah tunga sihna thu gen a hih kei himhim leh Pathianin a lohlohin honloh mai hen huai sanga thupijaw in leng.

²⁴And now [as] Jehovah liveth, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

²⁴Huchiin, Toupa, a thuchiam banga honhihkip, ka pa David laltutphaha hontusak, inkuan honna phuhkhiaksakppa hinna louin ka gen hi. Adonija tuni mahmahin hihlup ngeingei sing ahi, chiin a kichiamta a.

²⁵And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.

²⁵Huchiin, kumpipa Solomonin Jehoiada tapa Benai a sawla, aman a vasuala, a thatta hi.

²⁶And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Go to Anathoth, to thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of Adonai Jehovah before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

²⁶Huan, siampu Abiathar kiangah kumpipan, Anathoth khuaah nang in leh lou ah pai mang in, si pah dia kilawm na hipeuh mah hi: himahleh ka pa David maa Toupa Pathian bawn na najawn sek jiakin leh ka pa haksatna thuakna tengtenga na nathuak sam sek jiakin tuin jaw ka honhihlum tadih kei ding, a chi a.

²⁷And Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

²⁷Huchiin, Solomonin Abiathar Toupa siampu a hihna a tawpsak a, Toupan Silo khuaa Eli inkuante tungtang thu a gen a tun theihna dingin.

²⁸And the report came to Joab (for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he had not turned after Absalom); and Joab fled to the tent of Jehovah, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

²⁸huan, huai thu Joab kiang a hongtunga, Joab bel Absalom lama pang jaw ahi keinaa, Adonija lama pang lah ahi ngala, huchiin, Joab Toupa Puanin ah a taia, maitam kite a lena.

²⁹And it was told king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Jehovah; and behold, he is by the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.

²⁹Huan, Toupa puanin ah Joab a taia, ngaiin, maitam bulah a om, chiin kumpipa Solomon a hilh ua. Huchiin kumpipa Solomon in Jehoiada tapa Benai, va sualin, chiin a sawl a.

³⁰And Benaiah came to the tent of Jehovah and said to him, Thus saith the king: Come forth. And he said, No; for I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

³⁰Huan, Benai Toupa puanin ah a hoh toua, a kiangah, kumpipan hongpawt khia heh a chi, achia. Huan, aman, hi lou e; hiaiah ka si mai ding, a chi a. Huan, Benaiin, Joabin hichiin a nachia, hichibangin a honna dawng hi, chiin kumpipa kiangah thu a tun nawn a.

³¹And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall upon him, and bury him; and take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

³¹Huan, kumpipan a kiangah, a chih bangin hih inla, vasual inla, vuiin, a jiak om hetloua Joabin sisan a suahna akipan kei leh ka pa inkote na hulsak theihna dingin,

³²And Jehovah shall requite the blood which he shed upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, without my father David's knowledge: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

³²Huchiin, amah sanga mi kizen jaw leh hoih jaw mi nih, Ner tapa Abner, Israelte sepaih heutu leh Jether tapa Amasa, Judate sepaih heutu ka pa David theih louha suala, namsaua thah jiakin Toupan a san amah lu tungah a kik sak nawn ding.

³³And their blood shall be requited upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Jehovah.

³³Huchiin, a sisan uh Joab lu tungah leh, a suante lu tungah khantawnin a kik dinga: David tungah te, a suante tungah te, a inkote tungah te, a laltutphah tungah te bel Toupa kianga kipan lungmuanna khantawnin a om nilouh ding, a chi a.

³⁴And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him, and put him to death; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

³⁴Huchiin, Jehoiada tapa Benai a vahoh toua, a vasuala, a that; huan, gamdaiah amah inah a vui uhi.

³⁵And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his stead over the host; and Zadok the priest the king put in the stead of Abiathar.

³⁵Huan, kumpipan Jehoiada tapa Benai bel sepaihte tungah a sikin a pangsaka: huan, siampu Zadok bel kumpipan Abiathar sikin a pangsak hi.

³⁶And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and abide there, and go not forth thence anywhere.

³⁶Huan, kumpipan Simei a sam saka, a kiangah, Jerusalem ah in lam inla huaiah om inla, huaia kipan koi dang mahah pawt ken.

³⁷And it shall be that on the day thou goest forth, and passest over the torrent of Kidron, ... know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

³⁷Na pawt ni, Kidron lui na kan ni niin na si ngeingei ding chih theiin: na sisan nangmah lutung mahah a om ding, a chi a.

³⁸And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

³⁸Huan, Simeiin kumpipa kiangah, a dik hi: Toupa ka puin a gen bangin na sikhain a hih jel ding, a chi a. Huan, Simei Jerusalemah sawt kuam tak a om a.

³⁹And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two servants of Shimei's ran away to Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei saying, Behold, thy servants are in Gath.

³⁹Huan, hichi ahia, kum thum a honghih nungin Simei sikhate laka nih Gath kho kumpipa Maak tapa Akis kiangah a tai ua; huan, ngaiin na sikhate Gath khuaah a om uh, chiin Simei a hilh ua.

⁴⁰Then Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath, to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

⁴⁰Huan, Simei a thoua, a sabengtung a vana, a sikhate zong dingin Gath khuaah Akis kiangah a hohta: huan, Simeiin Gath khuaa kipan a sikhate a vapi hi.

⁴¹And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.

⁴¹Huan, Simei Jerusalem khua akipan a pawta, Gath khuaah a vahoha, a hong kik chih Solomon a hilh uh.

⁴²And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make thee swear by Jehovah, and protest to thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest forth, and walkest abroad anywhere, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst to me, The word that I have heard is good.

⁴²Huan, kumpipan Simei a samsaka, a kiangah, na pawt ni, gam danga na pawtkhiak ni niin na si ngeingei ding, chiin Toupa min louin ka honkichiamsakin, ka hontheisak ahi kei maw? huan, nangmah inleng ka kiangah, na thu gen ka jak a hoih hi, na chi a.

⁴³Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I charged thee with?

⁴³Bangdia Toupa kichiamna leh thu ka honpiak tangtun lou na hia? a chi a.

⁴⁴And the king said to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father; and Jehovah returns thy wickedness upon thine own head;

⁴⁴Huan, kumpipa mahin Simei kiangah, na lungtang sunggil ginatlouhdan, ka pa David tunga na gamtatdante na thei vek: huchiin Toupan na thulimlouhna nangmah lu tung ngei ah a kiksak nawn ding.

⁴⁵and king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.

⁴⁵Kumpipa Solomon bel vualjawlin a om dinga, David laltutphah Toupa maa khantawna hihkip ahi ding, a chi a.Huchiin kumpipan Jehoiada tapa Benai thu a piaa; amah a kuana, a vasuala, a thatta hi. Huchiin gam Solomon khuta hihkipin a omta hi.

⁴⁶And the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who went out and fell upon him, and he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

⁴⁶Huchiin kumpipan Jehoiada tapa Benai thu a piaa; amah a kuana, a vasuala, a thatta hi. Huchiin gam Solomon khuta hihkipin a omta hi.