¹And Ben-Hadad king of Syria assembled all his host; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

¹Huan, Suria kumpipa Benhadad in a sepaih te tengteng a kaikhawm veka: kumpipa sawmthum leh nih a tel ua, sakol leh kangtalai te toh a kuan tou a, Samari khua ava um a, a suala.

²And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus says Ben-Hadad:

²Israel kumpipa Ahab kiangah khopi sungah mi a sawla, a kiangah, Benhadadin hichiin a chi,

³Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, the goodliest, are mine.

³Na dangka leh na dangkaengte keia ahi; na jite leh na tate, a hoihhoihte tanin keia ahi, chiin a chi a.

⁴And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

⁴Huan, Israel kumpipan ana dawnga, Ka pu, kumpipa aw, na gen bang himah ve aw; lei leh kaneih tengteng nanga ahi, a chi a.

⁵And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben-Hadad saying: I sent to thee indeed, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

⁵Huan, ami sawlte apai nawn ua, Benhadadin hichiin a chi, na kiangah, na dangka te, na dangkaengte, na jite, na tate na honpiak ding ahi, chiin mi a honsawl ngeia;

⁶but to-morrow about this time I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thy sight, they shall put in their hand and take away.

⁶Himahleh jingchiangin hichih hun ding khawngin ka mite na kiangah ka honsawl dinga, na in leh na mite in a honmai ding ua; huan, hichi ahi dinga, na mit lala a la ding ua, a honpaipih vek ding uh, chiin, a chi ua.

⁷And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this [man] seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

⁷Huchiin Israel kumpipan a gama upate tengteng a sama, na nathei un, hiai miin thil hoihlou tak hih a tupdan; ka kiangah mi a honsawla, ka jite, ka tate, ka dangkate, ka dangkaengte a hongngena, nana nial leng lah ahi ngal keia, a chi a.

⁸And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.

⁸Huan, upate tengteng leh mipi tengtengin a kiangah, na nalimsak nuam dah in, pha leng sa sam ken, a chi ua.

⁹And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

⁹Huchiin Benhadad mi sawlte kiangah, kumpipa ka pu kiangah, na sikhakianga mi sawla nahongnget masak tengteng bangin ka hih dinga; himahleh hiai jaw ka hih theikei ding, a chi hi, chi un, a chi a. Huchiin a misawlte a pai nawnta ua, huai thu a vatun nawn uh.

¹⁰And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me!

¹⁰HUan, Benhadadin a kiangah mi asawl nawna, ka nungjuite tengtengin Samari kho leivui pham khat chiat leng a muh theih ding ua leh pathianten a lohloh honloh uhen, huai sanga thupi jawin leng, a chi a.

¹¹And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!

¹¹Huan, Israel kumpipan a dawnga, mi a kigalvan lai takin, a kigalthuamna suah khesa bang takin a kiuangsak ngei kei uh, chiin vahilh dih ua, a chi a.

¹²And it came to pass when he heard this word, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the tents, that he said to his servants, Set yourselves. And they set themselves against the city.

¹²Huan, hichi ahi a, amah leh kumpipaten buktaa ju a nadawn khawm lai un huai thu Benhadadin a naja, a mite kiangah, kisa dih ua, a chi a, Huchiin khua sual dingin a kisata uh.

¹³And behold, a prophet drew near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

¹³Huan, ngaiin, jawlnei khatin Israel kumpipa Ahab a vanaiha, TOUPAN hichiin a chi: hiai mipi tampite na mu hia? Ngaiin, tuiin na khutah ka honpe ding ahi; huchiin kei Toupa ka hi chih na thei ding uh, chiin, a chi a.

¹⁴And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: By the servants of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? And he said, Thou.

¹⁴Huan, Ahabin, kua zangin eita? A chi a. Huan, aman, TOUPAN hichiin a chi, gam khentea heutute tangvalte zangin, chiin, a chi a. Huchiin aman, kuan galkap vai a hawm dia? a chi a. Huan, aman a dawng a, nang, a chi a.

¹⁵And he numbered the servants of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he numbered all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.

¹⁵Huchiin aman gam khentea heutute tangvalte a kaikhawma, za nih leh sawmthum leh nih ahi ua; huan, huai mite nungin mi tengteng, Israel suante tengteng a kaikhawma, sang sagih ahi uh.

¹⁶And they went out at noon; and Ben-Hadad drank himself drunk in the tents, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.

¹⁶Huan, sun lai takin a vapawt ua, Benhadad leh kumpipate, amah panpihpa kumpipa sawmthum leh nihte bel huai bukta ah a na dawn kham ua,

¹⁷And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they told him saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

¹⁷Huan, gam khentea heutute tangvalte a vapawt masa ua; huan, Benhadadin mi a sawla, amau, Samari khua akipana hongpawt a om uh, chiin a hilh a.

¹⁸And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

¹⁸Huan, aman, kilep tuma hong a hih uleh a hingin man unla, kidou tuma hong a hih uleh ahing mahin man un, a chi a.

¹⁹And these servants of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army that followed them.

¹⁹Huchiin huaite, gam khentea heutute tangvalte leh a honjui sepaihte khuaa kipanin apawt uh.

²⁰And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.

²⁰Huan, a bitum chiat uh a vathat ua; huchiin Suriate a taikekta ua, Israelten a delh uh; huan, Suria kumpipa Benhadad sakol tunga tuangin sakol tungtuang mite toh a tai kheta hi.

²¹And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

²¹Huan, Israel kumpipa a vapawt khiaa, sakol leh kangtalaite a vasuala, Suriate tampi a that hi.

²²And the prophet drew near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and understand, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

²²Huan, jawlneiin Israel kumpipa a vanaiha, a kiangah, kihat sak zok inla, na hihdan ding ngaihtuahin kum hong mang leh Suria kumpipan hong sual nawn sin ahi, a chi a.

²³And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the mountains; therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them on the plateau, shall we not be stronger than they?

²³Huan, Suria kumpipaten a kiangah, a pathiante uh tangte pathiante ahi uh; huaijiakin ei sanga hatjaw ei ve ua: phaijangah sualta le hang, amau sangin I hatzo ngeingei ding.

²⁴And do this: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their stead;

²⁴Huan, hichi bangin hihin: kumpipate a vek un kheng vek le chin, a sik un gam ukmite koih lechin;

²⁵and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them on the plateau: shall we not be stronger than they? And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.

²⁵Huan, sepaihte sakol leh kangtalaite, na mansuahsa zah geih sepaihpawl dingkhe thak sak nawnin; huchiin phaijangah I sual ding ua, amau sangin I hatjaw na ding hi, a chi ua. Huan, a thu uh a ngai a, huchibangin a hihta hi.

²⁶And it came to pass, at the return of the year, that Ben-Hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

²⁶Huan, a kum nawnin hichi ahia, Benhadadin Suriate a kaikhawma, Israelte sual dingin Aphek khuaah a hoh tou hi.

²⁷And the children of Israel were numbered and victualled, and they went against them; and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats; but the Syrians filled the land.

²⁷Huan, Israel suante a kikhawm ua, nek ding khawng a sek masasa ua, sual dingin a kisata uh; huan, Israel suanten kelnou tawmchik chik hon nih bang lelin a vanang ua; Suriate bel a gam dimin a pumdim uhi.

²⁸And the man of God drew near, and spoke to the king of Israel and said, Thus saith Jehovah: Because the Syrians have said, Jehovah is a god of the mountains, but he is not a god of the valleys, I will give all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

²⁸Huan, Pathian miin Israel kumpipa a vanaiha, a vahoupiha, a kiangah, Toupan hichiin a chi: Suriaten, Toupa tangte Pathian ahi a, guam Pathian jaw ahi kei, a chi ua; huaijiakin hiai mipi tampite na khutah ka honpe sin hi, huchiin kei Toupa ka hih na thei ding, chiin, a chi a.

²⁹And they encamped one over against the other seven days; and it came to pass that on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel smote of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

²⁹Huan, ni sagih sung tak a kinang tuah nilouh ua, Huan, hichi ahi a, a ni sagih niin a kisual ta ua; huan, Israel suanten Suria mite ni khatin sepaih nuai khat a that ua.

³⁰And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men of them that were left. And Ben-Hadad fled, and came into the city, [from] chamber to chamber.

³⁰Mi dangte bel Aphek ah, khopi sungah a tai lut ua, omlaite mi sing nih leh sang sagih kulh chimin a chip khumta. Huan, Benhadad a taia, khopi sungah dantan sunggilah a lut hi.

³¹And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save thy life.

³¹Huan, a lawiten a kiangah, ngaiin, Israel inko laka kumpipate mi hehpih tak kumpipa ahi uh chih thu ka ja ua: saiip puan tengin, ka lu ua khaua kikhihin Israel kumpipa kiangah honvahoh sakin; aman a hon hawi nuam khamoh kei ding, a chi ua.

³²And they girded sackcloth on their loins, and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-Hadad says, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

³²Huchiin saiip puan atengua, a lu uah khauin a kikhih ua, Israel kumpipa kiangah a vahoh ua, na sikha Bebhadadin, hehpihtakin honhawi heh, a chi hi, a chi ua, aman, dam lai ahi maw? Ka unaupa a ka, a chi a.

³³And the men took it as a good omen, and hastened to catch what came from him, and they said, Thy brother Ben-Hadad. ... And he said, Go, bring him. And Ben-Hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

³³Huai miten lung nuam takin, a lungsim thu tak a gen ahi ding chih umin, na unaupa Benhadad hi mah, a chi pah ua. Huchiin aman, va hoh unla, honpi un, a chi a. Huchiin Benhadad a hongpawt khiaa, a kiangah a hoha; huan, aman kangtalai ah a natuang saka.

³⁴And [Ben-Hadad] said to him, The cities that my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I [said Ahab] will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

³⁴Huan, Benhadadin a kiangah, ka pan na pa akipana khua a nalak te ka honpe nawn ding: huan, ka pan Samari khuaa dawlpi mun a bawl bangin Damaska khua ah na dawlpi mun ding na bawl sam ding hi, a chi a. Huan, huchibanga thu kikhungin ka hon paisak ding hi, a chi a. Huchiin a kiangah thu a khunga, a paisakta hi.

³⁵And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of Jehovah, Smite me, I pray thee. But the man refused to smite him.

³⁵Huan, jawlnei tapate laka mi khatin Toupa thuin a lawmpa kiangah, hon khen in, a chi a. Huan, huai miin a khen nuam kei.

³⁶Then said he to him, Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, behold, when thou departest from me, the lion will slay thee. And when he had departed from him, the lion found him and slew him.

³⁶Huchiin a kiangah, Toupa thu na man louh jiakin, ngaiin, mual na honkhup san takin, humpinelkaiin a honnakei ding, a chi a. Huan, a mualkhup takin humpinelkaiin a na mua, a kei a.

³⁷Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him violently, and wounded [him].

³⁷Huchiin mi dang a vamu nawna, hon khen in, a chi a. Huai, miin a khena, a khenliamta hi.

³⁸And the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a sash over his eyes.

³⁸Huchiin jawlnei apaia, lampi ah kumpipa a natanga, a talgaknaa a mitkhuhin a kibawl lamdanga.

³⁹And as the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me and said, Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

³⁹Huan, kumpipa a hongtunin kumpipa a nasama, kei na sikha kidoua pipen ah ka vahoha; huan, ngaiin, mi khat a hongkilehheia, ka kiangah mi khat a honpia, hiai mi na vengin, a tai mang leh a hinna sikin na hinna na tan dinga, ahihkeileh dangka talent khat na pe ding ahi, a chi a.

⁴⁰And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So [is] thy judgment: thyself hast decided [it].

⁴⁰Huan, kei na sikha ka pumbuai jiakin a napaimangta hi, a chi a. Huan, Israel kumpipain a kiangah, huchibang geih ahi, natunga thupuk; nang mahmah in hihpuk khin neive maw, achia.

⁴¹Then he hastily took the sash away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him, that he was of the prophets.

⁴¹Huan, aman a mit akipan tal gakna a lem zok a; huan, Israel kumpipan jawlnei te laka mi ahi chih a theita hi.

⁴²And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man that I had devoted to destruction, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

⁴²Huan, aman a kiangah, Toupan hichiin achi: ka mi hamsiat sa na khah jiak in a hinna sikin na hinna, a mite sikin na mite na tan ding, chiin, achia.Huan, Israel kumpipa bel nguitak leh lung kimlou tak in a pai a, Samari khua ah a hoh ta hi.

⁴³And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and vexed, and came to Samaria.

⁴³Huan, Israel kumpipa bel nguitak leh lung kimlou tak in a pai a, Samari khua ah a hoh ta hi.