¹And Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

¹Huchi in, Zerui tapa Joab in kumpipa lungsim Absalom tungah a teng chih a na thei a.

²And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead;

²Huchi in Joab in Tekia khua ah mi a sawl a, huailai a numei pil khat a va pisak a, a kiang ah, Lusun bang in kibawl unla, lusun puan silh inla, sathau leng kinilhlou in numei sawtpi misi sun bang in om in:

³and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth.

³Huan, kumpipa kiang ah hoh inla a kiang ah hichi bang in thu va gen in aw, a chi a. Huchi in Joab in thute tuh a kam ah a muam a.

⁴And the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, and she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, Save, O king!

⁴Huan, Tekoa khua a numei in kumpipa kiang a thu a gen sin in mai a lei si in a khupboh a, chibai a buk a, TOUPA aw, hon huh in, a chi a.

⁵And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

⁵Huan, kumpipa'n a kiang ah, Bangchidan ahia? a chi a. Huan, aman a dawng a, Meithai petmah ka hi a, ka pasal a sita.

⁶And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.

⁶Huan, na sikhanu in tapa nih a nei a, a nih un lou ah a kisual ua, kuamah phelh ding lah a omkei ua, a khatpen in a dang a sata a, a hihlumta a.

⁷And behold, the whole family is risen against thy bondmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may put him to death, for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also: so they will quench my coal which is left, and will not leave to my husband a name or remnant on the earth.

⁷Huan, ngai in, a inkuan tengteng in na sikhanu a doukhawm ua, A unaupa thatpa a unaupa thah ziak a i thah tei theihna ding in hon pia in, huchi in gouluah ding pa leng ka hihmang pah ngal ding uh, a chi a: huchi bang in ka mei am omlai a mitsak ding ua, ka pasal min neilou leh leitung a suan himhim neilou a om maisin ahi, a chi a.

⁸And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

⁸Huan, kumpipa'n numei kiang ah, Na in ah pai inla, na tungtang thu ah thu ka pe mai ding, a chi a.

⁹And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, Upon me, my lord, O king, be the iniquity, and upon my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.

⁹Huan, Tekoa khua a numei in kumpipa kiang ah, TOUPA aw, ka pu, thulimlouhna moh ka tung leh ka pa inkote tungah ke mai hen: huan, kumpipa leh laltutphah in moh pokei hen, a chi a.

¹⁰And the king said, Whoever speaks to thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

¹⁰Huan, kumpipa'n, Kuapeuh na tung a banghiam gen peuhmah ka kiang ah honpi inla, a honkhoih nawn hetkei ding uh, a chi a.

¹¹Then she said, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they cut off my son. And he said, [As] Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

¹¹Huan, aman, Sisan suahmite tung a phulamite'n hihmang nawnlou ding in kumpipa'n TOUPA na Pathian thei gige hen aw, huchilou in zaw ka tapa a hih mangkha ding uh, a chi a. Huan, aman, TOUPA hinna lou in ka gen hi, na tapa a samzang khat leng lei ah kekei ding, a chi a.

¹²And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.

¹²Huchi in numei in, Na sikhanu in toupa ka pu kiang ah thu kam khatkia kon gen nawn peuhmah ding aw, a chi a. Huan, aman, Gen ve, a chi a.

¹³And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against God's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.

¹³Huan, numei in, A hihleh bang jiakin ahia Pathian mite doudal a hichi bang a hihtum na hia? hiai thu a kipan in kumpipa moh in a kilang ahi, kumpipa'n a mi, taimangpa a pi kik nawnlouh jiakin.

¹⁴For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.

¹⁴Ka si ngeingei ding ua, huan, tuisik lei a bosa a luahnawn theihlouh bang ka hi uhi: Pathian in hinna a la mang a hikei a, taimangpa amah lak a mituam a hihlouhna ding lunggel ahi zaw hi.

¹⁵And now that I am come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy bondmaid said, I will now speak to the king; perhaps the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

¹⁵Huchi in toupa ka pu kiang ahiai thu gen ding a ka hong in leng mi ka kihtak ziak ahi: huan, na sikhanu in, kumpipa kiang ah ka gen phot ding a, kumpipa'n a sikhanu ngetna a lohchingsak kha mai deh.

¹⁶For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

¹⁶Kumpipa'n kei leh ka tapa Pathian gouluahlou ding a hihman tummi lak a na sikhanu honkhe ding in a na ngaikhe ding ka chi a.

¹⁷And thy bondmaid said, Let the word of my lord the king now be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and Jehovah thy God will be with thee.

¹⁷Huchi in na sikhanu a ding in, toupa, ka pu thu lungmuan huai tak hi henla; a sia a pha nakhen ding in toupa ka pu lah Pathian angel bangmai ahi ngal a: Huan, TOUPA Pathian na kiang ah om hen ka chi ahi, a chi a.

¹⁸And the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

¹⁸Huan, kumpipa'n a dawng a, numei kiang ah, Kon dot peuhmah bangmah hon im ken aw, a chi a. Huan, numei in, Toupa ka pu in gen leh a ke, a chi a.

¹⁹And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy bondmaid:

¹⁹Huan, kumpipa'n, Hiai thu himhim ah Joab in panna a nei hia? a chi a. Huan, numei in a dawng a, Toupa ka pu, na kha hinna lou in ka gen hi, toupa ka pu in a gensa kuamah in taklam ah hiam, veilam ah hiam a pel theikei ding ua: na sikha Joab in a hon sawl a, hiai thu tengteng na sikhanu a hon muam vek hi:

²⁰in order to turn the appearance of the thing has thy servant Joab done this thing; but my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.

²⁰Thil omdan hihlamdang ding in hiai thil na sikha Joab in a hih ahi: huan, ka pu bel khovel a thil om tengteng thei thei in Pathian angel bang in a pil ahi, a chi a.

²¹And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: so go, bring back the young man Absalom.

²¹Huan, kumpipa'n Joab kiang ah, Ngai in, ka hih samta hi, huaiziak in pai inla, tangval Absalom va pi nawn dole, a chi a.

²²And Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.

²²Huan, Joab bel mai a lei si in a khupboh a, chibai a buk a, kumpipa a vualzawl a: huan, Joab in, Toupa ka kumpipa aw, toupa'n a sikha ngetna a lohchinsak ziak in tuni in na sikha in na mit ka tung chih ka natheita hi, a chi a.

²³And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

²³Huchi in Joab a thou a, Gesur ah a hoh a, Absalom Jerusalem ah a pita hi.

²⁴And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. And Absalom withdrew to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

²⁴Huan, kumpipa'n, Amah in lam ah pai henla, ka mel hong mu dah leh, a chi a. Huchi in Absalom amah in lam ah a pai a, kumpipa mel a mutakei hi.

²⁵But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

²⁵Israel tengteng lak ah Absalom bang a melhoih a phat loh kuamah a omkei uh: a khe lek a kipan in a sip pha in gensiatna himhim a omkei hi.

²⁶And when he shaved his head (for it was at every year's end that he shaved it, because it was heavy on him, therefore he shaved it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

²⁶A sam a met in (kum kivei teng in a met sak a, a sam lah a giktheih ziak in a met sek hi. ) a sam a buk zel a, kumpipa bukdan in sekel nih a ching sek hi.

²⁷And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful countenance.

²⁷Huan, Absalom in tapa thum leh tanu khat a nei a, a min Tamar ahi a, mel hoihtak ahi.

²⁸So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king's face.

²⁸Huchi in Absalom kum nih hilhial Jerusalem ah a om a; himahleh kumpipa mel himhim a mukei hi.

²⁹Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again the second time, but he would not come.

²⁹Huchi in Absalom in kumpipa kiang a sawl ding in Joab a thukhak a; himahleh a hoh nuamkei; huan, a thukhak nawn a, himahleh a hoh nuamsamkei hi.

³⁰Then he said to his servants, See, Joab's allotment is near mine and he has barley there: go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the allotment on fire.

³⁰Huchi in a sikhate kiang ah, I aw, Joab lou bel kei lou kiang ahi a, barli buh a nei a, va hal un, a chi a. Huchi in Absalom sikhate'n lou a vahalta uh.

³¹Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to [his] house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my allotment on fire?

³¹Huchi in Joab a thou a, Absalom kiang ah a in ah a hoh a, a Bangding a na sikhate'n ka lou hal ahi ua? A chi a.

³²And Absalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to be there still. And now let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him slay me.

³²Huan, Absalom in Joab a dawng a, Ngai dih, Bangdia Gesur a kipan a hong ka hia? Huailai ah om thek leng kei dia hoih zo mah ding, chi a kumpipa kiang a sawl dia hon thukhak ing a; huaiziak in kumpipa mel hon musak in; huan, thu ginatlouhna nei ka hih leh hon hihlum mai leh a ke, a chi a.Huchi in Joab kumpipa kiang ah a hoh a, a hilh a; huan, Absalom a sam a, kumpipa kiang ah a hoh a, huan kumpipa ma ah a mai a lei si in a khupboh a; huan, kumpipa'n Absalom a tawp hi.

³³And Joab came to the king, and told him. And he called Absalom, and he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.

³³Huchi in Joab kumpipa kiang ah a hoh a, a hilh a; huan, Absalom a sam a, kumpipa kiang ah a hoh a, huan kumpipa ma ah a mai a lei si in a khupboh a; huan, kumpipa'n Absalom a tawp hi.