¹And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;

¹Huan, Huailou leng Ahithophel in Absalom kiang ah, Mi singkhat leh sangnih ka telkhe ding a, huan, tuzan in David delh ding in ka kuan ding:

²and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

²A bahlai leh hatlouh laitak ka vapha non ding a, ka valau sak ding: huchi in a kiang a mi tengteng a taimang ding ua, huchi in kumpipa kia ka va that mai ding:

³and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

³Huan, mipite na kiang ah ka hon pikik nawn vek ding; na mi zonpa tuh mi tengteng hong kik tobang ahi, huchi in mi tengteng kituak in a om ding uh, a chi a.

⁴And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

⁴Huchi in huai thu in Absalom leh Israel upate tengteng a kipak sak ngial hi.

⁵And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.

⁵Huchi in Absalom in, Ark mi Husai sam peuhmah phot unla, amah gendan i ngaikhe peuhmah ding uh, a chi a.

⁶And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we carry out his word? If not, speak thou.

⁶Huan, Husai Absalom kiang a hongtun in Absalom in, Ahithophel in hichi bang in a gen a, a gen bang a hih ding i ding uam? Hihlou ding hi leng nang hon gen himhim dih, chi in a na houpih a.

⁷And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.

⁷Huan, Husai in Absalom kiang, Tutung a Ahithophel lemtheih a hoihkei, a chi a.

⁸And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

⁸Huan, Husai in, Na pa leh a mite na thei a, sepaih hang tak, mi hangsan tak, gam a vompi a nou laksak bangmai ahi ua: huan, na pa lah galdou mi ahi a, mipi lak ah a giak kholkei ding.

⁹Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or some such place; and it will come to pass, when some of them fall at the first, whoever heareth it will say, There has been slaughter among the people that follow Absalom,

⁹Ngai in, tu in leng koilai leihawm hiam ah, koilai mun ah hiam a bu thek ahi ding: huan, hichi ahi ding a, a kisual tung ua mi khenkhat a puk ua leh a zapeuh in, Absalom zuite a that ek uh, a chi mai ding uh.

¹⁰and even the valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion shall utterly melt; for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

¹⁰Huchi in mi hangsan tak, humpinelkai lungsim bang pu mi hial leng a honglungke mahmah ding ua; Israel mi tengteng in lah na pa sepaih hang tak a hihdan leh a kiang a mi omte mi hangsan taktak a hihdan uh a thei vek ngal ua.

¹¹But I counsel that all Israel be speedily gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

¹¹Kei hoihsak samdan, Israel mi tengteng Dan a kipan in Beerseba pha in tuipi a piaunel zah hial ding na kiang ah sam khawm vek le hang; huan, kidouna ah nang nangawn kuan lechin.

¹²And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

¹²Huchi in koilai mun peuh ah i kituahnana ah lei a daitui kia bangmai in i boh ding ua; huan, amah leh a kiang a mi om tengteng khat lel leng i hawikei ding uh.

¹³And if he withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the torrent, until there be not one small stone found there.

¹³Huailou leng, khua a alut leh Israel mi tengteng, khauhual tawi in huai khua ah i va hoh ding ua, suang neu chikchik leng omlou hial khop in lui ah i kai khe vek ding, a chi nawn ngal a.

¹⁴And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

¹⁴Huchi in Absalom leh Israel mi tengteng in, Ark mi Husai hoihsak Ahithophel hoihsak sang in a hoihzaw, a chi ua. TOUPA'N Absalom tung a thil hoihlou a tunsak theihna ding in TOUPA'N Ahithophel hoihsak hoih tak letkhe ding in a nasep khin him ahi.

¹⁵And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

¹⁵Huchi in Husai in siampu Zadok leh Abiathar kiang ah, Huchibang khachibang in Ahithophel in Absalom leh Israel upate hoih ding a ngaihtuah pih a; huan, ken huchibang khachibang in hoih ding ka ngaihtuah a.

¹⁶And now send quickly, and tell David saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

¹⁶Huaiziak in, tuzan in gamdai lui kainate a giak nawnlou in kan ngeingei in; huchilou in zaw kumpipa leh a kiang a om tengteng a hihmang vek kha ding uh, chi in David hilhsak zok un, a chi a.

¹⁷And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; and the maid went and told them; and they went and told king David, for they might not be seen to come into the city.

¹⁷Jonathan leh Ahimaaz bel En-rogel ah a om ua; sikhanu khat in amaute a va hilh zel hi; huan, amau kumpipa David a vahilh sawn zel uh: khopi a lut uh kuamah muhlouh ding ahi.

¹⁸But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. Then they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.

¹⁸Himahleh naupang in a na mu a, Absalom a hilh a: huchi in a nih un a taimang pah ua, Bahurim a mi khat a intual a tuileh nei in ah a vahoh ua, tuileh ah a lutta uhi.

¹⁹And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.

¹⁹Huan, numei in tuileh a sitna in a sin a, a tungah buh a phou a, kuamah theih theih ahikei hi.

²⁰And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And they sought and could not find [them], and returned to Jerusalem.

²⁰Huan, Absalom sikhate in a numei kiang ah a vahoh ua; Ahimaaz leh Jonathan kaw om ahi ua? A chi ua. Huan, numei in a kiang uah, Lui a kanta ding uh, a na chi a. Huan, a va zong ua, a mukei ua, Jerusalem ah a kik nawn uh.

²¹And it came to pass after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.

²¹Huan, hichi ahi a, a pai tum khit nung un tuileh akipan a hongpawt ua, kumpipa David a vahilh ua; David kiang ah, Pawt khia unla, lui kan pah un, hichi in Ahithophel in hon tum, a chi ua.

²²Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there was not one of them missing that had not gone over the Jordan.

²²Huchi in David leh a kiang a mi om tengteng a pawtkhia ua, Jordan lui a kan ua; khua a hongvak in Jordan lui kanlou khat lel leng a omkei uh.

²³And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

²³Huan, Ahithophel in a hoihsakdan a zuikei uh chih a theih in a sabengtung a van a, a pawt a, a kholam ah a pai a, a inkuante khosak dan ding a bawlsak sipsip a, a awklumta hi; huchi in, a si a, a pa han ah a vui uh.

²⁴And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

²⁴Huchi in David in Mahanaim a vatung a. Huan, Absalom in, a kiang a Israel mi tengteng toh Jordan lui a kan ua.

²⁵And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab; which Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

²⁵Huan, Absalom in Joab sik in Amasa sepaih heutu ding in a koih. Amasa bel, mi khat min Ithra, Israel mi, Joab nu sanggam Nahas tanu Abigail kithuahpihpa tapa ahi.

²⁶And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

²⁶Huan, Israel mite leh Absalom in Gilead gamah panmun a bawl ua.

²⁷And as soon as David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

²⁷Huan, hichi ahi a, David Mahanaim a tun in, Amon suan Raba khua a mi Nahas tapa Sobi te, Lodebar khua a mi Amiel tapa Makir te, Gegelom khua a Gilead mi Barzilai te'n,

²⁸brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],

²⁸Lupnate, maiphiatkuangte, leibelte, huit buhte, barlibuhte, tangbuangte, be kankeute,Khuaizute, mokhonte, belamte, bawngnawikhalte, David leh a kiang a om mipite nek ding in a hontawi ua: Gamdai ah mipite a gilkial ua, a tawl ua, a dang uh a tak a chih ziak un.

²⁹and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.

²⁹Khuaizute, mokhonte, belamte, bawngnawikhalte, David leh a kiang a om mipite nek ding in a hontawi ua: Gamdai ah mipite a gilkial ua, a tawl ua, a dang uh a tak a chih ziak un.