¹And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

¹Huchi in Joab a hilh ua, Ngai in, kumpipa'n Absalom a sun ve, a chi ua.

²And the victory that day was [turned] into mourning for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king is grieved for his son.

²Huchi in huai ni a a zohna uh mi tengteng a ding in sunna a hong hi zota hi: Kumpipa a tapa ziak in a lungkham mahmah, a chih uh huai ni in mipite'n lah a na zata ngal ua.

³And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.

³Huan, mipite bel kidouna a mi taimang a zum ziak ua a guk a paimang bang in huai ni in a guk in khopi ah a lut uhi.

⁴And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!

⁴Huan, kumpipa'n a mai a hum a, Aw ka tapa Absalom, aw Absalom, Ka tapa, ka tapa! Chi in kumpipa a kap huphup a.

⁵And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast put to shame this day the faces of all thy servants who have this day saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives and the lives of thy concubines;

⁵Huan, Joab in ah kumpipa kiang ah a lut a, Na hinna te, na tapate leh na tanute hinna leh na zite leh na meite hinna humbitmite tuni in zum tak in na bawlta ve;

⁶in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest those that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that neither princes nor servants are anything to thee: for to-day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died to-day, then it would have been right in thine eyes.

⁶Nang hon hawte na it a, nang hon itte na mudah a. Heutute leh sepaihte nang a ding a bangmah hilou bang in tuni in na hihlangta a: Absalom pen dam in, kou dang tengteng tuni in si zo vek le ung, huai tuh na kipahlam tak hi leh kilawm in tuni in ka thei ahi.

⁷But now arise, go forth, and speak consolingly to thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night; and that would be worse to thee than all the evil that has befallen thee from thy youth until now.

⁷Huaiziak in thou inla, pawt khe mai in, na mite lungkimsak lam sang in thu gen in: na pawt khiak kei leh TOUPA lou in ka kichiam ahi, mi khat lel leng tu zan in na kiang a om a omkei ding uh: huan, huai lah nang a ding in na tuailai a kipan tutan a na tung a thil hoihlou hongtung tengteng sang tham in a hoihkei zo ding, a chi a.

⁸Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

⁸Huchi in kumpipa a thou a, kulh kongpi ah a tu a. Ngai un, kumpipa kulh kongpi ah a tu hi, chi in mipi tengteng a hilh ua: huan, mipi tengteng kumpipa ma ah a vahoh uh. Israelte bel amau puan in chiat uah a taikek uh.

⁹And all the people were at strife throughout the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land because of Absalom.

⁹Kumpipa'n i melmate uh khut a kipan hon honkhia a, Philistiate khut a kipan hon hondamta; huan, tu in hiai gam a kipan in Absalom a taikhiaksan.

¹⁰And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle; and now why are ye silent as to bringing the king back?

¹⁰Huan, Absalom i kumpipa ding a sathau i nilhpa kidouna ah a sita ngal a, Bang achia ahia kumpipa kamkhat bek sap vai na hawmlouh uh? Chi in Israel mite tengteng a kisel tualtual uh.

¹¹And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to his house.

¹¹Huchi in kumpipa'n siampu Zadok leh Abiathar kiang ah, Juda upate kaing ah, Bangdia kumpipa a in lam a pikik thu a a zekaipen a pang na hi ua? Israel mite'n kumpipa pikik thu a gen ulah kumpipa kiang a tungta ngal a.

¹²Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?

¹²Ka unaute na hi ua, ka guh leh ka sa lah na hi ngal ua, bang achia a zekaipen a pang peuhmah na hi ua? Chi in va gen un.

¹³And say to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually instead of Joab.

¹³Huan, Amasa kiang ah, Ka guh leh ka sa na hi ka hia? Joab sik a ka ma a sepaihte heutu dia ka hon bawllouh a ka hon bawlkei leh, Pathian in a loh loh hon loh mai henla, huai sang a thupi zaw in leng, a chi hi, va chi in, chi in mi a sawl a.

¹⁴And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah as of one man; and they sent to the king, Return, thou and all thy servants.

¹⁴Huchi in Juda mite tengteng lungsim mi khat lungsim bang mai in a awnsakta a; huchi in kumpipa kiang a, Na mite tengteng toh hongkik nawn un, chi ding in mi a sawl uh.

¹⁵And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over the Jordan.

¹⁵Huchi in kumpipa a pai nawn a, Jordan a vatung a. Huan, Judate kumpipa na dawn a, kumpipa Jordan a na pi galkah ding in Gilgal ah a hoh uh.

¹⁶And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

¹⁶Huan, Hahurim khua a mi Benjamin mi Ger tapa Simei leng kimtak in kumpipa dawn ding in Judate mah toh kiton in a pawt khia.

¹⁷And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they forded the Jordan before the king.

¹⁷Huan, a kiang ah Benjamin mi sangkhat toh, Saula inkote sikha Sib, a tapa sawm leh nga leh a sikha sawmnih toh a tel ua: huan, kumpipa mitmuh in Jordan a galkahta uhi.

¹⁸And a ferry boat passed to and fro to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was [just] crossing over the Jordan.

¹⁸Huan, kumpipa inkote pi galkahna ding leh hoih a sak bangbang a a hih ding in long a paipih ua. Huan, Jordan lui a galkah leh Ger tapa Simei kumpipa ma ah a khupboh.

¹⁹And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.

¹⁹Huan, kumpipa kiang ah, Ka pu in thulimlouhna nei in hon sepkei teitei leh, toupa ka pu in Jerusalem a pawtsan ni a na sikha in diklou tak a a na hihte leng thei gige samkei leh, kumpipa'n lungsim ah paikei leh.

²⁰For thy servant knows that I have sinned; and behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

²⁰Na sikha in thil ka hihkhial chih ka kithei a; huaiziak in, ngai in, Joseph inkote tengteng lak a ka pu toupa dawn ding a tuni a hong pawt masapen leng ka hi hi, a chi a.

²¹And Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?

²¹Himahleh Zerui tapa Abisai in a dawng a, TOUPA sathau nilhpa a hamsiat ziak in Simei pen hihlup ding ahi kei dia hia? a chi a.

²²And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? Should there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

²²Huan, David in, Nou Zerui tapate aw, noute hon na theihsak ding uh bang ahia om? Tuni in kei hon doute na hi kei umaw? Tuni a Israel lak a mi mawngmawng hihlup ding ahi hia? Tuni in Israel mite tung a kumpipa ka hih a theilou ka hi maw? a chi a.

²³And the king said to Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore to him.

²³Huan, kumpipa'n Simei kiang ah, Na si hetkei ding, a chi a. Kumpipa a kiang ah a kichiamta hi.

²⁴And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. Now he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came [again] in peace.

²⁴Huan, Saula tapa Mephiboseth kumpipa dawn ding in a hong khia a; kumpipa a pawt khiak ni a kipan a galmuang a hong pai nawn ni tan in a khete a zunkei a, a khamul a sumkei a, a puan leng a sawp samkei hi.

²⁵And as soon as Jerusalem came to meet the king, the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?

²⁵Huan, hichi ahi a, kumpipa dawn ding a Jerusalem a hoh kumpipa'n a kiang ah, Mephiboseth, Bangdia ka kiang a hong sam lou? A chi a.

²⁶And he said, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said, I will saddle me the ass, and ride thereon, and go with the king; for thy servant is lame.

²⁶Huan, aman a dawng a, Aw toupa, ka pu, ka sikha in hon khem a: na sikha in, Kumpipa kiang a hoh ding in ka tuanna ding in sabengtung ka van ding, ka chi a; na sikha lah a khe a bai ngal a.

²⁷And he has slandered thy servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thy sight.

²⁷Huan, kumpipa ka pu kiang ah na sikha a hek a; himahleh toupa ka pu Pathian angel bang ahi a; huaiziak in hoih na sak bangbang in hih in.

²⁸For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; and thou didst set thy servant among them that eat at thine own table. What further right therefore have I? and for what should I cry any more to the king?

²⁸Ka pa inkote tengteng toupa ka pu ma a hihlum vek dia kilawm ahi ngut ua; himahleh na sikha na an umpihte lak ah na pangsak a. Huaiziak in kumpipa kiang ah thil dang phut ngam lai dia kilawm ka hi maw? a chi a.

²⁹And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

²⁹Huan, kumpipa'n a kiang ah, Na tungtang thu bang dia gen nawn nak na hia? Nang leh Zib gam kihawm un ka chi hi, a chi a.

³⁰And Mephibosheth said to the king, Let him even take all, since my lord the king is come again in peace to his own house.

³⁰Huan, Mephiboseth in kumpipa kiang ah, Eh, aman tang vek heh, toupa ka pu lah amah in ah galmuang in a hongta ngal a, a chi a.

³¹And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.

³¹Huan, Gilead mi Berzilai Rogelim a kipan in a hong suk a; kumpipa Jordan a pi galkah ding in a kiang ah Jordan a kan hi.

³²And Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old; and it was he that had maintained the king while he abode at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

³²Barzilai bel upa pi ahi a, kum sawmgiat a upa ahi a: Mahanaim a kumpipa om sung in nek ding a na tuah sak a; mi neizou tak ahi.

³³And the king said to Barzillai, Pass thou over with me, and I will maintain thee with me in Jerusalem.

³³Huan, kumpipa'n Berzilai kiang ah, ka kiang ah hong inla, ka kiang ah Jerusalem ah ka hon vak ding, a chi a.

³⁴And Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

³⁴Huan, Barzilai in kumpipa kiang ah, Ni bangzah kum bangzah damlai ding ka hi a, Jerusalem a kumpipa kiang a ka hoh touh tei na ding?

³⁵I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat and what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? and why should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

³⁵Tu in kum sawmgiat ka hia; a sia leh a pha leng khen ka hia hia? Na sikha in ka thil nek leh dawnte a lim leh limlou leng thei thei ka hi nawn ahia? Pasal leh numeite lasak ging leng ka za thei nawn ahia? Huaiziak in na sikha bang ding in toupa ka pu ding a puakgik ka hih maizen ding?

³⁶Thy servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense it to me with this reward?

³⁶Na sikha in kumpipa kiang a Jordan galkah tei lel ka tup ahi; bang ding in kumpipa'n huchi bang in hoih man a hon thuk chitchiat dia?

³⁷Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham: let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what seems good to thee.

³⁷Hehpihtak in na sikha zaw hon pai nawnsak mai in ka hon ngen hi, ka nu leh ka pa han omna koumau khua ngei ah ka si ding. Ahihhang in en in, na sikha Chimham; TOUPA ka pu kiang ah galkah henla, a tungah hoih na sak bangbang in hih in, a chi a.

³⁸And the king said, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which seems good to thee; and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

³⁸Huan, kumpipa'n a dawng a, Chimham ka kiang ah a galkah sam ding a, hoih na sak bang zel in a tungah ka hih ding: huan, thil bang peuh na hon nget peuhmah ka hon hihsak ding, a chi a.

³⁹And all the people went over the Jordan; and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.

³⁹Huan, mipi tengteng Jordan gal a kah ua, huan, kumpipa leng a galkah a; huan, kumpipa'n Barzilai a tawp a, vual a zawl a: huan, amah mun lam ah a pai nawnta hi.

⁴⁰And the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

⁴⁰Huchi in kumpipa Gilgal ah a galkah a, Chimham a kiang ah a galkah sam hi. Huan, Juda mi tengteng in kumpipa a pi galkah ua, Israel mi leng a kimkhat a pang uh.

⁴¹And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over the Jordan?

⁴¹Huan, ngai in, Israel mi tengteng kumpipa kiang ah a hong ua, kumpipa kiang ah, Bang achia ka unau uh Juda mite'n nang hon gukhia a, kumpipa leh a inkote leh David mi tengteng leng Jordan gal a a pi khawm vek mawk uh? A chi ua.

⁴²And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to me; and why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten anything which came from the king, or has he given us any present?

⁴²Huan, Judami tengteng in Israel mite a dawng ua, Kumpipa ka kinaihpih uh a hih ziak ahi: bang dia hiai thu a heh mawk? Kumpipa neih muang a om ka hi mahmah ua maw? thil piak bang hiam te leng a hon nei ahia? a chi ua.Huan, Israel mite'n Juda mite a dawng ua, Kumpipa ah tan sawm ka nei ua, David ah noute sang in anglaitanna ka neizaw uh; bang dia hon ngaineu maw, kumpipa pi kik nawn sawm masate ka hikei uh maw? a chi ua. Huchi in Juda mite thu Israel mite thu sang in a gum zaw hi.

⁴³And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

⁴³Huan, Israel mite'n Juda mite a dawng ua, Kumpipa ah tan sawm ka nei ua, David ah noute sang in anglaitanna ka neizaw uh; bang dia hon ngaineu maw, kumpipa pi kik nawn sawm masate ka hikei uh maw? a chi ua. Huchi in Juda mite thu Israel mite thu sang in a gum zaw hi.