¹And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.

¹Huan, huailai ah Benjamin mi, Bikri tapa Seba, Belial mi khat a na om zenzen a, pengkul a mut a, David ah tantuan i neikei ua, Jesai tapa ah leng gouluah ding i nei samkei: Israel mite aw, na puanin lam chiat uah pai un, a chi a.

²Then all the men of Israel went up from after David, following Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clave to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

²Huchi in Israel mi tengteng in David a zuih uh a lehngatsan ua, Bikri tapa Seba a zuita uh; Juda mite'n Jordan a kipan in Jerusalem pha in a kumpipa uh a len chinten uh.

³And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

³Huchi in, David Jerusalem a a in ah a hongpai a; huan, kumpipa'n numei sawm a meite inngak ding a a koihte a pi a, a khum a, a nek ding uh a tumsak a, himahleh a kiang ah a lutkei hi.

⁴And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.

⁴Huchi in kumpipa'n Amasa kiang ah, Ni thum sung in Juda mite hon sap khawmsak inla, huan, nang leng hong om sam in, a chi a.

⁵So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

⁵Huchi in Amasa Juda mite sam khawm ding in a kuan a; himahleh a hun sehsak sang in a vatam sawt zota hi.

⁶And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities and escape our sight.

⁶Huchi in David in Abisai kiang ah, Bikri tapa Seba in Absalom sang in leng i poi uh khoih zo sin aka hia: na pu mite pi inla delh un; huchilou in zaw kho kulh nei ah a lut man ding a, i muh phaklouh in i khahsuah kha ding, a chi a.

⁷And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

⁷Huchi in, Joab pawlte, Keret mite, Pelet mite leh a mi hat tengteng un amah a zui kheta ua: Jerusalem a kipan in Bikri tapa Seba delh ding in a pawtkhia uh.

⁸When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his dress, and upon it was the girdle of the sword which was fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

⁸Gibeon a suangpi omna a vatun un Amasa in amaute a na dawn a. Huan, Joab in kidouna van a silh a, huan, a tungah namsau a pai toh kawnggak ah a kuah a, huan, a pawt khiak leh a keta hi.

⁹And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

⁹Huan, Joab in Amasa kiang ah, Unaupa, Na hoih tadih na maw? a chi a. Huan, Joab in Amasa khoih tum in a khamul a khut taklam in a len a.

¹⁰And Amasa had taken no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him with it in the belly and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

¹⁰Himahleh Amasa in Joab in namsau a tawi a limsakkei a; huchi in a gil ah a vut a, a gil khawng a tolhkhe sak zelzul a, a vut tuan nawnkei; huchi in a sita hi. Huchi in Joab leh a unaupa Abisai in Bikri tapa Seba a delh ua.

¹¹And one of Joab's young men stood by [Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

¹¹Huan, a kiang ah Joab pawlte laka tangval khat a dinga, Joab lam a pang leh David lam a pang peuhmah in Joab zui zel uheh, a chi a.

¹²Now Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by stood still.

¹²Huan, Amasa bel lamlian lai tak ah a si in a na kidiah zezua mawk a. Huan, huai mi in mi tengteng ding didepa a muh in Amasa luang lamlian a kipan gamlak ah suan in puan in a tuam a, a kiang a hongpai peuhmah khawl zel a a muh ziak in.

¹³When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,

¹³Huan, lamlian a kipan suankhiak a hih nungin Bikri tapa Seba delh ding in mi tengteng in Joab a zui uh.

¹⁴who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they gathered together, and went also after him.

¹⁴Huan, Abel pha leh Beth-maaka pha in Israel nam tengteng leh Ber mite tengteng a tawn vek a; huan, a kikaikhawm ua amah a zui teita uhi.

¹⁵And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.

¹⁵Huan, Beth-maaka Abel khua ah amah a um ua; huan, kho zulzul ah lei achiang ua, kulh zul ah a ding uh: huan, Joab kiang a mi om tengteng in chimsak ding in kulh a khoh okok uh.

¹⁶And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

¹⁶Huchi in numei pil khua a kipan a hong kikou a, Khaikhaia; Joab kiang ah, Hongpai nai in, na kiang ah thu ka nagen ding, a chi a, va chi un, a chi a.

¹⁷And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I [am he]. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I am listening.

¹⁷Huan, a kiang ah a va hoh nai a: huan, numei in, Joab na hi hia? a chi a. Hi e, a chi a, a dawng a. Huchi in a kiang ah, Na sikhanu thugen ngaikhe dih, a chi a. Huan, aman a dawng a, Ka ngaikhia hi, a chi a.

¹⁸And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

¹⁸Huchi in, Nidanglai in, Abel khua ah a kikum ngeingei ding uh, a chi sek ua; huchi bang in thu a tawp sak zel uh.

¹⁹I am peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

¹⁹Kei Israel lak a kituah ut leh muanhuai pawl a mi ka hi a, nang zaw Israel khua, a kho bul pipen hihsiat tum nei lim ve; bang ding a TOUPA gou nawmvalh tum na hia? chi in a gen a.

²⁰And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

²⁰Huan, Joab in a dawng a, Huchibang ahi zenzen kei, nawmvalh hiam, hihsiat hiam ka tumkei himhim hi.

²¹The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

²¹Huchi bang lam thu ahikei hi: Ephraim tang gam a mi Bikri tapa a min Seba in kumpipa nang in, David hial nang in a khut a zak a; amah hon pe mai le uchin khua pen ka pawt san mai ding, a chi a. Huan, numei in Joab kiang ah, Ngai dih, a lutang kulh ah ka honpaihkhiak sak ding uh, a chi a.

²²Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

²²Huchi in numei in bel a pilna thoh in mipi tengteng lak ah a pai a. Huan, Bikri tapa Seba lutang a tan ua, Joab kiang lam ah a pai khia uh. Huan, pengkul a mut a, amau puan in lam chiat zuan in khua a kipan a dalh zakta uh. Huan, Joab bel Jerusalem ah kumpipa kiang ah a pai nawnta.

²³And Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

²³Joab bel Israel sepaih tengteng heutu ahi a; huan, Jehoiada tapa Benai ahihleh Keret mi leh Pelet mite heutu ahi:

²⁴and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

²⁴Huan, Adoram bel nasem dia goih teiteite heutu ahi a, huan, Ahilud tapa Jehosaphat bel tanchin gelhmi ahi hi;

²⁵and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

²⁵Huan, Seva bel laigelhmi ahi a; huan, Zadok leh Abiathar bel siampu ahi uh:Huan, Jair mi Ira leng David siampu ahi.

²⁶and Ira also, the Jairite, was David's chief ruler.

²⁶Huan, Jair mi Ira leng David siampu ahi.