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

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

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:

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

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.

³And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

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.

⁴And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

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.

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

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.

⁶And thy handmaid 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.

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.

⁷And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

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

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

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.

⁹And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.

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

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

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.

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

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.

¹²Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

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.

¹³And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

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.

¹⁴For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

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.

¹⁵Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

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.

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.

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.

¹⁷Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

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.

¹⁸Then the king answered and said unto 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.

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:

¹⁹And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

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.

²⁰To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

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.

²¹And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

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.

²²And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

²⁹Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

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.

³⁰Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field 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.

³¹Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

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.

³²And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

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.

³³So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.