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:

¹Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

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:

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:

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.

³And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

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

⁴And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

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

⁵Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

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.

⁶And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

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

⁷And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

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.

⁸For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, 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.

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.

⁹Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

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.

¹⁰And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

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.

¹¹Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

¹⁶Now therefore 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.

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.

¹⁷Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

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.

¹⁸Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

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

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

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.

²⁰And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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.

²¹And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counseled against you.

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.

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

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.

²³And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

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

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

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.

²⁵And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

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

²⁶So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

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,

²⁷And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

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.

²⁸Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

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.

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