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

¹And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

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.

²And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

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.

³And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

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.

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

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;

⁵And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have 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;

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.

⁶In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

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.

⁷Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

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.

⁸Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

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.

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

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.

¹⁰And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

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.

¹¹And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto 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, even to his house.

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.

¹²Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

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.

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

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.

¹⁴And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 went over Jordan before the king.

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.

¹⁸And there went over a ferry boat 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 come over Jordan;

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.

¹⁹And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto 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 his heart.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

²³Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

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.

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

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.

²⁵And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

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.

²⁶And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

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.

²⁷And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

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.

²⁸For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

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.

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

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.

³⁰And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

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.

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

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.

³²Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

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

³³And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in 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?

³⁴And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

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?

³⁵I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

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?

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

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.

³⁷Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried 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 shall seem good unto 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.

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

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.

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

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.

⁴⁰Then 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.

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.

⁴¹And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto 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 Jordan?

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.

⁴²And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

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.

⁴³And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.