¹Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

¹Laj Ben-adad, lix reyeb laj Siria, quixchßutub chixjunileb lix soldados. Ut quixchßutubeb ajcuiß cablaju xcaßcßâl chic li rey rochbeneb lix cacuây ut eb lix carruaje. Ut rochbeneb aßan cô chi pletic saß li tenamit Samaria.

²He sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said to him, “Thus says Ben Hadad,

²Quixtaklaheb lix takl saß li tenamit chi âtinac riqßuin laj Acab, lix reyeb laj Israel. Queßxye re: —Joßcaßin xtakla chak xyebal âcue li rey Ben-adad.

³‘Your silver and your gold is mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’”

³Tâqßue chokß cue lâ oro ut lâ plata. Ut tâqßueheb ajcuiß chokß cue lâ cuixakil ut lâ cocßal li cßajoß xchakßaleb ru, chan.

⁴The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”

⁴Laj Acab, lix reyeb laj Israel, quixye: —Yehomak re li rey nak tâuxmânk joß quixye. Lâin ut chixjunil li cuan cue re chic aßan, chan.

⁵The messengers came again, and said, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, “You shall deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;

⁵Laj Ben-adad quixtaklaheb cuißchic lix takl riqßuin laj Acab ut queßxye re: —Joßcaßin xye chak âcue li rey: Xinye âcue nak tâqßue cue lâ oro ut lâ plata ut tâqßueheb ajcuiß cue lâ cuixakil ut eb lâ cocßal.

⁶but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.”’”

⁶Abanan anakcuan yôquin chixtaklanquil xyebal âcue nak joßcaßin hônal cuulaj teßcuulak li nequeßcßanjelac chicuu chixsiqßuinquil saß lâ cuochoch ut saß rochocheb li nequeßcßanjelac châcuu. Teßxxoc ut teßxcßam chixjunil li cßaßru terto xtzßak li teßxtau aran, chan.

⁷Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.”

⁷Li rey Acab quixbok riqßuin chixjunileb li cuînk li nequeßcßamoc be ut quixye reheb: —Qßuehomak retal nak li cuînk aßin târaj tixmakß chiku chixjunil li cßaßru cuan ke. Nak quixtakla xpatzßbaleb li cuixakil ut lin cocßal, joß ajcuiß lin oro ut lin plata, lâin incßaß xinkßetkßeti cuib chixqßuebal re li cßaßru quixtakla chak xpatzßbal cue, chan.

⁸All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, neither consent.”

⁸Eb li tenamit ut eb li nequeßcßamoc be chiruheb queßxye re: —Mâbânu li cßaßru naxye. Ut mâsume xqßuebal li cßaßru yô chixpatzßbal, chanqueb.

⁹Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers departed, and brought him back the message.

⁹Joßcan nak li rey Acab quixye reheb lix takl laj Ben-adad: —Têye re li rey Ben-adad nak tinqßue li cßaßru xtakla xpatzßbal xbên cua. Abanan li cßaßru xtakla xpatzßbal anakcuan incßaß naru ninbânu, chan. Ut eb li takl queßcôeb cuißchic riqßuin laj Ben-adad ut queßxye re li cßaßru quixye laj Acab.

¹⁰Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

¹⁰Laj Ben-adad quixtakla cuißchic xyebal re laj Acab: —Tinsach ru lâ tenamit Samaria. Chinixcamsihak ta lin Dios cui incßaß tinsach ru. Mâcßaß tâcanâk chi moco lix poksil tâtzßaklok re nak lin soldados teßxcßam saß rukßeb, chan.

¹¹The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”

¹¹Ut lix reyeb laj Israel quixtakla cuißchic xyebal re laj Ben-adad: —At rey, mânimobresi âcuib chixyebal nak tâsach ru lin tenamit. Nak acak xacuêchani naru nacanimobresi âcuib, chan.

¹²It happened, when Ben Hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” They prepared to attack the city.

¹²Laj Ben-adad yô chi ucßac saß lix muhebâl rochbeneb li rey li queßoquen chirix nak quirabi resil li quixtakla xyebal laj Acab. Laj Ben-adad quixtaklaheb lix soldados chixcauresinquil ribeb chi xic chi pletic. Ut eb aßan queßxcauresi ribeb.

¹³Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’”

¹³Ut li Kâcuaß quixtakla jun lix profeta riqßuin laj Acab chixyebal re: —Matxucuac chi rilbaleb lix soldado laj Ben-adad usta nabaleb, xban nak li Dios textenkßa chi numtâc saß xbêneb re nak tânau nak li Kâcuaß, aßan li tzßakal Dios, chan.

¹⁴Ahab said, “By whom?” He said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘By the young men of the princes of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who shall begin the battle?” He answered, “You.”

¹⁴Laj Acab quixye re: —¿Ani saß aj ukß tixkßaxtesiheb laj Siria? chan. Ut li profeta quixye re: —Li Kâcuaß xye nak tixkßaxtesiheb saß rukßeb li toj sâjeb li nequeßtenkßan reheb li nequeßtaklan saß li junjûnk chi naßajej, chan. Ut li rey Acab quixye re: —¿Ani tâtiquibânk re li plêt? chan. Ut lix profeta li Kâcuaß quixye re: —Lâat tattiquibânk re li plêt, chan.

¹⁵Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

¹⁵Joßcan nak li rey Acab quixtakla xbokbaleb li soldado li toj sâjeb li nequeßtenkßan saß li junjûnk chi naßajej. Cuanqueb cuib ciento riqßuin cablaju xcaßcßâl chi cuînk. Ut chirix aßan quixtakla xchßutubanquileb chixjunileb li soldado. Cuanqueb cuukub mil chi cuînk.

¹⁶They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

¹⁶Cuaßleb re cutan queßcôeb laj Acab chi pletic nak yôqueb chi calâc saß lix muhebâleb laj Ben-adad rochbeneb li cablaju xcaßcßâl chi rey li queßoquen chirix.

¹⁷The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”

¹⁷Eb li sâj cuînk yôqueb chi xic chi ubej. Eb laj qßuehol etal li taklanbileb xban laj Ben-adad queßril nak yôqueb chi châlc. Queßcôeb riqßuin laj Ben-adad chixyebal resil.

¹⁸He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

¹⁸Laj Ben-adad quixye: —Usta saß xyâlal xeßchal, usta chi pletic xeßchal, chapomakeb chi yoßyo, chan.

¹⁹So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

¹⁹Queßel saß li tenamit li sâj cuînk li nequeßtenkßan reheb li nequeßtaklan saß li junjûnk chi naßajej. Ut chirixeb aßan yôqueb chi xic li soldados li jun chßol chic.

²⁰They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.

²⁰Li junjûnk chi soldado aj Israel queßxcamsiheb li nequeßchal chi pletic riqßuineb. Eb laj Siria yôqueb chi êlelic ut eb laj Israel yôqueb chirâlinanquileb. Aban li rey Ben-adad quiêlelic chirix cacuây rochbeneb cuib oxib lix soldado li nequeßxic chirix cacuây.

²¹The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

²¹Li rey Acab quirâlinaheb toj retal quixchapeb li cacuây ut li carruaje ut quinumta saß xbêneb li soldados aj Siria. Kßaxal nabaleb li queßcamsîc.

²²The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

²²Chirix aßan lix profeta li Dios quicuulac cuißchic riqßuin li rey Acab ut quixye re: —Sukßin saß lâ tenamit ut tâcauresiheb chi us lâ soldado xban nak saß jun chihab tâchâlk cuißchic lix reyeb laj Siria chi pletic âcuiqßuin, chan.

²³The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

²³Eb li nequeßtenkßan re li rey Ben-adad queßxye re: —Eb lix dioseb laj Israel cuanqueb xcuanquileb saß eb li tzûl. Joßcan nak eb laj Israel xeßnumta saß kabên. Abanan cui topletik saß li ru takßa, lâo chic tonumtâk saß xbêneb.

²⁴Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.

²⁴Tâcuisiheb li cablaju xcaßcßâl chi rey li xaqßueheb chi taklânc saß xbêneb li soldado ut tâqßue jalan saß xnaßajeb xcomoneb li nequeßxnau pletic chi us.

²⁵Muster an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. We will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than them.” He listened to their voice, and did so.

²⁵Naru tâchßutubeb cuißchic ruheb nabalak lâ soldados joß xqßuialeb li xeßsach châcuu. Juntakßêtak xqßuialeb li cacuây ut li carruajes. Topletik cuißchic riqßuineb laj Israel saß li ru takßa. Toj aran teßril ma incßaß tana tonumtâk saß xbêneb saß li plêt aßin, chanqueb. Quixcßul xchßôl laj Ben-adad li cßaßru queßxye ut quixbânu joß queßxye re.

²⁶It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

²⁶Nak ac xnumeß jun chihab laj Ben-adad quixchßutubeb lix soldado ut cô rochbeneb toj saß li tenamit Afec re teßpletik riqßuineb laj Israel.

²⁷The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats; but the Syrians filled the country.

²⁷Eb li soldados aj Israel queßchßutubâc ajcuiß ruheb. Queßxcßam li cßaßru tâcßanjelak chiruheb ut queßcôeb chi pletic. Queßxyîb lix muhebâleb saß xcaßyabâl lix muhebâleb laj Siria. Eb laj Israel chanchaneb cuib chßûtal chi chibât xban nak moco qßuiheb ta. Abanan eb laj Siria kßaxal nabaleb ut queßxhel ribeb saß chixjunil li ru takßa.

²⁸A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys”; therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’”

²⁸Jun xprofeta li Kâcuaß Dios quicuulac riqßuin li rey Acab ut quixye re: —Joßcaßin xye li Kâcuaß. “Xban nak eb laj Siria xeßxye nak caßaj cuiß saß eb li tzûl cuan incuanquil ut xeßxye nak mâcßaß incuanquil saß li ru takßa, joßcan nak lâin tinkßaxtesiheb laj Siria saß âcuukß, usta kßaxal nabaleb. Lâat tânau nak lâin li Kâcuaß,” chan.

²⁹They encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day.

²⁹Chiru cuukub cutan eb laj Siria ut eb laj Israel cuanqueb saß lix muhebâleb ut yôqueb chirilbal ribeb. Saß xcuuk li cutan queßxtiquib pletic ut eb laj Israel queßxcamsiheb jun ciento mil lix soldâdeb laj Siria li nequeßxic chi rokeb.

³⁰But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner room.

³⁰Eb li incßaß queßcamsîc queßêlelic ut queßcôeb saß li tenamit Afec re teßxcol raj ribeb. Abanan li tzßac li sutsu cuiß li tenamit quitßaneß saß xbêneb ut queßcamsîc cuukub xcaßcßâl mil chic li soldado aj Siria. Abanan li rey Ben-adad quixcol rib saß eb li cab cuan aran.

³¹His servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life.”

³¹Eb li nequeßtenkßan re li rey queßxye: —Kabiom resil nak eb lix reyeb laj Israel nequeßuxtânan u. Kabacßak li cßam saß li kacux ut kaqßuehak kßes ru tßicr chikix ut toxic riqßuin laj Acab. Mâre tixcuy kamâc ut incßaß toxcamsi, chanqueb.

³²So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

³²Queßxqßue li kßes ru tßicr chirixeb ut queßxbacß li cßam chixcuxeb. Queßcôeb riqßuin lix reyeb laj Israel ut queßxye re: —Laj Ben-adad, laj cßanjel châcuu, naxtzßâma châcuu nak tâcuy xmâc ut incßaß tâcamsi, chanqueb. Ut laj Acab quixye reheb: —¿Ma toj yoßyo laj Ben-adad? Chanchan li cuas chicuu nak nacuil, chan.

³³Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to take this phrase; and they said, “Your brother Ben Hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben Hadad came out to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

³³Eb li nequeßtenkßan re laj Ben-adad queßsahoß saß xchßôleb nak queßrabi nak quixye chi joßcan. Saß junpât queßxye: —Toj yoßyo laj Ben-adad, li chanchan lâ cuas châcuu, chanqueb. Ut laj Acab quixye reheb: —¡Cßamomak chak cuiqßuin! chan. Nak laj Ben-adad quicuulac, laj Acab quixye re nak tâoc saß lix carruaje rochben.

³⁴Ben Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” “I,” said Ahab, “will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

³⁴Laj Ben-adad quixye re: —Tinkßaxtesi cuißchic âcue li tenamit li quixmakß lin yucuaß chiru lâ yucuaß, chan. Ut quixye ajcuiß re: —Ut naru ajcuiß tâyîb lâ cßayibâl saß li tenamit Damasco joß quixbânu lin yucuaß saß li tenamit Samaria, chan. Ut laj Acab quixye re: —Lâin tinqßue âlesêns chi xic xban li contrato li xabânu cuiqßuin, chan. Joßcaßin nak queßxbânu li contrato chi ribileb rib ut laj Acab quixcanab chi xic laj Ben-adad ut incßaß quixcamsi.

³⁵A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, “Please strike me!” The man refused to strike him.

³⁵Jun lix profeta li Dios quixye re jun li rech profetil joß quixye li Dios re: —Chinâyocß riqßuin lâ chßîchß, chan. Abanan li profeta jun chic incßaß quiraj xbânunquil.

³⁶Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you.” As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.

³⁶Ut lix profeta li Dios quixye re: —Xban nak xakßet râtin li Dios ut incßaß xinâyocß, joßcan nak tatcamsîk xban jun li cakcoj nak tat-êlk cuiqßuin, chan. Ut joßcan quicßulman. Nak qui-el riqßuin, quixcßul jun li cakcoj ut quicamsîc xban.

³⁷Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.” The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.

³⁷Ut lix profeta li Dios cô riqßuin jun chic li cuînk ut quixye re: —Chinâyocß, chan. Ut li cuînk quixsacß ut quixyocß.

³⁸So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

³⁸Ut li profeta li Dios quixlan li ru riqßuin jun tßicr re nak incßaß tânaßekß ru. Cô ut quixakli chire li be roybeninquil nak tânumekß aran lix reyeb laj Israel.

³⁹As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he be missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

³⁹Nak yô chi numecß li rey, li profeta quixye re: —At rey, lâin yôquin chi pletic nak xcuulac jun li soldado cuiqßuin ut quixye cue, “Il chi us li cuînk aßin re nak incßaß tâêlelik. Cui tâêlelik châcuu, tâtoj rix riqßuin lâ yußam malaj ut tâtoj rix riqßuin oßlaju libra chi tumin plata” chan li profeta.

⁴⁰As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So your judgment shall be; you yourself have decided it.”

⁴⁰Abanan nak lâin yôquin chi pletic, li cuînk quiêlelic, chan li profeta. Ut li rey quixye re: —Lâat ajcuiß xatyehoc re nak tenebanbil saß âbên xtojbal rix. Ut joßcan ajcuiß tâcßul joß xaye, chan li rey.

⁴¹He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was of the prophets.

⁴¹Abanan li profeta saß junpât quirisi li tßicr saß xnakß ru ut li rey quixqßue retal nak aßan jun lix profeta li Dios.

⁴²He said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’”

⁴²Ut li profeta quixye re li rey: —Joßcaßin xye li Kâcuaß: “Lâat xacuachßab li cuînk li xinye nak tâcâmk. Joßcan nak lâat tatcâmk chokß rêkaj, ut lâ tenamit teßsachekß ruheb chokß rêkaj lix tenamit aßan”, chan li Dios.—Ut li rey cô saß li palacio aran Samaria chi ra saß xchßôl ut chi yô xjoskßil.

⁴³The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.

⁴³Ut li rey cô saß li palacio aran Samaria chi ra saß xchßôl ut chi yô xjoskßil.