1David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
1Laj David quixchßutubeb lix soldados li cuanqueb rochben. Quixxakabeb li teßtaklânk saß xbêneb li junjûnk chßûtal. Cuanqueb chi mil ut cuanqueb chi ciento.
2David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, “I will surely go forth with you myself also.”
2Quixtaklaheb saß oxib chßûtal. Laj Joab yô chi taklânc saß xbên li jun chßûtal. Laj Abisai, lix yum lix Sarvia, yô chi taklânc saß xbên li xcaß chßûtal. Laj Abisai, aßan li rîtzßin laj Joab. Ut laj Itai li chalenak Gat, aßan li yô chi taklânc saß xbên li rox chßûtal. Ut li rey David quixye reheb: —Tinxic ajcuiß lâin chêrix, chan.
3But the people said, “You shall not go forth; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.”
3Abanan eb li cuînk queßxye re: —Incßaß tatxic lâat. Cui lâo toêlelik chiruheb incßaß toeßrâlina. Usta yijach li kasoldados teßcâmk, eb aßan mâcßaß nequeßraj re. Lâat li kßaxal lokß chiru lajêb mil saß kayânk. Kßaxal us nak tatcanâk arin saß li tenamit aßin ut tâtakla katenkßanquil, chanqueb.
4The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
4Ut li rey David quixye reheb: —Lâin tinbânu li cßaßru nequecßoxla nak us xbânunquil, chan. Ut quixakli jun pacßal li oquebâl nak queßcôeb lix soldados chi chßûtal chi ciento ut chi mil.
5The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.” All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom.
5Laj David quixye reheb laj Joab, laj Abisai ut laj Itai: —Saß incßabaß lâin mêbânu raylal re laj Absalón, li sâj cuînk, chan. Ut chixjunileb li soldados queßrabi li cßaßru quixye li rey David chirix laj Absalón.
6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
6Eb lix soldados laj David queßcôeb saß li cßalebâl ut queßpletic riqßuineb laj Israel saß li qßuicheß li cuan saß lix naßajeb li ralal xcßajol laj Efraín.
7The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
7Eb lix soldados laj David queßnumta saß xbêneb ut kßaxal ra queßxcßul lix soldados laj Absalón. Junmay mil chi cuînk queßcamsîc saß li cutan aßan.
8For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
8Queßpletic yalak bar saß li cßalebâl aßan, ut kßaxal nabal queßcam saß li qßuicheß chiru li queßcamsîc riqßuin chßîchß.
9Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
9Laj Absalón yô chi xic chirix lix mûl nak quixcßuleb lix soldados laj David. Lix mûl quinumeß rubel jun tôn li nimla ji ut li rismal xjolom quixbaqßui rib saß xyânkeb li rukß li cheß. Li mûl quiâlinac ut laj Absalón quicanabâc chi tßuytßu saß li rukß li cheß.
10A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
10Jun lix soldado laj David quiril ut quixye re laj Joab: —Lâin xcuil laj Absalón tßuytßu saß rußuj jun tôn li ji.—
11Joab said to the man who told him, “Behold, you saw it, and why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a sash.”
11Laj Joab quixye re li cuînk: —Cui xacuil, ¿cßaßut nak incßaß xacamsi chi junaj cua? Lâin xinqßue raj âcue lajêb chi tumin plata ut jun li xcßâmal âsaß, chan.
12The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t put forth my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.’
12Abanan li cuînk quixye re laj Joab: —Usta tâqßue cue jun mil chi tumin plata, abanan mâcßaß tinbânu re li ralal li rey. Lâo xkabi nak li rey quixye âcue ut reheb laj Abisai ut laj Itai nak têril nak mâcßaß tixcßul li ralal, chan.
13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.”
13Cui ta lâin xincamsi laj Absalón, lâin ajcuiß raj xinqßue cuib saß chßaßajquilal xban nak mâcßaß naru xmukbal chiru li rey. Ut lâat xatpoß raj saß inbên, chan.
14Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
14Laj Joab quixye re: —Lâin incßaß tinsach intiêmp chi âtinac âcuiqßuin, chan. Ut quixchap oxib lix lâns ut quixcut chire xchßôl laj Absalón nak toj cuan chi yoßyo saß rußuj li cheß.
15Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
15Chirix aßan, lajêb lix soldados laj Joab queßnachßoc riqßuin laj Absalón ut queßxchoy xcamsinquil.
16Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
16Laj Joab quixtakla xyâbasinquil li trompeta re teßxcanab pletic. Ut chixjunileb lix soldados queßxcanab râlinanquileb lix soldados laj Absalón.
17They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled everyone to his tent.
17Queßxcßam laj Absalón ut queßxcut saß jun chamal jul saß li qßuicheß ut queßxtûb jun mamaß tûb li pec saß xbên. Ut chixjunileb laj Israel queßêlelic ut queßcôeb saß rochocheb.
18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in memory.” He called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom’s monument, to this day.
18Nak toj yoßyo laj Absalón quixtus li pec chi najt xteram saß li ru takßa re li rey, re nak eb li tenamit teßxqßue xlokßal laj Absalón. Quixye: —Mâ jun cualal cuan re nak tâjulticâk incßabaß, chan. Joßcan nak quixqßue “Absalón” chokß xcßabaß li tusbil pec aßan. Ut chalen anakcuan li tusbil pec aßan “Absalón” nayeman re.
19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me now run, and bear the king news, how that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies.”
19Laj Ahimaas, li ralal laj Sadoc, quixye re laj Joab: —Nintzßâma châcuu nak tinâcanab chi xic saß ânil chixyebal re li rey nak li Kâcuaß quixcol saß rukßeb li xicß nequeßiloc re, chan.
20Joab said to him, “You shall not be the bearer of news this day, but you shall bear news another day. But today you shall bear no news, because the king’s son is dead.”
20Laj Joab quixye re: —Mâcuaß lâat tatxic chixyebal li esilal aßin anakcuan xban nak xcam li ralal li rey. Mâre saß jun chic cutan naru tatxic, chan.
21Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen!” The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
21Tojoßnak laj Joab quixye re jun li soldado Etiopía xtenamit: —Lâat tatxic ut tâye re li rey cßaßru xacuil, chan. Ut li cuînk quixxulub rib chiru laj Joab re xqßuebal xlokßal ut cô saß ânil.
22Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, “But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite.” Joab said, “Why do you want to run, my son, since that you will have no reward for the news?”
22Laj Ahimaas quixye cuißchic re laj Joab: —Mâcßaß nacuaj re cßaßru tincßul. Tinxic ajcuiß lâin saß ânil chirix li cuînk Etiopía xtenamit, chan. Laj Joab quixye re: —¿Cßaßut nak tento nak tatxic? Li rey incßaß tixqßue âkßajcâmunquil, chan.
23“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
23Laj Ahimaas quixye: —Lâin mâcßaß nacuaj re aßan. Lâin nacuaj xic, chan. Ut laj Joab quixye re: —Ayu. Âlinan, chan. Ut laj Ahimaas cô saß junpât saß li ru takßa ut coxkßax laj Etiopía.
24Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
24Li rey David chunchu saß xyi li cuib chi oquebâl re li tenamit. Li soldado li yô chi cßacßalênc re li tenamit cô saß xbên li tzßac cuan cuiß li oquebâl ut yô chi iloc. Quiril jun li cuînk yô chak chi châlc saß ânil xjunes.
25The watchman cried, and told the king. The king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” He came closer and closer.
25Li soldado li yô chi cßacßalênc quixjap re chixyebal re laj David. Laj David quixye: —Cui xjunes yô chi châlc, châbil li esilal yô chak chixcßambal, chan. Nak yô chi nachßoc li cuînk,
26The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the porter, and said, “Behold, a man running alone!” The king said, “He also brings news.”
26li soldado li yô chi cßacßalênc quiril nak yô chi châlc saß ânil jun chic. Ut quixye re li na-iloc re li oquebâl: —Yô chi châlc jun chic saß ânil xjunes, chan. Laj David quixye: —Châbil esilal yô chak chixcßambal, chan.
27The watchman said, “I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and comes with good news.”
27Li soldado, li yô chi cßacßalênc, quixye: —Joß li aßan anchal laj Ahimaas li ralal laj Sadoc li yô chak chi âlinac, chan. Li rey quixye: —Li cuînk aßan châbil xnaßleb. Yô chak chixcßambal châbil esilal, chan.
28Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, “All is well.” He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king!”
28Laj Ahimaas quixqßue xsahil xchßôl li rey. Quixcut rib saß chßochß ut quixye re: —Lokßoninbil taxak li Kâcuaß lâ Dios, at rey, xban nak xatxtenkßa chi numtâc saß xbêneb li cuînk xeßraj numtâc saß âbên, chan.
29The king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don’t know what it was.”
29Li rey David quixye re: —¿Ma mâcßaß xcßul laj Absalón li sâj cuînk? chan. Ut laj Ahimaas quixye re: —At rey, nak laj Joab xinixtakla arin, xcuil nak yôqueb chixmululinquil ribeb. Abanan incßaß xinnau cßaßru yôqueb, chan.
30The king said, “Turn aside, and stand here.” He turned aside, and stood still.
30Li rey quixye re: —Xaklin arin jun pacßal, chan. Ut laj Ahimaas quinumeß jun pacßal ut aran quicana chi xakxo.
31Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, “News for my lord the king; for Yahweh has avenged you this day of all those who rose up against you.”
31Saß ajcuiß li hônal aßan quicuulac li cuînk laj Etiopía ut quixye re li rey: —At rey, xincßam chak châbil esilal chokß âcue. Anakcuan li Kâcuaß xcoloc âcue saß rukßeb li xicß nequeßiloc âcue, chan.
32The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you to do you harm, be as that young man is.”
32Li rey quixye re li cuînk laj Etiopía: —¿Ma mâcßaß xcßul laj Absalón? chan. Ut li cuînk quixye re: —Us raj nak chixjunileb li xicß nequeßiloc âcue li teßraj numtâc saß âbên, teßxcßul joß xcßul laj Absalón, chan.Cßajoß nak quirahoß xchßôl laj David. Cô xjunes saß li naßajej saß xbên li oquebâl ut cßajoß nak quiyâbac. Nak yô chi xic, quixye: —¡At Absalón, at cualal! ¡At Absalón, at cualal! Us raj nak lâin xincam ut lâat toj yoßyôcat. ¡At Absalón, at cualal! chan.
33The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
33Cßajoß nak quirahoß xchßôl laj David. Cô xjunes saß li naßajej saß xbên li oquebâl ut cßajoß nak quiyâbac. Nak yô chi xic, quixye: —¡At Absalón, at cualal! ¡At Absalón, at cualal! Us raj nak lâin xincam ut lâat toj yoßyôcat. ¡At Absalón, at cualal! chan.