1There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
1Saß li tenamit Gilgal quicuan jun li cuînk incßaß us xnaßleb. Aßan laj Seba, ralal laj Bicri. Xcomoneb li ralal xcßajol laj Benjamín. Laj Seba quixyâbasi li trompeta re xchßutubanquileb li tenamit, ut quixye reheb: —Lâo mâcßaß nakara chirix laj David li ralal laj Isaí. Mâcßaß tixqßue ke. Chikajunilo toxic saß kamuhebâl, chan.
2So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
2Joßcaßin nak chixjunileb li ralal xcßajol laj Israel queßxtzßektâna laj David ut queßoquen chirix laj Seba, ralal laj Bicri. Abanan eb li ralal xcßajol laj Judá queßoquen chirix laj David lix reyeb. Queßcôeb chirix nak queßel cuan cuiß li nimaß Jordán ut queßcôeb toj Jerusalén.
3David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
3Nak li rey David quicuulac saß li rochoch aran Jerusalén, quixqßue xjuneseb li lajêb chi ixk li queßcuan riqßuin li quixcanabeb chi iloc cab. Quixqßue xtzacaêmkeb, abanan incßaß chic quicuan riqßuineb. Joßcan nak queßcana chi tzßaptzßôqueb. Chanchaneb chic li xmâlcaßan chalen nak queßcam.
4Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
4Mokon chic li rey quixye re laj Amasa: —Tâchßutubeb chixjunileb li cuînk li cuanqueb Judá. Saß oxib cutan cuânkeb arin ut cuânkat ajcuiß lâat, chan.
5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
5Laj Amasa cô chixbokbaleb li cuînk, abanan incßaß quicuulac saß li cutan li quiyeheß re xban li rey David.
6David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”
6Joßcan nak li rey quixye re laj Abisai: —Laj Seba, li ralal laj Bicri, kßaxal cuißchic nabal li chßaßajquilal tixcßam chak saß kabên chiru laj Absalón. Joßcan nak cßameb li cuînk li nequeßcßanjelac chicuu ut texxic chixsicßbal. Mâre anchal tâoc saß eb li tenamit sutsu saß tzßac ut incßaß chic târûk takachap, chan.
7There went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
7Joßcan nak queßcôeb chixjunileb li cuanqueb rubel xtak laj Joab. Queßcôeb ajcuiß eb laj cereteo, eb laj peleteo, joß eb ajcuiß chixjunileb li cauheb xchßôl chi pletic. Queßel Jerusalén re teßxic chixsicßbal laj Seba, li ralal laj Bicri.
8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.
8Nak queßcuulac nachß cuan cuiß li nimla pec aran Gabaón, queßcßuleß xban laj Amasa. Laj Joab cuan rakß soldado chirix. Lix chßîchß cuan saß xcßâmal xsaß. Nak yô chi nachßoc riqßuin laj Amasa, lix chßîchß laj Joab quitßaneß saß chßochß.
9Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
9Laj Joab quixye re laj Amasa: —¿Chan xacuil, at cuamîg?— Ut quixchap lix mach laj Amasa riqßuin li rukß nim re târutzß ru.
10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
10Laj Amasa incßaß quixqßue retal nak cuan xchßîchß laj Joab saß li rukß jun chic. Ut laj Joab quixcuj chi chßîchß laj Amasa ut qui-el lix cßamcßot ut quitßaneß saß chßochß ut quicam saß junpât. Jun sut ajcuiß quixcuj chi chßîchß. Chirix aßan laj Joab rochben laj Abisai li rîtzßin queßcôeb chixsicßbal laj Seba.
11There stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
11Jun lix soldado laj Joab quixakli chixcßatk li camenak ut quixjap re chixyebal: —Li ani târaj oquênc chirixeb laj Joab ut laj David cheßxicak chirix laj Joab anakcuan, chan.
12Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.
12Laj Amasa tßantßo saß xyi be saß lix quiqßuel. Lix soldado laj Joab quiril nak chixjunileb yôqueb chi xaklîc cuan cuiß li camenak. Joßcan nak quixquelo li camenak chire li be ut quixtzßap riqßuin jun tßicr.
13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
13Nak ac xrisi li camenak saß li be, chixjunileb queßcôeb chirix laj Joab chixsicßbal laj Seba li ralal laj Bicri.
14He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
14Laj Seba quinumeß riqßuineb chixjunileb lix têpaleb li ralal xcßajol laj Israel toj quicuulac aran Abel-bet-maaca. Ut chixjunileb li ralal xcßajol laj Bicri queßxchßutub ribeb ut queßoc saß li tenamit chirix laj Seba.
15They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
15Nak eb lix soldados laj Joab queßcuulac Abel-bet-maaca, queßxtûb li chßochß chirix li tzßac li sutsu cuiß li tenamit re târûk teßpletik riqßuineb. Ut queßxtiquib ajcuiß xtßanbal li tzßac.
16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
16Jun li ixk cuan xnaßleb quixjap re toj saß xbên li tzßac ut quixye: —Bânuhomak usilal. Yehomak re laj Joab nak tânachßok chak cuiqßuin. Lâin nacuaj âtinac riqßuin, chan.
17He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your handmaid.” He answered, “I do hear.”
17Laj Joab quinachßoc riqßuin ut li ixk quixye re: —¿Ma lâat laj Joab?— Ut aßan quixye re: —Lâin laj Joab.— Li ixk quixye re: —Lâin aj cßanjel châcuu. Bânu usilal, chacuabi li cßaßru tinye, chan. Ut laj Joab quixye re: —Lâin tincuabi. Ye cue cßaßru tâcuaj.—
18Then she spoke, saying, “They were used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;’ and so they settled it.
18Li ixk quixye re: —Najter eb li tenamit queßxye, “cui ani naraj tâqßuehekß xnaßleb tâxic chixpatzßbal xnaßleb aran Abel” chanqueb. Joßcaßin nak queßxyîb ru li chßaßajquilal junjûnk.
19I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?”
19Li katenamit nacuan saß tuktûquil usilal ut nacuan saß xyâlal arin Israel. Aßin jun tenamit kßaxal nim xcuanquil. ¿Cßaßut nak tâcuaj xsachbal katenamit? Li tenamit aßin re li Dios, chan.
20Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
20Laj Joab quixye re: —Lâo incßaß takasach lâ tenamit chi moco xkacßoxla xpoßbal ru li cßaßru cuan êre.
21The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.”
21Mâcuaß aßan li nakaj lâo. Jun li cuînk aj Seba xcßabaß xchal chak saß lix naßajeb li ralal xcßajol laj Efraín, li tzûl ru. Li cuînk aßan târaj pletic riqßuin li rey David. Cui têkßaxtesi ke li cuînk aßan, lâo toxic ut incßaß to-oc saß lê tenamit, chan laj Joab. Li ixk quixye re: —Lâo takacamsi ut takacut lix jolom junpacßal li tzßac, chan.
22Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
22Ut li ixk quixserakßi reheb li cuanqueb saß li tenamit cßaßru us xbânunquil. Queßxcamsi laj Seba li ralal laj Bicri ut queßxcut lix jolom jun pacßal li tzßac cuan cuiß laj Joab. Ut laj Joab quixyâbasi lix trompeta re nak teßxcanab pletic ut chixjunileb li cuanqueb rochben queßcôeb saß li rochocheb. Ut laj Joab cô Jerusalén riqßuin li rey David.
23Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
23Laj Joab quicana chi taklânc saß xbêneb chixjunileb lix soldados aj Israel. Ut laj Benaía li ralal laj Joiada quicana chi taklânc saß xbêneb laj cereteo ut eb laj peleteo.
24and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
24Laj Adoram quitaklan saß xbêneb li queßpuersîc ruheb chi trabajic. Ut laj Josafat, li ralal laj Ahilud, aßan li quitzßîban re li retalil li cßaßru quicßulman.
25and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
25Laj Seva, aßan laj tzßîb. Ut laj Sadoc ut laj Abiatar, aßaneb laj tij.Laj Ira, Jair xtenamit, aßan laj tij li quicuan riqßuin laj David.
26and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
26Laj Ira, Jair xtenamit, aßan laj tij li quicuan riqßuin laj David.