1Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
1Huan, TOUPA'N David kiang ah Nathan a sawl a. Huan, a kiang ah a hoh a, Khua khat ah mi nih a om ua; khatpen mi hausa ahi a, khatpen mi genthei ahi.
2The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
2Mi hausa in belam hon tampi leh gan hon tampi a nei a:
3but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
3Mi genthei in bel belamnou a nu neuchik khat a lei a, a vulh khat kia ngallou bangmah a neikei a: a kiang ah a tate toh khanglian ahi uh; a kuang sawk pih leh a nou kikoppih, a angsung a om, a tanu bang geih a a ngaihtuah ahi.
4A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him.”
4Huan, mi hausa kiang ah khualzinmi khat a vatung a; huan, amah kiang a mikhual tung amah belam leh gan goh phallou in mi genthei belamnou a kiang a hongpa a goh a, a chi a.
5David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die!
5Huchi in huai mi tungah a hehta mahmah a, Nathan kiang ah, TOUPA hinna lou in ka gen hi, huai thil hih mi hihlup mai tuak ahi;
6He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!”
6Huan, hichi bang thil ahih ziak leh hehpihna a neihlouh ziak in a belamnou a mun li in a dit ding ahi, a chi a.
7Nathan said to David, “You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
7Huchi in Nathan in David kiang ah, Nangmah na ka, TOUPA, Israelte Pathian in hichi in a chi, Israelte kumpipa ding in sathau ka honnilh a, Saula khut a kipan in ka hon honkhia a;
8I gave you your master’s house, and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.
8Huan, na pu in gou ka honluah sak a, na pu zite na angsung ah ka koih a, huan, Israel inkuante leh Judate ka hon pia a; huan, huaite a tawmluat lai uleh thil dangte leng hon piak beh lai ding ka kei maw.
9Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
9Bangdia TOUPA thu ngaineu a, a mitmuh a thil hoihlou na hih maizen? Hit mi Uria namsau in na hihlum a, a zi nang zi ding in na neihsak a, Amon suante namsau in na that.
10Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
10Huaiziak in namsau in na inkote a ki khinsan hetkei ding; nang lah hon ngaineu in Hit mi Uria zi nang zi ding in na suhsak ngal a.
11“This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
11TOUPA'N hichi in a chi, Ngai in, nangmah inkuan lak a kipan mahmah in na tungah thil hoihlou ka suaksak ding a, na mitmuh mahmah in na zi ka hon laksak ding, na vengte ka pe dia, sun khovak in na zite a luppih ding uh.
12For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’”
12Nang bel a guk in na hih a, ken zaw Israel mite tengteng mitmuh in sun khovak in ka hih ding hi, a chi a.
13David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
13Huna, David in Nathan kiang ah, TOUPA tungah thil ka hihkhialta, a chi a. Huan, Nathan in David kiang ah, TOUPA'N leng na khelhna a koihmang samta; na sikei ding.
14However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”
14Ahihhang in hiai na thilhih a Pathian gensiatna lemtang tak TOUPA melmate adia na bawl ziak in naupang na lak a piang a si ngeingei ding, a chi a.
15Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
15Huchi in Nathan in a inlam ah a paisanta hi. Huan, Uria zi in David a suansak tungah TOUPA'N a khut a kha a, a chi a na mahmahta hi.
16David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
16Huchi in David in naupang a ding in Pathian kiang ah a ngen ngutngut a; huan, David in an bang a ngawl a, a lut a, zankhua in lei ah a lum.
17The elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
17Huan, a inkote lak a upate a thou ua, lei a kipan a kaithou ding in a kiang ah a ding ua; himahleh a thou nuamkei a, a kiang uah leng a nesamkei.
18It happened on the seventh day, that the child died. The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he didn’t listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?”
18Huan, hichi ahi a, a ni sagih ni in naupuang a sita. Huan, David sikhate'n naupang a sita chih a hilh ngamkei ua, Ngai in, naupang a damlai in a kiang ah thu i gen ua, a ngaikhe nuam ngalkei a, naupang a sita chih bangchin i hilh ngam dia, bang chichi hiam in a kihih kha ding, a chi ua.
19But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
19Himahleh David in a sikhate kisimhou a muh in naupang a sita chih a theita a; huan, David in a sikhate kiang ah, Naupang sita hia? a chi a. Huan, amau, Sita, a chi ua.
20Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.
20Huchi in David lei a kipan a thou a, a kisil a, sathau a kinilh a, a puante a kheng a; huan, TOUPA in ah a hoh a, Pathian a bia; huan, a in lam ah a pai nawn a, huan, an a kan a, a ma ah a lui ua, a na neta hi.
21Then his servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.”
21Huchi in a sikhate'n a kiang ah, Na thilhihdan bangchidan ahia? Naupang a damlai in an na ngawl a, na kap a, himahleh naupang a sihtak in na thou a, an khawng na ne mai ngal a, a chi ua.
22He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
22Huan, aman, Naupang a damlai in an khawng ka ngawl a ka kap ngut a; Naupang a dam theihna ding in TOUPA'N hon hehpih kha mohkei ding, kua ahia thei ding? Ka chi a ahi.
23But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
23Himahleh tu in a sita ngal a, bang din an ka ngawlta de? Ka sam kik nawn thei dia hia? A kiang ah kei ka pai khongkhong ding a, himahleh amah zaw ka kiang ah a hong kik nawnta kei ding, a chi a.
24David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
24Huchi in David in a zi Bath-seba a lungmuan a, a kiang ah a lut a, a luppih a, huan, tapa a suang a, a min in Solomon a sa hi.
25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
25Huan, TOUPA'N amah a it a; huan, zawlnei Nathan a thukhak a, huan, aman TOUPA tam sak in amin ding in Jedidia a sata hi.
26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
26Huchi in, Joab in Amon suante khopi Raba a sim a, khopi a lata hi.
27Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
27Huan, Joab in David kiang ah mi a sawl a, Raba ka sim a, ahi, tuite khopi ka lata hi.
28Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.”
28Huchi in mi omlai teng kaikhawm inla, khopi sual tum in zuan inla, la in: ken khopi la leng ka min a pu kha ding, a chi a.
29David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
29Huchi in David in mi tengteng a kaikhawm a, Rava ah a hoh ua, a vasim ua, a lata uh.
30He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David’s head. He brought out the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
30Huan, a kumpipa uh lallukhu khuk lai a laksak a, a gikdan dangka-eng talent buk ahi a, suangmantamte leng a tel a; huan, David a khusak uh. Huan, khopi a gallak sum tampi a la hi.Huan, mipite a pikheta a, singatna te, leilehna sik zum te, sik heipite zang in na a sem sak a, lei haltakte a bawlsak a: Amon suante khopi tengteng huchibang in a hih. Huan, David leh mi tengteng Jerusalem ah a pai nawn uhi.
31He brought out the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under iron picks, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
31Huan, mipite a pikheta a, singatna te, leilehna sik zum te, sik heipite zang in na a sem sak a, lei haltakte a bawlsak a: Amon suante khopi tengteng huchibang in a hih. Huan, David leh mi tengteng Jerusalem ah a pai nawn uhi.