¹It was told Joab, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”

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

²The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”

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.

³The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

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.

⁴The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”

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.

⁵Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;

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;

⁶in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it would have pleased you well.

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.

⁷Now therefore arise, go out, and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don’t go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.”

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.

⁸Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

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.

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

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.

¹⁰Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don’t you speak a word of bringing the king back?”

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.

¹¹King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? Since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house.

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.

¹²You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’

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.

¹³Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.’”

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.

¹⁴He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”

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.

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

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.

¹⁶Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

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.

¹⁷There 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 through the Jordan in the presence of the king.

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.

¹⁸A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he had come over the Jordan.

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.

¹⁹He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, nor remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

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.

²⁰For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”

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.

²¹But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”

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.

²²David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For don’t I know that I am this day king over Israel?”

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.

²³The king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” The king swore to him.

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

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

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.

²⁵It happened, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”

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.

²⁶He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.

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.

²⁷He has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Do therefore what is good in your eyes.

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.

²⁸For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?”

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.

²⁹The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”

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.

³⁰Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”

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.

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

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.

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

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.

³³The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”

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

³⁴Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to 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?

³⁵I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

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?

³⁶Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?

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?

³⁷Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.”

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.

³⁸The king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you require of me, that I will do for you.”

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.

³⁹All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.

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.

⁴⁰So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

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.

⁴¹Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”

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.

⁴²All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”

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.

⁴³The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

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.