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!”
1Huan, huailai ah Benjamin mi, Bikri tapa Seba, Belial mi khat a na om zenzen a, pengkul a mut a, David ah tantuan i neikei ua, Jesai tapa ah leng gouluah ding i nei samkei: Israel mite aw, na puanin lam chiat uah pai un, a chi a.
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.
2Huchi in Israel mi tengteng in David a zuih uh a lehngatsan ua, Bikri tapa Seba a zuita uh; Juda mite'n Jordan a kipan in Jerusalem pha in a kumpipa uh a len chinten uh.
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.
3Huchi in, David Jerusalem a a in ah a hongpai a; huan, kumpipa'n numei sawm a meite inngak ding a a koihte a pi a, a khum a, a nek ding uh a tumsak a, himahleh a kiang ah a lutkei hi.
4Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
4Huchi in kumpipa'n Amasa kiang ah, Ni thum sung in Juda mite hon sap khawmsak inla, huan, nang leng hong om sam in, a chi a.
5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
5Huchi in Amasa Juda mite sam khawm ding in a kuan a; himahleh a hun sehsak sang in a vatam sawt zota hi.
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.”
6Huchi in David in Abisai kiang ah, Bikri tapa Seba in Absalom sang in leng i poi uh khoih zo sin aka hia: na pu mite pi inla delh un; huchilou in zaw kho kulh nei ah a lut man ding a, i muh phaklouh in i khahsuah kha ding, a chi a.
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.
7Huchi in, Joab pawlte, Keret mite, Pelet mite leh a mi hat tengteng un amah a zui kheta ua: Jerusalem a kipan in Bikri tapa Seba delh ding in a pawtkhia uh.
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.
8Gibeon a suangpi omna a vatun un Amasa in amaute a na dawn a. Huan, Joab in kidouna van a silh a, huan, a tungah namsau a pai toh kawnggak ah a kuah a, huan, a pawt khiak leh a keta hi.
9Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
9Huan, Joab in Amasa kiang ah, Unaupa, Na hoih tadih na maw? a chi a. Huan, Joab in Amasa khoih tum in a khamul a khut taklam in a len a.
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.
10Himahleh Amasa in Joab in namsau a tawi a limsakkei a; huchi in a gil ah a vut a, a gil khawng a tolhkhe sak zelzul a, a vut tuan nawnkei; huchi in a sita hi. Huchi in Joab leh a unaupa Abisai in Bikri tapa Seba a delh ua.
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!”
11Huan, a kiang ah Joab pawlte laka tangval khat a dinga, Joab lam a pang leh David lam a pang peuhmah in Joab zui zel uheh, a chi a.
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.
12Huan, Amasa bel lamlian lai tak ah a si in a na kidiah zezua mawk a. Huan, huai mi in mi tengteng ding didepa a muh in Amasa luang lamlian a kipan gamlak ah suan in puan in a tuam a, a kiang a hongpai peuhmah khawl zel a a muh ziak in.
13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
13Huan, lamlian a kipan suankhiak a hih nungin Bikri tapa Seba delh ding in mi tengteng in Joab a zui uh.
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.
14Huan, Abel pha leh Beth-maaka pha in Israel nam tengteng leh Ber mite tengteng a tawn vek a; huan, a kikaikhawm ua amah a zui teita uhi.
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.
15Huan, Beth-maaka Abel khua ah amah a um ua; huan, kho zulzul ah lei achiang ua, kulh zul ah a ding uh: huan, Joab kiang a mi om tengteng in chimsak ding in kulh a khoh okok uh.
16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
16Huchi in numei pil khua a kipan a hong kikou a, Khaikhaia; Joab kiang ah, Hongpai nai in, na kiang ah thu ka nagen ding, a chi a, va chi un, a chi a.
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.”
17Huan, a kiang ah a va hoh nai a: huan, numei in, Joab na hi hia? a chi a. Hi e, a chi a, a dawng a. Huchi in a kiang ah, Na sikhanu thugen ngaikhe dih, a chi a. Huan, aman a dawng a, Ka ngaikhia hi, a chi a.
18Then she spoke, saying, “They were used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;’ and so they settled it.
18Huchi in, Nidanglai in, Abel khua ah a kikum ngeingei ding uh, a chi sek ua; huchi bang in thu a tawp sak zel uh.
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?”
19Kei Israel lak a kituah ut leh muanhuai pawl a mi ka hi a, nang zaw Israel khua, a kho bul pipen hihsiat tum nei lim ve; bang ding a TOUPA gou nawmvalh tum na hia? chi in a gen a.
20Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
20Huan, Joab in a dawng a, Huchibang ahi zenzen kei, nawmvalh hiam, hihsiat hiam ka tumkei himhim hi.
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.”
21Huchi bang lam thu ahikei hi: Ephraim tang gam a mi Bikri tapa a min Seba in kumpipa nang in, David hial nang in a khut a zak a; amah hon pe mai le uchin khua pen ka pawt san mai ding, a chi a. Huan, numei in Joab kiang ah, Ngai dih, a lutang kulh ah ka honpaihkhiak sak ding uh, a chi a.
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.
22Huchi in numei in bel a pilna thoh in mipi tengteng lak ah a pai a. Huan, Bikri tapa Seba lutang a tan ua, Joab kiang lam ah a pai khia uh. Huan, pengkul a mut a, amau puan in lam chiat zuan in khua a kipan a dalh zakta uh. Huan, Joab bel Jerusalem ah kumpipa kiang ah a pai nawnta.
23Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
23Joab bel Israel sepaih tengteng heutu ahi a; huan, Jehoiada tapa Benai ahihleh Keret mi leh Pelet mite heutu ahi:
24and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
24Huan, Adoram bel nasem dia goih teiteite heutu ahi a, huan, Ahilud tapa Jehosaphat bel tanchin gelhmi ahi hi;
25and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
25Huan, Seva bel laigelhmi ahi a; huan, Zadok leh Abiathar bel siampu ahi uh:Huan, Jair mi Ira leng David siampu ahi.
26and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
26Huan, Jair mi Ira leng David siampu ahi.