2 Samuel 14
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Siangpahrang mah Absalom to dawn parai boeh, tiah Zeruiah capa Joab mah panoek.
1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
2To pongah Joab mah Tekoa vangpui ah kami maeto patoeh moe, palungha nongpata maeto kawksak. To nongpata khaeah, Palungsae parai baktiah angsah paeh loe, palungsethaih khukbuen to angkhuk ah; na tak ah situi angnok hmah; kadueh kami nuiah palungsae parai kami baktiah angsah ah;
2And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her: 'I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead;
3siangpahrang khaeah caeh loe, hae tiah lokthui ah, tiah patuk.
3and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him.' So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4Tekoa vangpui ih nongpata loe siangpahrang khaeah caeh moe, a hmaa ah azat paekhaih hoiah long ah akuep pacoengah, Aw siangpahrang, na bom ah, tiah a naa.
4And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and prostrated herself, and said: 'Help, O king.'
5Siangpahrang mah to nongpata khaeah, Tih raihaih maw na tawnh, tiah a naa. Anih mah, Kai loe lamhmai ah ka oh; ka sava loe duek ving boeh.
5And the king said unto her: 'What aileth thee?' And she answered: 'Of a truth I am a widow, my husband being dead.
6Na tamna kai loe ca nongpa hnetto ka tawnh; nihnik loe lawk ah oh hoi moe, angboh hoi, maeto hoi maeto angboh hoi naah tapraekkung midoeh om ai; to naah maeto mah kalah maeto to boh maat.
6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.
7To pongah khenah, a imthung takoh boih na tamna kai khaeah angzoh o moe, Amya hum kami to tacawtsak ah, anih to amya hum zuengah ka hum o han; qawktoep kami doeh om ai ah ka hum o han, tiah ang naa o. To tiah sah o nahaeloe kanghmat kai ih hmaisa-ae doeh nihcae mah paduek o tih; ka sava ih ahmin hoi ka caa maeto doeh long ah om o sak mak ai, tiah a naa.
7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they said: Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.'
8Siangpahrang mah nongpata khaeah, Im ah amlaem ah; nang kawng to ka thuih han hmang, tiah a naa.
8And the king said unto the woman: 'Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.'
9Tekoa vangpui ih nongpata mah siangpahrang khaeah, Ka angraeng siangpahrang, Ahmin sethaih loe kaimah hoi kampa imthung takoh nuiah om nasoe, siangpahrang hoi siangpahrang ih angraeng tangkhang nuiah zaehaih om hmah nasoe, tiah a naa.
9And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king: 'My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.'
10Siangpahrang mah, Mi kawbaktih doeh nang khaeah lokthui nahaeloe, anih to kai khaeah angzo haih ah, anih mah raihaih na paek let mak ai boeh, tiah a naa.
10And the king said: 'Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.'
11To nongpata mah, To tiah nahaeloe athii tho pongah athii hnih kaminawk mah ka capa hum o han ai ah, siangpahrang mah Angraeng khaeah lokkamhaih sah pae nasoe, tiah a naa. To naah anih mah, Angraeng loe hing baktih toengah, na capa ih sam maeto mataeng doeh long ah angmuen mak ai, tiah a naa.
11Then said she: 'I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.'
12To naah nongpata mah, na tamna kai hae siangpahrang khaeah lok vaito mah na thuisak raeh, tiah a naa. Anih mah thui khae, tiah a naa.
12Then the woman said: 'Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king.' And he said: 'Say on.'
13To naah to nongpata mah, To tiah nahaeloe tipongah Sithaw kaminawk nuiah hae baktih hmuen na sak loe? Siangpahrang mah haek ih a capa to kawk let ai pongah, siangpahrang mah hae lokthuih naah, a sak ih zaehaih to panoek ai maw?
13And the woman said: 'Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.
14Long ah bawh ih tui loe la let thai ai baktih toengah, aicae loe a duek o boih han oh; Sithaw loe kami mikhmai khethaih tawn ai; toe Anih loe a haek ih kami kawk lethaih loklam to a poek.
14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person; but let him devise means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
15Kaminawk mah kai ang pazih o pongah, ka angraeng siangpahrang khaeah hae lokthuih hanah vaihi kang zoh. Na tamna kai mah, siangpahrang khaeah lok ka thuih han vop, a tamna mah thuih ih lok to siangpahrang mah na sah pae khoe doeh om tih.
15Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy handmaid said: I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
16Sithaw mah paek ih qawktoephaih long hoiah paduek hanah patoem kami ih ban thung hoiah kaimah hoi ka capa, angmah ih tamna nongpata to pahlong khoe doeh om tih.
16For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
17Vaihi na tamna kai hae, Ka angraeng siangpahrang ih lok mah monghaih na paek nasoe; ka angraeng siangpahrang loe, kasae kahoih poekthaih Sithaw ih van kami baktiah ni oh. To pongah na Angraeng Sithaw loe nang hoi nawnto om nasoe, tiah a naa.
17Then thy handmaid said: Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for my comfort; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and the LORD thy God be with thee.'
18To naah siangpahrang mah nongpata khaeah, Kang dueng ih lok to angphat hmah, tiah a naa. To naah nongpata mah, Ka angraeng siangpahrang, vaihi na thui ah, tiah a naa.
18Then the king answered and said unto the woman: 'Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee.' And the woman said: 'Let my lord the king now speak.'
19To naah siangpahrang mah, Hae hmuen sak hanah Joab mah maw ang thuisak? tiah a dueng. Nongpata mah, Ka angraeng siangpahrang, nang na hing baktih toengah, ka angraeng siangpahrang mah thuih ih lok loe, mi mah doeh banqoi bantang pathui thai mak ai; Ue, na tamna Joab mah hae hmuennawk hae sak hanah ang pacae moe, na tamna mah thuih han koi loknawk doeh ang patuk.
19And the king said: 'Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answered and said: 'As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;
20Vaihi kaom hmuen baktiah sak hanah na tamna Joab mah ang thuih; ka angraeng nang loe Sithaw ih van kaminawk baktiah palunghahaih na tawnh pongah, long nuiah kaom hmuennawk to na panoek boih, tiah a naa.
20to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing; and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.'
21To naah Joab khaeah, Khenah, hae hmuennawk ka paek boih boeh; Caeh loe, thendoeng Absalom to kawk let ah, tiah a naa.
21And the king said unto Joab: 'Behold now, I have granted this request; go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.'
22Joab mah khingyahaih hoiah long ah akuep moe, Ka angraeng siangpahrang, na tamna hnikhaih nang paroi pae pongah, na tamna loe ka angraeng siangpahrang hmaa ah mikcuk naakrak ah ka oh, tiah ka panoek, tiah anghoehaih lok to a thuih.
22And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and prostrated himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said: 'To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of thy servant.'
23To pacoengah Joab loe Geshur ah caeh moe, Absalom to Jerusalem ah amlaem haih let.
23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24Toe siangpahrang angmah, Ka mikhmai hnu ai ah, angmah ih im ah caeh poe nasoe, tiah a naa. To pongah Absalom loe siangpahrang mikhmai hnu ai ah, angmah im ah caeh poe.
24And the king said: 'Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face.' So Absalom turned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.
25Israel prae thung boih ah Absalom baktiah minawk mah pakoeh ih, kranghoih kami midoeh om ai. A khokpadae hoi a lu khoek to coek koi om ai.
25Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty; from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
26Lu nui ih sam azit hmoek pongah, saning kruek sam to aah, a sam to tah naah siangpahrang im ih kazit tahhaih shekel cumvai hnetto oh.
26And when he polled his head — now it was at every year's end that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it — he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.
27Absalom mah capa thumto hoi canu maeto sak; a canu loe Tamar, tiah ahmin phui moe, kranghoih parai.
27And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28Absalom loe siangpahrang mikhmai hnu ai ah saning hnetto thung Jerusalem vangpui ah oh.
28And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the kings face.
29To pongah anih to siangpahrang khaeah caeh haih hanah, Absalom mah Joab khaeah kami patoeh; toe Joab mah anih khae caeh han angmak pae. Absalom mah anih kawk hanah kami patoeh let, toe caeh pae ai.
29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
30To pongah Absalom mah a tamnanawk khaeah, Khenah, Joab ih lawk loe kai ih lawk taengah oh, a lawk ah Barli cang to patit; caeh oh loe hmai hoi thlaek pae oh, tiah a naa. To pongah Absalom ih tamnanawk mah lawk to hmai hoiah thlaek pae o.
30Therefore he said unto his servants: 'See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire.' And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
31To naah Joab loe angthawk moe, Absalom im ah caeh pacoengah anih khaeah, Tipongah na tamnanawk mah kai ih lawk hmai hoiah thlaek o loe? tiah a dueng.
31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him: 'Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?'
32Absalom mah Joab khaeah, Khenah, Tipongah maw Geshur vangpui hoiah hae ah kang zoh? To vangpui ah vaihi khoek to ka oh vop hahaeloe hoi tih, tiah siangpahrang khaeah nang thuih pae hanah kang kawk. Vaihi siangpahrang ih mikhmai hnuk hanah ka koeh, ka sakpazaehaih om nahaeloe, na hum nasoe, tiah a naa.
32And Absalom answered Joab: 'Behold, I sent unto thee, saying: Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say: Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still; now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.'
33To pongah Joab loe siangpahrang khaeah caeh moe, to lok to a thuih pae. To naah siangpahrang mah Absalom to kawk, anih loe siangpahrang khaeah caeh moe, a hmaa ah long ah akuep; to pacoengah siangpahrang mah Absalom to mok.
33So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.
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