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1 Tua ciangin David in amah tawh a om mite khawmin a tultul a ukte leh a zaza a ukte-in koih hi.
2 David in galkapte sawlkhia-in, seh-thum suah seh-khat Joab’ ukna nuai-ah, seh-thum suah seh-khat Joab’ sanggampa Zeru-iah’ tapa Abishai’ ukna nuai-ah, leh seh-thum suah seh-khat Gath mi Ittai’ ukna nuai-ah omsak hi. Tua ciangin kumpipa in mite kiangah, “Note tawh kei zong kong kuankhia ding hi,” a ci hi.
3 Ahih hangin mite in, “Nang nong kuan khia kei ding hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh kote tai le-ung amaute in kote phamawh hong sa lo ding hi. Kote kimkhat si le-ung amaute in kote phamawh hong sa lo ding hi. Ahih hangin nang in kote tulsawm zahin na manpha hi; tua ahih ciangin khuapi panin kote kiangah huhna hong puak lecin hoihzaw hi,” a ci uh hi.
4 Kumpipa in amaute kiangah, “Note in hoih na sakpen bangun ka gamta ding hi,” a ci hi. Tua ahih ciangin galkap khempeuh a zaza leh a tultul-in a paikhiat lai takin kulh kongpi pangah kumpipa ding hi.
5 Tua ciangin kumpipa in Joab leh Abishai leh Ittai thu pia-in, “Keimah nong khualna-un tangvalpa Absalom hong dawm mahmah un,” a ci hi. Kumpipa in Absalom’ thu galkapmangte tungah a vaikhakna mi khempeuh in za uh hi.
6 Tua ahih ciangin galkapte Israelte do dingin gamlakah kuankhia uh hi; Efraim tulak-ah gal kido uh hi.
7 David’ nasemte in tua lai-ah Israel mite zo uh a, tua ni-a mi kithat tam a, mi tulsawmnih ahi hi.
8 Tua gam maitang tung khempeuhah gal kikapna om kim hi; tua ni-in namsau’ thah sangin thudang hangin tulak-a si mi tamzaw hi.
9 David’ nasemte in Absalom tuak kha uh hi. Absalom in a la tungah tuang a, tawsaw lianpi hiang pha nuai khatah a la pai-in, a lutang tawsaw lakah awk a, ama nuai-a om la a paisuak lai takin van leh lei kikalah amah a kikhai-in kinusia hi.
10 Tua ciangin mi khat in mu-in Joab kiangah gen a, “En in, tawsaw khat kawm-ah Absalom kikhai ka mu hi,” a ci hi.
11 Joab in ama kiangah a gen mipa kiangah, “Bang, nang amah mu maw! Bang hangin lei lakah amah satkhia suk lo na hi hiam? Nang tungah ngun peek sawm leh kawnggak khat hong pia ngel ding hi ve’ng,” a ci hi.
12 Ahih hangin mipa in Joab kiangah, “Ngun peek tulkhat ka khut sungah koih ta lecin zong kumpipa’ tapa hih dingin ka khutmeno khat zong ka zankhia kei ding hi; bang hang hiam cih leh kote’ zakin kumpipa in nang leh Abishai leh Ittai thu hong pia in, ‘Keimah nong khualna-un tangvalpa Absalom hong dawm un,’ hong ci hi.
13 Thudang khatah, amah langpangin zuautat leng (Kumpipa tungah a ki-im bangmah om lo hi), nangmah mah kikang koihin nong hu kei ding hi,” a ci hi.
14 Joab in, “Hih bangin nang tawh hun ka beisak kei ding hi,” a ci hi. Tua ciangin amah in thaltang thum la-in tawsaw kawm-ah Absalom a hing lai-in a lutang sungah tuate siat hi.
15 Tua ciangin Joab’ galhiam tawite tangval sawm in Absalom umcih uh a, amah satin that uh hi.
16 Tua ciangin Joab in peengkul tum a, Israelte a delhna panun galkapte hong ciahkik uh hi; bang hang hiam cih leh Joab in amaute kho hi.
17 Tua ciangin amaute in Absalom la-in tulak-a dum lianpi khat sungah amah paai uh-a, ama tungah suangcianlian mahmah khat ciang uh hi; tua ciangin Israelte khempeuh amau’ inn ciatah tai uh hi.
18 Tu-in Absalom in ama nuntak sungin khuampi khat la-in ama adingin phutin Kumpipa’ Kuam-ah om hi; bang hang hiam cih leh amah in, “Keima min hong zom ding tapa ka nei kei hi,” a ci hi; tua khuampi ama min tamin phuak a, tu ni dongin Absalom’ Mual kici hi.
19 Tua ciangin Zadok’ tapa Ahima-az in, “Kei hong taisak in la, Topa in ama galte’ vangliatna panin amah a hotkhiatna lungdamna thu kumpipa kiangah hong puaksak in,” a ci hi.
20 Joab in ama kiangah, “Nang in tu ni-in lungdamna thu na puak kei ding hi; a ni dang ciangin lungdamna thu na puak thei ding hi; ahih hangin tu ni-in lungdamna thu na puak kei ding hi; bang hang hiam cih leh kumpipa’ tapa si hi,” a ci hi.
21 Tua ciangin Joab in Kush mipa kiangah, “Pai in, na muhsa teng kumpipa kiangah va gen in,” a ci hi. Kush mipa Joab’ mai-ah kunin, tua ciangin tai hi.
22 Tua ciangin Zadok’ tapa Ahima-za in Joab kiangah, “Bangbang piang ta leh kei zong Kush mipa nungah hong tai sak in,” a ci kik hi. Joab in, “Lungdamna thu puakna hangin thaman ngah lo ding cih thei napi-in, ka tapa aw, bang hangin tai ding na hi hiam?” a ci hi.
23 Amah in, “Bangbang piang ta leh ka tai ding hi,” a ci hi. Tua ahih ciangin amah in ama kiangah, “Tai in,” a ci hi. Tua ciangin Ahima-az zanglei lam tawnin tai a, Kush mipa makhelh hi.
24 Tu-in David kulh kongpi nihte kikalah tu hi; galvilpa kulh kongpi khumzangah paito a, amah in a lu sangsakin a khuadak ciangin amah guakin hong tai mi khat a mu hi.
25 Galvilpa in samin kumpipa kiangah gen hi. Kumpipa in, “Ama guak ahih leh thuhoih ahi hi,” a ci hi. Amah hong nawh tai-in hong nai hi.
26 Tua ciangin galvilpa in midang khat hong tai mu hi; galvilpa in kulh kongpi-ah samin, “En un, midang khat amah guak hong tai!” a ci hi. Kumpipa in, “amah in zong lungdamna thu hong paipih hi,” a ci hi.
27 Tua ciangin galvilpa in, “a masapa’ tai in Zadok’ tapa Ahima-az’ tai tawh kibang hi, ci-in ka ngaihsun hi,” a ci hi. Tua ciangin kumpipa in, “amah mihoih hi a, lungdamna thuhoih tawh hong pai hi,” a ci hi.
28 Tua ciangin kumpipa kiangah Ahima-az kiko-in, “Na khempeuh hoih hi,” a ci hi. Tua ciangin kumpipa mai-ah lei maingatin amah kun a, “ka to kumpipa’ lang khatah a khut a liik mite nangma khut sungah a hong pia Topa na Pasian in thupha ngah ta hen,” a ci hi.
29 Tua ciangin kumpipa in, “Tangvalpa Absalom a hoihhoih hiam?” a ci hi. Ahima-az in dawngin, “Joab in na nasempa a sawl ciangin buaina lianpi khat ka mu a, ahih hangin bang hiam cih ka thei kei hi,” a ci hi.
30 Tua ciangin kumpipa in, “Kiheikhia in la, hih lai-ah ding in,” a ci hi. Tua ciangin amah kihei khia-in taang loin ding hi.
31 Tua ciangin en in, Kush mipa hong tung hi; Kush mipa in, “Ka to kumpipa adingin lungdam nading thu om! Bang hang hiam cih leh nangma langah a ding mi khempeuh’ vangliatna panin tu ni-in Topa in nang hong honkhia hi,” a ci hi.
32 Kumpipa in Kush mipa kiangah, “Tangvalpa Absalom a hoihhoih hiam?” a ci hi. Kush mipa in dawngin, “Ka to kumpipa’ galte, leh siat nadingin nangma lang khatah a ding khempeuh, tua tangvalpa bang ta hen,” a ci hi.
33 Tua ciangin kumpipa lungsim nakpi takin sukha a, kulh kongpi tunga inndei sungah paito-in kap hi; a pai kawmin amah in, “Aw ka tapa Absalom, ka tapa, ka tapa Absalom! Nangma tangin kei sizaw taleng. Aw Absalom, ka tapa, ka tapa!” a ci hi.