1 PLS Daud e grae arkir harav nagav amginae, sseribu rigav farkedev hovhan tarfadanae seratus rigav ke mudranae farkedev hovhan tae tafadasir. BSB BSB: Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
2 PLS Daud tae one harav rigav tavdama avusur ke, sepertiga Yoab ani fanae mudrasir ke. Ke sepertiga Abisai ni fanae mudasir ke Abisai vae Zeruya som, Yoab e agas, ke seperiga vae Gat hovhan atai ni fanae mudrasir ke. Raja tae e avhaim rigav ke agaisir ke, "No tae aivohav gi grae Yakanae maikon," disir ke. BSB BSB: He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
3 PLS Manae, harav rigav tae, "Go vae aivohav manom, nigi bohone maden nenae, naha nigi ke fegedada haser. Nigi etoh gamhaton. Naha nigi ke fegedada haser. Manae, go vae enaigu go ke akivai ke sepuluh ribu. One manae, go avhaim ke badahomae nigiv ke gavus fanam. BSB BSB: But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
4 PLS Raja tae naha ke, "Gini der demake one kahane maikon, disir ke. Manae, raja gerbang aivat atahav ke davain ke, harav rigav auwat kamon arakirke. BSB BSB: “I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 PLS Raja ni Yoab ke arkamsir ke, Abisa tae arkamsir ke, Afai tae arkamsir ke one kahane, "Absalom, harigav hare," Kauduma demake kwae amjav kahane ni, arakimjae disir ke. Raja ni fakir sin harav rigav enefaran darsir ke Absalom sin av. BSB BSB: Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
6 PLS Manae, harav rigav tae omhan ke havaisir ke Israel rigav grae aivohav mavi nenae, Efraim aiyao nake aivohav faran masir ke. BSB BSB: So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
7 PLS Daud harav riga ni Israel harav riga ke, usaisir ke. One atav sepuluh ribu rigav es modgomaho farasir ke. BSB BSB: There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
8 PLS Onake aivohav faran bohos kisir ke, oke davain avhaim ene tamin aivohav kisir ke, omhan nake makir aivohav vae rigav auwat ohaser ke, manae aiyao fohav nake makir aivohav vae nauri riga ani ganha haser ke usarho farasir ke. BSB BSB: The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
9 PLS Manae, Absalom Daud rigav ke kaudumasir ke, bagal mae tohod baen muv fohav mae arkohomae kaudumasir ke. Asem tohod ke rainenae tirgaudoho bain ke e ni arkir bagal vae dedohaser ke fatar gaitar ani bura hasir ke. BSB BSB: Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
10 PLS Harav hovhan fae maida ni Yoab ke, agaisir ke sin bohos, "Noho ni nahande Absalom asem rainenae tohod baen fohav ke tirgaudoho badahane", disir ke. BSB BSB: When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
11 PLS Yoab tae one harav hovhan maidav ke, "Go ni nahane vae hava manae gaifa gwadimja mone? Go ke raoh grae sepuluh syikal perak grae fidarikirin", disir ke. BSB BSB: “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
12 PLS One harav hovhan tae Yoab ke, "One seribu syikal perak, no it ke di davair kir vae raja ke fidahaser kiri-kiri. Manae nigi raja sin dariri kiri, Abisai ke Atai ke gi masomhae arkimjaen Absalom harigav harae, disir ke. BSB BSB: The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
13 PLS Maraviav manae eke omaden one sin raja ke usumaha der yah, go noke argir kiken, disir ke. BSB BSB: If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”
14 PLS Yoab tae, "Go grae badahomae atav-atav okomae dagamdov Yah," disir ke, waru gasmadi fasir ke, fanae Absalomduv rau bohos mae usur ke. Absalom baigu ke, one tohod baen fohav nake. BSB BSB: But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
15 PLS Manae sepuluh rigav Yoab harav faranae Absalom ke girgai fomhasirs ke, fotomhanae uvu nenae ke. BSB BSB: And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
16 PLS Manae Yoab tae kasir imhasir ke harav rigav Israel rigav kirkai farkon naha moden nenae ke. Yoab ani naha ke faididivi nenaeke. BSB BSB: Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
17 PLS Naha tae Absalom torhav fanae aiyao fohav ke fisaha farasir ke. Tav faran ke fomhanae akae ni rwaki saisir ke. Israel rigav tae boho farasir ke, naha av yamos-yamos ke. BSB BSB: They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
18 PLS Absalom badahomae tugu magisir ke lembah raja amin ke dava ke. One manae, harigav fae maidav no fwi finan badahaser kimake nenae one tugu fwi Absalom dimjen disir gu. One tugu fwi Absalom disir ke, enaigu one tugu dava ke. BSB BSB: During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
19 PLS Zadok som, Ahimas tae, "Noke agani burahanae agadivini one sin av agadivini raja ke, disir ke. Myao Kodon ani it kava aivohav riga it nake, disir ke. BSB BSB: Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
20 PLS Manae Yoab tae, "Go vae sin faredev ani. Atav fae ni hanae agani, enatav sin farkedav atav haser raja som fae homedav," One manae ene atav go hadev ah, disir ke. BSB BSB: But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
21 PLS Manae Yoab tae Etiopia hovhan ke agaisir ke, "Go ni nahaisir raja ke hanae agani," One Etiopia hovhan Yoab ke tadamaid fatar ani hane naha agaden, disir ke. BSB BSB: So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
22 PLS Onake, Zadok som, Ahimas, Yoab ke agaisir ke, "Hava wan maike, noke agani Etiopia hovhan ke agan kotae hanae naha agaden, disir gu Yoab tae," Go vae hatae, no som? Go sin romon kaudmahaser." BSB BSB: Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
23 PLS Hava wan maike, "Noho fatar ani haimakon," Yoab tae one demake fatar ani nahai, disir ke. Ahimas tae Yordan avuv kesmae burahasir ke hanae Etiopia rigav ke hamotasir ke. BSB BSB: “No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
24 PLS Daud gerbang aivat nauri maramae fofanae bain ke, one gerbang ke fege banakomain hovhan tae anev gerbang aivat kr faranae kakrem gwasir ke manae asan kahane ni nahaisir ke, hovhan maidav e amserae ni sasir ke. BSB BSB: Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.
25 PLS One gerbang aivat ke fege banakomain hovhan tae raja ke yasir ke raja tae, manae yamserae maidav demake sin der agani, "One hovhan tae athav ke sasir ke. BSB BSB: So he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
26 PLS One gerbang aivat fege danadev hovhan tae rigav etoh burasafaisir gu nahaisir ke. Gerbang aivat fegedanadev hovhan tae yasir ke. Raja tae, nahanid hovhan maida yamserae burasae, "e tae sin der ke fasir faisae, disir ke." BSB BSB: the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
27 PLS Gerbang aivat fege danadev hovhan tae, "Noho nahan omkon burasae Zadok som Ahimas kahane, disir ke. "Raja tae," Ovae hovhan der, sin der ke faisae, disir ke." BSB BSB: The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
28 PLS Ahimas tae raja ke, navo konahare, noho sin faisaden nenae kakoma haunae raja onkir ke, "Konahare Myao Kodon, Go ba, Go ni rigav finan raja ke! BSB BSB: Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
29 PLS Manae, raja ni, "Absalom harigav harae dare? Disir ke. Ahimas tae," Noho nahande Yoab ke nahanae onahan faran makene, no vae nyam ani hava mane kami, BSB BSB: The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
30 PLS raja tae gunuv amin ke akanae e grae eke dadu, "E tae big amin kirin yakasir ke. BSB BSB: “Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.
31 PLS Manae, Etiopia hovhan tae sasir ke. Etiopia hovhan tae, "No sin der faisaden, raja enatav Myao Kodon Go ke it kafa rigav it nake BSB BSB: Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
32 PLS Raja tae Etiopia ke, "Absalom der bane. Harigav harae av?" Etiopia hovhan tae, one harigav harae vae go Amnon ke. BSB BSB: The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
33 PLS Raja raisir ke, raja sesar rahoma hanae gerbang aivat ke faraisir ke. Arkohomae enedisir ke Absalom no som. Absalom no som! Noho homiko vae no kahane gov av. Oh Absalom, go no som. No som, disir ke! BSB BSB: The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
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