Luo Samuel 18
1 Tokosra David el eisani mwet lal nukewa ac kitalik nu ke u — ke kais tausin, ac kais foko, ac sang mwet kol in sapsap nu selos.
David counted the soldiers who were with him and appointed captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
2 Na el supwalosla ke u tolu. Captain lun kais sie u inge pa Joab, ac Abishai tamulel lal Joab, ac Ittai mwet Gath. Ac tokosra el fahk nu sin mwet lal inge, “Nga sifacna ac wi kowos pac.”
Then David sent out the army, one-third under the command of Joab, another third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and still another third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the army, “I will certainly go out with you myself, too.”
3 Na elos fahk nu sel, “Tia fal kom in wi kut som. Kut nukewa fin forla kaingla, ac wangin kalmac nu sin mwet lokoalok lasr. Ku tafu sesr fin misa, ac fah ma pilesr pac selos. Kom mukefanna saok liki singoul tausin sesr, na pa wo kom in mutana in siti uh ac supu mwe kasru nu sesr.”
But the men said, “You must not go to battle, for if we flee away they will not care about us, or if half of us die they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us! Therefore it is better that you be ready to help us from the city.”
4 Tokosra el topuk, “Ma na kowos wotela an, nga ac wi na.” Na el tuyak ke mutunpot in siti sac ke mwet lal ah illa ke u lalos, kais tausin ac kais foko ke u se.
So the king answered them, “I will do whatever seems best to you.” The king stood by the city gate while all the army went out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 El sapkin nu sel Joab, Abishai ac Ittai, ac fahk, “Ke sripuk, nimet oru kutena ma koluk nu sin mwet fusr sac, Absalom.” Mwet mweun nukewa elos lohng ke David el sapkin nu sin captain tolu lal.
The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man, with Absalom.” All the people heard that the king had given the captains this command about Absalom.
6 Mwet mweun lal David elos illa nu inimae, ac mweuni mwet Israel ke insak Ephraim.
So the army went out into the countryside against Israel; the battle spread into the forest of Ephraim.
7 Mwet Israel elos kutangyukla sin mwet lal David. Arulana upa mweun sac. Oasr mwet longoul tausin misa in len sac.
The army of Israel was defeated there before the soldiers of David; there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
8 Mweun sac fahsrelik in polo acn sac nufon, ac pisen mwet misa insak ah pus liki mwet anwuki ke mweun ah.
The battle spread throughout the whole countryside, and more men were consumed by the forest than by the sword.
9 Na Absalom el sun kutu mwet lal David. Absalom el muta fin miul soko, ac ke el kasrusr ye sak oak lulap soko, insifal sremla ke lesak ah. Miul soko ah kasrusr na, a Absalom el atlana ke sak oak soko ah.
Absalom happened to meet some of David's soldiers. Absalom was riding his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak tree, and his head was caught up in the tree branches. He was left dangling between the ground and the sky while the mule he was riding kept going.
10 Sie sin mwet lal David ah liyalak ac fahkang nu sel Joab, “Nga liyalak Absalom el oan atla ke sak oak soko!”
Someone saw this and told Joab, “Look, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
11 Ac Joab el fahk, “Fin pwaye kom liyal, efu kom ku tia unilya na we? Nga lukun sifacna sot singoul ipin silver ac sie pel lom.”
Joab said to the man who told him about Absalom, “Look! You saw him! Why did you not strike him down to the ground? I would have given you ten silver shekels and a belt.”
12 Mwet sac fahk, “Kom finne ase sie tausin ipin silver, a nga tia ku in srukak soko kufinpouk in lain wen natul tokosra. Kut nukewa lohng ke tokosra el sapkin nu sum Abishai ac Ittai, ac fahk, ‘Ke sripuk, nimet oru kutena ma koluk nu sin mwet fusr sac, Absalom.’
The man replied to Joab, “Even if I received a thousand silver shekels, still I would not have reached out my hand against the king's son, because we all heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, 'No one must touch the young man Absalom.'
13 Tusruktu nga funu seakos tokosra ac unilya Absalom, tokosra el lukun lohngak kac mweyen el lohng ma nukewa, na kom lukun tiana kasreyu.”
If I had risked my life by a falsehood (and there is nothing hidden from the king), you would have abandoned me.”
14 Joab el fahk, “Nga ac tia sifil sisla pacl luk yurum.” Na el us osra tolkwe ac sang fakisya iniwal Absalom ke el srakna moul oan atla ke sak oak soko ah.
Then Joab said, “I will not wait for you.” So Joab took three javelins in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive and hanging from the oak.
15 Ac singoul sin mwet mweun lal Joab elos apnulla Absalom ac faksilya nwe ke el misa.
Then ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded Absalom, attacked him, and killed him.
16 Joab el sap elos in ukya mwe ukuk in tui mweun ah, na mwet lal ah foloko ac tila ukwe mwet Israel.
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the army returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the army.
17 Elos us manol Absalom, ac sisya in sie luf na loal insak ah, ac sisang yol in eot na lulap in afinya. Mwet Israel nukewa elos kaingla, kais sie mwet nu yen sel.
They took Absalom and threw him into a large pit in the forest; they buried his body under a very large pile of stones, while all Israel fled, every man to his own home.
18 Ke Absalom el tuh srakna moul, el tulokunak soko sru lulap ke Infahlfal Tokosra, in tuh sie mwe esmak kacl sifacna, mweyen wangin tulik natul in us inel tuh in tia wanginla. Ouinge el sang inel sifacna nu ke sru soko ah, na srakna eteyuk sru soko ah nwe misenge mu Mwe Esmakin Lal Absalom.
Now Absalom, while still alive, had built for himself a large stone pillar in the King's Valley, for he said, “I have no son to carry along the memory of my name.” He named the pillar after his own name, so it is called Absalom's Monument to this very day.
19 Na Ahimaaz, wen natul Zadok, el fahk nu sel Joab, “Lela ngan kasrusr nu yorol tokosra ac us pweng wo se inge lah LEUM GOD El molella liki mwet lokoalok lal ah.”
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Let me now run to the king with the good news, how Yahweh has rescued him from the hand of his enemies.”
20 Na Joab el fahk, “Mo! Kom fah tia us kutena pweng misenge. Kom ku in us ke sie na len, tuh tia misenge, mweyen wen nutin tokosra el misa.”
Joab answered him, “You will not be the bearer of news today; you must do it another day. Today you will bear no news because the king's son is dead.”
21 Na el fahk nu sin mwet kohs se lal su sie mwet Ethiopia, “Fahla fahk nu sin tokosra ma kom liye ah.” Na mwet kohs sac srimi ac kasrusr som.
Then Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed down to Joab, and ran.
22 Na Ahimaaz el sifil kwafe ac fahk, “Nga mansis ma nukewa, tuh nga siyuk nunak munas, lela ngan wi pac usyen pweng sacn.” Joab el siyuk, “Wen nutik, efu ku kom lungse us pweng sacn, ke ac wangin molo nu sum?”
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said again to Joab, “Regardless of what may happen, please let me also run and follow the Cushite.” Joab replied, “Why do you want to run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?”
23 Na Ahimaaz el sifilpa fahk, “Finne mea ma ac sikyak, nga srakna lungse wi kom.” Joab el fahk, “Kwal, fahla.” Ouinge Ahimaaz el kasrusr tufoki inkanek soko ke Infahlfal Jordan, ac el alukella mwet kohs sac.
“Whatever happens,” said Ahimaaz, “I will run.” So Joab answered him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran the Cushite.
24 Oasr pot luo raunela siti sac, ac David el muta inmasrlon mutunpot se lik ac mutunpot se loac. Sie mwet topang el fanyak nu fin pot uh, ac tu fin mutunpot sac. Ke el ngetla el liyauk mwet se mukena yume.
Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates. The watchman had gone up to the roof of the gate to the wall and raised his eyes. As he looked, he saw a man approaching, running alone.
25 El pang ac fahk nu sin tokosra, ac tokosra el fahk, “El fin mukena, el us pweng wo.” Mwet kasrusr sac el yume na.
The watchman shouted out and told the king. Then the king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” The runner came closer and neared the city.
26 Na mwet topang sac liyauk sie pac mwet su mukena kasrusr, na el ngeti ac pang nu sin mwet se liyaung mutunoa, “Ngetla liye! Mwet se pa pac yume uh!” Na tokosra el fahk, “El us pac pweng wo.”
Then the watchman noticed another man running, and the watchman called to the gatekeeper; he said, “Look, there is another man running alone.” The king said, “He is also bringing news.”
27 Mwet topang sac fahk, “Nga liye tuh mwet se meet ah kasrusr oana Ahimaaz.” Tokosra el fahk, “El mwet na wo se, ac el us pweng wo.”
So the watchman said, “I think the running of the man in front is like the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man and is coming with good news.”
28 Ahimaaz el wola ac paing nu sin tokosra, ac el putati nu infohk ah ye mutal ac fahk, “Leum luk, kaksakin LEUM GOD lom su asot kutangla nu sum fin mwet lokoalok lom!”
Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “All is well.” He bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Blessed be Yahweh your God! He has delivered the men who lifted up their hand against my master the king.”
29 Tokosra el siyuk, “Ya Absalom nutik ah ku na?” Ahimaaz el topuk, “Ke Joab, captain lom, el supweyume, nga tuh liye oasr mukuikui yohk se orek tuh nga tia ku in etu lah mea se.”
So the king replied, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent me, the king's servant, to you, king, I saw a great disturbance, but I did not know what it was.”
30 Tokosra el fahk nu sel, “Fahsrot tu inse ingo.” Ac el fahla nu insac ac tu we.
Then the king said, “Turn aside and stand here.” So Ahimaaz turned aside, and stood still.
31 Na mwet Ethiopia sac el tuku, ac fahk nu sin tokosra, “Leum fulat, oasr pweng wo se nga us nu sum! Misenge LEUM GOD El asot kutangla nu sum fin mwet nukewa su tuyak lain kom!”
Immediately then the Cushite arrived and said, “There is good news for my master the king, for Yahweh has avenged you today from all who rose up against you.”
32 Ac tokosra el siyuk, “Ya Absalom nutik ah ku na?” Mwet kohs sac fahk, “O Tokosra, leum luk, nga kena tuh ma sikyak nu sel ah in sikyak nu sin mwet lokoalok lom nukewa, oayapa nu sin mwet nukewa su lain kom.”
Then the king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “The enemies of my master the king, and all who rise up against you to do harm to you, should be as that young man is.”
33 Ac insien tokosra sessesla ke asor. El fanyak nu ke infukil se oan lucng ke mutunpot ah, ac tung. Ke el tung el fahk, “We, wen nutik! Wen nutik, Absalom! Absalom nutik! Nga ke in nga pa misa ac tia kom, wen nutik! Absalom nutik!”
Then the king was deeply unnerved, and he went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went he grieved, “My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
