1Ciafangin Zeruiah fapa Joab in David in Absalom ngaai khiah hmu i. 2Ciamanin Joab in Tekoa ai mifim nupui pakhat khiah ko ai, amah hnenah, “Ninghio in mithi kahtu bangin paal khel tu. Mithi kahhnak thilthuam sil tulai thau khai pawh mah. Ikhalselai a rai ngai mithi kah tu nupui bangin tuah tu. 3Ciafangin kumpibawipa hnenah kawi tulai hetih bangin pong tu.”ti in ruai i. Ciamanin Joab in a pong tuhhnak pon khiah rel i.
4Cia Tekoa ai nupui nuu khai kumpibawipa hnenah pong fangin, a hmai ah bok ai amah khiah bia ben fangin, “I bawm tu, Aw kumpibawipa.” ti in ti i. 5Ciafangin kumpibawipa in a hnenah, “Zaimanin thin na cawl i?” ti in zawt i. Cia nuu in, “Kaimah khiah hmaitong peupeu ing. I pa khiah thi zo i. 6Na hnenum nuu in fapa panih nai ing. Anite khai lo ah tawng kawm le a phal tu tuh aisu khai lo um lo i. Ciamanin a khatta in a khatta khiah seu ai rek i. 7Ciafangin kin inn songkhat veksenin i lakah raw ai, “A nau rek tu pa khiah a rekhnak a nau pa ca in rek tuhin kin pe tu. Roco tu tuh pa khai rek tuh i ing.”ti in i ti i. Ciatih in amahte in i lungto maihol khiah dit ruai tum ai laivum ah i pa hming phur tu tuh le hih tu tuh taang tuh lo i.”ti in rel i. 8Ciafangin kumpibawipa in cia nuu hnenah, “Na inn ah tlung tulai, nangmah ca in order suah tuh ing.”ti in ti i. 9Ikhalselai Tekoa ai nupui nuu in kumpibawipa hnenah, “I bawipa, Aw kumpibawipa, he mawhhnak khiah kaimah le i paa innkua vumah i tu seh. Kumpibawipa le a ukhnak khiah mawh ma seh.”ti in ti i. 10Ciafangin kumpibawipa in, “Aisu in hnai na hnok lekhaw i hnenah kawih tulai, na tok tuh nawn lo i hang.”ti in ti i. 11Ciafang cia nuu in, “Phuzul tute in i fapa khiah rek lohnak tuhin ninghio in kumpibawipa in Bawipa na Pathian hnenah ngen tu.”ti in ti i. Amah in, “Bawipa nung song hmuah in, na fapa sam fangkhat bang khai laipua ah tlok tuh lo i.”ti in rel i. 12Ciafangin nupui nuu in, “Ninghio in na hnenum nuu in i bawipa kumpibawipa hnenah pon kam khat pong rih ngang.”ti in ngen i. Amah in, “pong tu.”ti in sawn i. 13Ciafangin nupui nuu in, “Ilekhaw zaimanin Pathian minungte hnenah he bang bawn i pa si? Kumpibawipa in ciatih in rel fang tu, amah veve mawhhluk cang lo im? Ziangmanti fangin kumpibawipa in a hnawthnak a fapa khiah ko lai lo i. 14Ziangmanti fangin laipua ah buahnak ti khiah khawm leh thill lo bangin, kin te khai kin thi kul ve i. Cen Pathian in aisu khai hmaisonhnak nai lo i. Ikhalselai a hnawthnak a fapa khiah kumkhua in engsan dunin um lohnak tuhin remhnak lampui bawn i. 15Tunin hetih bangin i bawipa kumpibawipa hnenah i ponghnak heh mite in i lau ruai manin pong ing. Na hnenum in, ‘Kumpibawipa rel tuh ing. A hnenum ai relhnak bang in bawn thai pang i. 16Pathian in kin pehnak kin ro songin kin phiat tumtu pa kut songin, kumpibawipa in a hnenum khiah o thai pang i.’ti in ruat ing. 17Ciamanin na hnenum in, ‘I bawipa kumpibawi relhnak thu in thin i nuam ruai tu seh. Ziangmanti fangin i bawipa kumpibawipa khiah Pathian vancung mi bang in a pha le a sia khiah ling i. Bawipa na Pathian khiah nangmah thawn lo um tu seh.’ti in ruat ing.”ti in rel i. 18Ciafangin kumpibawipa in cia nuu hnenah, “Thu na zawt tuh ing. I hnenin thup tuh lo in na ngen ing.”ti in ti i. Ciafangin cia nuu in, “I bawipa kumpibawipa in pong tu hang seh.”ti in sawn i. 19Ciafangin kumpibawipa in, “Hete veksen lakah Joab kut khiah nangmah thawn um i lo im?”ti in zawt i. Cia nuu in, “I bawipa kumpibawi nung bangin, aisu in khai i bawipa kumpibawipa relhnak songin kiahhan lam le kekeh lamah feh thill lo i. Na hnenum Joab in hete khiah i bawn ruai ai na hnenum nuu hnenah amah in he thute khiah i kaa ah i dah sah i. 20Na hnenum Joab in hete khiah bawn i. I bawipa khiah Pathian vancung mi fimhnak bangin fim ai a ram ai thu khiah a veksenin ling sio i.”ti in ti i.
21Ciafangin kumpibawipa in Joab hnenah, “He khiah bawn tuh ing. Feh tulai tlangval niu Absalom khiah kawih tu.”ti in ruai i. 22Joab khai laipua ah bok ai kumpibawipa khiah an i. Joab in, “Kumpibawipa in na hnenum ngenhnak khiah pe manin, tunnia ah i bawipa, Aw kumpibawipa in i lakah lungkhim i ti khiah ling ing.”ti in ti i. 23Ciamanin Joab khai tho ai Keshur ah feh ai Absalom khiah Jerusalem ah kawih i. 24Ciafangin kumpibawipa in, “A inn ah tlung tu selai i hmai khiah hmu ruai mah ih.”ti in ti i. Ciamanin Absalom khai a inn ah tlung ai kumpibawipa hmai khiah hmu lo i.
25Israel ram hmuahhmuah ah Absalom bangin a mawi ai an tuh aisu khai um lo i. A ke ruh ai panin a lu tian a pha lo pakhat bang khai um lo i. 26A lu met fangin (zaimanti fangin kum siar in kum bo fangin a lu met de i. A sam khiah rit ze manin met de i.) a lu ai a sam khiah kumpibawi shekhel in shekel zanih rit i. 27Absalom in fapa pathum le Tamar tihnak fenu pakhat nai i. Tamar khiah nupang mawi ngai i.
28Absalom khai Jerusalem ah kum nih song um ai, kumpibawipa hmai khiah hmu lo i. 29Ciamanin Joab in kumpibawipa hnenah kuat tuhin Joab khiah a hnenah kawi ruai i. Ikhalselai Joab in kawi nuam lo i. A vel nih hnak ko fangin khai kawi nuam cuang lo i. 30Ciamanin Absalom in a hnenumte hnenah, “Joab lo khiah i lo hiang ah i. Cen a lo ah kawlkawn um i. Feh tu i lai, tai tuu-ih.”ti in ruai i. Ciamanin Absalom hnenumte in Joab lo khiah mei thawn tai sah i. 31Ciafangin Joab khai tho ai Absalom inn ah kawi ai amah hnenah, “Zaimanin na hnenumte in i lo i tai sah i?”ti in zawt i. 32Ciafangin Absalom in Joab khiah, “Heta ah kawi tu lai kumpibawipa hnenah, ‘Zaimanin Keshur in tlung ing? Ciata um ta hlen inglai pha sawn napui i. Ciamanin tunin kumpibawipa hmai hmu i nuam i. I sualhnak um lekhaw amah in i rek tu seh.’ti in kumpibawipa rel tuhin na ko ing.”ti in rel i. 33Ciamanin Joab khai kumpibawipa hnenah kawi ai rel i. Absalom khiah ko fangin Absalom khai kumpibawipa hnenah kawi ai ani khai kumpibawipa hmai ah lailakah bok ai kumpibawipa in thut i.