1 Nanmwarki Depit eri ketin kapokonepene sapwellime sounpei ko, ahpw ketin nehkpeseng ni pwihn kei wad kid oh wad epwiki, e pil ketikihong kaunaparail. 2 Ih eri ketin kadarihrpeseng ni pwihn siluh, ehu pwihn Sohap me kaunda, a ehu pwihn Apisai, rien Sohapo, me kaunda, a ehu pwihn Idai mehn Kad me kaunda. Nanmwarkio eri mahsanihong sapwellime ko, “I pahn iang kumwail kowohng mahwen.”

3 A irail ahpw sapeng, patohwan, “Soh, maing! Komw sohte pahn ketin iang kiht. Pwe ma se pahn wekdeksang mahweno oh tangdoaui, de ma elep en kiht pahn kamakamala, atail imwintihti ko sohte pahn nsenohki; pwe komwi re kin kapahrekiong kiht me 10,000. Me pahn mwahu ma komw pahn ketikette nan kahnimwet oh kin ketin kadaralahng kiht sapwellimomwi sawas.”

4 Nanmwarkio eri ketin sapeng, mahsanih, “I pahn wia mehkoaros me kumwail lemeleme me pahn mwahu.” E ahpw ketin uh ni wenihmwen kelen kahnimwo, nindokon sapwellime sounpei ko ar kapakapar kohiei ni pwihnen wad kid oh epwiki. 5 E ahpw ketin mahsanihong Sohap, Apisai oh Idai, “Kumwail menlau dehpa wiahiong mehkot nei pwutak Apsalom, kumwail dehpa kalipwelipwehda.” Karis koaros eri rong mahsen pwoatet me Depit ketin wiahiong sapwellime kaun ako.

6 Karis en Depit eri kohieila nan sahpwo pwe re en mahweniong mehn Israel ko nanwel en Epraim. 7 Sapwellimen Depit sounpei ko eri kalowehdi karis en mehn Israel ko. Mahweno inenen mwuledek mehlel, pwe aramas 20,000 me kamakamala rahno. 8 Mahweno inenen paraparala wasa koaros nan sahpwo. Eri, me mehla nanwelo tohtohsang me mehla nan mahweno.

9 Eri, ni ahnsowo, Apsalom ahpw tuhwong ekei sapwellimen Depit sounpei ko. E dake ahs emen, oh ni eh tangatang kolahng pahn tuhke rarahn pwoat, pitenmonge reirei ahpw tengala ni rahn tuhke ko. Eri, ahso ahpw tangatangete kohla, a Apsalom mwotomwotou ni rahn tuhkeo. 10 Emen sapwellimen Depit sounpei ko ahpw kilangada oh pakairkihong Sohap, “Maing, I kilang Apaslom eh mwotomwotou ni rahn tuhke pwoat.”

11 Sohap ahpw sapengki, “Mehlel ke kilang? A dahme ke sohte kemehkihla ahnsowohte? Pwe I en katingihkin uhk mwohni silper eisek oh ehu katengen?”

12 Ohlo ahpw sapeng, nda, “Mehnda ma komw pahn ketikihong ie mwohni silper kid, ahpw I sohte pahn kamwakid apwoat sendin pehi kat ong sapwellimen nanmwarkio. Kitail koaros rongehr sapwellimen nanmwarki mahsen ong komwi oh Apisai oh Idai, ‘Kumwail menlau dehr wiahiong mehkot Apsalom, kumwail dehr kalipwelipwehda.’ 13 Eri, ma I sohte peikiong ahpw kemehla, eri, nanmwarkio uhdahn pahn ketin karongehda, pwe e kin karonge mehkoaros—a komw sohte kak doareiehla.”

14 Sohap eri ketihtihki, “Eri, I solahr pahn kauwehla mwahl ahnsou rehmw!” Ih eri ale ketieu silipwoat oh doakoahki nan mwaremwaren Apsalom nindokon eh momourte esiesingek, langalang ni rahn tuhkeo. 15 Eri, sapwellimen Sohap sounpei ehk ahpw keilahng mpe oh kadouluhlla.

16 Sohap eri ruwese pwe sowi en pepeuk pwe mahweno en katokotokdi, nah sounpei ko ahpw pwurodo sang ar pwakipwakih mehn Israel ko. 17 Irail eri ale kahlep en Apsalom oh kesehdiong nan pwoahr ehu nanwelo, oh pwainkihdi lapalahn koasoakoasoak en takai ehu. Mehn Israel ko koaros eri tangdoaui, emenemen tangalahng nan uhdake.

18 Ni ahnsou me Apsalom momour e kauwada mehn kataman ehu ong pein ih nan Wahun Nanmwarki, pwehki eh sohte nah pwutak mehn kadakadaur ede. Ih eri kihong pein edeo eden mehn katamano. Eri, sang mahs kohdo lel rahnwet e adaneki Mehn Kataman en Apsalom.

19 Ahimas, nein Sadok, eri ndaiong Sohap, “Komw mweidohng ie I en kolahng pakairkihong nanmwarki rohng mwahu wet duwen KAUN-O eh ketin kapitasang ih rehn sapwellime imwintihti kan.”

20 Sohap ahpw ketihtihki, “Soh! Rahnwet ke sohte pahn wahla rohng mwahu pwoat. Ehu rahn ke pahn kak wia met, a rahnwet soh; pwehki sapwellimen nanmwarki pwutako sipallahr.” 21 Ih eri padahkihong eh lidu men, mehn Sudan, “Kowe me kohwei oh padahkihong nanmwarki mehkoaros me ke kilangehr.” Laduwo eri poaridi oh tangatangala.

22 Ahimas ahpw pwurehngete eh pekipek, nda, “I sohte nsenohki dahme pahn wiawi; a komw ketin mweidohng ie I en pil wahla rohng pwoatet.”

Sohap eri idek reh, “Dahme ke men wahkihlahki? Pwe ke sohte pahn alpweipweiki.”

23 Ahimas ahpw pwurehng nda, “I men kohlahte, mehnda ma I sohte ale mehkot.”

Sohap eri ketihtihki, “Eri, kohwei.” Ahimas eri tangidihte nanial en Wahun Sordan daulih mehn Sudano.

24 Eri, ni ahnsowo, Depit ketiket nan mwoale nanpwungen ewen kehl riaun kahnimwo. Silepeo kohdahla pohn kehlo oh mihmi pohn ewen kehlo. E ahpw kilenglahte kilangada ohl emen me kelehpw tangatang kohdo. 25 Silepeo eri werki oh pakairkihong nanmwrkio. Nanmwarkio ahpw mahsanih, “Ma e kelehpw, e weuwa kohdo rongamwahu.” Aramas me tangatang kohdo wie kerederendohr.

26 Silepeo ahpw pil kilangada ohl tohrohr emen me pil kelehpw tangatang kohdo, e ahpw pil werkilahng silepen wenihmwo, nda, “Kilang, pwe pil emen ohl tangatang kohdo.”

Nanmwarkio ahpw ketin sapeng, mahsanih, “Memenet pil weuwa kohdo rongamwahu.”

27 Silepeo ahpw patohwan, “Ohl me tang mahso mwomwen Ahimas.”

Nanmwarkio ahpw mahsanih, “Ohl mwahu men ih; oh e weuwa kohdo rongamwahu.”

28 Ahimas eri ngihl laudida rahnmwahwih nanmwarkio. E ahpw poaridiong nanpwel oh patohwan, “Kaping ong KAUN-O, omwi Koht, me ketin kupwurehiong komwi en powehdi aramas ako me men pelian komwi, Wasa Lapalap.”

29 Nanmwarkio eri keinemwe, mahsanih, “Ia duwen pwutak Apsalom, e momourte oh me kehlail?”

Ahimas ahpw sapeng, patohwan, “Maing, ni sapwellimomwi kaunen sounpei Sohap kadariehdo, I kilangada lapalahn mwekid ehu, ahpw I sohte kak dehdehki dahkot mwo.”

30 Nanmwarkio ahpw mahsanihong, “Awih ie mahs men!” Ahimas eri uhda oh mihmi wasao.

31 Ni ahnsowohte, mehn Sudano ahpw leledo oh patohwanohng nanmwarkio, “I patohwando rohng mwahu pwoat ong nanmwarki, Wasa Lapalap. Rahnwet KAUN-O ketikihong komwi lingan en powehdi irail koaros me men pelian komwi.”

32 Nanmwarkio ahpw ketin keinemwe, mahsanih, “Ia duwen pwutak Apsalom, e momourte oh me kehlail?”

Mehn Sudano eri sapeng, patohwan, “I ahpw men sapwellimomwi imwintihti kahngohdiong komwi, maing, en pweisaneki soahngohte me wiawihong sapwellimomwi pwutak Apsalom.”

33 Nanmwarkio eri kupwur toutoula. E ahpw ketidahla nan pere ehu pohn wenihmwen kehlo oh tentenihr. Ni eh ketiket kohla, e tentehnihr, mamahsanih, “Nei pwutak, nei pwutak Apsalom! Apsalom nei pwutak! Ma ngehi me wilianuhkedi oh mehla. Nei pwutak Apsalom!”