1 King David ga haga dagabuli mai ana daangada, ga waewae gii hai nia hagabuulinga dau dagi mana (1,000) mo dagi llau (100), gaa dugu anga ono dagi dauwa e dagi digaula, 2 ga hagau digaula i nia hagabuulinga e dolu. Joab mo dono duaahina go Abishai mo Ittai tangada mai Gath, aanei nia dagi o nia hagabuulinga aalaa. Di king ga helekai gi digaula, “Au e hana dalia goodou.”

3 Digaula ga helekai gi mee boloo, “Goe hagalee hana dalia gimaadou. Maa gimaadou gaa hula gi daha mo tauwa gaa hula gaa llele, be di baahi e dahi i gimaadou ga daaligi gaa mmade, tadau hagadaumee e de hei e ginaadou. Ma kooe dela e hagatau go digaula bolo e madangaholu mana i madau baahi. E humalia maa goe gaa noho i lodo di waahale, ga hagau adu laa au hagamaamaa.”

4 Di king ga helekai, “Au gaa hai gii hai be di godou hagamaanadu dela bolo koia e humalia.” Gei mee gaa duu i taalinga di bontai di abaaba dela e hula ai di llongo dauwa e hula i nia hagabuulinga dagi mana ge dagi llau. 5 Mee ga helekai gi Joab, Abishai mo Ittai, “Goodou dumaalia mai, hudee hai dahi mee gi tama daane go Absalom.” Digau dauwa huogodoo gu longono ginaadou telekai David gi nia dagi aalaa.

6 Digau dauwa David ga lloo adu laa lodo henua, ga heebagi gi digau Israel i lodo henua i Ephraim. 7 Digau dauwa Israel la gu haga magedaa hagahuaidu go digau dauwa David, guu mmade digau e madalua mana (20,000) i di laangi deelaa. 8 Tauwa guu dau i nia madagoaa huogodoo i lodo tenua deelaa. Digau ala ne mmade i lodo henua la gu dogologo i digau ala ne mmade i tauwa.

9 Di madagoaa deelaa, gei Absalom ga heetugi gi hunu gau dauwa a David. Absalom e lele i hongo dono manu ‘mule’, ga lele adu laa lala di laagau ‘oak’, gei ogo di libogo o maa ga hinihini i nia manga o di laagau, gei di ‘mule’ guu hana guu lele, gei Absalom la gu daudau i golo. 10 Dahi daane dauwa a David ne gidee ia, ga haga iloo gi Joab boloo, “Meenei, au guu mmada gi Absalom e daudau i di laagau ‘oak’!”

11 Joab ga helekai boloo, “Maa goe ne gidee a mee, goe e aha dela hagalee e daaligi a mee i di madagoaa hua deelaa? Maa nei bolo goe ne hai beelaa, gei au gaa hui goe gi nia bahihadu silber e madangaholu ge tei duu.”

12 Taane ga helekai, “Au e de hei eau maa goe ga gaamai nia bahihadu silber e mana. Au e hagalee loo e hai dagu mee huaidu gi di tama di king. Gidaadou huogodoo gu longono telekai hagamaamaa a di king ne helekai adu gi goodou mo Abishai mo Ittai dela boloo, ‘Goodou gi dee hai dahi mee huaidu gi tama daane go Absalom.’ 13 Maa nei bolo au ne de hagalongo gi di king ga daaligi hua Absalom, di king ga longono ia, idimaa mee e longono ia nia mee huogodoo, gei goe e deemee di hagamaamaa au.”

14 Joab ga helekai, “Dogu madagoaa i do baahi le e hagalee hai gi balumee,” gei mee ga dahi mai ana daalo e dolu, ga daalo i tadahada o Absalom i di madagoaa o mee nogo mouli ge dogidogi, e daudau i di manga o di laagau ‘oak’. 15 Gei digau dauwa dilongoholu a Joab ga dau mai ga daaligi Absalom la gii made. 16 Joab ga hagadaba di labaa gi ilihia e haga lawa ai tauwa. Ana gau dauwa gu lloomoi gi muli i di nadau waluwalu digau Israel. 17 Digaula gaa kae tuaidina o Absalom gaa hudu gi lodo di lua llala i lodo henua, gaa danu gi di bae hadu damana, gei digau Israel huogodoo gu maaheu gu lellele gi nadau hale.

18 Di madagoaa Absalom nogo mouli ai, mee gu haga duu dana duludulu e hai dono haga langahia i di gowaa mehanga gonduu o di King, idimaa, mee deai dana dama daane ai bolo ga daahi dono ingoo. Gei mee ga haga ingoo di maa ang gi deia, ga dau mai gi dangi nei bolo “Tuludulu Absalom.”

19 Nomuli hua, gei ogo Ahimaaz, go tama a Zadok, ga helekai gi Joab boloo, “Dumaalia mai gi di au e lele gi di king e kae di longo humalia deenei, bolo Dimaadua gu haga dagaloaha a mee gi daha mo ono hagadaumee.”

20 Joab ga helekai boloo, “Deeai, dangi nei deai dahi longo humalia e kae kooe ai. Gaa hai laa i tei laangi, hagalee dangi nei, go di maa dela di tama di king la guu made.” 21 Nomuli gei Joab ga helekai gi dana hege, tangada Ethiopia, boloo, “Hana, hagi anga ina gi di king au mee ala ne gidee.” Di hege ne bala adu, ga hagatanga gaa lele.

22 Gei ogo Ahimaaz ga helekai labelaa boloo, “Au e de hei eau di mee dela gaa hai. Dumaalia mai, au e hana labelaa e kae di longo deenei.”

Joab ga heeu gi mee boloo, “Dagu dama daane, goe e aha dela e hiihai loo bolo goe e hai di haga iloo deenei? Goe hagalee kumi doo hui mai i di maa.”

23 Ahimaaz ga helekai labelaa, “Be di ma di aha gaa hai, au e hiihai hua e hana.”

Joab ga helekai boloo, “Hana laa.”

Ahimaaz ga lele ia i hongo di ala dela e hana i lodo di gowaa baba o Jordan, ga limalima ga diiagi di hege.

24 David e noho i mehanga di bontai laa daha mo di bontai i lodo o di abaaba o di waahale. Di madaloohi gaa gaga gi nua gi hongo di abaaba i nua, gaa duu i golo, ga madamada, ga gidee ia hua dahi daane e lele mai modogoia. 25 Mee ga wolo ia, e hagi anga gi di king, gei di king ga helekai boloo, “Maa mee e modogoia, gei mee e gaamai dana longo humalia.”

Tangada dela e lele mai la gu hoohoo mai. 26 Nomuli, gei tangada madaloohi ga gidee ia labelaa dahi daane e lele mai modogoia, gei mee ga wolo ia gi di madaloohi di bontai abaaba boloo, “Mmada! Taane labelaa e lele mai!”

Di king ga helekai boloo, “Tangada deenei e gaamai labelaa dana longo humalia.”

27 Tangada madaloohi ga helekai boloo, “Au gu modongoohia taane matagidagi e lele mai be Ahimaaz.”

Di king ga helekai boloo, “Mee taane humalia, gei e gaamai dana longo humalia.”

28 Ahimaaz ga helekai hua gi nua dana hagaaloho gi di king, mo di dogoduli iha gi hongo nia gelegele i mua o mee, ga helekai boloo, “Hagaamuina Dimaadua go doo God dela ne dugu adu gi di goe di aali i digau ala ne hai baahi adu gi di goe, go di madau dagi go di king.”

29 Di king ga heeu, “Tama daane go Absalom le e humalia hua?”

Ahimaaz ga helekai, “Meenei, di madagoaa dau dagi dauwa go Joab ne hagau mai au, gei au gu gidee di hagahinihini guu hai i golo, gei au e de iloo be di maa di aha.”

30 Di king ga helekai gi mee gii duu i golo, gei mee guu hana guu duu i golo.

31 Nomuli gei di hege, tangada Ethiopia, gaa dau gaa hai gi di king boloo, “Au dagu longo humalia adu gi di goe, go di madau dagi di king. Dangi nei, gei Dimaadua gu dugu adu gi di goe gi aali i digau huogodoo ala ne hai baahi adu gi di goe!”

32 Di king ga heeu, “Tama daane go Absalom le e humalia hua?”

Di hege ga helekai boloo, “Meenei, au bolo di mee dela ne hai gi mee la ne belee hai gi o hagadaumee huogodoo, mo ang gi digau huogodoo ala e hai baahi adu gi di goe.”

33 Di king gu lodo huaidu huoloo, gaa hana gaa gaga gi di ruum dela i hongo di bontai di abaaba, ga dangidangi. Dono hanadu hua, gei mee ga dangidangi, e hai dana hagahaa boloo,