18 Thrifala son blo Zeruiah+ tu lo there. Nem blo thrifala hia hem Joab,+ Abishai,+ and Asahel.+ And Asahel savve ran fast olsem gazelle* wea ran lo open ples.

23 Bat Asahel gohed nomoa for ronem hem, so Abner pushim end lo handol blo spia+ lo bele blo Asahel and kamaot lo baksaed blo hem and hem foldaon and dae tu. Evriwan wea kam lo datfala ples wea Asahel foldaon and dae, olketa savve stop and luk lo dead body blo hem and then olketa go.

15 mek-six hem Ozem, and mek-seven hem David.+ 16 Olketa sista blo olketa hem Zeruiah and Abigail.+ Zeruiah hem garem thrifala son, Abishai,+ Joab,+ and Asahel.+

27 Diswan nao namba blo olketa Israelite, olketa hed lo olketa famili laen,* olketa hed blo wan thousand man and olketa blo wan handred man,+ and olketa officer blo olketa wea duim waka for king.+ Each month lo year each grup garem taem for olketa duim waka. Each grup garem 24,000 man.

7 Asahel,+ brata blo Joab,+ hem lukaftarem mek-fo grup lo mek-fo month, and bihaen, son blo hem Zebadiah changem hem, and 24,000 man nao lo grup blo hem.