¹Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because Jehovah has anointed thee prince over his inheritance?

¹Huchiin Samuelin sathau bawm a la khiaa, a lu ah a sunga, a tawpa, Toupan a goutante tunga heutu hi dingin sathau a honhilh ahi kei maw?

²When thou goest from me to-day, thou shalt meet two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to thee, The asses are found which thou wentest to seek, and behold, thy father has dismissed the matter of the asses, and is anxious about you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

²Tuni a non pawtkhiaksan nung chiangin Zelza ah Benjamin gamgi a Rakil han kiangah mi nih na mu dinga: huan amau na kiangah, Na sabengtung zonte a muta uh: huan, ngaiin, na pan sabengtung bang ka chihta dia, a chichi maimaha, a chi ding ua.

³And thou shalt go on forward from thence, and shalt come to the oak of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God, to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three cakes of bread, and another carrying a flask of wine.

³Huan, huailai akipanin Pai jel inla, Tabor tosaw na vatung dinga, huai laiah mi thum Bethela Pathian kianga hohtou dingten honna kituahpih ding ua; khatin kelnou a pom dinga, khatin tanghoupek khal thum a tawi dinga, huan, khatin uain thawl a tawi ding.

⁴And they will ask after thy welfare, and give thee two loaves, which thou shalt receive of their hands.

⁴Huan, chibai a hon buk ding ua, tanghoupek khal nih a honpe ding ua; huai na na la dinga.

⁵After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where are the outposts of the Philistines; and it shall come to pass, when thou comest thither, into the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with lute and tambour and pipe and harp before them; and they themselves prophesying.

⁵Huai khitin Philistia sepaihte omna Pathian tang na vatung dinga; huan, hichi ahi dinga, huailai khua na vatun leh jawlneite pekgingte, khuangtate, tamngaite, kaihging tawite pia mun sang akipana hong suk na kituahpih dinga: huan, la a sa ding ua;

⁶And the Spirit of Jehovah will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

⁶Huan, TOUPA kha nakpi takin na tungah a hongtung dinga, nang leng a lasakna uah na tel tei dinga, huan, mi dang na hongsuak ding.

⁷And it shall be, when these signs shall come to thee, thou shalt do as thy hand shall find; for God is with thee.

⁷Huan, hiai chiamtehnate na tunga a hongom hun chiangin, thil hongomin a zil dungjui jela na hih ding ahi: Pathian lah na kiangah a om jel ngala.

⁸And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to thee, to offer up burnt-offerings, [and] to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days shalt thou wait, until I come to thee and inform thee what thou shalt do.

⁸Huan, ka hoh main Gilgal ah na hohsuk inla; huan, ngaiin, kei leng halmang thillate leh lemna kithoihnate lan dingin na kiangah ka hongsuk ding: na kianga ka honga, na hih ding ka hon hilh main ni sagih na om ding ahi ding, ahi ding, a chi a.

⁹And it was [so] that when he turned his back to go away from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.

⁹Huan, huchibang a honghi ngeinguta, Samuel paisan dia a nungngat takin Pathianin lungtang dang a peta hi; huan, huai chiamtehna tengteng huai niin a hongtung vek hi.

¹⁰And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

¹⁰Huchiin tang atun uleh, ngaiin, jawlneiten a nakituahpih ua; huan, TOUPA kha nakpi takin a hongtunga, a lasakna uah a tel teita hi.

¹¹And it came to pass, when all that knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

¹¹Huan, hichi ahi a, tuma siaha amah natheisaten jawlneite lasakna ah a tel tei chih a theih un, mite a kihou ua, Kis tapa tunga thil hongom bangchidan a hitaa? Saula leng jawlnei laka tel teita ahi maw, a chi ua.

¹²And a man of that place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

¹²Huan, a omna khua ua mi khatin a dawnga, a pate uh kuate ahi tuan ua hia? a chi a. Huchiin Saula leng jawlnei ahi tei ta maw? chih pen kichiamnuihnain a zang maimah ua.

¹³And when he had ended prophesying, he came to the high place.

¹³Huan, a lasakna ua a tel khitin mun sang a tungta hi.

¹⁴And Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were nowhere, we went to Samuel.

¹⁴Huan, Saula pangakin a kiangah leh a sikha kiangah, kaw hoh na hi ua? A chia. Huan, aman, sabengtung zong ka hi uh; huan, ka muh zohlouh jiak un Samuel kiangah ka vahoh uh, a chi ua.

¹⁵And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you.

¹⁵Huan, Saula pangakin, Samuelin na kiang ua bang ahia a gen hon hilh dih leh, a chi a.

¹⁶And Saul said to his uncle, He told us for certain that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he told him not.

¹⁶Huan, Saulain a pangak kiangah, Sabengtungte a muta uh chih a honhilh ngeingut ve, a chi a. Himahleh gam tungtang thu Samuelin a gen pen bel a hilh kei hi.

¹⁷And Samuel called the people together to Jehovah to Mizpah.

¹⁷Huchiin Samuelin mipite Mizpa ah TOUPA kiangah a sam khawma;

¹⁸And he said to the children of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, *I* brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you;

¹⁸Huah, Israel suante kiangah, TOUPA, Israelte Pathianin hichiin a chi. Israelte Aigupta akipanin ka pi khia a, Aigupta mite khut akipan leh nou honnuaisiahpa gam tengteng akipan ka hon honkhia a:

¹⁹but *ye* have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your troubles, and have said unto him, [Nay,] but a king shalt thou set over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.

¹⁹Himahleh tuniin na mangbatna tengteng uleh na gimthuakna tengteng ua kipan nou hon humbitpa na Pathian ngei uh na deih kei ua, a kiangah, ahi kei, kumpipa honbawlsakin, na chi ua, chiin. Huaijiakin tuin anam anam leh, achi achiin TOUPA maah hong kilang un, a chi a.

²⁰And Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

²⁰Huchiin Samuelin Israel chi tengteng a hong kilang saka, huan, Benjamin chi pen tel a honghita hi.

²¹And he caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, and the family of Matri was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken. And they sought him, but he was not to be found.

²¹Huan, Benjamin chite bel a inkuan kuanin a hongkilak ua, Matri mite inkuan tel a honghita uh; huan, Kis tapa Saula tel a honghita: himahleh amah a zong ua, a mu kei uh.

²²Therefore they inquired of Jehovah further, Will the man yet come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.

²²Huchiin TOUPA a dong tuan nawn ua, Mi hongpai ding a omlai hia? a chi ua. Huan, TOUPAN a dawnga, Ngai un, van lakah a bu hi, a chi a.

²³And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

²³Huchiin a tai ua, a va pi khia uh; mipi laka a din leh mi lakah a sangpena, kuamah a liangjang kheng leng a om kei uh.

²⁴And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted and said, May the king live.

²⁴Huan, Samuelin mi tengteng kiangah, TOUPA mi seh na mu uhia? mipi tengteng lakah amah bang mahmah a om kei uh, a chi a. huan, mipite a kikou ua, Pathianin kumpipa humbit hen, a chi uh.

²⁵And Samuel told the people the right of the kingdom, and wrote it in the book, and laid it before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

²⁵Huchiin Samuelin mipite gam omdan ding a hilha, laibu ah a gelha, TOUPA maah a koih hi. Huan, Samuelin mipite amau in lam chiat ah a paisakta hi.

²⁶And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and with him went the band, whose hearts God had touched.

²⁶Huan, Saula leng Gibea khua ah a in lamah a pai samta a; huan, mi hangsan hon a lungtang uh Pathianin akhoihte a kiangah a hoh tei ua.Himahleh Belial tapa kuate hiamin, Hiai miin bangchidanin a hon hondam thei mahmah dia? A chi ua. Huchiin amah a ngaineu ua, kipahman himhim a pe nuamkei uh. Himahleh amah jaw a dai dide.

²⁷But the children of Belial said, How should this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he was as one deaf.

²⁷Himahleh Belial tapa kuate hiamin, Hiai miin bangchidanin a hon hondam thei mahmah dia? A chi ua. Huchiin amah a ngaineu ua, kipahman himhim a pe nuamkei uh. Himahleh amah jaw a dai dide.