¹And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that ye said to me, and have made a king over you.

¹Huan, Samuelin Israel mite tengteng kiangah, ngai dih ua, ka kianga na thugen tengteng uh ka pom hi, kumpipa ding lah ka honbawlsakta a.

²And now behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and grey-headed; and behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth up to this day.

²Tuin ngai dih ua, kumpipain na ma uh a kaia; kei jaw ka na tekin ka lu leng a kangta a: huan, ngaidih ua, ka tapate na kiang uah a om ua; ka valnou lai akipanin tutanin na ma uh ka pi.

³Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.

³Hiailaiah ka om: TOUPA ma leh a sathau nilhpa maah honsel un; kua bawngtal ahia ka suh ngei? Kua sabengtung ahia ka suh ngei? Kua ka khem ngeia? Kua ka simmoh ngei a? ka mit tosak dingin kua akipanin ahia golhna ka lak ngei? Ka hondin nawn vek ding, a chi a.

⁴And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, and thou hast not injured us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

⁴Huan, amau, non khem ngeikei, non simmoh ngei samkei, kuamah khut akipanin lak tuak louh leng na la ngeikei, a chi ua.

⁵And he said to them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand! And [the people] said, [He is] witness!

⁵Huan, aman a kiang uah, ka khut ah bangmah kilawm lou na mu kei uh chih tuniin TOUPA na lak uah a theipa ahi, a sathaunilhpa a theipa ahi, a chi a. Huan, amau, Amah a theipa ahi, a chi ua.

⁶And Samuel said to the people, [It is] Jehovah who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

⁶Huan, Samuelin mipi kiangah, Mosi leh Aron seppa leh Aigupta akipana na pipute uh pi khepa TOUPA ahi.

⁷And now stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah of all the righteous acts of Jehovah which he did to you and to your fathers.

⁷Huchiin ding kinken unla, TOUPA maah TOUPAN na tung uh leh na pipute uh tunga thil kizen taka a nahih sek dan ka honsut pih peuhmah ding.

⁸When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought your fathers forth out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

⁸Aigupta gama Jakob a lut nungin, na pipute un TOUPA a sam ua, huchiin TOUPAN Mosi leh Aron a sawl a, amau na pipute uh Aigupta gam akipanin a pi khia ua, hiailai munah a omsak ua.

⁹And they forgot Jehovah their God, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

⁹Himahleh TOUPA a Pathian uh a mangngilh ua; huan, aman Hazor sepaih heutu Seser khut ah leh Philistia mite khut ah leh Moab kumpipa khut ah a khawnga, huan, amau a dou uh.

¹⁰And they cried to Jehovah and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths; and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

¹⁰Huan, TOUPA a sam ua, TOUPA I lehngatsana, Baal leh Astoroth na I sep jiakin I nakhialta uh: himahleh I melmate khuta kipan hon honkheta inla, huchiin na na ka sem ding uh, a chi ua.

¹¹And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies round about, so that ye dwelt in safety.

¹¹Huan, TOUPAN Jerubaal te Bendan te, Jepth te, Samuel te a sawl a, khatlam khatlama na melma uh mite khut akipan a hon honkhiaa, bit takin na om uh.

¹²But when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.

¹²Huan, Ammon suante kumpipa Nahas nou hondou dingin a hongkuan chih na theih tak un ka kiangah, ahi kei, kumpipan vai hon hawmsak hen, na chi ua; TOUPA Pathian lah na kumpipa uh ahi gige ngala.

¹³And now behold, the king whom ye have chosen, whom ye have asked for! and behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.

¹³Huchiin na kumpipa tel uleh nget uh en dih uh; en dih uh, TOUPAN kumpipa a honbawlsakta hi.

¹⁴If ye fear Jehovah, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and rebel not against the commandment of Jehovah, then both ye and the king also that reigns over you shall continue following Jehovah your God.

¹⁴TOUPA laudan na siam ua, a na na sep ua, a aw na ngaihkhiak ua, TOUPA thupiak na helsan kei ua, nou leh na tung ua vaihawm kumpipa toh TOUPA na Pathian uh juite na hih uleh a hoih dinga;

¹⁵But if ye will not hearken to the voice of Jehovah, and if ye rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then will the hand of Jehovah be against you, as against your fathers.

¹⁵Ahihhangin TOUPA aw na ngaihkhiak kei ua, TOUPA thupiak na helsan uleh na pipute un TOUPA khut a thuak mah bang un nou leng na thuak ding uh.

¹⁶Now therefore stand and see this great thing which Jehovah will do before your eyes.

¹⁶Huchiin ding kinken unla, TOUPAN na mitmuh ua thil thupi tak a hih ding na en un.

¹⁷Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, and he will send thunder and rain; and ye shall perceive and see that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah in asking for yourselves a king.

¹⁷Tuniin buh a la uh ahi kei maw? van gingsak ding leh vuah zusak dingin TOUPA ka sam dinga, huchiin kumpipa na nget thu uah TOUPA mitmuh a thil na hihkhelh uh a thupidan na thei un na mu ding uh, a chi a.

¹⁸And Samuel called to Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.

¹⁸Huchiin Samuelin TOUPA a sama, TOUPAN huai niin van a ging saka, vuah a zusaka; huchiin mipiin TOUPA leh Samuel a kihta mahmah uh.

¹⁹And all the people said to Samuel, Pray to Jehovah thy God for thy servants, that we die not; for we have added to all our sins the wickedness to ask for ourselves a king.

¹⁹Huan, mipi tengtengin Samuel kiangah, ka sih louhna ding un TOUPA na Pathian kiangah na sikhate hon thumsakin, hiai thil hoihlou tak, kumpipa ka nanget uh, ka gitlouhna tengteng uh behlap ka na hita uh, a chi ua.

²⁰And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: *ye* have done all this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, and serve Jehovah with all your heart;

²⁰Huan, Samuelin mipite kiangah, Lau kei un, hiai thil hoihlou tak hih jaw na hih ngeingut ua, himahleh TOUPA na zuih uh pialsan tuan kei unla, na lungtang tengteng un TOUPA na sem jaw uh;

²¹and turn ye not aside; for [it would be] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

²¹Kinepna ding bei bangmahlou leh nou hon honkhe theilou juiin pial kei un, bangmahlou hal ahi ngal ua.

²²For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.

²²Amin thupi tak jiakin TOUPAN lah a mite a lehngatsan sin keia: noute amah mi dia bawl lah TOUPA kipah lamtak ahi ngala.

²³Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you; and I will teach you the good and right way.

²³Huai phet leng ahi keia, nou adia thum tawpa, TOUPA tunga khelh kei adingin ahi dek het kei hi; lampi hoih leh lampi dik ka hon kawkmuh zo jel ding hi.

²⁴Only, fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth, with all your heart; for see how great things he has done for you.

²⁴TOUPA laudan siam photphot unla, na lungtang tengteng un chihtaktakin a na sem unla; nou dinga thil a hih thupidan ngaihtuah dih ve un.Himahleh gilou taka thil na hih lailai uleh na mangthang ding uh, nou leh na kumpipa uh, a chi a.

²⁵But if ye do wickedly, ye shall perish, both ye and your king.

²⁵Himahleh gilou taka thil na hih lailai uleh na mangthang ding uh, nou leh na kumpipa uh, a chi a.