¹Saul was ... years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.

¹Saula kum sawmthuma upa ahih in vaihawm a pana; huan, Israelte tungah kum nih vai a hawm a.

²And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

²Huan, Saulain Israelte laka mi sang thum a tela; sangnih Mikmas ah leh Bethel tang ah Saula kiangah a om ua, huan, sangkhat Benjamin gama Gibea ah Jonathan kiangah a om uh: huan, a dangteng amau puanin ah a paisak vek.

³And Jonathan smote the outpost of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

³Huan, Jonathanin Gibea Philistia galvil sepaihte a suala; huai bel Philistia miten a naja uh. Huchiin Saulain, Hebru miten na ja uheh, chiin a gam tengteng uah pengkul a mutsaka.

⁴And all Israel heard say, Saul has smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and Israel also has become odious to the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

⁴Huan, Israelte tengtengin, Saulain Philistia galvil sepaihte a sual chih leh Israelten leng Philistia mite huatin a om uh chih thute a naza ta ua. Huchiin mipite Saula kiangah Gilgal ah a kikai khawmta uhi.

⁵And the Philistines were assembled together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward from Beth-Aven.

⁵Huan, Philistia mite Israelte sual dingin a kikai khawmta ua; kangtalai sing thum, sakol tungtuangmi sang guk, mihing tuipi piaua piaunel zah mahmah a tam ahi uh: huan, a kuan tou ua, Beth-aven suahlam pang ah Mikmas ah panmun a bawl ua.

⁶And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits.

⁶Huan, Isreal miten umbitin a om uh chih a kitheih un (mite lah a lunghimoh mahmahta ua) mite kokhuk ah, lou nok ah, suangpi pangah, kulh ah, lei kohawm ah khawng a bu ua.

⁷And the Hebrews went over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. And Saul was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

⁷Hebru mi khenkhatte bel Jordan galah Gad leh Gilead gamah a tai ua; Saula bel Gilgal ah a om lailaia, miten lah ling tonton kawmin amah a jui ua.

⁸And he waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

⁸Samuelin ni a seh bangin ni sagih a om a; himahleh Samuel lah Gilgal ah a hongpaita keia; huchiin mipiin a taijak santa uh.

⁹And Saul said, Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings. And he offered up the burnt-offering.

⁹Huan, Saulain, halmang thillat ding leh lemna thillat dingte hiaiah ka kiangah honla un, a chi a.

¹⁰And it came to pass, as soon as he had ended offering up the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

¹⁰Huchiin halmang thillat a lana, huan, hichi ahi a, halmang thillat a lan khin lela, ngaiin, Samuel a hongtung; huan, Saula chibai buk dingin amah dawnin a kuan a. Huan, Samuelin, bang na hih na hia? a chi a.

¹¹And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou didst not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines were assembled at Michmash,

¹¹Huan, Saulain, mipiten a honpai mang san khin ua, huan, nang lah ni seh niin na hongtungta keia, huan, Philistia mite lah Mikmas ah a kikaikhawm ek uh chih ka thei ngala.

¹²I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to Jehovah; and I forced myself, and offered up the burnt-offering.

¹²Huaijiakin, Philistia miten Gilgal ah honsual dekdekta ngal ua, huan, TOUPA hehpihna lah ka ngen nai keia, ka chi a, huaijiakin halmang thillat lan lou thei ka hi kei, a chi a.

¹³And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God which he commanded thee; for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom over Israel for ever.

¹³Huan, Samuelin Saula kiangah, na thilhihdan ahiahuai mahmah: TOUPA na Pathian thupiak, nang thu a honpiak na jui kei hi. TOUPAN Israelte tungah na lalna khantawna hihkim tum jaw hiven maw,

¹⁴But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah has appointed him ruler over his people; for thou hast not kept what Jehovah commanded thee.

¹⁴Himahleh na lalna a mongta ding; TOUPAN thu a honpiak na zuih louh jiakin TOUPAN amah lungtang pu mi a zonga, mite tung a heutu hi dingin TOUPAN amah a septa hi, a chi a.

¹⁵And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.

¹⁵Huan, Samuel a thou a, Gilgal akipan Benjamin gama Geba khua ah a hoh touta. Huan, Saulain a kianga mi omte a sima, ja guk tak ahi uh.

¹⁶And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin; and the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

¹⁶Huan, Saula leh a tapa Jonathan leh a kiang ua mi omte Benjamin gama Geba khua ah a om ua; himahleh Philistia miten Mikmas ah panmun a bawl uh.

¹⁷And the ravagers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned the way of Ophrah, into the land of Shual;

¹⁷Huan, lokmite Philistia mite panmun akipanin pawl thumin a hongkuan ua: pawl khatten Sual gama Omphra lam juan lampi a jui ua; huan, pawl khatten Beth-horon lam juan lampi a jui uh;

¹⁸and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and the other company turned the way to the district that looks over the ravine of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

¹⁸Huan, pawl khatin gamdai jul Zeboim guam lam juan gamgi lampi a jui uhi.

¹⁹Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.

¹⁹Israel gam pumpi ah siksekmi himhim a omkei ua; Philistia miten, Hebru miten namsau hiam, tei hiam a bawl zenzen kha ding uh, a chi uhi.

²⁰And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

²⁰Himahleh Israel mi tengteng, mi chih a leilehna, a suanggal, aheipi, a tupi tathiam dingin, Philistiate kiangah a hoh suk sek ua;

²¹when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.

²¹Tupite, suanggalte, sikkhutte leh heipite tathiamna dinga sik-hat neina piin; chiangmukzumte bawlna dingin.

²²And it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son there was found.

²²Huchiin a kidou ni un Saula leh Jonathan kiang mi omte namsau hiam, tei hiam nei himhim a om kei ua; Saula leh a tapa Jonathanin bel a nei uh.Huan, Philistia galvil sepaihte Mikmas kuam ah a pai kheta uh.

²³And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

²³Huan, Philistia galvil sepaihte Mikmas kuam ah a pai kheta uh.