¹And Samuel said to Saul, Jehovah sent *me* to anoint thee king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken to the voice of the words of Jehovah.

¹Huan, Samuelin Saula kiangah, TOUPAN a mite tungah, Israelte tungah kumpipa dinga nang sathau hon nilh dinga hon sawl ahi; huchiin TOUPA thugen aw ngaikhe dih.

²Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I have considered what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

²Sepaihte TOUPAN, Amalek miten Israelte tunga a thilhih uh, Aigupta gam akipana a hong pawt lai ua a nadal dante ka chiamteh gige a.

³Now go and smite Amalek, and destroy utterly all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

³Amalekte sual dingin kuan inla, a thil neih tengteng uh hawi himhim neilouin hihmang vekin; numei pasal naungekte, nawi nelai te, bawngtalte, belamte, sangawngsaute, sabengtungte toh hihlum vek in, a chi ahi, a chi a.

⁴And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

⁴Huchiin Samuelin mipite a sam khawma. Telain khua ah a sima, sepaih nuai nih leh Juda mi sing khat ahi uh.

⁵And Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.

⁵Huan, Saula Amalekte khua a tung suka, guam ah a nabuk a.

⁶And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, and go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

⁶Huan, Saulain Kente kiangah, hongpawt unla, Amalekte akipan kihui khia un, huchilouin jaw ka hon hihlum tel kha ding: nou jaw Israel suante tengteng Aigupta akipana hongpawt un na nahehpih ngal ua, a chi a. Huchiin Kente Amalek mite lak akipan a pawt uh.

⁷And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.

⁷Huchiin Saulain Amalek mite Havila akipana Aigupta gam china Sur tanin a suala.

⁸And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

⁸Huan, Amalek mite kumpipa Agag a hing mata, mipi tengteng namsauin a satlum vek hi.

⁹And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and oxen, and beasts of the second bearing, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction; but everything that was mean and weak, that they destroyed utterly.

⁹Ahihhangin Saul leh mipiten Agag a hawi ua, belam hoih hoih, bawngtal hoihhoih, a thauthau, belamnoute, a hoih tengteng toh, huaite bel a hihlum nuam kei uh; a hoihlou leh a deih louh peuhmah uh bel a hihlum vek uh.

¹⁰And the word of Jehovah came to Samuel, saying,

¹⁰Huchiin TOUPA thu Samuel kiangah a hongtunga.

¹¹It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned away from following me, and hath not fulfilled my words. And Samuel was much grieved; and he cried to Jehovah all night.

¹¹Saula kumpipa dia ka naseh ka sik hi: a honjui lai hon nungngat sanin ka thupiak bangin lah a hih ngal keia, a chi a. Huan, Samuel a heha, jankhuain TOUPA a sam hi.

¹²And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set him up a monument, and has turned about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

¹²Huan, Samuel Saula dawn dingin jing khangin a thou a: huan, Saula bel Karmel ah a hoha, ngaiin, huaiah theihgigena suang a phut a, huan, a kik nawna, a pai jela, Gilgal ah a pai sukta, chih Samuel a hilh ua.

¹³And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of Jehovah: I have fulfilled the word of Jehovah.

¹³Huan, Samuel Saula kianglamah a hohtaa; huan, Saulain a kiangah, TOUPAN honvualjawl hen; TOUPA thupiak bangin ka hihta hi, a chi a.

¹⁴And Samuel said, What [means] then this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of oxen which I hear?

¹⁴Huan, Samuelin, tua belam ham ka bil a honglut leh bawng ham ka jak te bangchidan ahi dia leh? A chi a.

¹⁵And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites, because the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

¹⁵Huan, Saulain, Amalek mitek mitea a hon laksak uh ahi; TOUPA na Pathian kianga kithoihna dingin mipiten belam hoih hoih leh bawngtal hoih hoih a hawi uh ahi; huan, adang tengteng ahihleh ka hihlum vek uh, a chi a.

¹⁶And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, that I may tell thee what Jehovah has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

¹⁶Huchiin Samuelin Saula kiangah, daiin janjana TOUPAN ka kianga thu a gen ka honhilh ding, a chi a. Aman a kiangah, gen dih ve, a chi a.

¹⁷And Samuel said, Was it not when thou wast little in thine eyes that thou [becamest] the head of the tribes of Israel, and Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel?

¹⁷Huan, Samuelin, nang ngaihin mi neuchik hi mah le chin leng, Israel nam heutu dinga honbawl na hi kei maw? Huan, TOUPAN Israelte kumpipa dingin sathau a hon nilha;

¹⁸And Jehovah sent thee on a way and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

¹⁸Huan, TOUPAN nang a honsawl khiaa, kuan inla, mikhialte, Amalek mite hihlum vek inla, a manthat sipsip masiah uh sual jel in, a honchi a.

¹⁹Why then didst thou not hearken to the voice of Jehovah, but didst fall upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Jehovah?

¹⁹Bangdia TOUPA thu jui loua, gallak thilte a boha na boha, TOUPA mitmuha thil hoihlou na hih mawk? A chi a.

²⁰And Saul said to Samuel, I have indeed hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

²⁰Huan, Saulain Samuel kiangah, E, TOUPA thu ka jui vo oi, TOUPAN honsawlna lamah ka hoha, Amalek kumpipa Agag ka hon mana, Amalek mite ka hihlum vek vo oi.

²¹But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.

²¹Ahihhangin mipiten bel gallak thil belam leh bawngtalte hihman ding laka a hoih hoih Gilgal khuaa TOUPA na Pathian kianga kithoihna dingin a hontawi ua, a chi a.

²²And Samuel said, Has Jehovah delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, As in hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, Attention than the fat of rams.

²²Huan, Samuelin, TOUPAN TOUPA thu jui a pakta bangin halmang thillatte leh kithoihnate a pakta ahia? Ngaiin, kithoihna sangin thuman a hoihjaw a, belamtal thau sangin a thu zuih a hoihjaw hi.

²³For rebellion is [as] the sin of divination, And selfwill is [as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He hath also rejected thee from being king.

²³Helna jaw aisansiamna khelhnate toh a kibanga, engtatna jaw milim biak leh pathian lim biak toh a kikim hi. TOUPA thu na deih louh jiakin aman leng kumpipa dingin a hondeih samta kei hi, a chi a.

²⁴And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovah, and thy words; for I feared the people, and hearkened to their voice.

²⁴Huan, Saulain Samuel kiangah, ka nakhialta: TOUPA thupiak leh na thu ka na bohse maijen a; mipite ka na kihtaka a thu uh ka namanna lamah.

²⁵And now, I pray thee, forgive my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah.

²⁵Huchiin ka khelhna ngaidam inla, TOUPA ka biak theihna ding in hon paipih nawn dih ve, a chi a.

²⁶And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn again with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah has rejected thee from being king over Israel.

²⁶Huan, Samuelin Saula kiangah, kon paipih kei mah ding: TOUPA thu lah na deih ngal keia, huan, TOUPAN leng Israelte kumpipa dingin a hon deih samta kei hi, a chi a.

²⁷And as Samuel turned to go away, [Saul] laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

²⁷Huchiin Samuel pai dinga a kihei leh a puangei a lena, a kekte hi.

²⁸Then Samuel said to him, Jehovah has rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to-day, and has given it to thy neighbour, who is better than thou.

²⁸Huchiin Samuelin a kiangah, tuni akipanin TOUPAN Israel gam a honsutta, nang sanga hoihjaw na inveng a peta hi.

²⁹And also the Hope of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

²⁹Huan, Israelte thagui a juau kei dinga, a kisik sam kei ding; mihing banga kisik nawn mawkmawk mi lah ahi ngal keia, a chi a.

³⁰And he said, I have sinned; honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah thy God.

³⁰Huchiin aman, ka nakhialta hi: himahleh ka mite upate leh Israelte maa hon pahtawi dingin ka honngen hi; huan, TOUPA na Pathian ka biak theihna dingin hon paipih teitei in, a chi a.

³¹So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.

³¹Huchiin Samuelin Saula a paipihtaa, Saulain TOUPA a beta hi.

³²And Samuel said, Bring ye near to me Agag the king of Amalek. And Agag came to him gaily. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

³²Huchiin Samuelin, Amalek mite kumpipa Agag ka kiangah honpi un, a chi a. Huchiin Agag kiangah ling kawmin a vahoh a. Huan, Agagin, sihna kha pelta ka hi ngei ding maw, a chi a.

³³And Samuel said, As thy sword has made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless above women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

³³Huan, Samuelin, Na namsauin numeite ta neilou ding a a bawl bangin na nu leng numei laka ta neilou mi ahi dinga, a chi a. Huchiin Samuelin Agag Gilgal khua ah TOUPA maah a sat janta hi

³⁴And Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

³⁴Huan, Samuel bel Rama khua ah a paia; huan, Saula bel a in ah Saula omna khua Gibea ah a paitou ta.Huchiin Samuelin in a sih ni phain Saula a pha nawnta keia; Samuel bel Saula jiakin lungkham ahihleh a lungkham hi: huan, TOUPA Israelte kumpipa dinga Saula a natel a kisik hi.

³⁵And Samuel saw Saul no more until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned over Saul; and Jehovah repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

³⁵Huchiin Samuelin in a sih ni phain Saula a pha nawnta keia; Samuel bel Saula jiakin lungkham ahihleh a lungkham hi: huan, TOUPA Israelte kumpipa dinga Saula a natel a kisik hi.