¹And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity, and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life?

¹Huchiin David bel Rama khuaa Naioth akipan a taia, Jonathan kiangah a hoha, bang ka hiha ahia? bang ahia ka tatsiatna? Na pa tungah bang ahia ka hihkhelha hichi taka honthah a tum mai jen? A chi a.

²And he said to him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, and not apprise me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

²Huan, aman, that lou e: na si hetkei ding; ngaiin, ka pan kei hon theisak louin bangmah himhim lianin neu leh a hih ngeikeia, bangding mahmahin ahia hiai thute kei a hon im ding? A hon im kei hial ding, a chi a.

³And David swore again and again, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found favour in thy sight: and he has thought, Jonathan shall not know this, lest he be grieved; but truly [as] Jehovah liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

³Huan, Davidin, na pan lah na hon houpihdan a thei tel mahmah ngala; Jonathanin hiai jaw thei dah heh, huchilouin jaw a lungkham sin tel mai, a chi ahi ding: hitamahleh TOUPA hinna leh na hinna louin ka gen hi, sihna toh ka kikal uh kal khat lel ahi, chiin uang takin a gen a.

⁴And Jonathan said to David, What thy soul may say, I will even do it for thee.

⁴Huchiin Jonathanin David kiangah, na hinnain a deih peuhpeuh ka hon hihsak jel ding, a chi a.

⁵And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.

⁵Huan, Davidin Jonathan kiangah, ngai in, jingchianga kha de ding ahi a, kumpipa kianga ankuang um ngeingei ding ka hi a; himahleh a ni thum ni nitaklam tanphain gamlaka bu dingin ka kuan zo ding.

⁶If thy father should actually miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

⁶Huan, na pan ka omlouh a hon theih khiaka a hih leh, Davidin a khua Bethlehem a va hoh jual a hon ngen ngutnguta; a inkuan ua dinga a kum teng kithoih hun uh ahi a, na na chiin.

⁷If he say thus, It is well, -- thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him.

⁷Huan, a hoih vo oi, a chih leh na sikha a lungmuang dinga; himahleh a heh leh thil hoihlou hih a tum ahi chih thei maiin.

⁸Deal kindly then with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

⁸Huaijiakin na sikha hoihtakin hihin; na sikha lah TOUPA thukhun ah na lutpihta ngala; himahleh tatsiatna nei ka hih leh nangmahin hon that maiin; bangdingin na pa kiangah non pi chitchiat dia? A chi a.

⁹And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for, if I knew with certainty that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee?

⁹Huan, Jonathanin, that lou e; na tunga thil hoihlou hih ka pan a tum chih ka thei peuhmah leh nang kon hilh sin keia hia? a chi a.

¹⁰Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

¹⁰Huchiin Davidin Jonathan kiangah, na pan bou takin honna dawngta leh kuan a honhilh dia? A chi a.

¹¹And Jonathan said to David, Come and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.

¹¹Huan, Jonathanin David kiangah, pai dih, gamlakah I va hoh peuhmah ding, a chi a. Huchiin gamlakah a vahoh khawm uh.

¹²And Jonathan said to David, Jehovah, God of Israel, when I sound my father about this time to-morrow, [or] the next day, and behold, there be good toward David, and I then send not to thee, and apprise thee of it,

¹²Huan, Jonathanin David kiangah TOUPA Israelte Pathian a theipa hi hen; jingchiang hichilh hunin hiam, ni thum niin hiam ka pa ka vadawp hun chia, ngai in, David tungtang thu a hoihlam a hihleh na kianga mi sawlin ka honhilh sin keia hia?

¹³Jehovah do so and much more to Jonathan. Should it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will apprise thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and Jehovah be with thee, as he has been with my father.

¹³Huan, ka pan na tungah thil hoihlou hih ut bang hita leh, ka honhilh louha, lungmuang tak ana pai theihna dia ka honkhah kei leh, TOUPAN Jonathan a bawlbawlin bawl henla, huai sanga thupiin leng; huan, TOUPA na kiangah om hen, ka pa kianga a om jel bangin.

¹⁴And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,

¹⁴Huan, ka sih louhna dinga ka damsung kiaa TOUPA hehpihna hon musak hilouin;

¹⁵but thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, no, not when Jehovah cuts off the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth.

¹⁵Khantawnin ka inkote leng na hehpih tawp ken; TOUPAN David melma leitung akipana a hihman khit vek phain leng tawp ken, a a chi a.

¹⁶And Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying,] Let Jehovah even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies!

¹⁶Huchiin Jonathanin, David melmate lakah TOUPAN a phut ding chiin David inkote kiangah thu a khung a.

¹⁷And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

¹⁷Huan, Jonathanin amah a itna louin David kiangah a kichiam nawn hi; amah hinna a it bang geihin lah a it ngala.

¹⁸And Jonathan said to him, To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, for thy seat will be empty;

¹⁸Huchiin Jonathanin a kiangah, jingchianga kha de ding ahia; na ut mun a vuak sin jiakin na omlouh a kilang ngei sin a.

¹⁹but on the third day thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the business, and abide by the stone Ezel.

¹⁹Ni thum na om nungin pai suk pah inla, tumaa thil a hongom laia na bukna munah na hoh inla, Ezel suang chinah na om gigein.

²⁰And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

²⁰Huan, muitum bangin thal thum a sikah ka honlawn dinga.

²¹And behold, I will send the lad, [saying,] Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come, for there is peace for thee, and it is nothing; [as] Jehovah liveth.

²¹Huan, ngaiin, kuan inla, thalte vamu khiain, chiin naupang ka sawl ding. Naupang kianga, en in, na thalte na nunglam ah a om, la inla hongpaiin, ka chihleh TOUPA hinna louin ka gen hi, nanga dingin a galmuanhuaiin lau ding omlou ahi ding.

²²But if I say thus to the youth: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, -- go thy way; for Jehovah sends thee away.

²²Ahihhangin naupang kianga, en in, thalte na pamlam ah a om uh, ka chih leh pai mang maiin; TOUPAN a honpai mangsak ahi ding.

²³And as to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for ever.

²³Huan, nang leh ken thil I gensa tungtang thu ah ngaiin, nang toh I kalah TOUPA a om tawntung ahi, a chi a.

²⁴And David hid himself in the field; and it was the new moon, and the king sat at table to eat.

²⁴Huchiin David gamlakah a bua; huan, kha a hong de a kumpipa ankuang umin a tu a.

²⁵And the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

²⁵Huan, kumpipa thu ni danga a tutna ngei bang kianga a tutna ah a tu a; huan, Jonathan a dinga, huan, Abner Saula kiangah a tu a; David mun bel a vuak hi.

²⁶And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen [him], that he is not clean: surely he is not clean.

²⁶Himahleh Saulain huai niin bangmah a gen kei: A tungah thil banghiam a oma a siangthou lou hiam ahi ding, a siangthou lou ahi ngei ding, a chi sima.

²⁷And it came to pass the next day after the new moon, the second [day of the month], as David's place was empty, that Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jesse come to table, neither yesterday nor to-day?

²⁷Huan, hichi ahi a, kha det jing a ni nih niin David mun a vuak lailaia; huchiin Saulain a tapa Jonathan kiangah, bang achia Jesai tapa jan leh tuni a ankuang um dinga hong lou ahia? a chi a.

²⁸And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me [to go] to Bethlehem,

²⁸Huan, Jonathanin Saula a dawnga, Davidin Bethlehema hoh a hon ngen ngutnguta,

²⁹and said, Let me go, I pray thee; for we have a family sacrifice in the city; and my brother himself has commanded me [to be there]; and now, if I have found favour in thy sight, let me go away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. He has therefore not come to the king's table.

²⁹Hon hohsak teiteiin, ka inkoten khua ah kithoihna nei dingin a hon thukhak chintena, huchiin non hehpih theih leh hon hohsak inla, ka unaute ka unaute ka vaveh ding, a chi a. Huaijiakin kumpipa dohkan ah a hong kei hi, a chi a.

³⁰And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness?

³⁰Huaiin Jonathan tungah Saula a heh guiha, a kiangah, nang, numei genhak leh paupeng tapa, Jesai tapa na zahlakna ding leh na nu vuaktanna zahlaksak dingin na tel chih ka theikei mahmaha hia?

³¹For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die.

³¹Jesai tapa hiaia aom sung teng hihkip na hikei dinga, na gam leng. Huaijiakin samsak pah inla, ka kiangah honpi sakin, a sih ngeingei ding ahi, a chi a.

³²And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he done?

³²Huan, Jonathanin a pa Saula a dawnga, a kiangah, bangdingin maw hihlup ding a hih? Bang a hiha? A chi a.

³³Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death.

³³Huan, Saulain khoh tumin a teipi a vana; huchi a hih jiakin Jonathanin a pan David thah a natum ngeina hi chih a theia.

³⁴And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no meat the second day of the new moon; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

³⁴Huchiin Jonathan bel dohkan akipanin heh mahmah kawmin a dinga, huai kha ni nih niin an a um teita kei hi; a pan David a zahlak sak mahmah jiakin a lungkham piha ahi.

³⁵And it came to pass in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field, to the place agreed on with David, and a little lad with him.

³⁵Huan, hichi ahia, jingsangin Jonathan naupang nou piin gamlakah David toh a mun sehsa uah a hoh a.

³⁶And he said to his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. The lad ran, and he shot the arrow beyond him.

³⁶Huan, a naupang kiangah, tai inla, ka thal lotte vazongin, a chi a. Huan, naupang a tai laiin, a pamlamah thal a lawna.

³⁷And when the lad came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad and said, Is not the arrow away beyond thee?

³⁷Huan, naupang Jonathan lot kiakna mun a vatun leh Jonathanin naupang a sama, thal na pamlamah ahi kei maw? a chi a,

³⁸And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not! And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

³⁸Huan, Jonathanin a naupang a sama, hong mengin, kin in, zekai ken, a chi a. Huan, Jonathan naupangin thalte a tawm khawma, a pu kianglam ah a paita hi.

³⁹And the lad knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

³⁹Himahleh naupangin bangmah a theikei a, Jonathan leh David kiain thil omdan a thei uh.

⁴⁰And Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city.

⁴⁰Huan, Jonathanin a naupang kianga galvan a piaa, a kiangah, pai inla, khua ah nana paipihin, a chi a.

⁴¹The lad went, and David arose from the side of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times; and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

⁴¹Huan, Jonathanin a pai takin David a om mun simlam pang akipan a dinga, maia lei siin chibai thumvei a buka; huan, a kitawp ua, a kap tuaktuak ua, David bel a uang tuanse a.Huan, Jonathanin David kiangah. lungmuangtakin paiin aw, TOUPA nang toh I kalah leh ka suante leh na suante kalah khantawnin om hen, chiin TOUPA minin I kichiam tuaktuak khinta hi, a chi a. Huchiin a dinga, a paitaa; huan, Jonathan bel khua ah a lutta hi.

⁴²And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have both of us sworn in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever! And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

⁴²Huan, Jonathanin David kiangah. lungmuangtakin paiin aw, TOUPA nang toh I kalah leh ka suante leh na suante kalah khantawnin om hen, chiin TOUPA minin I kichiam tuaktuak khinta hi, a chi a. Huchiin a dinga, a paitaa; huan, Jonathan bel khua ah a lutta hi.