¹And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

¹Huchiin David bel Nob khua ah siampu Ahimelek kiangah a hoha: huan, Ahimelekin ling kawmin David a na dawna, a kiangah, bangchidana hia tangtat na chia, kuamah paipih na neih louh? A chi a.

²And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business whereon I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and I have directed the young men to such and such a place.

²Huan, Davidin siampu Ahimelek kiangah, kumpipan thil hih dingin thu a honpiaa, ka kiangah, ka hon thihihsak tup himhim leh ka hon thupiak kuamahin theikei heh, a chi bikbeka: huan, tangvalte na omna ding mun khawng bang ka sepa.

³And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found.

³Huchiin bangbang ahia na khuta om? Tanghou beu nga honpia inla, a hihkeileh na neih lamlam leng, a chi a.

⁴And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

⁴Huan, siampuin David a dawnga, tanghou nazong ka neikeia, tanghou siangthou bel ka nei; tangvalte numei laka a kihepkhiak peuhmah uleh, a chi a.

⁵And David answered the priest and said to him, Yes indeed, women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the [bread] is in a manner common, and the more so, because to-day [new] is hallowed in the vessels.

⁵Huan, Davidin siampu a dawnga, a kiangah, tu ni thum sung numei lakah himhim ka kihemkhe vek taktak uhi; ka hongpawt khiak sin laiin leng tangvalte tuiumbelsuan a siangthou hi, koikoi hiama hoh mawkmawk lel ding ka hi na ua; tuni ngailin houh a tuiumbelsuan uh na siangthouna semin chia; a chi a.

⁶And the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the shew-loaves that were taken from before Jehovah, to put on hot bread in the day when they were taken away.

⁶Huchiin siampuin tanghou siangthou a peta a: huailaiah lah tanghou koih a lak ni ua tanghou luma khen dinga TOUPA ma akipana a lakpen uh kia loungal tanghou dang lah a om ngal keia.

⁷(Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg, the Edomite, chief of the shepherds that [belonged] to Saul.)

⁷Huan, huai niin Saula sikhate laka mi khat TOUPA maa zekaisak a om a oma; a min Doeg ahi a, Edom mi, Saula gan chingmi laka heutu pen ahi.

⁸And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, for the king's business was urgent.

⁸Huan, Davidin Ahimelek kiangah, teipi hiam, namsau hiam na kem kei maw? kumpipa maa man-gan a kiphatmoh jiakin ka namsau leh ka galvan a bangmah ka hontawi mankei hi, a chi a.

⁹And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of terebinths, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that: give it me.

⁹Huan, siampuin, Philistia mi Goliath, Ela guam a na thahpa namsau, ngai in, siampu puanak liah ah puana tuam in a om thek hi; huaia na lak nop leh lain, huai kia loungal a dang a om kei, a chi a. Huan, Davidin, huai vala om de, hon pe dih ve leh, a chi a.

¹⁰And David arose, and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

¹⁰Huchiin David a dinga, huai niin Saula kihtain a tai manga, Gath kumpipa Akis kiangah a hohta hi.

¹¹And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

¹¹Huan, Akis sikhaten a kiangah, hiai mi a gam kumpipa uh David ahikei maw? Saulain a sang a sang athat, Davidin a sing a sing, chia lou kawmin a tungtang thu lain a sa juajua uh ahikei maw? a chi ua.

¹²And David took to heart these words, and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

¹²Huan, Davidin huai thute a lungsimin a paia, Gath kumpipa Akis a kihta mahmah.

¹³And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

¹³Huchiin a maah a omdan a hihlamdanga, a mitmuh un a kihaisak ek hi, kongkhakte bang a pham ekeka, a khamul khawngah chil a luang sak zungzung maimah hi.

¹⁴And Achish said to his servants, Behold, ye see the man is mad: why did ye bring him to me?

¹⁴Huchiin Akis in a sikhate kiangah, en ta unla, mi hai ahih lah na thei gige ngal ua, bangdia ka kianga honpi na hi ua?Mihai ka kitaksap jiakin hia hiai mi a haidan hihlang dia ka maa na honpi uh? Hiai mi ka in ah a honglut tel mahmah ding maw? a chi a.

¹⁵have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this [man] come into my house?

¹⁵Mihai ka kitaksap jiakin hia hiai mi a haidan hihlang dia ka maa na honpi uh? Hiai mi ka in ah a honglut tel mahmah ding maw? a chi a.