¹And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], and they went down thither to him.

¹Huchiin David bel huai akipan a pawt khiaa, Adullam kokhuk ah a omta a: huan, a unaute leh a pate inkote tengtengin a jak un huaiah a kiangah a hoh suk ua.

²And every one in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one of embittered spirit collected round him; and he became a captain over them; and there were with him about four hundred men.

²Huan, lungkham peuhmahte, leiba nei peuhmahte, lungkimlouhna nei peuhmahte a kiangah a kikai khawm ua; huchiin, a heutu un a omta a; huan, a kiangah mi za li hiamtak a om uh.

³And David went thence to Mizpeh in Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth amongst you, till I know what God will do for me.

³Huan, David bel huai akipanin Moab gama Mizpe ah a hoha; Moab kumpipa kiangah, Pathianin a hon hihsak ding thil ka theih masiah ka nu leh ka pate na kiangah na om le uh, a chi a.

⁴And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

⁴Huan, Moab kumpipa maah amau a pi a: huchiin kokhuka David a omlai teng a kiangah a om uh.

⁵And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

⁵Huan, jawlnei Gadin David kiangah, kokhuk ah om nilouh ken; pawt inla Judai gamah paiin, a chi a. Huchiin David a pawta, Hereth gammang ah a lutta hi.

⁶And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah under the tamarisk upon the height, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing by him.

⁶Huan, Saulain David leh a kianga omte a muta uh chih a najaa: Saula Gibea ah Rama khuaa tamarisk sing nuaiah teipi tawiin a tu a; huan, akimah a sikhate tengteng ading uh.

⁷Then Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give every one of you also fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

⁷Huan, Saulain a kima ding a sikhate kiangah, nou Benjamin mite aw, ngaikhia un; Jesai tapain loute leh grep huante a honpe sinin a sepaih sang heutu ding, a sepaih za heutu dingin a honbawl vek sin ahia?

⁸that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made [a covenant] with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day?

⁸Na vek un non sawm ua, ka tapain Jesai tapa kianga thu a khun ka kianga hihlang himhim na om kei ua, ka tapain ka sikha kei hondou ding leh tunite nasan a kei hontang dinga a hasot thu ka kianga hihlang na om louh uh? A chi a.

⁹Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

⁹Huchiin Saula sikhate kianga ding Edom mi Doeg in a dawnga, jesai tapa Nob khuaa Ahitub tapa Ahimelek kianga hong kamu.

¹⁰And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

¹⁰Huan, aman TOUPA a dotsaka, nekding a piaa, huan, Philistia mi Goliath namsau leng a pe lai, a chi a.

¹¹Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob; and they came all of them to the king.

¹¹Huchiin kumpipan Ahitub tapa siampu om tengteng a samsaka.

¹²And Saul said, Hear now, son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

¹²Huan, Saulain, nang, Ahitub tapa, nangaikhiain, a chi a. Huan, aman, ka pu, hiaiah ka om hi, a chi a.

¹³And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me as a lier-in-wait, as at this day?

¹³Huan, Saulain a kiangah, tanghou leh namsau khawng napiaa TOUPA bang dot saka tunia a hih banga kei hondou ding leh hontang dinga bangdinga nang leh Jesai tapa in honsawm vial na hi ua? A chi a.

¹⁴And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house?

¹⁴Huchiin Ahimelekin kumpipa a donga, kumpipa makpa, na mi dotpen sek, na inkuan sung ua mi zahtakhuai David bang himhima mi muanhuai na sikhate tengteng lakah kua a om ua?

¹⁵Was it to-day that I began to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king charge anything to his servant, [nor] to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

¹⁵Tuni amah adia Pathian thu ka dotsak tung ni ahi hia? A hi kei. Kumpipan a sikha hiam, ka pa inkuante peuhmah hiam honngoh mahmah kei heh; na sikhain hiai thu khawng abangmah mah ka theikei hi, a chi a.

¹⁶And the king said, Thou shalt certainly die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

¹⁶Huan, kumpipan, Ahimelek, na sih ngeingei ding ahi, nang leh na pa inkuante tengteng toh, a chi a.

¹⁷And the king said to the couriers that stood about him, Turn and put the priests of Jehovah to death; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not inform me. But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Jehovah.

¹⁷Huan, kumpipan a kianga ding sepaihte kiangah, kihei unla TOUPA siampute that un, David lama a pan ua, a tai mang chih thei napia ka kianga a gen louh jiakun, a chi a. Himahleh kumpipa sikhaten TOUPA siampute sual dingin khut a jak nuam kei uh.

¹⁸And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.

¹⁸Huan, kumpipan Doeg kiangah, nang kihei inla, siampute sualin, a chi a. Huan, Edom mi Doeg a kiheia, siampute a suala, huai niin puan malngat siampu puanak silh, mi sawmgiat leh nga a that a.

¹⁹And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

¹⁹Huan, Nob, siampu khua namsauin a suala; numei leh pasal naupang leh nawine laite nangawn, bawng khawng, sabengtung khawng, belamte toh namsauin a satlum hi.

²⁰And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

²⁰Huan, Ahitub tapa Ahimelek tapate laka khat, amin Abiathar a tai khiaa, David kiangah a tai hi.

²¹And Abiathar informed David that Saul had slain Jehovah's priests.

²¹Huan, Abiathar in Saulain TOUPA siampute a thah thu David a hilh.

²²And David said to Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul: I am accountable for all the lives of thy father's house.

²²Huan, Davidin Abiathar kiangah, Edom mi Doeg huailaia a om ni mahin Saula a hilh ngeingei ding chih theisa in ka om hi: na pa inkuan tengteng kei jiaka si ahi ua.Nang ka kiangah om inla lau ken; kei thah hontumten nang leng thah a hontum ding uh; ka kiangah om lechin bel na bit ding hi, a chi a.

²³Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.

²³Nang ka kiangah om inla lau ken; kei thah hontumten nang leng thah a hontum ding uh; ka kiangah om lechin bel na bit ding hi, a chi a.