¹And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

¹Huan, ngaiin, Philistia miten Keila khua a sual ua, phuala buhte a laksak vek uh, chiin David a hilh ua.

²And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

²Huchiin Davidin, TOUPA, huai Philistia mite ka vasual diam? Chiin a donga. Huan, TOUPAN David kiangah, Philistia mite vasual inla, Keila khua vahumbitin, a chi a.

³But David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

³Huan, David miten a kiangah, ngaiin juda gama om nangawna lau I hi ua, Keila khuaa hoh suka Philistia sepaihte vasual lauhuai semnatel inchia: a chi ua.

⁴And David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into thy hand.

⁴Huchiin Davidin TOUPA a dong nawna. Huan, TOUPAN a dawnga, a kiangah, thou inla, Keila khua ah hohsukin, Philistia mite na khut ah ka hon pe ding, a chi a.

⁵And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought against the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

⁵Huchiin David leh a mite Keila khua ah a hoh ua, Philistia mite a vasual ua, a gante uh a laksak ua, a that ek uh. Huchibangin Davidin Keila khua mite a humbitta hi.

⁶And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

⁶Huan, hichi ahi a, Ahimelek tapa Abiathar Keila khua a David kianga a tai laiin siampu puannak tawia pai suk ahi a.

⁷And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars.

⁷Huan, Keila khua ah David a hoh chih Saula a hilh ua. Huan, Saulain, Pathianin ka khuta amah honpia ei ve; kulh kongpi leh a kalhna nei khua ah lah lutin a kikhumta ngala, a chi a.

⁸And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

⁸Huan, Saulain mi tengteng kidou dingin Keila khua vasuala David leh a mite vaum dingin a sam khawma.

⁹And when David knew that Saul devised mischief against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod.

⁹Huan, Davidin Saulain a tungah thil hoihlou a sawm chih a natheia, siampu Abiathar kiangah, Siampu puannak honla dih ve, a chi a.

¹⁰Then said David, Jehovah, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

¹⁰Huchiin Davidin, Aw TOUPA Israelte Pathian, Saula kei jiaka khua hihse dingin Keila ah hongpai suk a tum chih kei na sikhain ka jaa.

¹¹Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

¹¹Keila khua a miten a khut ah honpe ding uam? Na sikhain ka jak bangin Saula a hongpai suk sin hia? Aw TOUPA, Israelte Pathian, hehpih tekin na sikha hon hilhin, a chi a.

¹²And David said, Will the citizens of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver [thee] up.

¹²Huan, TOUPAN, a hong suk sin, a chi a. Huchiin Davidin, Keila khuaa miten kei leh ka mite Saula khut ah honpe diam? A chi a. Huan, TOUPAN, a honpe ding uh, a chi a.

¹³Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he forbore to go forth.

¹³Huchiin David leh a mite, guk hiam tak a thou ua Keila khua akipan pawt ua, paina lemna lamlam ah a paita uh. Huan, David Keila khua akipan a tai kheta chih Saula a hilh ua; huchiin kuankhiak a kikhelsakta hi.

¹⁴And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

¹⁴Huan, David bel gamdai ah, leikohawm khawngah a oma, Ziph gamdaia sangtanggam ah a om nilouh hi. Huan, Saulain nitengin amah a zonga, himahleh Pathianin a khut ah a pe kei.

¹⁵And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

¹⁵Huan, Davidin amah hihlup tumin Saula hongkisa chih a theia; huchiin David Ziph gamdai gamnuaiah a om hi.

¹⁶And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

¹⁶Huan, Saula tapa Jonathan a thou a, gamnuai ah David kiangah a hoha, Pathian ah a khut a hatsak a.

¹⁷And he said to him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; and that also Saul my father knows.

¹⁷Huan, a kiangah, lau het ken, ka pa Saula khutin a hongzong khe kei ding hi, Israelte kumpipain na om dinga, kei nang hon zompa ka hi ding; huai leng ka pa Saulain a thei kilkel hi, a chi a.

¹⁸And they two made a covenant before Jehovah; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

¹⁸Huan, a nih un TOUPA maah thu a khung ua; huan, David bel gamnuai ah a om nilouha, Jonathan bel a inlam ah a paita hi.

¹⁹And the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the waste?

¹⁹Huchiin Ziph mite Gibea ah Saula kiangah a hoh tou ua, David ka kiang uah gamnuaia leikohawm ah, gamdai sim lamsang Hakila tangah a nabu nilouh kei maw?

²⁰And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.

²⁰Huaijiakin aw toupa, na hong paisuk a utlamtak ahi bangin hong paisuk ta inla, huan, kou na hih tei ding a hihleh kumpipa khut amah nanapiak ahi ding, a chi ua.

²¹And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.

²¹Huan, Saulain, TOUPAN hon vualjawl hen; nouten non hehpih mahmah uh.

²²Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his track is, who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtilly.

²²Pai unla, vachian nawn sem unla, a nung vajui unla, huan a mumi leng vachian hoih nawn sese un; lepchiah pil takin thil a hih sek chih min a honhilh uhi.

²³And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah.

²³Huaijiakin a bukna mun tengteng thei sipsip unla, huan, ka kiangah hong nawn ngeingei unla, huan, nou kiangah kei leng ka hong tei ding hi; huan, hichi ahi dinga, hiai gama a om peuhmah leh Juda mi sang tampi lak akipan ka zong khe ding, a chi a.

²⁴And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of the waste.

²⁴Huan, a thou ua, Saula pai main Ziph ah a hoh ua: himahleh David leh a mite gamdai simlam Araba ah Maon gamdai ah a om uh.

²⁵And Saul and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David; and he came down from the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard [that], and he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

²⁵Huan, Saula leh a mite amah zong dingin a hoh ua. Huan, David a hilh ua: huchiin suangpi juanin a pawtkhia a, Maon gamdai ah David a delhta a.

²⁶And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from Saul; and Saul and his men sought to surround David and his men to take them.

²⁶Huan, Saula tang langkhat lampang ah a paia, huan, David leh a mite bel tang langkhat lampang ah a pai ua; huan, David bel Saula lauin kintak in a taia; Saula leh a miten lah David leh a mite mat tumin a um kimvel ngal ua.

²⁷But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee and come; for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.

²⁷Himahleh Saula kiangah, kinmeng inla, hongpai in, Philistia miten I gam uh a hongsual uh, chiin thangkou a hongtunga.

²⁸And Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

²⁸Huchiin Saulain David a delh lai a kiksana, Philistia mite sual dingin a paitaa: huaijiakin huai mun Sela-hama-lekoth a chita uhi.Huan, David huaia akipan a pai toua, En-gedi leikohawm khawngah a om hi.

²⁹And David went up from thence, and abode in the strongholds of Engedi.

²⁹Huan, David huaia akipan a pai toua, En-gedi leikohawm khawngah a om hi.