¹And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.

¹Huan, Davidin a lungsimin, Chikchiang hiama jaw Saula khuta mangthang khongkhong ding kei ve: Philistia mite gama tai mang sanga hoihjaw omlou ding hi; huchiin Saulain Israel gamsung tengtenga a honzonna a lungdongta ding a, huchiin a khut akipan ka suakta ding, a chi a.

²And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

²Huchiin David a thoua, amah leh akiang a mi za guk omte Maok tapa Gath kumpipa Akis kiangah a paita uhi.

³And David abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

³Huan, David bel amah leh a mite toh, mi chih a inkuan kuan un David leng a ji nihte Jezreel mi Ahinoam leh Nabal ji Karmel mi Abigail te toh Gath khua ah Akis kiang ah a om uh.

⁴And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him.

⁴Huan, David Gath khua ah a tai chih Saula a hilh ua, huchiin a zong nawnta kei hi.

⁵And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee?

⁵Huan, Davidin Akis kiangah, Honhehpih inla, na gama khua khat ah omna ding mun honpe sam inla, huaiah ka om ding uh: na sikha bangdingin kumpipa khua ah na kiangah a omthek dia? A chi a.

⁶And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

⁶Huchiin Akisin huai niin Ziklag khua a peta hi; huaijiakin Ziklag bel tutanin Juda gam kumpipatea ahi nilouh hi.

⁷And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

⁷Huan, Philistia gama David a om sung kum khat pumpi leh kha li ahi.

⁸And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

⁸Huan, David leh a mite a vahoh tou ua, Gesur mi te, Girzi mi te. Amalek mite a sim uh: huai namte bel Telam akipana Sur gam lampang Aigupta gam phaa om ahi uh.

⁹And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

⁹Huan, Davidin gam tuh a suala, numei pasal hawi himhim a neikeia, belam te, bawng te, sabengtung te, sangawngsau te, a puansilhte uh a laksak a; huan, a pai nawna, Akis kiang ah a hoh hi.

¹⁰So Achish said, Have ye not made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

¹⁰Huan, Akisin, Tunin koilam na sima? A chi a. Huan, Davidin, Juda Sim gam te, Jeramilte Sim gam te, Kente Sim gam te, a chi a.

¹¹And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring [them] to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode in the country of the Philistines.

¹¹Huan, Davidin, Philistia gama a om sung mawngmawng in Davidin hichibang in a hihsek hi, a chikha ding ua, chiin numei pasal Gath khuaa pi ding hawi himhim a neikei hi.Huan, Akisin David thu gen a taksanga, A mi Israelte a kimudah sak mahmah a: huaijiakin khantawnin ka sikha dingin a om ding, a chi hi.

¹²And Achish trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and he shall be my servant for ever.

¹²Huan, Akisin David thu gen a taksanga, A mi Israelte a kimudah sak mahmah a: huaijiakin khantawnin ka sikha dingin a om ding, a chi hi.