¹And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the south, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag and burned it with fire;

¹Huan, hichi ahi a, ni thum nia David leh a mite Ziklag a tun un Amalekten Simlam leh Ziklag khua a na simkhin ua, Ziklag khua bel a nabawl ek ua, a nahal ua;

²and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.

²Numeite leh huai khuaa om peuhmah a lian a neu salin a man uh: kuamah that louin a pi ua, a paipih khinta uh.

³And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives.

³Huan, David leh a mite khua a vatun un, ngaiin, a nakang siang khinta a; huan, a jite uh, a tapate uh, a tanute uh salin a naman khinta uh.

⁴Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

⁴Huchiin David leh a kianga omten a aw uh suaksakin, kah leng kap nawn theilou khopin a kap ua.

⁵And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁵Huan, David jite nih Jezreel mi Ahinoam leh Karmela mi Nabal ji Abigail te leng salin a pi khin uh.

⁶And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

⁶Huan, David a lungjing mahmaha; mi chih a tapate uh leh a tanute uh jiaka mi tengteng a lung uh a noplouh mahmaha amah suanga den thu a gen jiak un; himahleh David bel Pathian TOUPA ah a kihihhat hi.

⁷And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, Bring near to me, I pray thee, the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.

⁷Huan, Davidin, Ahimelek tapa siampu Abiathar kiangah, Siampu puannak honvalaksak dih ve, a chi a. Huan, Abiatharin David siampu puannak a valaksak a.

⁸And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou shalt assuredly overtake [them] and shalt certainly recover.

⁸Huan, Davidin, Huaite delh leng ka delh pha lai diam? Chiin TOUPA a donga. Aman a dawnga, Delh in, na pha ngeingei ding, na honkhe vek ngeingei ding, a chi a.

⁹So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor; and those that were left stayed behind.

⁹Huchiin David a kuanta a, amah leh a kianga mi za guk toh; huan, Besor lui a vatung ua, a mi nutsiatte uh huailaiah a om uh.

¹⁰And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.

¹⁰Davidin bel a delh jela, amah leh mi za lite toh, mi za nih bel a bah tak jiak un Besor lui a kan tei theita kei ua, a naomta uhi.

¹¹And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink,

¹¹Huan, gamlakah Aigupta mi a vamu ua, David kiangah a pi ua, tanghou a pia ua, a na ne a; huan, tui dawn ding a pia ua;

¹²and gave him a piece of fig-cake and two raisin-cakes, and he ate, and his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, for three days and three nights.

¹²Huan, theipi beu them khat leh grep gah phou keu bawm nih a pia ua; huan, huaite a nek leh a honghalh nawna; ni thum leh jan thum an ne lou leh tui dawn lou lah ahi ngala.

¹³And David said to him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

¹³Huan, Davidin a kiangah, kua na hia? kaw kipana hong na hia? a chi a. Huan, aman, Aigupta gam tangval, Amalek mi sikha ka hi; huan, ni thum a hitaa, ka chi a nat jiakin ka puin a honpaisan maimah hi.

¹⁴We made a raid against the south of the Cherethites, and against what [belongs] to Judah, and against the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

¹⁴Kereth Sim gam leh Juda tan Sim gamte ka sim ua, huan, Kaleb Sim gam leng ka sim uh; huan, Ziklag khua leng ka hal ua, a chi a.

¹⁵And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither put me to death nor deliver me up into the hand of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.

¹⁵Huan, Davidin a kiangah, huaite omna ah non pi suk thei diam? A chi a. Huan, aman, Honthat lou ding leh ka pu khuta hon pe nawn lou dingin Pathian min louin ka kiangah kichiam inla, huchiin huaite omna ah ka honpi suk ding, a chi a.

¹⁶And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

¹⁶Huan, a pi suk leh, ngai in, Philistia gam leh Juda gama gallak tampi a lak jiak un ankuang a lui ua, a ne un a dawn uh. a na om dalh phengphung phet uhi.

¹⁷And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

¹⁷Huchiin Davidin ni tum akipan a jingsang nitaklam tanin amau a suala, tangval za li sangawngsau tunga tuanga taikekte kia loungal kuamah dama suakta himhim a om kei ua.

¹⁸And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.

¹⁸Huan, Davidin Amalek mite lak tengteng a la nawn veka; huan, Davidin a jite nih a hon kheta hi.

¹⁹And there was nothing missed by them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil nor anything that they had taken: David brought all back.

¹⁹Huchiin alian aneuin, a tapate uh, a tanute uh, a gallak u leh a thillak himhim bangmah tan a neikei ua, Davidin a laksak nawn vek hi.

²⁰And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

²⁰Huan, Davidin belam hon leh gan hon tengteng a laa, gan dangte maah a hawl ua, Hiaite David gallak ei ve, a chi uh.

²¹And David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and whom they had left behind at the torrent Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David drew near to the people and saluted them.

²¹Huan, mi zanih a bah ziak ua David zuithei nawnlou a Besor lui a a omsakte uh kiang David a va tung a; huan, amau David dawn ding leh a kiang a omte dawn ding in a pawtkhia ua; huan, David mipite kiang a vatun in chibai a buk chiat hi.

²²And all the wicked men, and [men] of Belial, of those that had gone with David, answered and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them [aught] of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead [them] away and depart.

²²Huchi in David kianga hohte lak mi giloute leh Belial mi tengteng in a dawng ua, I kiang ua a hong tei louh ziak un gallak thil i va suh nawn himhimte amau i pekei ding ua, a pi ua a pai theihna ding un a zite uh chiat leh a tate uh chiat a hihleh a pi uh i phal ding uh, a chi ua.

²³Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah has given us, who has preserved us, and given the troop that came against us into our hand.

²³Huchi in David in, Unaute aw, TOUPA, honkepsak a ei hondou ding a hong kuante I khut ua honpepa thil honpiakte huchi bang in na hih kei ding uh.

²⁴And who will hearken to you in this matter? For as his share is that goes down to the battle, so shall his share be that abides by the baggage: they shall share alike.

²⁴Kuan ahia hiai thu a na thu uh zui ding? Kidouna a hohte tan bangmah van veng a na omten leng a tan sam ding uh aka; kibang vek a tan ding ahi, a chi a.

²⁵And it was [so] from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

²⁵Huchi in huai ni a kipan in tutan in Israelte adia thupiak leh dan ding in a bawlta hi.

²⁶And David came to Ziklag, and he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:

²⁶Huan, David Ziklag khua a tun in, gallak khenkhat, Hiai, TOUPA melmate lak a gallak, nang dinga kipahman, chi in, Juda upate, a lawmte ngei kiang ah, gallak khenkhat a khak a;

²⁷to those in Bethel, and to those in south Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,

²⁷Bethel a omte kiang ah bang, Sim a Ramoth a omte kiang ah bang, Jatir a omte kiang ah bang;

²⁸and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

²⁸Aroer a omte kiang ah bang, Sipmoth a omte kiang ah bang, Estermoa a omte kiang ah bang;

²⁹and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

²⁹Rakala omte kiang ah bang, Jerameel khua a omte kiang ah bang, Kente khuaa omte kiang ah bang;

³⁰and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-ashan, and to those in Athach,

³⁰Hormaa omte kiangah bang, Kerasan a omte kiang ah bang, Ataka omte kiang ah bang;Hebron a omte kiang ah bang, David leh a mite tatna mun tengteng kiang ah bang.

³¹and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men went about.

³¹Hebron a omte kiang ah bang, David leh a mite tatna mun tengteng kiang ah bang.