¹And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for [his] house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.

¹Huan, David damlai in a kum kizom in kum thum tak kial a kia a: huan, David in TOUPA a dong a. Huan, TOUPA'N, Saula ziak leh a inkote, sisan suahmite ziak in ahi, Gibeon mite a that ngal a, a chi a.

²And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

²Huan, kumpipa'n Gibeon mite a sam a, a kiang uah, (Gibeon mite Israel suante a hikei ua, Amor mi omsunte ahi zaw uh; Israel suante amau kiang ah a na kichiam khin ua: Saula in Israel suante leh Juda suante a ding a phatuam a ngaih ziak in thah a tum nak hi).

³And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

³David in Gibeon mite kiang ah, Bang ahia ka hon hihsak ding? TOUPA gou na vualzawl theihna ding un bangchibang a kilepna ahia ka bawl ding? a chi a.

⁴And the Gibeonites said to him, As to Saul and his house, it is with us no question of receiving silver or gold, neither is it for us to have any man put to death in Israel. And he said, What ye say will I do for you.

⁴Huan, Gibeon mite'n a kiang ah, Saula leh a inkote tungthu ah dangka leh dangkaeng lam thu a hikei a; Israel lak ah mi hihlup theihna ka nei samkei uh, a chi ua. Huan, aman, Na gen bang peuhmah uh ka hon hih sak ding, a chi a.

⁵And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,

⁵Huan, kumpipa kiang ah, Hon hihmangpa leh Israel gamsung himhim a omlou a hon hihmang ding a sawmpa.

⁶let seven men of his sons be given up to us, and we will hang them up to Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give [them].

⁶A tapa sagihte hon pia inla, TOUPA mi seh Saula omna Gibe khua ah TOUPA ma ah ka khai ding uh, a chi ua. Huan, kumpipa'n, Hon pe leng ake, a chi a.

⁷But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

⁷Himahleh kumpipa'n, TOUPA kiang a David leh Saula tapa Jonathan kikal a, a nih ua kal a kichiamna ziak in Saula tapa Jonathan tapa Mephiboseth a hawi hi.

⁸And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of [the sister of] Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

⁸Kumpipa'n Aia tanu Rizpa in Saula tapa nih a neihsak Armoni leh Mephiboseth a pi a; huan, Meholat mi Barzilai tapa Adriel, Saula tanu Mikal in tapa nga a neih sakte toh:

⁹and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. And they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the first days of the harvest, in the beginning of barley harvest.

⁹Huan, Gibeon mite khut ah a pe khia a, huan, amau TOUPA ma ah tang ah a khia ua, huchin a sagih un mun khat ah a si khawm uh: buh lak hun, barli-buh lak patlai khawng in a hihlum uh.

¹⁰Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them out of the heavens, and suffered neither the fowl of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

¹⁰Huan, Aia tanu Rizpa in saiip puan a la a, buh lak tung a kipan tui in amau a hon buah tan a a omna ding in suangpi tungah a phah a; a tung ua sun chia tung a leng vasate tuk leh zan chia gam sate om leng a phalkei.

¹¹And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

¹¹Huan, Aia tanu Saula meinu Rizpa thilhih David a hilh uh.

¹²And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the open place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, the day the Philistines had smitten Saul in Gilboa;

¹²Huan, David a kuan a, Philistia mite'n Gilboa a Saula a thah ni ua Philistia mite'n Bethsan mun lian a a khai uh guhte, Jabesgilead mite kianga kipan Saula guh leh a tapa Jonathan guhte a la ua:

¹³and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

¹³Huai a Saula guhte leh a tapa Jonathan guhte a latou a; huchi in a khailupte uh guh a la khawm uh.

¹⁴And they buried [them] with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And afterwards God was propitious to the land.

¹⁴Huan, Saula guhte leh a tapa Jonathan guhte Benjamin gam a Zela khua a a pa Kis han ah a vui uh: huan, kumpipa thupiak dungzui in a hih uh. Huan, huai khit in huai gam tungah Pathian a lungkimta hi.

¹⁵And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.

¹⁵Huan, Philistia mite'n Israel mite a dou nawn ua; huan, David a mite toh a kuan suk ua; Philistia mite a va sual uh: huan, David a bah mahmah hi.

¹⁶And Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphah -- the weight of his lance was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was girded with new [armour] -- thought to smite David.

¹⁶Huan, Isbi-benob, mi lian tapate lak a a teipi gikdan dal sekel zathum, namsau thak kuah in David thah a tum a.

¹⁷And Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

¹⁷Himahleh Zerui tapa Abisai in a hun a, Philistia mi a sual a, a thatta hi. Huan, David mite'n, Israelte khawnvak na mih saklouhna ding in kidou ding in ka kiang uah nang zaw na kuan nawn hetkei ding, chi in a tungah a kichiam uh.

¹⁸And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines, at Gob; then Sibbechai the Hushathite smote Saph, who was of the children of Raphah.

¹⁸Huan, hichi ahi a, huai nung in Philistia mite toh Gob khua ah kidouna a om nawn a: huchi in Husat mi Sebekai in mi liante tapate lak a mi Saph a that.

¹⁹And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, smote Goliath the Gittite; now the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam.

¹⁹Huan, Philistia mite toh Gob khua ah a kidou nawn ua; huan, Beth-lehem mi Jaar-oregim tapa Elhanan Git mi Goliath a that a a teipi sing tuh chiam bang ahi.

²⁰And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man [there] of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.

²⁰Huan, Gath khua ah kidouna a om nawn a, huai ah mi khat a san a sang a khut langkhat tuaktuak a khutzung guk, a khe langkhat tuaktuak a khezung guk, a vek a sawmnih leh li nei a om a; amah leng mi lian lak a piang ahi.

²¹And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

²¹Huan, Israel mite a vatou a, David unau Simei tapa Jonathan in a na that hi.Huan, huai lite Gath khua ah milian lak a piang ahi ua, huaite bel David leh a mite khut in a si uhi.

²²These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

²²Huan, huai lite Gath khua ah milian lak a piang ahi ua, huaite bel David leh a mite khut in a si uhi.