¹Now these are the last words of David: David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel saith,

¹Hiaite, David thugen nanungpen ahi. Jesai tapa David, sang tak a dop sangpa, Jakob Pathian sathaunilhpa, Israelte la kilawm tak phuakpan a chi:

²The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue.

²TOUPA kha in kei hon zang in a gen a, a thu ka lei ah a om.

³The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;

³Israelte Pathian in a gen a, Israelte Suangpi in: Mi tung a diktak a vaihawm sek pa, Pathian laudan siam kawm a vaihawmsekpa.

⁴And [he shall be] as the light or the morning, [like] the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; [When] from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth.

⁴Ni a hong suah a mei om hetlou zingsang vak bang ahi ding, vuah zuk khit a kho hong siang a lei a loupa sel nou mimet bang ahi ding.

⁵Although my house be not so before ùGod, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For [this is] all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make [it] not to grow.

⁵Ka inkuan Pathian a kipan ahi ka hia? khantawn thukhun ka kiang ah a khung a, bangkim kizen leh hihkip in; ka hotdamna kim leh deihdan kim, a dawnkhe sinkei ding maw?

⁶But [the sons] of Belial [are] all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;

⁶Mi pathian limsakloute bel a vek a nil a nil mangzat, ling bang ahi uhi, khut a lakzat ahi ngalkei ua:

⁷And the man that will touch them provideth himself with iron and the staff of a spear; And they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.

⁷Himahleh amau khoih ding mi sik leh teichiang a a kivat ding ahi; huchi in a mun ua halmang vek ahi ding uh, chi in a hon houpih a, a chi a.

⁸These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Joseb-Bassebeth, Tachkemonite the chief of the captains: he was Adino the Eznite; he [fought] against eight hundred, slain [by him] at one time.

⁸Hiaite David sepaih hangsante min ahi: Takemon mi Josep-basehebeth sepaih heutute lak a heutupa ahi a; amah khatvei thu a mi zagiat thatpa Eznit mi Adino a chih mah uh ahi.

⁹And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo the son of an Ahohite: he was one of the three mighty men with David, when they had defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone up.

⁹Huan, amah zom in Ahohi tapa Dodai tapa Eleazar ahi: huai mi bel Philistia mite kidou ding a a kikaihkhawm ua, a tou ua. Israel mite a pai mang vek lai ua David kiang a sepaih hangsan thumte lak a khat ahi:

¹⁰He arose and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword; and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

¹⁰Huan, amah a thou a, Philistia mite a khut a kham matan in namsau leng khahlou khop in a that a; huai ni in TOUPA'N nakpitak in a zouta a: huan, mipite a nung ah gallak thil la ding lel in a hong kik nawn uh.

¹¹And after him, Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite: the Philistines were gathered into a troop, and there was there a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people had fled before the Philistines;

¹¹Huan, amah nung in Har mi Age tapa Sama ahi. Huan, be tampi omna lou ah Philistia mite lak tum in a kikhawm ua; huan, mipite'n Philistia mite a taikek san uh.

¹²and he stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines, and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.

¹²Himahleh amah bel huai lai mun ah a ding a, a veng a, Philistia mite a that a: huan, TOUPA'N nakpitak in a zoh sak hi.

¹³And three of the thirty chiefs went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, when the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

¹³Huan, sepaih hanghang sawmthum lak a thumte a hohsuk ua, buh lak laitak in David kiang ah Adulam kohawm ah a hoh ua; huan, Philistia sepaihte'n Rephaim kuam ah panmun a bawl uh.

¹⁴And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

¹⁴Huan, huchihlai in David insung ah a om a, huchihlai mah in Philistia sepaihte Beth-lehem ah a om uh.

¹⁵And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!

¹⁵Huan, David in tui a lunggulh mahmah a, Beth-lehem a tuileh tui, kulh kongkhak kianga a dawn ding a hongpia om le uh aw! a chi a.

¹⁶And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; however he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

¹⁶Huchi in sepaih hangsan thumte'n Philistia sepaihte a paltan ua, kulh kongkhak kiang a Beth-lehem tuileh a va tawi ua, a tawi ua, David kiang ah a paipih uh: himahleh a na dawn nuamkei a, TOUPA a ding in a bungkhe zaw hi.

¹⁷And he said, Be it far from me, Jehovah, that I should do this thing! is it not the blood of the men that went at the risk of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

¹⁷Aw TOUPA, hiai ka hihlouh dingdan; sih ngap a kuante sisan ka dawn sin ahia? a chi a; huchi in a dawn nuamkei hi. Huai thilte sepaih hangsan thumte'n a hih uhi.

¹⁸And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

¹⁸Zerui tapa Joab unau Abisai bel thumte lak a a heutupen uh ahi. A teipi in mi zathumte a sual a, a that a, thumte lak ah min hoih a loh hi.

¹⁹Was he not most honourable of three? and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.

¹⁹Thumte lak ah pahtawi tuak pen ahi kei maw? Huaiziak in a heutu ding un a bawl uhi: himahleh tungnungpen thum lak a simtei a kaikei hi.

²⁰And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

²⁰Huan, Kebzeel mihang tapa Jehoiada tapa Benai thil thupi tak hihpan Moab mi Ariel tapate nih a that a; huan, a hoh suk a, vuk kiak hunlai in leikohawm ah humpinelkai leng a va that a:

²¹He also smote the Egyptian, an imposing man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²¹Huan, Aigupta mi, mi lian tak a that: Aigupta mi in teipi a tawi a: himahleh aman chiang tawi in a va zuan a, Aigupta mi teipi tawi a va sut a, amah teipi in a sun lumta hi.

²²These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

²²Jehoiada tapa Benai in huchi bang thil ahih ziak in sepaih hangsan thumte lak ah min hoih a loh hi.

²³He was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him in his council.

²³Mi sawmthumte sang in pahtawi tuak ahi a; himahleh tungnungpen thumte lak a sim tel a kaikei hi. Huan, David in amah vengpa heutu ding in a koih hi.

²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

²⁴Joab unau Asahel bel sawmthum lak a khat ahi a: Beth-lehem khua a mi Dodo tapa Elhanan te;

²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

²⁵Harod mi Sama te, Harod mi Elik te:

²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

²⁶Pal mi Helez te, Teko mi Ikes tapa Ira te:

²⁷Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

²⁷Anathot mi Abiezer te, Husat mi Mebunai te:

²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

²⁸Ahomi Zalmon te, Netophat mi Maharai te:

²⁹Heleb the son of Baanah, the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

²⁹Netophat mi Ban tapa Heleb te, Benjamin suan, Gebea khua a mi Ribai tapa Itai te:

³⁰Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,

³⁰Pirathon mi Benai te, Gassa luite a mi Hidai te;

³¹Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

³¹Arbat mi Abi-albon te, Barhum mi Azmaveth te;

³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,

³²Saalben mi Eliab te, Jesen tapate lak a Jonathan te;

³³Shammah the Ararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,

³³Harar mi Sama te, Arar mi Sarar tapa Ahiam te;

³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

³⁴Mankat mi Ahasbai tapa Eliphelet te, Gilon mi Ahithophel tapa Eliam te;

³⁵Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

³⁵Karmel mi, Hezre te, Arba mi Paarai te;

³⁶Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

³⁶Zoba khua mi Nathan tapa Igal te, Gad mi Bani te;

³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

³⁷Amon mi Zelek, Beerot mi Naharai, Zerui tapa Joab galvan tawite

³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

³⁸It mi Ira, It mi Gareb;Hit mi Uria te ahi uh: a vek un sawmthum leh sagih ahi uh.

³⁹Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

³⁹Hit mi Uria te ahi uh: a vek un sawmthum leh sagih ahi uh.