¹Huchiin Ammon mi Nahas a hon kisaa, Jabes-gilead sual tumin a vagiah khuma; huan, Jabes mi tengtengin Nahas kiangah, ka kiang uah thu khung inla, huchiin na na ka sem ding uh, a chi ua.

¹Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

²Huan, Ammon mi Nahasin a kiang uah, hichibangin ah hi na kiang ua thu ka khun ding; na mit taklam tengteng uh khel khiak vek ding ahi dinga; huai tuh Israel mi tengteng adingin minsiatna ahi ding, a chi a.

²And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

³Huan, Jabes khuaa upaten a kiangah, Israel gam tengtenga mi ka honsawl tak dih theihna ding un ni sagih honna ngai tadihin: huai hon hondam kuamah a om kei uleh na kiangah ka hongpai khe ding uh, a chi ua.

³And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

⁴Huchiin a mi sawlte uh Saula omna khua Gibea a hongtung ua, mipite bila jakin huai thute a gen ua; huan, mipiten aw a suah ua, a kap uh.

⁴Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

⁵Huan, ngaiin, lou akipanin Saula bawng hawlin a hongpaia; huan, Saulain, bang a chi ua ahia mipite a kah uh? A chi a. Huan, Jabes khuaa mite thugen a hilh ua.

⁵And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

⁶Huan, huai thu a jak takin Saula tungah Pathian kha a hongtung eka, nakpi takin a hehta hi.

⁶And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

⁷Huchiin bawng kop khat a gou a, a sa a sem nen veka, Israel gam tengteng ah sawltakte a hawmsaka, kuapeuh Saula leh Samuel honjui nuam lou peuhmah a bawng uh hichibanga hih tei ahi ding, chiin. Huchiin mipiten TOUPA a kihtata ua, thu khat satin a hongkuan kheta uh.

⁷And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

⁸Huan, Bezek mun ah a sima; Israel mite nuai thum ahi ua, Juda mi bel sing thum ahi uh.

⁸And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

⁹Huan, a honsawl uh mite kiangah, Jabes-gilead mite kiangah, jingchiangin ni sat san laitak mahin hotkhiak na hi ding uh, vachi un, achi ua. Huan, a mi sawlte a vahoh ua, Jabes mite a hilh ua, huchiin a kipak mahmah uh.

⁹And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

¹⁰Huchiin Jabes miten, jingchiangin na kiang uah ka hong pawtkhe ding ua, ka tunguah na utut un hih mai un, a chi ua.

¹⁰Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

¹¹Huan, hichi a honghi a, ajingin Saulain mipite pawl thumin a bawla; huan, jing ven hun lai takin a giahmun uah alut ua, Ammon mite sun ni sat sanlai tak tanin a that ua: huan, hichi ahi a, a thah valte a dalh jak vek ua, niha om khawm himhim leng a om kei uh.

¹¹And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

¹²Huan, mipiten Samuel kiangah, kuate ahi ua, Saulain I tunguah vai a hawm peuhmah ding maw, chi? Huai mite honpiin ka nahihlum ding uh, a chi ua.

¹²And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

¹³Huan, Saulain, tuni chitchiatin jaw kuamah hihlup ding ahi kei; Tuniin TOUPAN Israelte lakah hotdamna a bawlta ngala, a chi a.

¹³And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

¹⁴Huchiin Samuelin mipite kiangah, kisa dih uh, Gilgal ah I hoh ding uh, huaiah lalgam I bawlthak ding uh, a chi a.Huchiin mipite tengteng Gilgal ah a hohta ua; Saula bel Gilgal ah TOUPA maah kumpipain a bawlta uh; huaiah TOUPA maah lemna kithoihnate a lan uh; huchiin huailaiah Saula leh Israel mi tengteng a kipak petpet uhi.

¹⁴Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

¹⁵Huchiin mipite tengteng Gilgal ah a hohta ua; Saula bel Gilgal ah TOUPA maah kumpipain a bawlta uh; huaiah TOUPA maah lemna kithoihnate a lan uh; huchiin huailaiah Saula leh Israel mi tengteng a kipak petpet uhi.

¹⁵And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.