¹Saula kum sawmthuma upa ahih in vaihawm a pana; huan, Israelte tungah kum nih vai a hawm a.

¹Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

²Huan, Saulain Israelte laka mi sang thum a tela; sangnih Mikmas ah leh Bethel tang ah Saula kiangah a om ua, huan, sangkhat Benjamin gama Gibea ah Jonathan kiangah a om uh: huan, a dangteng amau puanin ah a paisak vek.

²Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

³Huan, Jonathanin Gibea Philistia galvil sepaihte a suala; huai bel Philistia miten a naja uh. Huchiin Saulain, Hebru miten na ja uheh, chiin a gam tengteng uah pengkul a mutsaka.

³And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

⁴Huan, Israelte tengtengin, Saulain Philistia galvil sepaihte a sual chih leh Israelten leng Philistia mite huatin a om uh chih thute a naza ta ua. Huchiin mipite Saula kiangah Gilgal ah a kikai khawmta uhi.

⁴And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

⁵Huan, Philistia mite Israelte sual dingin a kikai khawmta ua; kangtalai sing thum, sakol tungtuangmi sang guk, mihing tuipi piaua piaunel zah mahmah a tam ahi uh: huan, a kuan tou ua, Beth-aven suahlam pang ah Mikmas ah panmun a bawl ua.

⁵And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

⁶Huan, Isreal miten umbitin a om uh chih a kitheih un (mite lah a lunghimoh mahmahta ua) mite kokhuk ah, lou nok ah, suangpi pangah, kulh ah, lei kohawm ah khawng a bu ua.

⁶When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

⁷Hebru mi khenkhatte bel Jordan galah Gad leh Gilead gamah a tai ua; Saula bel Gilgal ah a om lailaia, miten lah ling tonton kawmin amah a jui ua.

⁷And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

⁸Samuelin ni a seh bangin ni sagih a om a; himahleh Samuel lah Gilgal ah a hongpaita keia; huchiin mipiin a taijak santa uh.

⁸And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

⁹Huan, Saulain, halmang thillat ding leh lemna thillat dingte hiaiah ka kiangah honla un, a chi a.

⁹And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

¹⁰Huchiin halmang thillat a lana, huan, hichi ahi a, halmang thillat a lan khin lela, ngaiin, Samuel a hongtung; huan, Saula chibai buk dingin amah dawnin a kuan a. Huan, Samuelin, bang na hih na hia? a chi a.

¹⁰And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

¹¹Huan, Saulain, mipiten a honpai mang san khin ua, huan, nang lah ni seh niin na hongtungta keia, huan, Philistia mite lah Mikmas ah a kikaikhawm ek uh chih ka thei ngala.

¹¹And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

¹²Huaijiakin, Philistia miten Gilgal ah honsual dekdekta ngal ua, huan, TOUPA hehpihna lah ka ngen nai keia, ka chi a, huaijiakin halmang thillat lan lou thei ka hi kei, a chi a.

¹²Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

¹³Huan, Samuelin Saula kiangah, na thilhihdan ahiahuai mahmah: TOUPA na Pathian thupiak, nang thu a honpiak na jui kei hi. TOUPAN Israelte tungah na lalna khantawna hihkim tum jaw hiven maw,

¹³And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

¹⁴Himahleh na lalna a mongta ding; TOUPAN thu a honpiak na zuih louh jiakin TOUPAN amah lungtang pu mi a zonga, mite tung a heutu hi dingin TOUPAN amah a septa hi, a chi a.

¹⁴But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

¹⁵Huan, Samuel a thou a, Gilgal akipan Benjamin gama Geba khua ah a hoh touta. Huan, Saulain a kianga mi omte a sima, ja guk tak ahi uh.

¹⁵And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

¹⁶Huan, Saula leh a tapa Jonathan leh a kiang ua mi omte Benjamin gama Geba khua ah a om ua; himahleh Philistia miten Mikmas ah panmun a bawl uh.

¹⁶And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

¹⁷Huan, lokmite Philistia mite panmun akipanin pawl thumin a hongkuan ua: pawl khatten Sual gama Omphra lam juan lampi a jui ua; huan, pawl khatten Beth-horon lam juan lampi a jui uh;

¹⁷And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

¹⁸Huan, pawl khatin gamdai jul Zeboim guam lam juan gamgi lampi a jui uhi.

¹⁸And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

¹⁹Israel gam pumpi ah siksekmi himhim a omkei ua; Philistia miten, Hebru miten namsau hiam, tei hiam a bawl zenzen kha ding uh, a chi uhi.

¹⁹Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

²⁰Himahleh Israel mi tengteng, mi chih a leilehna, a suanggal, aheipi, a tupi tathiam dingin, Philistiate kiangah a hoh suk sek ua;

²⁰But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

²¹Tupite, suanggalte, sikkhutte leh heipite tathiamna dinga sik-hat neina piin; chiangmukzumte bawlna dingin.

²¹Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

²²Huchiin a kidou ni un Saula leh Jonathan kiang mi omte namsau hiam, tei hiam nei himhim a om kei ua; Saula leh a tapa Jonathanin bel a nei uh.Huan, Philistia galvil sepaihte Mikmas kuam ah a pai kheta uh.

²²So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

²³Huan, Philistia galvil sepaihte Mikmas kuam ah a pai kheta uh.

²³And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.