¹Huchiin David bel Rama khuaa Naioth akipan a taia, Jonathan kiangah a hoha, bang ka hiha ahia? bang ahia ka tatsiatna? Na pa tungah bang ahia ka hihkhelha hichi taka honthah a tum mai jen? A chi a.

¹And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

²Huan, aman, that lou e: na si hetkei ding; ngaiin, ka pan kei hon theisak louin bangmah himhim lianin neu leh a hih ngeikeia, bangding mahmahin ahia hiai thute kei a hon im ding? A hon im kei hial ding, a chi a.

²And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

³Huan, Davidin, na pan lah na hon houpihdan a thei tel mahmah ngala; Jonathanin hiai jaw thei dah heh, huchilouin jaw a lungkham sin tel mai, a chi ahi ding: hitamahleh TOUPA hinna leh na hinna louin ka gen hi, sihna toh ka kikal uh kal khat lel ahi, chiin uang takin a gen a.

³And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

⁴Huchiin Jonathanin David kiangah, na hinnain a deih peuhpeuh ka hon hihsak jel ding, a chi a.

⁴Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

⁵Huan, Davidin Jonathan kiangah, ngai in, jingchianga kha de ding ahi a, kumpipa kianga ankuang um ngeingei ding ka hi a; himahleh a ni thum ni nitaklam tanphain gamlaka bu dingin ka kuan zo ding.

⁵And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

⁶Huan, na pan ka omlouh a hon theih khiaka a hih leh, Davidin a khua Bethlehem a va hoh jual a hon ngen ngutnguta; a inkuan ua dinga a kum teng kithoih hun uh ahi a, na na chiin.

⁶If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

⁷Huan, a hoih vo oi, a chih leh na sikha a lungmuang dinga; himahleh a heh leh thil hoihlou hih a tum ahi chih thei maiin.

⁷If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

⁸Huaijiakin na sikha hoihtakin hihin; na sikha lah TOUPA thukhun ah na lutpihta ngala; himahleh tatsiatna nei ka hih leh nangmahin hon that maiin; bangdingin na pa kiangah non pi chitchiat dia? A chi a.

⁸Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

⁹Huan, Jonathanin, that lou e; na tunga thil hoihlou hih ka pan a tum chih ka thei peuhmah leh nang kon hilh sin keia hia? a chi a.

⁹And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

¹⁰Huchiin Davidin Jonathan kiangah, na pan bou takin honna dawngta leh kuan a honhilh dia? A chi a.

¹⁰Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

¹¹Huan, Jonathanin David kiangah, pai dih, gamlakah I va hoh peuhmah ding, a chi a. Huchiin gamlakah a vahoh khawm uh.

¹¹And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.

¹²Huan, Jonathanin David kiangah TOUPA Israelte Pathian a theipa hi hen; jingchiang hichilh hunin hiam, ni thum niin hiam ka pa ka vadawp hun chia, ngai in, David tungtang thu a hoihlam a hihleh na kianga mi sawlin ka honhilh sin keia hia?

¹²And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee;

¹³Huan, ka pan na tungah thil hoihlou hih ut bang hita leh, ka honhilh louha, lungmuang tak ana pai theihna dia ka honkhah kei leh, TOUPAN Jonathan a bawlbawlin bawl henla, huai sanga thupiin leng; huan, TOUPA na kiangah om hen, ka pa kianga a om jel bangin.

¹³The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will show it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

¹⁴Huan, ka sih louhna dinga ka damsung kiaa TOUPA hehpihna hon musak hilouin;

¹⁴And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:

¹⁵Khantawnin ka inkote leng na hehpih tawp ken; TOUPAN David melma leitung akipana a hihman khit vek phain leng tawp ken, a a chi a.

¹⁵But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

¹⁶Huchiin Jonathanin, David melmate lakah TOUPAN a phut ding chiin David inkote kiangah thu a khung a.

¹⁶So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.

¹⁷Huan, Jonathanin amah a itna louin David kiangah a kichiam nawn hi; amah hinna a it bang geihin lah a it ngala.

¹⁷And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

¹⁸Huchiin Jonathanin a kiangah, jingchianga kha de ding ahia; na ut mun a vuak sin jiakin na omlouh a kilang ngei sin a.

¹⁸Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

¹⁹Ni thum na om nungin pai suk pah inla, tumaa thil a hongom laia na bukna munah na hoh inla, Ezel suang chinah na om gigein.

¹⁹And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

²⁰Huan, muitum bangin thal thum a sikah ka honlawn dinga.

²⁰And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

²¹Huan, ngaiin, kuan inla, thalte vamu khiain, chiin naupang ka sawl ding. Naupang kianga, en in, na thalte na nunglam ah a om, la inla hongpaiin, ka chihleh TOUPA hinna louin ka gen hi, nanga dingin a galmuanhuaiin lau ding omlou ahi ding.

²¹And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.

²²Ahihhangin naupang kianga, en in, thalte na pamlam ah a om uh, ka chih leh pai mang maiin; TOUPAN a honpai mangsak ahi ding.

²²But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

²³Huan, nang leh ken thil I gensa tungtang thu ah ngaiin, nang toh I kalah TOUPA a om tawntung ahi, a chi a.

²³And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.

²⁴Huchiin David gamlakah a bua; huan, kha a hong de a kumpipa ankuang umin a tu a.

²⁴So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

²⁵Huan, kumpipa thu ni danga a tutna ngei bang kianga a tutna ah a tu a; huan, Jonathan a dinga, huan, Abner Saula kiangah a tu a; David mun bel a vuak hi.

²⁵And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

²⁶Himahleh Saulain huai niin bangmah a gen kei: A tungah thil banghiam a oma a siangthou lou hiam ahi ding, a siangthou lou ahi ngei ding, a chi sima.

²⁶Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

²⁷Huan, hichi ahi a, kha det jing a ni nih niin David mun a vuak lailaia; huchiin Saulain a tapa Jonathan kiangah, bang achia Jesai tapa jan leh tuni a ankuang um dinga hong lou ahia? a chi a.

²⁷And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

²⁸Huan, Jonathanin Saula a dawnga, Davidin Bethlehema hoh a hon ngen ngutnguta,

²⁸And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:

²⁹Hon hohsak teiteiin, ka inkoten khua ah kithoihna nei dingin a hon thukhak chintena, huchiin non hehpih theih leh hon hohsak inla, ka unaute ka unaute ka vaveh ding, a chi a. Huaijiakin kumpipa dohkan ah a hong kei hi, a chi a.

²⁹And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

³⁰Huaiin Jonathan tungah Saula a heh guiha, a kiangah, nang, numei genhak leh paupeng tapa, Jesai tapa na zahlakna ding leh na nu vuaktanna zahlaksak dingin na tel chih ka theikei mahmaha hia?

³⁰Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

³¹Jesai tapa hiaia aom sung teng hihkip na hikei dinga, na gam leng. Huaijiakin samsak pah inla, ka kiangah honpi sakin, a sih ngeingei ding ahi, a chi a.

³¹For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

³²Huan, Jonathanin a pa Saula a dawnga, a kiangah, bangdingin maw hihlup ding a hih? Bang a hiha? A chi a.

³²And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

³³Huan, Saulain khoh tumin a teipi a vana; huchi a hih jiakin Jonathanin a pan David thah a natum ngeina hi chih a theia.

³³And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

³⁴Huchiin Jonathan bel dohkan akipanin heh mahmah kawmin a dinga, huai kha ni nih niin an a um teita kei hi; a pan David a zahlak sak mahmah jiakin a lungkham piha ahi.

³⁴So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

³⁵Huan, hichi ahia, jingsangin Jonathan naupang nou piin gamlakah David toh a mun sehsa uah a hoh a.

³⁵And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

³⁶Huan, a naupang kiangah, tai inla, ka thal lotte vazongin, a chi a. Huan, naupang a tai laiin, a pamlamah thal a lawna.

³⁶And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

³⁷Huan, naupang Jonathan lot kiakna mun a vatun leh Jonathanin naupang a sama, thal na pamlamah ahi kei maw? a chi a,

³⁷And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

³⁸Huan, Jonathanin a naupang a sama, hong mengin, kin in, zekai ken, a chi a. Huan, Jonathan naupangin thalte a tawm khawma, a pu kianglam ah a paita hi.

³⁸And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

³⁹Himahleh naupangin bangmah a theikei a, Jonathan leh David kiain thil omdan a thei uh.

³⁹But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

⁴⁰Huan, Jonathanin a naupang kianga galvan a piaa, a kiangah, pai inla, khua ah nana paipihin, a chi a.

⁴⁰And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.

⁴¹Huan, Jonathanin a pai takin David a om mun simlam pang akipan a dinga, maia lei siin chibai thumvei a buka; huan, a kitawp ua, a kap tuaktuak ua, David bel a uang tuanse a.Huan, Jonathanin David kiangah. lungmuangtakin paiin aw, TOUPA nang toh I kalah leh ka suante leh na suante kalah khantawnin om hen, chiin TOUPA minin I kichiam tuaktuak khinta hi, a chi a. Huchiin a dinga, a paitaa; huan, Jonathan bel khua ah a lutta hi.

⁴¹And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

⁴²Huan, Jonathanin David kiangah. lungmuangtakin paiin aw, TOUPA nang toh I kalah leh ka suante leh na suante kalah khantawnin om hen, chiin TOUPA minin I kichiam tuaktuak khinta hi, a chi a. Huchiin a dinga, a paitaa; huan, Jonathan bel khua ah a lutta hi.

⁴²And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.