¹Huan, hichi ahi a, ni thum nia David leh a mite Ziklag a tun un Amalekten Simlam leh Ziklag khua a na simkhin ua, Ziklag khua bel a nabawl ek ua, a nahal ua;

¹And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

²Numeite leh huai khuaa om peuhmah a lian a neu salin a man uh: kuamah that louin a pi ua, a paipih khinta uh.

²And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

³Huan, David leh a mite khua a vatun un, ngaiin, a nakang siang khinta a; huan, a jite uh, a tapate uh, a tanute uh salin a naman khinta uh.

³So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

⁴Huchiin David leh a kianga omten a aw uh suaksakin, kah leng kap nawn theilou khopin a kap ua.

⁴Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

⁵Huan, David jite nih Jezreel mi Ahinoam leh Karmela mi Nabal ji Abigail te leng salin a pi khin uh.

⁵And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁶Huan, David a lungjing mahmaha; mi chih a tapate uh leh a tanute uh jiaka mi tengteng a lung uh a noplouh mahmaha amah suanga den thu a gen jiak un; himahleh David bel Pathian TOUPA ah a kihihhat hi.

⁶And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

⁷Huan, Davidin, Ahimelek tapa siampu Abiathar kiangah, Siampu puannak honvalaksak dih ve, a chi a. Huan, Abiatharin David siampu puannak a valaksak a.

⁷And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

⁸Huan, Davidin, Huaite delh leng ka delh pha lai diam? Chiin TOUPA a donga. Aman a dawnga, Delh in, na pha ngeingei ding, na honkhe vek ngeingei ding, a chi a.

⁸And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

⁹Huchiin David a kuanta a, amah leh a kianga mi za guk toh; huan, Besor lui a vatung ua, a mi nutsiatte uh huailaiah a om uh.

⁹So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

¹⁰Davidin bel a delh jela, amah leh mi za lite toh, mi za nih bel a bah tak jiak un Besor lui a kan tei theita kei ua, a naomta uhi.

¹⁰But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

¹¹Huan, gamlakah Aigupta mi a vamu ua, David kiangah a pi ua, tanghou a pia ua, a na ne a; huan, tui dawn ding a pia ua;

¹¹And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

¹²Huan, theipi beu them khat leh grep gah phou keu bawm nih a pia ua; huan, huaite a nek leh a honghalh nawna; ni thum leh jan thum an ne lou leh tui dawn lou lah ahi ngala.

¹²And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

¹³Huan, Davidin a kiangah, kua na hia? kaw kipana hong na hia? a chi a. Huan, aman, Aigupta gam tangval, Amalek mi sikha ka hi; huan, ni thum a hitaa, ka chi a nat jiakin ka puin a honpaisan maimah hi.

¹³And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

¹⁴Kereth Sim gam leh Juda tan Sim gamte ka sim ua, huan, Kaleb Sim gam leng ka sim uh; huan, Ziklag khua leng ka hal ua, a chi a.

¹⁴We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

¹⁵Huan, Davidin a kiangah, huaite omna ah non pi suk thei diam? A chi a. Huan, aman, Honthat lou ding leh ka pu khuta hon pe nawn lou dingin Pathian min louin ka kiangah kichiam inla, huchiin huaite omna ah ka honpi suk ding, a chi a.

¹⁵And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

¹⁶Huan, a pi suk leh, ngai in, Philistia gam leh Juda gama gallak tampi a lak jiak un ankuang a lui ua, a ne un a dawn uh. a na om dalh phengphung phet uhi.

¹⁶And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

¹⁷Huchiin Davidin ni tum akipan a jingsang nitaklam tanin amau a suala, tangval za li sangawngsau tunga tuanga taikekte kia loungal kuamah dama suakta himhim a om kei ua.

¹⁷And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

¹⁸Huan, Davidin Amalek mite lak tengteng a la nawn veka; huan, Davidin a jite nih a hon kheta hi.

¹⁸And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

¹⁹Huchiin alian aneuin, a tapate uh, a tanute uh, a gallak u leh a thillak himhim bangmah tan a neikei ua, Davidin a laksak nawn vek hi.

¹⁹And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

²⁰Huan, Davidin belam hon leh gan hon tengteng a laa, gan dangte maah a hawl ua, Hiaite David gallak ei ve, a chi uh.

²⁰And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

²¹Huan, mi zanih a bah ziak ua David zuithei nawnlou a Besor lui a a omsakte uh kiang David a va tung a; huan, amau David dawn ding leh a kiang a omte dawn ding in a pawtkhia ua; huan, David mipite kiang a vatun in chibai a buk chiat hi.

²¹And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

²²Huchi in David kianga hohte lak mi giloute leh Belial mi tengteng in a dawng ua, I kiang ua a hong tei louh ziak un gallak thil i va suh nawn himhimte amau i pekei ding ua, a pi ua a pai theihna ding un a zite uh chiat leh a tate uh chiat a hihleh a pi uh i phal ding uh, a chi ua.

²²Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

²³Huchi in David in, Unaute aw, TOUPA, honkepsak a ei hondou ding a hong kuante I khut ua honpepa thil honpiakte huchi bang in na hih kei ding uh.

²³Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

²⁴Kuan ahia hiai thu a na thu uh zui ding? Kidouna a hohte tan bangmah van veng a na omten leng a tan sam ding uh aka; kibang vek a tan ding ahi, a chi a.

²⁴For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

²⁵Huchi in huai ni a kipan in tutan in Israelte adia thupiak leh dan ding in a bawlta hi.

²⁵And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

²⁶Huan, David Ziklag khua a tun in, gallak khenkhat, Hiai, TOUPA melmate lak a gallak, nang dinga kipahman, chi in, Juda upate, a lawmte ngei kiang ah, gallak khenkhat a khak a;

²⁶And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

²⁷Bethel a omte kiang ah bang, Sim a Ramoth a omte kiang ah bang, Jatir a omte kiang ah bang;

²⁷To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

²⁸Aroer a omte kiang ah bang, Sipmoth a omte kiang ah bang, Estermoa a omte kiang ah bang;

²⁸And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

²⁹Rakala omte kiang ah bang, Jerameel khua a omte kiang ah bang, Kente khuaa omte kiang ah bang;

²⁹And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

³⁰Hormaa omte kiangah bang, Kerasan a omte kiang ah bang, Ataka omte kiang ah bang;Hebron a omte kiang ah bang, David leh a mite tatna mun tengteng kiang ah bang.

³⁰And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,

³¹Hebron a omte kiang ah bang, David leh a mite tatna mun tengteng kiang ah bang.

³¹And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.