¹Huan, hichi ahi a, Samuel a upata a, a tapate Israel mite tunga vaihawmmiin a bawl hi.

¹And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

²A ta masapen min Joel ahi; huan, a zom min Abija ahi; Beer-sebaa vaihawmmi ahi uh.

²Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

³Himahleh a taten a omdan a la kei ua, sum leh pai lam a delh ua, golhna a la ua, diklou takin vai a hawm uh.

³And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

⁴Huchiin Israel mite upate tengteng a kikhawm ua, Rama khua ah Samuel kiangah a hoh ua;

⁴Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

⁵A kiangah, Ngaiin, na upa mahmahta a, na tapaten lah na omdan a la kei hial ua; nam dangte tengteng banga ka tung ua vai hawm dingin kumpipa hon bawlsakin, a chi ua.

⁵And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

⁶Himahleh a kianga, vai hon hawmsak ding kumpipa honpia in, a chih un Samuel akipaksak kei hiala. Huchiin Samuel TOUPA kiangah a thuma.

⁶But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

⁷Huan, TOUPAN Samuel kiangah, mipiten na kianga a gen tengteng uh ngaikhia in; nang hon deihlou a hikei ua, a tung ua kumpipa dinga kei hon deihlou uh ahi zaw.

⁷And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

⁸Aigupta gam akipan ka pi khiak ni akipan tu tana a thilhih dan tengteng uh, hon lehngatsana pathian dang na a hon sepsan jel uh mahbangin nang tungah a hih uh ahi.

⁸According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

⁹Huaijiakin a thu uh ngaikhia in: ahihhangin chihtak peta thu kamkhumin a tung ua vaihawmmi kumpipa tatdan ding kawkmuh chitchiat in, a chi a.

⁹Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

¹⁰Huan Samuelin TOUPA thu tengteng kumpipa ngen mipite a hilh vek a.

¹⁰And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

¹¹Na tung ua vaihawmmi ding kumpipa tatdan hichibang ahi ding: na tapate uh a sakol leh a kangtalai tuanpih dingin a sep dinga, a kangtalai maa taita a om ding ua:

¹¹And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

¹²Huan, a sepaih sang heutu ding, sawmnga heutu ding a sep dinga; huan, khenkhatte a lei let ding, a buh la ding, a kidouna van bawlmi ding, a kangtalai van bawlmi dingte dingin a zang ding.

¹²And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

¹³Huan, na tanute uh gimlim bawl dng, anhuan ding, tanghou bawl dingin a zang ding.

¹³And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

¹⁴Huan, na loute, na grep huante, olive huante a hoih tata a honsut dinga, a sikhate a pe ding.

¹⁴And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

¹⁵Huan, na haichi leh na grep huana sawma khat a honlaksak dinga: a sikhate leh heutute a pe ding.

¹⁵And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

¹⁶Huan, na sikhapate, na sikhanute, na tangval hoihhoihte, na bawngte a honsut dinga, a nasem dingin a zang ding hi.

¹⁶And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

¹⁷Na belam hon laka sawma khat a honlaksak dinga; huan, a sikhate na hi ding uh.

¹⁷He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

¹⁸Huan, huai hun chiangin na tel ding uh kumpipa jiakin na thum khe ding ua; himahleh huai hun chiangin TOUPAN a hondawng kei ding, a chi a.

¹⁸And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

¹⁹Himahleh mipiten Samuel thu a jui nuam kei ua, ahi kei, kumpipa I neih ngeingei ding ahi;

¹⁹Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

²⁰Huchiin nam dangte tengteng bang I honghi dinga, huan, I kumpipan vai a hon hawmsak dinga, I namte piin galte a hondou pih ding, a chi ua.

²⁰That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

²¹Huan, Samuelin mipite thugen tengteng a ja a, TOUPA bilah a thun sawm a.Huan, TOUPAN Samuel kiangah, a thu uh la inla, kumpipa bawlsakin, a chi a. Huan, Samuelin Israel mite kiangah, mi chih noumau khua ah pai chiat un, a chi a.

²¹And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

²²Huan, TOUPAN Samuel kiangah, a thu uh la inla, kumpipa bawlsakin, a chi a. Huan, Samuelin Israel mite kiangah, mi chih noumau khua ah pai chiat un, a chi a.

²²And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.