1Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, “Isn’t it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
1Huchiin Samuelin sathau bawm a la khiaa, a lu ah a sunga, a tawpa, Toupan a goutante tunga heutu hi dingin sathau a honhilh ahi kei maw?
2When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel’s tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?”’
2Tuni a non pawtkhiaksan nung chiangin Zelza ah Benjamin gamgi a Rakil han kiangah mi nih na mu dinga: huan amau na kiangah, Na sabengtung zonte a muta uh: huan, ngaiin, na pan sabengtung bang ka chihta dia, a chichi maimaha, a chi ding ua.
3“Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
3Huan, huailai akipanin Pai jel inla, Tabor tosaw na vatung dinga, huai laiah mi thum Bethela Pathian kianga hohtou dingten honna kituahpih ding ua; khatin kelnou a pom dinga, khatin tanghoupek khal thum a tawi dinga, huan, khatin uain thawl a tawi ding.
4and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive of their hand.
4Huan, chibai a hon buk ding ua, tanghoupek khal nih a honpe ding ua; huai na na la dinga.
5“After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
5Huai khitin Philistia sepaihte omna Pathian tang na vatung dinga; huan, hichi ahi dinga, huailai khua na vatun leh jawlneite pekgingte, khuangtate, tamngaite, kaihging tawite pia mun sang akipana hong suk na kituahpih dinga: huan, la a sa ding ua;
6and the Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.
6Huan, TOUPA kha nakpi takin na tungah a hongtung dinga, nang leng a lasakna uah na tel tei dinga, huan, mi dang na hongsuak ding.
7Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you.
7Huan, hiai chiamtehnate na tunga a hongom hun chiangin, thil hongomin a zil dungjui jela na hih ding ahi: Pathian lah na kiangah a om jel ngala.
8“You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: you shall wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.”
8Huan, ka hoh main Gilgal ah na hohsuk inla; huan, ngaiin, kei leng halmang thillate leh lemna kithoihnate lan dingin na kiangah ka hongsuk ding: na kianga ka honga, na hih ding ka hon hilh main ni sagih na om ding ahi ding, ahi ding, a chi a.
9It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened that day.
9Huan, huchibang a honghi ngeinguta, Samuel paisan dia a nungngat takin Pathianin lungtang dang a peta hi; huan, huai chiamtehna tengteng huai niin a hongtung vek hi.
10When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.
10Huchiin tang atun uleh, ngaiin, jawlneiten a nakituahpih ua; huan, TOUPA kha nakpi takin a hongtunga, a lasakna uah a tel teita hi.
11It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
11Huan, hichi ahi a, tuma siaha amah natheisaten jawlneite lasakna ah a tel tei chih a theih un, mite a kihou ua, Kis tapa tunga thil hongom bangchidan a hitaa? Saula leng jawlnei laka tel teita ahi maw, a chi ua.
12One of the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
12Huan, a omna khua ua mi khatin a dawnga, a pate uh kuate ahi tuan ua hia? a chi a. Huchiin Saula leng jawlnei ahi tei ta maw? chih pen kichiamnuihnain a zang maimah ua.
13When he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
13Huan, a lasakna ua a tel khitin mun sang a tungta hi.
14Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” He said, “To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.”
14Huan, Saula pangakin a kiangah leh a sikha kiangah, kaw hoh na hi ua? A chia. Huan, aman, sabengtung zong ka hi uh; huan, ka muh zohlouh jiak un Samuel kiangah ka vahoh uh, a chi ua.
15Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”
15Huan, Saula pangakin, Samuelin na kiang ua bang ahia a gen hon hilh dih leh, a chi a.
16Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn’t tell him.
16Huan, Saulain a pangak kiangah, Sabengtungte a muta uh chih a honhilh ngeingut ve, a chi a. Himahleh gam tungtang thu Samuelin a gen pen bel a hilh kei hi.
17Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;
17Huchiin Samuelin mipite Mizpa ah TOUPA kiangah a sam khawma;
18and he said to the children of Israel, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:’
18Huah, Israel suante kiangah, TOUPA, Israelte Pathianin hichiin a chi. Israelte Aigupta akipanin ka pi khia a, Aigupta mite khut akipan leh nou honnuaisiahpa gam tengteng akipan ka hon honkhia a:
19but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.”
19Himahleh tuniin na mangbatna tengteng uleh na gimthuakna tengteng ua kipan nou hon humbitpa na Pathian ngei uh na deih kei ua, a kiangah, ahi kei, kumpipa honbawlsakin, na chi ua, chiin. Huaijiakin tuin anam anam leh, achi achiin TOUPA maah hong kilang un, a chi a.
20So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
20Huchiin Samuelin Israel chi tengteng a hong kilang saka, huan, Benjamin chi pen tel a honghita hi.
21He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.
21Huan, Benjamin chite bel a inkuan kuanin a hongkilak ua, Matri mite inkuan tel a honghita uh; huan, Kis tapa Saula tel a honghita: himahleh amah a zong ua, a mu kei uh.
22Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, “Is there yet a man to come here?” Yahweh answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
22Huchiin TOUPA a dong tuan nawn ua, Mi hongpai ding a omlai hia? a chi ua. Huan, TOUPAN a dawnga, Ngai un, van lakah a bu hi, a chi a.
23They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
23Huchiin a tai ua, a va pi khia uh; mipi laka a din leh mi lakah a sangpena, kuamah a liangjang kheng leng a om kei uh.
24Samuel said to all the people, “You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?” All the people shouted, and said, “Let the king live!”
24Huan, Samuelin mi tengteng kiangah, TOUPA mi seh na mu uhia? mipi tengteng lakah amah bang mahmah a om kei uh, a chi a. huan, mipite a kikou ua, Pathianin kumpipa humbit hen, a chi uh.
25Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
25Huchiin Samuelin mipite gam omdan ding a hilha, laibu ah a gelha, TOUPA maah a koih hi. Huan, Samuelin mipite amau in lam chiat ah a paisakta hi.
26Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the army, whose hearts God had touched.
26Huan, Saula leng Gibea khua ah a in lamah a pai samta a; huan, mi hangsan hon a lungtang uh Pathianin akhoihte a kiangah a hoh tei ua.Himahleh Belial tapa kuate hiamin, Hiai miin bangchidanin a hon hondam thei mahmah dia? A chi ua. Huchiin amah a ngaineu ua, kipahman himhim a pe nuamkei uh. Himahleh amah jaw a dai dide.
27But certain worthless fellows said, “How shall this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
27Himahleh Belial tapa kuate hiamin, Hiai miin bangchidanin a hon hondam thei mahmah dia? A chi ua. Huchiin amah a ngaineu ua, kipahman himhim a pe nuamkei uh. Himahleh amah jaw a dai dide.