1David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
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.
2He said to him, “Far from it; you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
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.
3David swore moreover, and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:’ but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
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.
4Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
4Huchiin Jonathanin David kiangah, na hinnain a deih peuhpeuh ka hon hihsak jel ding, a chi a.
5David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
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.
6If your father miss me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
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.
7If he says, ‘It is well;’ your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
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.
8Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?”
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.
9Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn’t I tell you that?”
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.
10Then David said to Jonathan, “Who shall tell me if perchance your father answers you roughly?”
10Huchiin Davidin Jonathan kiangah, na pan bou takin honna dawngta leh kuan a honhilh dia? A chi a.
11Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” They both went out into the field.
11Huan, Jonathanin David kiangah, pai dih, gamlakah I va hoh peuhmah ding, a chi a. Huchiin gamlakah a vahoh khawm uh.
12Jonathan said to David, “By Yahweh, the God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
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?
13Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
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.
14You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness of Yahweh, that I not die;
14Huan, ka sih louhna dinga ka damsung kiaa TOUPA hehpihna hon musak hilouin;
15but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth.”
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.
16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “Yahweh will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
16Huchiin Jonathanin, David melmate lakah TOUPAN a phut ding chiin David inkote kiangah thu a khung a.
17Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
17Huan, Jonathanin amah a itna louin David kiangah a kichiam nawn hi; amah hinna a it bang geihin lah a it ngala.
18Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
18Huchiin Jonathanin a kiangah, jingchianga kha de ding ahia; na ut mun a vuak sin jiakin na omlouh a kilang ngei sin a.
19When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
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.
20I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
20Huan, muitum bangin thal thum a sikah ka honlawn dinga.
21Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.
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.
22But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you;’ then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
22Ahihhangin naupang kianga, en in, thalte na pamlam ah a om uh, ka chih leh pai mang maiin; TOUPAN a honpai mangsak ahi ding.
23Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.”
23Huan, nang leh ken thil I gensa tungtang thu ah ngaiin, nang toh I kalah TOUPA a om tawntung ahi, a chi a.
24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon had come, the king sat him down to eat food.
24Huchiin David gamlakah a bua; huan, kha a hong de a kumpipa ankuang umin a tu a.
25The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side: but David’s place was empty.
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.
26Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day: for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.”
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.
27It happened on the next day after the new moon, the second day, that David’s place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why doesn’t the son of Jesse come to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”
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.
28Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.
28Huan, Jonathanin Saula a dawnga, Davidin Bethlehema hoh a hon ngen ngutnguta,
29He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”
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.
30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
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?
31For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”
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.
32Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
32Huan, Jonathanin a pa Saula a dawnga, a kiangah, bangdingin maw hihlup ding a hih? Bang a hiha? A chi a.
33Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
33Huan, Saulain khoh tumin a teipi a vana; huchi a hih jiakin Jonathanin a pan David thah a natum ngeina hi chih a theia.
34So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
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.
35It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
35Huan, hichi ahia, jingsangin Jonathan naupang nou piin gamlakah David toh a mun sehsa uah a hoh a.
36He said to his boy, “Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
36Huan, a naupang kiangah, tai inla, ka thal lotte vazongin, a chi a. Huan, naupang a tai laiin, a pamlamah thal a lawna.
37When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
37Huan, naupang Jonathan lot kiakna mun a vatun leh Jonathanin naupang a sama, thal na pamlamah ahi kei maw? a chi a,
38Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
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.
39But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
39Himahleh naupangin bangmah a theikei a, Jonathan leh David kiain thil omdan a thei uh.
40Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
40Huan, Jonathanin a naupang kianga galvan a piaa, a kiangah, pai inla, khua ah nana paipihin, a chi a.
41As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.
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.
42Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh, saying, ‘Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.’” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
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.