1David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.
1Huchiin David bel huai akipan a pawt khiaa, Adullam kokhuk ah a omta a: huan, a unaute leh a pate inkote tengtengin a jak un huaiah a kiangah a hoh suk ua.
2Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
2Huan, lungkham peuhmahte, leiba nei peuhmahte, lungkimlouhna nei peuhmahte a kiangah a kikai khawm ua; huchiin, a heutu un a omta a; huan, a kiangah mi za li hiamtak a om uh.
3David went there to Mizpeh of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out with you, until I know what God will do for me.”
3Huan, David bel huai akipanin Moab gama Mizpe ah a hoha; Moab kumpipa kiangah, Pathianin a hon hihsak ding thil ka theih masiah ka nu leh ka pate na kiangah na om le uh, a chi a.
4He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
4Huan, Moab kumpipa maah amau a pi a: huchiin kokhuka David a omlai teng a kiangah a om uh.
5The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
5Huan, jawlnei Gadin David kiangah, kokhuk ah om nilouh ken; pawt inla Judai gamah paiin, a chi a. Huchiin David a pawta, Hereth gammang ah a lutta hi.
6Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
6Huan, Saulain David leh a kianga omte a muta uh chih a najaa: Saula Gibea ah Rama khuaa tamarisk sing nuaiah teipi tawiin a tu a; huan, akimah a sikhate tengteng ading uh.
7Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
7Huan, Saulain a kima ding a sikhate kiangah, nou Benjamin mite aw, ngaikhia un; Jesai tapain loute leh grep huante a honpe sinin a sepaih sang heutu ding, a sepaih za heutu dingin a honbawl vek sin ahia?
8that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?”
8Na vek un non sawm ua, ka tapain Jesai tapa kianga thu a khun ka kianga hihlang himhim na om kei ua, ka tapain ka sikha kei hondou ding leh tunite nasan a kei hontang dinga a hasot thu ka kianga hihlang na om louh uh? A chi a.
9Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
9Huchiin Saula sikhate kianga ding Edom mi Doeg in a dawnga, jesai tapa Nob khuaa Ahitub tapa Ahimelek kianga hong kamu.
10He inquired of Yahweh for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
10Huan, aman TOUPA a dotsaka, nekding a piaa, huan, Philistia mi Goliath namsau leng a pe lai, a chi a.
11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
11Huchiin kumpipan Ahitub tapa siampu om tengteng a samsaka.
12Saul said, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub.” He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
12Huan, Saulain, nang, Ahitub tapa, nangaikhiain, a chi a. Huan, aman, ka pu, hiaiah ka om hi, a chi a.
13Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?”
13Huan, Saulain a kiangah, tanghou leh namsau khawng napiaa TOUPA bang dot saka tunia a hih banga kei hondou ding leh hontang dinga bangdinga nang leh Jesai tapa in honsawm vial na hi ua? A chi a.
14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
14Huchiin Ahimelekin kumpipa a donga, kumpipa makpa, na mi dotpen sek, na inkuan sung ua mi zahtakhuai David bang himhima mi muanhuai na sikhate tengteng lakah kua a om ua?
15Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me! Don’t let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.”
15Tuni amah adia Pathian thu ka dotsak tung ni ahi hia? A hi kei. Kumpipan a sikha hiam, ka pa inkuante peuhmah hiam honngoh mahmah kei heh; na sikhain hiai thu khawng abangmah mah ka theikei hi, a chi a.
16The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father’s house.”
16Huan, kumpipan, Ahimelek, na sih ngeingei ding ahi, nang leh na pa inkuante tengteng toh, a chi a.
17The king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn’t disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king wouldn’t put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh.
17Huan, kumpipan a kianga ding sepaihte kiangah, kihei unla TOUPA siampute that un, David lama a pan ua, a tai mang chih thei napia ka kianga a gen louh jiakun, a chi a. Himahleh kumpipa sikhaten TOUPA siampute sual dingin khut a jak nuam kei uh.
18The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!” Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.
18Huan, kumpipan Doeg kiangah, nang kihei inla, siampute sualin, a chi a. Huan, Edom mi Doeg a kiheia, siampute a suala, huai niin puan malngat siampu puanak silh, mi sawmgiat leh nga a that a.
19He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
19Huan, Nob, siampu khua namsauin a suala; numei leh pasal naupang leh nawine laite nangawn, bawng khawng, sabengtung khawng, belamte toh namsauin a satlum hi.
20One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
20Huan, Ahitub tapa Ahimelek tapate laka khat, amin Abiathar a tai khiaa, David kiangah a tai hi.
21Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh’s priests.
21Huan, Abiathar in Saulain TOUPA siampute a thah thu David a hilh.
22David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of all the persons of your father’s house.
22Huan, Davidin Abiathar kiangah, Edom mi Doeg huailaia a om ni mahin Saula a hilh ngeingei ding chih theisa in ka om hi: na pa inkuan tengteng kei jiaka si ahi ua.Nang ka kiangah om inla lau ken; kei thah hontumten nang leng thah a hontum ding uh; ka kiangah om lechin bel na bit ding hi, a chi a.
23Stay with me, don’t be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard.”
23Nang ka kiangah om inla lau ken; kei thah hontumten nang leng thah a hontum ding uh; ka kiangah om lechin bel na bit ding hi, a chi a.