1David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
1Huan, ngaiin, Philistia miten Keila khua a sual ua, phuala buhte a laksak vek uh, chiin David a hilh ua.
2Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
2Huchiin Davidin, TOUPA, huai Philistia mite ka vasual diam? Chiin a donga. Huan, TOUPAN David kiangah, Philistia mite vasual inla, Keila khua vahumbitin, a chi a.
3David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
3Huan, David miten a kiangah, ngaiin juda gama om nangawna lau I hi ua, Keila khuaa hoh suka Philistia sepaihte vasual lauhuai semnatel inchia: a chi ua.
4Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
4Huchiin Davidin TOUPA a dong nawna. Huan, TOUPAN a dawnga, a kiangah, thou inla, Keila khua ah hohsukin, Philistia mite na khut ah ka hon pe ding, a chi a.
5David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
5Huchiin David leh a mite Keila khua ah a hoh ua, Philistia mite a vasual ua, a gante uh a laksak ua, a that ek uh. Huchibangin Davidin Keila khua mite a humbitta hi.
6It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
6Huan, hichi ahi a, Ahimelek tapa Abiathar Keila khua a David kianga a tai laiin siampu puannak tawia pai suk ahi a.
7It was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.”
7Huan, Keila khua ah David a hoh chih Saula a hilh ua. Huan, Saulain, Pathianin ka khuta amah honpia ei ve; kulh kongpi leh a kalhna nei khua ah lah lutin a kikhumta ngala, a chi a.
8Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
8Huan, Saulain mi tengteng kidou dingin Keila khua vasuala David leh a mite vaum dingin a sam khawma.
9David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
9Huan, Davidin Saulain a tungah thil hoihlou a sawm chih a natheia, siampu Abiathar kiangah, Siampu puannak honla dih ve, a chi a.
10Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
10Huchiin Davidin, Aw TOUPA Israelte Pathian, Saula kei jiaka khua hihse dingin Keila ah hongpai suk a tum chih kei na sikhain ka jaa.
11Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.” Yahweh said, “He will come down.”
11Keila khua a miten a khut ah honpe ding uam? Na sikhain ka jak bangin Saula a hongpai suk sin hia? Aw TOUPA, Israelte Pathian, hehpih tekin na sikha hon hilhin, a chi a.
12Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” Yahweh said, “They will deliver you up.”
12Huan, TOUPAN, a hong suk sin, a chi a. Huchiin Davidin, Keila khuaa miten kei leh ka mite Saula khut ah honpe diam? A chi a. Huan, TOUPAN, a honpe ding uh, a chi a.
13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
13Huchiin David leh a mite, guk hiam tak a thou ua Keila khua akipan pawt ua, paina lemna lamlam ah a paita uh. Huan, David Keila khua akipan a tai kheta chih Saula a hilh ua; huchiin kuankhiak a kikhelsakta hi.
14David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.
14Huan, David bel gamdai ah, leikohawm khawngah a oma, Ziph gamdaia sangtanggam ah a om nilouh hi. Huan, Saulain nitengin amah a zonga, himahleh Pathianin a khut ah a pe kei.
15David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
15Huan, Davidin amah hihlup tumin Saula hongkisa chih a theia; huchiin David Ziph gamdai gamnuaiah a om hi.
16Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
16Huan, Saula tapa Jonathan a thou a, gamnuai ah David kiangah a hoha, Pathian ah a khut a hatsak a.
17He said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.”
17Huan, a kiangah, lau het ken, ka pa Saula khutin a hongzong khe kei ding hi, Israelte kumpipain na om dinga, kei nang hon zompa ka hi ding; huai leng ka pa Saulain a thei kilkel hi, a chi a.
18They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.
18Huan, a nih un TOUPA maah thu a khung ua; huan, David bel gamnuai ah a om nilouha, Jonathan bel a inlam ah a paita hi.
19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
19Huchiin Ziph mite Gibea ah Saula kiangah a hoh tou ua, David ka kiang uah gamnuaia leikohawm ah, gamdai sim lamsang Hakila tangah a nabu nilouh kei maw?
20Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.”
20Huaijiakin aw toupa, na hong paisuk a utlamtak ahi bangin hong paisuk ta inla, huan, kou na hih tei ding a hihleh kumpipa khut amah nanapiak ahi ding, a chi ua.
21Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
21Huan, Saulain, TOUPAN hon vualjawl hen; nouten non hehpih mahmah uh.
22Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
22Pai unla, vachian nawn sem unla, a nung vajui unla, huan a mumi leng vachian hoih nawn sese un; lepchiah pil takin thil a hih sek chih min a honhilh uhi.
23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
23Huaijiakin a bukna mun tengteng thei sipsip unla, huan, ka kiangah hong nawn ngeingei unla, huan, nou kiangah kei leng ka hong tei ding hi; huan, hichi ahi dinga, hiai gama a om peuhmah leh Juda mi sang tampi lak akipan ka zong khe ding, a chi a.
24They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
24Huan, a thou ua, Saula pai main Ziph ah a hoh ua: himahleh David leh a mite gamdai simlam Araba ah Maon gamdai ah a om uh.
25Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
25Huan, Saula leh a mite amah zong dingin a hoh ua. Huan, David a hilh ua: huchiin suangpi juanin a pawtkhia a, Maon gamdai ah David a delhta a.
26Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
26Huan, Saula tang langkhat lampang ah a paia, huan, David leh a mite bel tang langkhat lampang ah a pai ua; huan, David bel Saula lauin kintak in a taia; Saula leh a miten lah David leh a mite mat tumin a um kimvel ngal ua.
27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
27Himahleh Saula kiangah, kinmeng inla, hongpai in, Philistia miten I gam uh a hongsual uh, chiin thangkou a hongtunga.
28So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
28Huchiin Saulain David a delh lai a kiksana, Philistia mite sual dingin a paitaa: huaijiakin huai mun Sela-hama-lekoth a chita uhi.Huan, David huaia akipan a pai toua, En-gedi leikohawm khawngah a om hi.
29David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
29Huan, David huaia akipan a pai toua, En-gedi leikohawm khawngah a om hi.