1David said in his heart, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.”
1Huan, Davidin a lungsimin, Chikchiang hiama jaw Saula khuta mangthang khongkhong ding kei ve: Philistia mite gama tai mang sanga hoihjaw omlou ding hi; huchiin Saulain Israel gamsung tengtenga a honzonna a lungdongta ding a, huchiin a khut akipan ka suakta ding, a chi a.
2David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2Huchiin David a thoua, amah leh akiang a mi za guk omte Maok tapa Gath kumpipa Akis kiangah a paita uhi.
3David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
3Huan, David bel amah leh a mite toh, mi chih a inkuan kuan un David leng a ji nihte Jezreel mi Ahinoam leh Nabal ji Karmel mi Abigail te toh Gath khua ah Akis kiang ah a om uh.
4It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
4Huan, David Gath khua ah a tai chih Saula a hilh ua, huchiin a zong nawnta kei hi.
5David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
5Huan, Davidin Akis kiangah, Honhehpih inla, na gama khua khat ah omna ding mun honpe sam inla, huaiah ka om ding uh: na sikha bangdingin kumpipa khua ah na kiangah a omthek dia? A chi a.
6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.
6Huchiin Akisin huai niin Ziklag khua a peta hi; huaijiakin Ziklag bel tutanin Juda gam kumpipatea ahi nilouh hi.
7The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
7Huan, Philistia gama David a om sung kum khat pumpi leh kha li ahi.
8David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
8Huan, David leh a mite a vahoh tou ua, Gesur mi te, Girzi mi te. Amalek mite a sim uh: huai namte bel Telam akipana Sur gam lampang Aigupta gam phaa om ahi uh.
9David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.
9Huan, Davidin gam tuh a suala, numei pasal hawi himhim a neikeia, belam te, bawng te, sabengtung te, sangawngsau te, a puansilhte uh a laksak a; huan, a pai nawna, Akis kiang ah a hoh hi.
10Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
10Huan, Akisin, Tunin koilam na sima? A chi a. Huan, Davidin, Juda Sim gam te, Jeramilte Sim gam te, Kente Sim gam te, a chi a.
11David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell of us, saying, ‘David this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
11Huan, Davidin, Philistia gama a om sung mawngmawng in Davidin hichibang in a hihsek hi, a chikha ding ua, chiin numei pasal Gath khuaa pi ding hawi himhim a neikei hi.Huan, Akisin David thu gen a taksanga, A mi Israelte a kimudah sak mahmah a: huaijiakin khantawnin ka sikha dingin a om ding, a chi hi.
12Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever.”
12Huan, Akisin David thu gen a taksanga, A mi Israelte a kimudah sak mahmah a: huaijiakin khantawnin ka sikha dingin a om ding, a chi hi.