1It happened, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
1Huan, hichi ahi a, ni thum nia David leh a mite Ziklag a tun un Amalekten Simlam leh Ziklag khua a na simkhin ua, Ziklag khua bel a nabawl ek ua, a nahal ua;
2and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.
2Numeite leh huai khuaa om peuhmah a lian a neu salin a man uh: kuamah that louin a pi ua, a paipih khinta uh.
3When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.
3Huan, David leh a mite khua a vatun un, ngaiin, a nakang siang khinta a; huan, a jite uh, a tapate uh, a tanute uh salin a naman khinta uh.
4Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
4Huchiin David leh a kianga omten a aw uh suaksakin, kah leng kap nawn theilou khopin a kap ua.
5David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
5Huan, David jite nih Jezreel mi Ahinoam leh Karmela mi Nabal ji Abigail te leng salin a pi khin uh.
6David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
6Huan, David a lungjing mahmaha; mi chih a tapate uh leh a tanute uh jiaka mi tengteng a lung uh a noplouh mahmaha amah suanga den thu a gen jiak un; himahleh David bel Pathian TOUPA ah a kihihhat hi.
7David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me here the ephod.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
7Huan, Davidin, Ahimelek tapa siampu Abiathar kiangah, Siampu puannak honvalaksak dih ve, a chi a. Huan, Abiatharin David siampu puannak a valaksak a.
8David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all.”
8Huan, Davidin, Huaite delh leng ka delh pha lai diam? Chiin TOUPA a donga. Aman a dawnga, Delh in, na pha ngeingei ding, na honkhe vek ngeingei ding, a chi a.
9So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
9Huchiin David a kuanta a, amah leh a kianga mi za guk toh; huan, Besor lui a vatung ua, a mi nutsiatte uh huailaiah a om uh.
10But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
10Davidin bel a delh jela, amah leh mi za lite toh, mi za nih bel a bah tak jiak un Besor lui a kan tei theita kei ua, a naomta uhi.
11They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
11Huan, gamlakah Aigupta mi a vamu ua, David kiangah a pi ua, tanghou a pia ua, a na ne a; huan, tui dawn ding a pia ua;
12They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
12Huan, theipi beu them khat leh grep gah phou keu bawm nih a pia ua; huan, huaite a nek leh a honghalh nawna; ni thum leh jan thum an ne lou leh tui dawn lou lah ahi ngala.
13David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
13Huan, Davidin a kiangah, kua na hia? kaw kipana hong na hia? a chi a. Huan, aman, Aigupta gam tangval, Amalek mi sikha ka hi; huan, ni thum a hitaa, ka chi a nat jiakin ka puin a honpaisan maimah hi.
14We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
14Kereth Sim gam leh Juda tan Sim gamte ka sim ua, huan, Kaleb Sim gam leng ka sim uh; huan, Ziklag khua leng ka hal ua, a chi a.
15David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”
15Huan, Davidin a kiangah, huaite omna ah non pi suk thei diam? A chi a. Huan, aman, Honthat lou ding leh ka pu khuta hon pe nawn lou dingin Pathian min louin ka kiangah kichiam inla, huchiin huaite omna ah ka honpi suk ding, a chi a.
16When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
16Huan, a pi suk leh, ngai in, Philistia gam leh Juda gama gallak tampi a lak jiak un ankuang a lui ua, a ne un a dawn uh. a na om dalh phengphung phet uhi.
17David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
17Huchiin Davidin ni tum akipan a jingsang nitaklam tanin amau a suala, tangval za li sangawngsau tunga tuanga taikekte kia loungal kuamah dama suakta himhim a om kei ua.
18David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
18Huan, Davidin Amalek mite lak tengteng a la nawn veka; huan, Davidin a jite nih a hon kheta hi.
19There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.
19Huchiin alian aneuin, a tapate uh, a tanute uh, a gallak u leh a thillak himhim bangmah tan a neikei ua, Davidin a laksak nawn vek hi.
20David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”
20Huan, Davidin belam hon leh gan hon tengteng a laa, gan dangte maah a hawl ua, Hiaite David gallak ei ve, a chi uh.
21David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.
21Huan, mi zanih a bah ziak ua David zuithei nawnlou a Besor lui a a omsakte uh kiang David a va tung a; huan, amau David dawn ding leh a kiang a omte dawn ding in a pawtkhia ua; huan, David mipite kiang a vatun in chibai a buk chiat hi.
22Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.”
22Huchi in David kianga hohte lak mi giloute leh Belial mi tengteng in a dawng ua, I kiang ua a hong tei louh ziak un gallak thil i va suh nawn himhimte amau i pekei ding ua, a pi ua a pai theihna ding un a zite uh chiat leh a tate uh chiat a hihleh a pi uh i phal ding uh, a chi ua.
23Then David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
23Huchi in David in, Unaute aw, TOUPA, honkepsak a ei hondou ding a hong kuante I khut ua honpepa thil honpiakte huchi bang in na hih kei ding uh.
24Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries by the baggage: they shall share alike.”
24Kuan ahia hiai thu a na thu uh zui ding? Kidouna a hohte tan bangmah van veng a na omten leng a tan sam ding uh aka; kibang vek a tan ding ahi, a chi a.
25It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
25Huchi in huai ni a kipan in tutan in Israelte adia thupiak leh dan ding in a bawlta hi.
26When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh.”
26Huan, David Ziklag khua a tun in, gallak khenkhat, Hiai, TOUPA melmate lak a gallak, nang dinga kipahman, chi in, Juda upate, a lawmte ngei kiang ah, gallak khenkhat a khak a;
27He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir,
27Bethel a omte kiang ah bang, Sim a Ramoth a omte kiang ah bang, Jatir a omte kiang ah bang;
28and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,
28Aroer a omte kiang ah bang, Sipmoth a omte kiang ah bang, Estermoa a omte kiang ah bang;
29and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
29Rakala omte kiang ah bang, Jerameel khua a omte kiang ah bang, Kente khuaa omte kiang ah bang;
30and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Borashan, and to those who were in Athach,
30Hormaa omte kiangah bang, Kerasan a omte kiang ah bang, Ataka omte kiang ah bang;Hebron a omte kiang ah bang, David leh a mite tatna mun tengteng kiang ah bang.
31and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
31Hebron a omte kiang ah bang, David leh a mite tatna mun tengteng kiang ah bang.