¹It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag;

¹Huan, hichi ahi a, Saula sihnung in David Amalekte sim a hongkik a, David Ziklag khua a ni nih a om nung in;

²it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and showed respect.

²Hichi ahi a, a ni thum ni in ngai in, mikhat a panmun ua kipan Saula kiang apat in a puante botkek in a lu a lei kai niaunuau a hongpai a;

³David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”

³Huan, David kiang a hongtun in lei a khupboh in chibai a buk. Huan, David in a kiang ah, Koi a kipan a hongpai na hia? a chi a; huan, aman a kiang ah, Israel mite panmun akipan a hong taikhia ka hi, a chi a.

⁴David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.” He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

⁴Huan, David in a kiang ah, Bangchi bang in thil a om a? hon hilh dih ve, a chi a. Aman a dawng a, Kidouna a kipan mite a taikek ua, mi tampi a puk ua, a si uh; huan, Saula leh a tapa Jonathan te leng a si tuaktuak uh, a chi a.

⁵David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”

⁵Huan, David in amah hilhpa tangval kiang ah, Bangchi in ahia Saula leh a tapa Jonathan asih uh na theih? a chi a.

⁶The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

⁶Huan, a hilhpa tangval in, Bangchi chi hiam in Gilboa tang ah ka na omkha zenzen a, huan, ngai in, Saula a teipi ngai a ding ka mu a, huan, kangtalaite leh sakol tungtuang miten a hon naihta ua.

⁷When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’

⁷Huan, a nunglam a ngat leh a hon mu a, a honsam a. Huan, ken, Hiai ah ka om hi, chi in ka dawng a.

⁸He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

⁸Huchi in, ka kiang ah, Kua na hia? a hon chi a. Huan, ken, Amalek mi ka hi, chi in ka dawng hi.

⁹He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.’

⁹Huan, aman ka kiang ah, Ka kiang ah hong ding inla hong that mai dih, ka hinglai vanglak a, lungdonna in lah a hon manta ngal a, a chi a.

¹⁰So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”

¹⁰Huchi in a kiang ah ka dingta, huchia puk gawp khinsa a dam zou nawn samsam kei ding chih ka theih ziak in ka thatta mai hi, a lu a lallukhu leh a ban a tau ka la a, ka pu kiang ah ka hon tawi hi, a chi a.

¹¹Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.

¹¹Huchi in David in a puansilhte a botkekta; huchibang mah in a kiang a mi om tengteng in ahih uh:

¹²They mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

¹²Huchi in Saula leh a tapa Jonathan leh TOUPA mite leh Israel inkuante a sun ua, a kah ua, nitaklam tan in an a ngawl ua, namsau a hihlup ahih ziak un.

¹³David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

¹³Huan, David in amah hilhpa tangval kiang ah, Koilam mi na hia? a chi a.

¹⁴David said to him, “How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”

¹⁴Huan, aman, Gamdang mi, Amalek mi tapa ka hi, a chi a, a dawng a. Huan, David in a kiang ah, TOUPA sathau nilh hihmang ding a tung a khutkhak bangchidan a laulou na hia leh? a chi a.

¹⁵David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and fall on him.” He struck him, so that he died.

¹⁵Huchi in David in tangval khat a sam a, va naih inla, va that in, a chi a. Huan, a vasat a, a sita hi.

¹⁶David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’”

¹⁶Huan, David in a kiang ah, na sisan nangmah lutung mah ah om heh; nangmah mah kam ngei in, TOUPA sathau nilh ka that ahi, chi in lah na phuang ngal a, a chi a.

¹⁷David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

¹⁷Huchi in David in Saula leh a tapa Jonathan hiai kahla in a kah a;

¹⁸(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

¹⁸Huan, thalkap la Juda suante sinsak ding in a sawl chiat a, ngai in, Jasar laibu a gelh ahi.

¹⁹“Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

¹⁹Aw Israel, na thupina na mun sangte ah a that ua, mi liante a pukta uhi;

²⁰Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

²⁰Gath ah genkei unla, Askelon kongzing ah phuangkei un; Huchilou in zaw Philistia tanute a kipak ding ua, zeksum louh tanute nuamsa in a kikou kha ding uhi.

²¹You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

²¹Nou Gilboa tangte aw, na tunguah daitui leh vuah kekei hen, thillat dingte leng suah sam ken; huailai ah lah mi lian lum kihhuai tak in a pai ngal ua, Saula lum, sathau nilhlouh mi lum bang maiin.

²²From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. Saul’s sword didn’t return empty.

²²Thahte sisan a kipan leh mi lian thau a kipan in Jonathan thal a kik nawnkei a, Saula namsau lah a vuak in a kiknawn ngeikei.

²³Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.

²³Saula leh Jonathan hindan lah a deihhuai in a kilawm a, a sih un leng a khenkei uh, mipite sang in a hatzaw ua, humpinelkaite sang in a hatzaw uh.

²⁴You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

²⁴Nou Israel tanute aw, Saula kah un, puansan kilawmte na tungah a bang a, na puan khawng ua dangka-eng a zephoihnate hon bansakpa ahi.

²⁵How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places.

²⁵Kidou laitak a mi liante a napuk maizen uh! Na mun sangte ah Jonathan a thatta uh.

²⁶I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

²⁶Ka unaupa Jonathan, na tungthu ah ka lungzing petmah hi; ka tungah na hoih thei mahmah a, na hon itna a lamdang hi, numei itna a khup hi.Mi liante a puk ua, kidouna vante leng a mangthang khinta!

²⁷How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!”

²⁷Mi liante a puk ua, kidouna vante leng a mangthang khinta!