1 Samuel 30
1 Hnin thum touh a loum hnukkhu, Devit hoi a taminaw teh Ziklag kho a pha awh navah, Amaleknaw ni akalae ram hoi Ziklag kho hah a tuk awh. Ziklag kho a thei awh teh, hmai yo la a sawi awh toe.
Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg, and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire.
2 Kho thung kaawm e napui camo matawng buet touh hai thet laipalah san lah koung a hrawi awh toe.
And had taken the women captives that were in it, both little and great: and they had not killed any person, but had carried them with them, and went on their way.
3 Devit hoi a taminaw teh hote kho dawk a pha awh navah, khenhaw! kho hmai a sawi awh teh, a yunaw, a canu capanaw hai san lah koung a ceikhai awh toe ti e a hmu navah,
So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives,
4 thouk a ka awh teh tha baw ditouh thouk a ka awh.
David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.
5 Devit e yu roi, Jezreel tami Ahinoam hoi Karmel tami Nabal yu Abigail hai a ceikhai awh toe.
For the two wives also of David were taken captives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
6 Devit teh puenghoi a lungrei a thai. Taminaw hai a lungrei a thai awh teh, Devit hah talung hoi dei hanelah a dei awh. Hatei, Devit teh BAWIPA doeh a kâuep.
And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons, and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.
7 Devit ni Ahimelek capa vaihma Abiathar koe Ephod hah pahren lahoi na lat pouh haw atipouh. Abiathar ni Ephod hah Devit koe a thokhai.
And he said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech: Bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 Devit ni ahnimanaw hah ka pâlei awh pawiteh, ka pha awh han vaimoe telah BAWIPA koe a pacei. Ahni ni pâlei loe na pha mingming han, abuemlahoi koung na rungngang han doeh atipouh.
And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I pursue after these robbers, and shall I overtake them, or not? And the Lord said to him: Pursue after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the prey.
9 Hatdawkvah, Devit hoi a taminaw 600 touh ni a cei awh teh, Besor palang a pha awh navah, a tangawn teh hawvah a la o awh.
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor: and some being weary stayed there.
10 Devit hoi tami 400 touh ni a pâlei awh.
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who being weary could not go over the torrent Besor.
11 Hahoi a yon dawk Izip tami buet touh a hmu awh teh, Devit koe a thokhai awh. Vaiyei a poe awh teh a ca, tui hai a nei sak awh.
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,
12 Hahoi thaibunglung paw phen buet touh, misurpaw phen kahni touh a poe awh. Ahni ni a ca teh a tha bout ao. Hnin thum touh thung catnet laipalah kahai lah ao toe.
As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them his spirit returned, and he was refreshed: for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water three days, and three nights.
13 Devit ni ahni koe nang teh api hoi maw na kâkuet, nâhoi maw na tho telah a pacei. Ahni ni kai teh, Amaleknaw koe san lah kaawm e Izip tami doeh, hnin thum touh hoehnahlan ka pataw dawkvah, ka bawipa ni na cei takhai.
And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong? or whence dost thou come? and whither art thou going? He said: I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalecite, and my master left me, because I began to be sick three days ago.
14 Khereth ram akalah Judah ram akalah, Kalep ram akalah ka tuk awh teh, Ziklag kho hah hmai ka sawi awh toe.
For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.
15 Devit ni ahnimanaw onae koe lam na patue thai han maw atipouh navah, ahni ni kai hah na thei hoeh nahan ka bawipa koe na poe hoe nahan, Cathut koe lawkkam hoi thoekâbo ei, hat pawiteh doeh ahnimouh onae koe lam na patue han ati e patetlah Devit ni thoe a kâbo.
And David said to him: Canst thou bring me to this company? And he said: Swear to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee to this company. And David swore to him.
16 Hote camo ni lamthung a patue teh hawvah Devit a pha navah, ahnimanaw teh Filistin ram hoi Judah ram e hnopainaw dawkvah a canei awh teh a lamtu awh teh, talai dawk a kâyat awh.
And when he had brought him, behold they were lying spread upon all the ground, eating and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day, for all the prey, and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.
17 Devit ni tangmin hoi a tangtho tangmin totouh a thei teh, kalauk hoi ka yawng e thoundoun 400 touh hloilah tami buet touh hai hlout hoeh.
And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled.
18 Ameleknaw ni a lawp e pueng Devit ni bout a la teh, a yu roi hoi bout a hloutkhai.
So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
19 Tami kacue kanaw canu capa hnopai lawp lah kaawm e pueng buet touh boehai pek laipalah, Devit ni koung bout a la.
And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils, and whatsoever they had taken: David recovered all.
20 Hahoi Devit ni tuhu hoi maitohu naw hah a la teh, saring alouknaw hmalah a khoum teh, hetnaw teh Devit doeh ati awh.
And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David.
21 Hahoi tami 200 touh a tâwn awh teh, Devit hnuk a kâbang thai awh hoeh dawkvah, Besor palang vah ao saknae koe Devit teh bout a pha. Ahnimouh teh Devit hoi a thokhaienaw dawn hanelah a tâco awh. Devit ahnimouh koe a pha toteh kut a man awh.
And David came to the two hundred men, who being weary had stayed, and were not able to follow David, and he had ordered them to abide at the torrent Besor: and they came out to meet David, and the people that were with him. And David coming to the people saluted them peaceably.
22 Hatnavah, Devit hoi rei ka cet e taminaw thung dawk e tamikathoutnaw ni, ahnimouh teh maimouh hoi rei a cei awh van hoeh dawkvah, maimouh ni pang awh e hnopai thung dawk, amamae yuca hloilah bang hno hai poe mahoeh. Amamae yucanaw hah lat awh nateh, cet awh naseh atipouh awh.
Then all the wicked and unjust men that had gone with David answering, said: Because they came not with us, we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered: but let every man take his wife and his children, and be contented with them, and go his way.
23 Devit ni hmaunawnghanaw, maimouh ni tuk awh e naw hah maimae kut dawk na ka poe e BAWIPA ni na poe e hnopainaw hah hottelah tet awh hanh.
But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands.
24 Hete hno dawk nangmae lawk hah apinimaw a tarawi han. Taran tuknae koe ka cet e ni a pang e patetlah hnopai karingkungnaw ni hai pang vah naseh. Suekâvan lah reirei pang van naseh telah a ti.
And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle and of him that abode at the baggage, and they shall divide alike.
25 Hat hnin hoiyah Isarel miphunnaw hanelah, hottelah e phunglam hoi kâlawk teh a sak awh.
And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made a statute, and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel.
26 Devit ni Ziklag kho bout a pha toteh, hetheh BAWIPA e taran kut dawk hoi e hnonaw doeh. Poehno lah na patawn awh telah lawk a thui teh,
Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord.
27 Bethel kaawmnaw, Ramoth akalah kaawmnaw, Jattir kaawmnaw,
To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether,
28 Aroer kaawmnaw, Siphmoth kaawmnaw, Eshtemoa kaawmnaw,
And to them that were in Aroer and that were in Sephamoth, and that were in Esthamo,
29 Rekal kaawmnaw, Jerahmeel kaawmnaw, Ken kaawmnaw,
And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni,
30 Hormah kaawmnaw, Khorshan kaawmnaw, Atha kaawmnaw,
And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and that were in Athach,
31 Hebron kaawmnaw, Devit hoi a taminaw khosaknae koe kaawmnaw abuemlah Judah a hui kacuenaw koe a patawn.
And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men.
