1 Samuel 12

1 Samuel mah Israel kaminawk boih khaeah, Khenah, Nang thuih o ih loknawk boih ka tahngaih moe, nangcae ukkung siangpahrang to kang suek pae boeh.

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.

2 Khenah, nangcae zaehoikung siangpahrang loe vaihi nangcae hmaa ah caeh boeh; kai loe mitong boeh moe, ka sam doeh pok boeh; khenah, ka caanawk doeh nangcae khaeah ni oh o; ka thendoeng nathuem hoi vaihni ni khoek to nangcae hmaa ah ka caeh.

Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

3 Khenah, kai loe hae ah ka oh; kai mah mi ih maitaw tae maw ka lak pae? To tih ai boeh loe mi ih laa hrang maw ka lak pae vai? To tih ai boeh loe mi maw ka ling moe, mi maw ka pacaekthlaek vai? To tih ai boeh loe ka mik maeng hanah, mi ih ban khae hoiah maw bokhaih tangqum to ka talawk vai? Sithaw hmaa hoi Sithaw mah situi bawh ih kami hmaa ah thui oh; hae tiah ka sak ih hmuen hnukkung om nahaeloe, ka paek pathok let han, tiah a thuih.

Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

4 Nihcae mah, Mi doeh na ling ai, na pacaekthlaek ai, minawk ban hoi bokhaih tangqum doeh na la ai, tiah a naa o.

“You have not wronged us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”

5 Samuel mah nihcae khaeah, Ka ban ah minawk khae hoi lak ih hmuen tidoeh na hnu o ai, tiah Angraeng leo panoekkung ah oh, anih mah situi bawh ih kami doeh, vaihniah hnukkung ah oh, tiah a naa. Nihcae mah, Anih loe hnukung ah oh, tiah thuih o.

Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.

6 To pacoengah Samuel mah kaminawk khaeah, Angraeng mah Mosi hoi Aaron patoh moe, Izip prae thung hoiah nam panawk zaehoikung loe, Angraeng ni.

Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

7 To pongah vaihi hae ah angdoe o duem ah; Angraeng mah nangcae hoi nam panawk khaeah toenghaih hoiah sak ih hmuennawk to kang thuih o boih han.

Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.

8 Jakob Izip prae ah caeh pacoengah, nangcae ampanawk loe Angraeng khaeah tahmen hnikhaih hoiah a hangh o; to pongah Angraeng mah Mosi hoi Aaron to patoeh moe, nam panawk to Izip prae thung hoiah zaehhoih pacoengah, hae ahmuen ah khosaksak.

When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

9 Toe nihcae mah na Angraeng Sithaw to pahnet o ving; to pongah nihcae to Hazor misatuh kaminawk ih angraeng Sisera ban ah, Philistin kaminawk ih ban hoi Moab siangpahrang ban ah ang phaksak, nihcae mah nangcae to ang tuk o.

But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

10 To naah nihcae mah Angraeng khaeah hang o, Angraeng to ka pahnawt o pongah, ka zae o moeng boeh; Baal sithaw hoi Ashtaroth kaminawk ih tok to ka sak pae o; toe ka misanawk ih ban thung hoiah vaihi na pahlong ah, to tiah nahaeloe na tok to ka sak o han boeh, tiah a thuih o.

Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

11 To naah Angraeng mah, Jerub-Baal, Bedan, Jephthah hoi Samuel cae to patoeh moe, na taengah kaom misa ban thung hoiah nangcae to pahlong pongah, nangcae loe kamongah kho na sak o.

So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

12 Toe nangcae tuk hanah angzo Ammon siangpahrang Nahash to na hnuk o: na Angraeng Sithaw to nangcae ih siangpahrang ah oh to mah, nangcae mah kai khaeah, To tih na ai ni; kaicae uk hanah siangpahrang ka koeh o, tiah nang thuih o.

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

13 To pongah khenah, vaihi loe nangmacae mah na qoih o moe, nang hnik o ih siangpahrang loe hae ah oh boeh; khenah, Angraeng mah nangcae ukkung siangpahrang ang suek pae boeh.

Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

14 Angraeng to na zit o, a tok na sak pae o, a lok na tahngai pae o moe, Angraeng mah paek ih lok na aek o ai nahaeloe, nangcae hoi nangcae ukkung siangpahrang loe na Angraeng Sithaw hnukah pazui o thai poe tih.

If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

15 Toe Angraeng ih lok na tahngai o ai moe, ang paek o ih lok to na aek o nahaeloe, nam panawk khaeah sak ih baktih toengah, nangcae nuiah Angraeng ih ban to krah tih.

But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

16 To pongah vaihi angdoe oh loe, nangcae mikhnuk ah Angraeng mah sak han ih, kalen parai hmuen to khen oh!

Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.

17 Vaihni loe cang aahhaih atue boeh na ai maw? Khopazih moe, kho angzohsak hanah, Angraeng to ka kawk han; siangpahrang na hnik o naah, Angraeng mikhnuk ah tih kasae hmuen maw na sak o, tiah na panoek o tih, tiah a naa.

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

18 To naah Samuel mah Angraeng to kawk, Angraeng mah to na niah khopazih hoi kho to angzohsak. To pongah kaminawk boih mah Angraeng hoi Samuel to paroeai zit o.

So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

19 Kaminawk boih mah Samuel khaeah, Ka duek o han ai ah, na tamnanawk hanah Angraeng Sithaw khaeah lawk na thui paeh, siangpahrang ka hnik o pongah, kaicae zaehaih angthap aep boeh, tiah a naa o.

They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

20 Samuel mah, Zii o hmah; hae tiah zaehaih na sak o cadoeh, Angraeng hnuk pazui ai ah kalah bangah angqoi o taak hmah; na poekhaih palungthin boih hoiah Angraeng tok to sah oh.

“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

21 Tidoeh avang ai, atho om ai moe, pahlong thai ai hmuennawk hnukah caeh o hmah; to baktih hmuennawk loe azom pui ah ni oh.

Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

22 Anih ih ahmin loe lensawk pongah, Angraeng mah angmah ih kaminawk to pahnawt mak ai; Angraeng mah nangcae to angmah ih kami ah suek hanah koehhaih oh.

Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

23 Nangcae han lawkthui ai ah ka oh nahaeloe, Angraeng lok tahngai ai kami ah ni ka om tih, toe kahoih, katoeng loklam ni nangcae to kang patuk han;

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

24 toe Angraeng to na zit o moe, a tok to palungthin boih hoiah na sak o thai hanah acoe oh; nangcae han sak ih kalen parai hmuen to poek oh.

Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

25 Toe kahoih ai hmuen to na sak o toengtoeng nahaeloe, nangcae loe nangmacae ih siangpahrang hoi nawnto nam ro o tih, tiah a naa.

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”