1 Samuel 11

1 Ammoni Nahash te cet tih Jabesh Gilead tea rhaeh thil. Te vaengah Nahash taengah Jabesh hlang boeih loh, “Kaimih neh moi bop sih lamtah nang taengah ka thotat uh eh,” a ti nah.

THEN Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

2 Tedae amih te Ammoni Nahash loh, “Nangmih taengah he he ka saii ni. Nangmih kah bantang mik te boeih aka koeih vetih Israel boeih soah kokhahnah ka khuen pah ni,” a ti nah.

And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

3 Te dongah anih te Jabesha hamca rhoek loh, “Kaimih ham khohnin hnin rhih mah ham hmoel lamtah Israel khorhi tom ah puencawn ka tueih eh. Te vaengah kaimih he n'khang uh pawt atah nang taengla ka kun uh bitni,” a ti nah.

And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

4 Te dongah puencawn rhoek loh Saul kah Gibeaha pha uh vaengah pilnam kah a hna ah ola thui pa uh hatah pilnam pum loh a ola huel uh tih rhap uh.

Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

5 Te vaengah Saul tah lohma lamloh saelhung hnukah pakcak ha pawk. Te dongah Saul loh, “Pilnam he balae tih a rhah,” a ti nah hatah Jabesh hlang rhoek kah olka tea thui pauh.

And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

6 Pathen Mueihla loh Saul soaha thaihtak sak tih te rhoek kah ol te a yaak a yaak vaengah a thintoek khaw muep sai.

And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

7 Te dongah vaito rhoia loh tiha tloek. Te phoeiah puencawn rhoek kut neh Israel khorhi tom aha pat tih, “Saul hnuk neh Samuel hnukah aka mop pawt tah a vaito banglaa saii ni,” a ti nah. Te vaengah BOEIPA kah birhihnah loh pilnama tlak thil tih hlang loh pakhat la ha pawk uh.

And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

8 Te vaengah Bezek kah rhoek te a soep hatah Israel ca thawng ya thum neh Judah hlang thawng sawmthum om uh.

And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

9 Te vaengah aka pawk puencawn rhoek te, “Jabesh hlang taengah he he thui pah. Thangvuen khoa ling, a ling vaengah loeihnah loh nangmih taengah om ni,” a ti nah. Te phoeiah puencawn rhoek te cet uh tih Jabesh hlang rhoek taengaha puen pa uh daengaha kohoe uh.

And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

10 Te dongah Jabesh hlang rhoek loh, “Thangvuen ah nangmih taengla ka kun uh vetih na mik dongah then na ti bangla kaimih taengah boeih na saii thai,” a ti nah.

Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

11 A vuen ah pilnam te Saul loh hlop thum la a boel tih mincang khopo ah rhaehhmuen khui tea muk uh. Ammon te khosae duelaa tloek uh. Te dongah aka sueng rhoek khaw taekyaak uh tih amih khuiah tun bok pataeng paih uh pawh.

And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

12 Te phoeiah pilnam loh Samuel taengah, “'Saul he mamih soah manghai mai saeh a?' aka ti te unim? Tekah hlang te nang khuen vetih ka duek sak uh mako,” a ti nah.

And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

13 Tedae Saul loh, “Tihnin ah BOEIPA loh Israel ham loeihnah han saii coeng dongah tekah hlang te tihnin ah duek boel saeh,” a ti nah.

And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.

14 Te phoeiah pilnam te Samuel loh, “Halo uh lah, Gilgal la cet uh sih lamtah mangpa ke pahoi tlaih uh sih,” a ti nah.

Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

15 Te dongah pilnam pum loh Gilgal la cet uh tih Saul te Gilgal kah BOEIPA mikhmuh ah pahoia manghai sakuh. Te vaengah rhoepnah hmueih te BOEIPA mikhmuh ah pahoia ngawn uh tih Saul neh Israel hlang boeih loh bahoenga kohoe uh.

And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.