1 Samuel 11

1 Ammoni Nahash te cet tih Jabesh Gilead te a 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.

and to ascend: rise Nahash [the] Ammon and to camp upon Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead and to say all human Jabesh (Gilead) to(wards) Nahash to cut: make(covenant) to/for us covenant and to serve you

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 to say to(wards) them Nahash [the] Ammon in/on/with this to cut: make(covenant) to/for you in/on/with to dig to/for you all eye right and to set: put her reproach upon all Israel

3 Te dongah anih te Jabesh a 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 to say to(wards) him old: elder Jabesh (Gilead) to slacken to/for us seven day and to send: depart messenger in/on/with all border: area Israel and if nothing to save [obj] us and to come out: come to(wards) you

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

and to come (in): come [the] messenger Gibeah Saul and to speak: speak [the] word: thing in/on/with ear: to ears [the] people and to lift: loud all [the] people [obj] voice their and to weep

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 te a thui pauh.

and behold Saul to come (in): come after [the] cattle from [the] land: country and to say Saul what? to/for people for to weep and to recount to/for him [obj] word: deed human Jabesh (Gilead)

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

and to rush spirit God upon Saul (like/as to hear: hear he *Q(K)*) [obj] [the] word [the] these and to be incensed face: anger his much

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

and to take: take pair cattle and to cut him and to send: depart in/on/with all border: area Israel in/on/with hand [the] messenger to/for to say which nothing he to come out: come after Saul and after Samuel thus to make: do to/for cattle his and to fall: fall dread LORD upon [the] people and to come out: come like/as man one

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

and to reckon: list them in/on/with Bezek and to be son: descendant/people Israel three hundred thousand and man Judah thirty thousand

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

and to say to/for messenger [the] to come (in): come thus to say [emph?] to/for man Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead tomorrow to be to/for you deliverance: salvation (like/as heat *Q(K)*) [the] sun and to come (in): come [the] messenger and to tell to/for human Jabesh (Gilead) and to rejoice

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.

and to say human Jabesh (Gilead) tomorrow to come out: come to(wards) you and to make: do to/for us like/as all [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your

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

and to be from morrow and to set: put Saul [obj] [the] people three head: group and to come (in): come in/on/with midst [the] camp in/on/with watch [the] morning and to smite [obj] Ammon till heat [the] day and to be [the] to remain and to scatter and not to remain in/on/with them two unitedness

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 to say [the] people to(wards) Samuel who? [the] to say Saul to reign upon us to give: give [the] human and to die them

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 to say Saul not to die man: anyone in/on/with day: today [the] this for [the] day: today to make: do LORD deliverance: salvation in/on/with 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.

and to say Samuel to(wards) [the] people to go: come! and to go: went [the] Gilgal and to renew there [the] kingship

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

and to go: went all [the] people [the] Gilgal and to reign there [obj] Saul to/for face: before LORD in/on/with Gilgal and to sacrifice there sacrifice peace offering to/for face: before LORD and to rejoice there Saul and all human Israel till much