< 1 Samuel 18 >
1 Saul taengaha thui te a khah van neh Jonathan kah a hinglu neh David kah a hinglu he hlaengtang uh rhoi. Te dongah Jonathan te a lungnah tih anih khaw Jonathan loh amah kah hinglu banglaa lungnah.
2 Tekah khohnin lamkah longah David te Saul loh a loh tih, a napa im la bal sak voel pawh.
3 David te Jonathan loh amah hinglu bangla a lungnah dongah moia boh pah.
4 Te dongah Jonathan loh a hnikul tea pit tih a himbai khaw, a cunghang khaw, a lii neh a hni khaw Davida paek.
5 A cungkuem dongah Saul loh aniha tueih vanbangla David khaw cet tih a cangbam. Te dongah anih te Saul caemtloek hlang rhoek kah soaha khueh tih pilnam boeih kah mikhmuh ah khaw Saul kah a sal rhoek kah mikhmuh ah khaw mikhmai then a dang.
6 Philisti aka tloek lamloh David ha bal phoeiah amih te khaw bal uh. Te vaengah manghai Saul doe hamla Israel khopuei tom lamkah huta rhoek loh kamrhing neh, toembael neh, kohoenah neha lam neha hlai uh tih ha pawk uh.
7 Te vaengah huta rhoek loh a nueih doela a doo uh tih, “Saul loh thawngkhat, thawngkhat, David loh thawngrhaa ngawn,” a ti nah.
8 Te vaengah Saul te ta-oe lungoe. Tekah olka te a mikhmuh ah thae ni a huet pah. Te dongah Saul loh, “David tah thawngrhaa paek uh tih kai tloe tah thawngkhat m'paek uh. Ram aka om duen khaw anih ham khoep thil koinih,” a ti.
9 Te khohnin lamkah long tah Saul loh David te thaesainah neh a mikmuelh coeng.
10 A vuen ah tah Pathen kah mueihla thae te Saul soah thaihtak tiha im khui aha tonghma pah. Khohnin khohnin ah David loh a kut neh rhotoeng a tum pah dae Saul kut dongah caai ni a om.
11 Te vaengah Saul loh David te, “Ka ngawn eh?,” a ti coeng dae pangbueng te caai neh a khoh. Te vaengah David te Saul mikhmuh lamloh hnavoeia paelhael tak.
12 David he BOEIPA loh a om puei dongah Saul loh a rhih. Tedae David amah te Saul taeng lamloh vik nong.
13 Te dongah Saul loh David te amah taeng lamloha tueih tih amah yueng la thawngkhat kah mangpa la a khueh. Te dongah David khaw pilnam kah mikhmuh la mop van tih pongpa van.
14 A longpuei ah David te BOEIPA loh boeiha cangbam tih anih tea om puei.
15 Anih loh bahoenga cangbam te Saul loh a hmuh vaengah a mikhmuh ah bakuep coeng.
16 David he Israel neh Judah pum loh a lungnah dongah amah amih mikhmuh ah mop van tih pongpa van.
17 Te vaengah David te Saul loh, “Ka canua ham Merab he na yuu la kam pae eh?, kamah taengah tatthai ca la dawk om lamtah BOEIPA kah caemtloek te vathoh thil,” a ti nah. Tedae Saul loh, “Ka kut loh David cuuk thil pawt cakhaw Philisti kut loh cuuk thil kolo saeh,” a ti.
18 Tedae David loh Saul taengah, “Manghai cava la om ham akhaw Israel khuiah kai he ulae? A pa kah a hui a ko khuiah kai kah hingnah he balae?,” a ti nah.
19 Tedae Saul canu Merab te David taengla paek ham a tuea pha vaengah tah anih te Mekoloti Adriel yuu laa paek.
20 David loh Saul canu Mikhala lungnah tih Saul taenglaa puen pa uh hatah olka te a mikhmuh aha thuem sak.
21 Te vaengah Saul loh, “Anih ka paek daengah ni David taengah hlaeh laa om pa vetih Philisti kut loh a cuuk thil eh?,” a ti. Te dongah Saul loh David te, “Tihnin ah a pabae la kan cava nah eh,” a ti nah.
22 Te phoeiah Saul loh a sal rhoek te, “David tea huep la voek uh lamtah, 'Manghai loh nang ng'ngaih tih a sal boeih long khaw nang n'lungnah coeng dongah manghai cava la om laeh,’ ti nah,” tila a uen.
23 Tekah ol te Saul kah sal rhoek loh David hna aha thui uh. Tedae David loh, “Na mikhmuh ah manghai loh n'cava nah te rhaemaih la, kai tah vawtthoek hlang neh rhaidaeng la,” a ti nah.
24 Te dongah Saul taengla a sal rhoek te puen uh tih David kah a thui olka tea thui pah.
25 Saul loh, “David te thui pah, manghai hamla maana kuek moenih, manghai kah thunkha rhoek taengah phuloh, ham Philisti kah yahhmui yakhat mah,” a ti nah. Te vaengah David te Philisti kut ah cungku sak ham Saul loh a moeh.
26 Te olka te a sal rhoek loh David taenglaa puen pa uh vaengah tah, manghai loh a cava nah ham te, David mikhmuh ah khaw olka tluek tluek khui tih khohnin khaw thok sak voel pawh.
27 Te dongah David te thoo tih a hlang rhoek te a caeh puei. Te phoeiah Philisti hlang yahnih te a ngawn. Amih kah yahhmui te David loh a khuen tih manghai loh a cava nah ham a kuek te manghai taengaha cuum sak. Te daengaha yuu la a canu Mikhal te Saul loh David taengaha paek.
28 Saul loh a sawt vaengah David taengah BOEIPA om tih Saul canu Mikhal loh Davida lungnah tea ming.
29 Davida rhih te Saul loh koep koep a koei dongah hnin takuem ah Saul he David kah thunkha la a om pah.
30 Philisti mangpa rhoek ha pawk tih amih taengah aka cet dingdoeng laa om vaengah khaw Saul kah a sal rhoek te David loh boeiha cangbam dongah a ming khaw then tangkik.
