1 Samuel 21

1 David te hlah uh tih a caeh vanneh Jonathan khaw amah kho la bal. David tah Nob kah khosoih Ahimelek taengla pawk. Tedae David doe ham te Ahimelek te lakueng tih, “Nang he balae tih hlang neh na puei uh kolla namah bueng na pawk,” a ti nah.

Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the cohen. And Ahimelech was shaking in fear when he met David, and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?"

2 David loh khosoih Ahimelek te, “Manghai loh ol ng'uen tih, 'Kai loh nang kan tueih te khaw, nang kang uen te khaw, olka he hlang pakhat long khaw ming boel saeh, tongmang hmuen pakhat kah camoe rhoek te ka ming sak coeng,’ a ti.

And David said to the cohen, "The king has given me orders, and he instructed me, 'No one must know of the matter about which I send you, or about your orders; and I have arranged to meet the young men at a certain place.'

3 Na kut dongah vaidam panga tah om aya Na hmuh duen khaw ka kut dongah m'pae laeh,” a ti nah.

Now, if there are five loaves of bread under your control, give them into my hand, or whatever there is."

4 Khosoih loh David te a doo tih, “Ka kut dongah rhaengpuei buh tah om pawt dae, camoe rhoek ni huta taeng lamloh a cue uh atah buh cim om,” a ti nah.

And the cohen answered David, and said, "There is no common bread in my control, but there is holy bread. If the young men have kept themselves from women, they may eat of it."

5 Te vaengah David loh khosoih te a doo tih amah taengah, “Huta khaw hlaem hlavai kah ka caeh bangla kaimih lamloh cue uh. Te dongah camoe rhoek kah hnopai tah cimcaihnah neh om. Amah te rhongingnah longpuei ah cet sitoe cakhaw hnopai dongah tahae khohnin duela cim uh ngai bal pueng,” a ti nah.

And David answered the cohen, and said to him, "Truly women have been kept from us as always when I set out. All the young men are holy, even when it is an ordinary mission. So how much more today will their vessels be holy?"

6 Te vaengah buh a om pawt dongah BOEIPA mikhmuh lamkah a rhoe a hmai buh cim te khosoih loh David a paek. Te khohnin ah buh bae neh a tho ham koi te vik a loh coeng.

So the cohen gave him what had been consecrated, for there was no bread there but the show bread, that had been removed before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

7 Tekah khohnin ah Saul sal rhoek khui lamkah hlang pakhat, Saul kah tudawn boei, a ming ah Edom hoelDoeg khaw BOEIPA mikhmuh ah cue uh.

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.

8 Te phoeiah Ahimelek te David loh, “Na kut ah caai neh cunghang mai khaw a om moenih a he, manghai ol he tokrhat la a om dongah ka kut dongah ka cunghang khaw, kamah kah hnopai khaw ka loh moenih,” a ti nah.

David said to Ahimelech, "Isn't there here under your control spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste."

9 Khosoih loh, “Elah ah na ngawn Philisti Goliath kah cunghang tah hnisui hlip ah himbai neh ka cun, te te na loh atah namah ham lo, he phoeiah tah he ah he a tloe om pawh,” a ti nah. Te dongah David loh, “Te bang te a om moenih, te te kamah taengla m'pae,” a ti nah.

The cohen said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, look, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind an ephod. If you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here." David said, "There is none like that. Give it to me."

10 Tekah khohnin ah David te hlah uh tih Saul mikhmuh lamloh aka yong te Gath manghai Akhish taengla pawk.

David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

11 Tedae anih te Akhish kah sal rhoek loh, “Khohmuen manghai David pawt nim he? lamnah neh a doo uh tih, 'Saul loh a thawng, a thawng hil, David loh a thawngrha, a thawngrha hil a ngawn,’ a ti uh te anih ham pawt nim?,” a ti uh.

The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

12 Tekah olka te David loh a thinko ah a khueh tih Gath manghai Akhish mikhmuh ah mat a rhih.

David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

13 Te dongah amih mikhmuh ah a om a ih te a thovael tih amih kut dongah yan uh. Vongka thohkhaih dongah a khoeih a khoeih tih a tamkai te a hmuimul dongla a tlak sak.

He changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be mad in their hands, and drummed on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down his beard.

14 Te dongah Akhish loh a sal rhoek taengah, “So uh lah, kekah hlang ke pavai ni ke, ba ham nim anih te kai taengla nan khuen uh?

Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?

15 Pavai ka nai tih nim pavai he kai taengla nang khuen uh? Kai im khuila kun saeh a he?,” a ti nah.

Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?"