2 Samuel 9
1 David loh, “Saul imkhui kah aka sueng te om van pueng nim? Jonathan kong ah anih ham sitlohnah ka saii mako,” a ti.
David said, “Is there anyone still left of Saul's family so I can be kind to him for Jonathan's sake?”
2 Te vaengah Saul im kah sal, a ming ah Ziba te om. Te dongah anih te David taenglaa khue uh tih manghai loh, “Nang a Ziba,” a ti nah hatah, “Na sal ni ue,” a tinah.
There was a man called Ziba who used to be a servant of Saul's family. They called for him to come to David, and the king asked him, “Are you Ziba?” “Yes, I am your servant,” he replied.
3 Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Saul imkhui kah he hlang khaw om pueng pawt nim? Anih taengah Pathen kah sitlohnah ka saii mako,” a tinah. Te dongah Ziba loh manghai taengah, “Jonathan capa kho khaem te om pueng,” a tinah.
The king asked him, “Is there anyone still left of Saul's family so I can be kind to him as I promised before God?” “There's still one of Jonathan's sons, who is lame in both feet,” Ziba replied.
4 Te daengah anih te manghai loh, “Melae anih ta?” a tinah. Ziba loh manghai te, “Lodebar kah Ammiel capa Makir im ah om ke,” a tinah.
“Where is he?” asked the king. “He's in the town of Lo-debar, living in the home of Machir, son of Ammiel,” Ziba replied.
5 Te dongah manghai David loha tah tih Lodebar kah Ammiel capa Makir im lamloh anih te a loh.
So King David had him brought from Machir's home.
6 Saul capa Jonathan kah a ca MephiboshethTe David taengah ha pawk van neh a mikhmuh ah a bakop pah tiha bawk. Te vaengah David loh, “Mephibosheth,” a ti nah hatah, “Na sal ni he,” a tinah.
When Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David, he bowed facedown to the ground in respect. Then David said, “Welcome Mephibosheth.” “I am your servant,” he replied.
7 Te vaengah anih te David loh, “Rhih boeh, na pa Jonathan kong ah sitlohnah he nang taengah ka saii rhoe ka saii ni. Na pa Saul kah khohmuen boeih te namah taengla kam mael ni. NamahTe kai kah caboei dongah buh rhawp na caak ni,” a tinah.
“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for I will truly be kind to you for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will return to you all the land owned by your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
8 Te vaengah MephiboshethTe bakop tih, “Ba aih nim, na sal kai bang ui duek taengla na mael,” a tinah.
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “Who am I, your servant, that you should pay any attention to a dead dog like me?”
9 Te phoeiah manghai loh Saul kah tueihyoeih Ziba tea khue tih, “Saul neh a imkhui boeih kah a koe la aka om boeih te tah na boeipa kah a capa taengah ka paek coeng.
Then the king called for Saul's servant Ziba and told him, “I have given to your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family.
10 Namah neh na ca rhoek, na sal rhoek loh khohmuen ah anih hamla thohtat pah lamtah sangpah. Te vaengah na boeipa kah a capa ham caak om pah saeh lamtah anih loh ca saeh. Tedae na boeipa kah a capa Mephibosheth tah kamah kah caboei dongah buh rhawp ca saeh,” a tinah. Te vaengah Ziba taengah capa hlai nga neh sal pakul om.
You and your sons and workers are to farm the ground for him and bring in the produce, so that your master's grandson will have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will always eat at my table.” Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty workers.
11 Ziba loh manghai taengah, “Ka boeipa manghai loh a sala uen vanbangla na sal loh boeih saii tangloeng saeh,” a tinah. Te dongah Mephibosheth tah manghai capa pakhat bangla caboei dongaha caak.
Ziba replied to the king, “My lord the king, your servant will do everything that you have commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David's table like one of the king's sons.
12 Te vaengah Mephibosheth taengaha capaa noe, a ming ah Mikha te om. Ziba imkhui kah tolvael boeih tah Mephibosheth kah sal la om uh.
Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. All the people who lived in Ziba's house became Mephibosheth's servants.
13 MephiboshethTe Jerusalem ah kho a sak tih manghai caboei dongah caboei buh rhawpa caak. AnihTe a kho bok khaem.
But Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king's table. He was lame in both feet.
