1 Samuel 12
1 Samuel loh Israel pum taengah, “Kai taengah na thui carhui tah nangmih ol te ka hnatun dongah nangmih soah manghai pakhat ka manghai sak coeng ne.
And Samuel said to all Israel: Behold I have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
2 Nangmih hmai ah manghai pakhat cet pawn ni ne. Kai he ka patong tih sampok loh n'rhol cakhaw ka ca rhoek he nangmih taengah om uh van coeng. Kai khaw ka camoe lamloh tihnin duela nangmih hmai ah ka cet van coeng.
And now the king goeth before you: but I am old and greyheaded: and my sons are with you: having then conversed with you from my youth unto this day, behold here I am.
3 Heah he kai ka om tih BOEIPA hmai neh amah kah messiah hmai ah kai n'doo cakhaw, ukah vaito lae ka loh pah, ukah laak lae ka loh pah, ulae ka hnaemtaek tih ulae ka neet coeng, u kut lamkah tlansum lae ka loh. Te dongah amah taengah ka mik ka him vetih nangmih te kan sah bitni,” a ti nah.
Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man’s ox, or ass: If I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man’s hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you.
4 Tedae, “Kaimih nan hnaemtaek moenih, kaimih nan neet moenih, hlang kut lamkah hno pakhat khaw na loh moenih,” a ti uh.
And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man’s hand.
5 Te phoeiah pilnam te, “Ka kut dongah hno pakhat khat khaw na hmuh uh pawt te tihnin ah BOEIPA kah laipai neh a koelh hlang kah laipai khaw nangmih taengah om,” a ti nah hatah, “Laipai om coeng,” a ti uh.
And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness.
6 Te phoeiah pilnam taengah Samuel loh, “Moses neh Aaron khaw BOEIPA amah loh a saii tih Egypt kho lamkah na pa rhoek te khaw amah loh a caeh puei.
And Samuel said to the people: It is the Lord, who made Moses and Aaron, and brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt.
7 Te dongah pai uh lamtah BOEIPA kah duengnah cungkuem loh nangmih ham neh na pa rhoek ham a saii vanbangla BOEIPA mikhmuh ah nangmih kah lai ka tloek pawn ni.
Now therefore stand up, that I may plead in judgment against you before the Lord, concerning all the kindness of the Lord, which he hath shewn to you, and to your fathers:
8 Jakob loh Egypt a paan tih na pa rhoek loh BOEIPA a doek uh. Te dongah BOEIPA loh Moses neh Aaron a tueih vanbangla na pa rhoek te Egypt lamkah a khuen rhoi tih he hmuen ah kho a sak sak.
How Jacob went into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the Lord: and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and brought your fathers out of Egypt: and made them dwell in this place.
9 Tedae BOEIPA a Pathen te a hnilh uh. Te dongah amih te Hazor caempuei kah mangpa Sisera kut la, Philisti kut khui neh Moab manghai kut khuila a yoih tih amih te a vathoh thiluh.
And they forgot the Lord their God, and he delivered them into the hands of Sisara, captain of the army of Hasor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
10 Te daengah BOEIPA te a khue uh tih a voek uh. Te vaengah, “BOEIPA te ka hnoo uh tih Baal taeng neh Ashtoreth taengah tho ka thueng uh dongah ka tholh uh. Tedae kaimih he ka thunkha kut lamloh nan huul laeh vetih namah taengah tho ka thueng uh mako,” a ti uh.
But afterwards they cried to the Lord, and said: We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Astaroth: but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
11 Te dongah BOEIPA loh Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah neh Samuel han tueih tih voeivang lamkah na thunkha kut lamkah nangmih te n'huul tih ngaikhuek la kho na sak uh.
And the Lord sent Jerobaal, and Badan, and Jephte, and Samuel, and delivered you from the hand of your enemies round about, and you dwelt securely.
12 Nangmih aka paan Ammon ca rhoek kah manghai Nahash te na hmuh uh vaengah BOEIPA na Pathen he nangmih kah manghai la om dae ta kai taengah tah, 'Moenih, mamih soah manghai pakhat tah manghai van saeh,’ na ti uh.
But seeing that Naas king of the children of Ammon was come against you, you said to me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us: whereas the Lord your God was your king.
13 Te dongah manghai na bih uh na coelh uh vanbangla BOEIPA loh nangmih ham manghai m'paek coeng he ne.
Now therefore your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king.
14 BOEIPA te na rhih uh tih amah taengah tho na thueng uh atah, a ol te hnatun uh. BOEIPA olpaek te koek uh boeh. Nangmih khaw, nangmih sokah aka manghai, manghai te khaw, BOEIPA na Pathen hnuk aka vai la om uh.
If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of the Lord: then shall both you, and the king who reigneth over you, be followers of the Lord your God.
15 Tedae BOEIPA ol te na hnatun uh pawt tih BOEIPA ol te na koek uh atah nangmih khaw na pa rhoek bangla BOEIPA kut loh n'cuuk thil ni.
But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord, but will rebel against his words, the hand of the Lord shall be upon you, and upon your fathers.
16 BOEIPA loh nangmih mikhmuh ah a saii hno len he pai uh lamtah hmu uh laeh.
Now then stand, and see this great thing which the Lord will do in your sight.
17 Tihnin he cang hamla cangah tue moenih nama? BOEIPA te ka khue vetih rhaek ol neh khotlan han tueih ve. Te dongah namah ham manghai na bih uh te BOEIPA mikhmuh ah na boethae ni muep na saii uh tila ming uh lamtah hmu uh, a ti nah.
Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king over you.
18 Tekah khohnin dongah Samuel loh BOEIPA a khue hatah BOEIPA loh rhaek ol neh khotlan han tueih pah. Te dongah pilnam boeih loh BOEIPA neh Samuel te bahoeng a rhih.
And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day.
19 Samuel taengah pilnam boeih loh, “BOEIPA na Pathen taengah na sal rhoek ham he thangthui laeh, te daengah ni kamamih ham manghai pakhat ka hoe uh tih boethae te tholh cungkuem neh ka koei uh he ka duek uh pawt eh?,” a ti uh.
And all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.
20 Te dongah pilnam te Samuel loh, “Boethae cungkuem na saii uh te na rhih uh moenih a? BOEIPA hnuk lamloh taengphael uh boeh. Na thinko boeih neh BOEIPA taengah thothueng uh.
And Samuel said to the people: Fear not, you have done all this evil: but yet depart not from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
21 Hinghong hnukah taengphael uh boeh. Amih tah hinghong tih n'hoeikhang sak mahpawh, n'huul mahpawh.
And turn not aside after vain things which shall never profit you, nor deliver you, because they are vain.
22 A ming tanglue kong ah BOEIPA loh a pilnam a phap sut moenih. Nangmih he a pilnam la saii ham BOEIPA loh a ngaih.
And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.
23 Nangmih yueng la thangthui ham te ka toeng tih BOEIPA taengah ka tholh ham tah kai lamkah savisava. Te dongah nangmih te longpuei ah a then neh a thuem khaw kan thuinuet ni.
And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I should cease to pray for you, and I will teach you the good and right way.
24 BOEIPA te rhih uh lamtah na thinko boeih neh oltak dongah amah te thothueng thiluh. Nangmih te n'pantai sak te khaw hmu uh.
Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with your whole heart, for you have seen the great works which he hath done among you.
25 Tedae na thae la na thae uh van atah namamih khaw na manghai neh na khoengvoep uh bitni,” a ti nah.
But if you will still do wickedly: both you and your king shall perish together.
