1 Thusimbu 12
1 Kish chapa Saul kom Ziklag mun a ana kisel lai a David toh ana umkhom ho chu galhang mi David toh gal anasat khom ho chu ahiuve.
Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
2 Hiche miho hi Benjamin phung a kon Saul sopite ahiuvin thalpi kap them cheh chule akhut jetle vei mangcha thei a songchang bom kap them cheh mi ahiu ve.
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
3 Gabiah mi Shemah chapa Ahiezar hi amaho dia lamkai pipu pen ahin amanoi bantah a lamkai chu Joash ahi. Chule Azmaoth chapateni Pelet le Jeziel, Bareah le Anathoth kho a kon Jehu jong ahi.
Ahiezer their chief and Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;
4 Gebeon a kon Ishmiah kitipa hi galhang somthum ho lah a lamkai le kinthang pen ahi. Chule Gederah kho a kon Jerrmiah, Jahaziel, Johanan le Jozabad ahiuve.
Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;
5 Haruph kho a kon Eluzai, Jeremoth, Beliah, Shemariah le Sephatiah ahiuve.
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
6 Korahites phung a kon Elkanah, Issiah, Azarel, Joezor le Jashobeam ahi.
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites;
7 Gedor a kon Jeroham chapateni Joelah le Zebediah ahi.
and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
8 David gamthip noi kulpi a anaum laiyin Gad nammite galhang galbol them cheh ho chun ana pan piu vin ahi. Amaho chu lumchoije le tengcha kho themcheh Keipi bahkai bang a gin umtah chule sakhi golpai bang a chom jangkhai jeng ahiuve.
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
9 Ezer chu lamkai pipu pen ahin anichan na chu Obadiah ahin, athum chan na chu Eliab ahi.
Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,
10 Mishmamnah chu ali chan na ahin chule Jeremiah chu angana ahi.
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11 Agup channa chu Attai ahin, chule sagi chan na chu Eliel ahi.
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12 Aget channa chu Johanan ahin chule ako channa chu Elzabed ahi.
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13 Jeremiah chu asom channa ahin, Macbannai chu somle khat chan na ahi.
Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbanai the eleventh.
14 Amaho hi Gad mite galhang lamkai pipu cheh ngen ahiuvin ahi. Chule anem nung pen chu sepai jakhat ahiuvin asang jo pen ho chu sangkhat vel ahiuve.
These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
15 Hiche mite ho chu kum kihei kumbul a Jordan vadung letlha hel la twi hunglon chun vapam achen nao mun a kon in solam le lhumlam gam a ana homkhen uvin ahi.
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
16 Chule adangho Benjamin le Judah phung mite chu David kulpi a chun ahung un ahi.
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
17 Chuin David jong amaho kimu pin ahung pot in, hitin asei e. Kipah tah a keima kithopi dia hung nahiu le eiho loikhat ihiuve. Amavang kagal mite angsung a keima pedoh ding a hung nahiule vang kapului-u Pathen in nangho chunga gotna napeh diu ahi.
And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
18 Chuin Amasai kitipa somthum ho lah a lamkai pachu lhagao houpi na achangin hitin asei e, “Jesse chapa David keiho nang a kahiuve, nagma lam a pang ding kahiuve, chamnale phatthei nan najui jing hen chule nangma nakithopi jouse jong lolhing uhen ajehchu Pathen in nangma napanpi ahi.” Hitichun David in amaho chu akiloipin asepaite chung a lamkai ding in jong apansah tan ahi.
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
19 David Philistine te toh kithokhom a gal ana konlai chun Manasseh chate Israel sepai ten jong ana pan piu vin ahi. Ahivang in Philistine sepai lamkai ho chun David hi nikhokhat le Saul lang joh a hung pang a eiho suh gam le elol u tan a hung pang thei ahi atiuvin David toh kilhon khom jing chu ana nom tapouvin anasol mang tauve.
Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
20 David ziglak a ana kile Manasseh chaten David anajop ho chu ahile Adnah, Jozbed, Jedial, Michael Jozabed, Elihu le Zillethai ahiuve. Amaho lamkai nanoi a Manasseh phung a kon sepai mi sangkhat ahiuve.
When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
21 Hiti chun amaho hin David chung a gal hinbol gamho jouse chu hatah in ana dou un ana kisat piuvin ahi. Chule amahohi mihangsan tah galhang lamkai thei cheh ahiuvin ahi.
They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
22 Chule aniseh in David lang a pang ding le akithopi ding sepai akibe jing in, Pathen sepai tampi bang a ahung umdoh kahsen mi ahung kikhom jing e.
For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.
23 Pakai thupeh dungjui a saul lenggam vaipohna pumpi David chansah ding a Hebron khopia hung kikhom doh sepai ami mong monga akihop jat-u hicheng hi ana hiuve.
Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
24 Juda phung sung a kon galvon le tengcha thothei cheh mi sang gup le jaget alhing e.
From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
25 Chule Simeon phung a galhang galsat thei cheh agom a mi sang sagi le jakhat alhing e.
From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.
26 Levi phung a kon galhang mi sangli le jagup alhing in ahi.
From Levi: 4,600,
27 Hichea hin Aaron insung a kon Jehoaida lamkai nanoi a mi sangthum le jasagi alhing e.
including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
28 Chule Zadok kiti galbol mihang santah insung a kon in jong gallamkai cheh mi somni le ni alhing e.
and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.
29 Benjamin phung a kon a Saul inkote galsat sepai mi sangthum ahiuvin chule amaho lah a atam jo hi Benjamin insungmi a kon Saul lam a pang ana hi jing uve.
From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
30 Ephriam phung a kon in jong galsat hangsan tah mi sang somnile get alhing in chule ama hung kondoh na phunggui sung a dia jong jaum tah le mi minthang cheh ahiuve.
From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
31 Manasseh namkeh khat Jordan lhumlam a kon sepai sang somle sang get umho chun David leng ahung hi nading in ana kitho piu vin ahi.
From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.
32 Issachar mite le a insungmi a kon in jong lamkai mi jani ana lhing e. Hiche miho jouse hi Israel te chung a thil hunglhung ding le phat kihei dan ho hetthem nanei cheh mi ahiuve.
From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
33 Zebulun phung a kon in jong galbol a them tah galhang sepai mi sang nga alhing e. Amaho hi David toh kitho khom a galsat dia galman chah toh kigo sa cheh ahiu vin ahi.
From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
34 Naphtali phung a kon in jong galhang cheh galman chah lhingset a lumpho le tengcha mangcha thei sepai lamkai mi sangkhat le galsat sepai mi sangthum le jasagi alhing uve.
From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
35 Dan phung sung a kon in jong galmun a dia kigo sadem a galsat ding mi sang somni le sang get le jagup alhing uve.
From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle.
36 Asher phung a kon in jong galbol dan kichuh sepai sang somli jong galsat dia kigo sa ahiuve.
From Asher: 40,000 fit for service, prepared for battle.
37 Chule Jordan vadung nisolam a kon in jong Gad mite le Reuben phung mite chule Manasseh nam kehkhat chu galsat dia manchah chom cheh kichoi lhingset sepai mi sang jakhat le sang somni alhing uve.
And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.
38 Hebron mun hinjon a galsat dia kigosadem a um sepai tampi ho ahiuvin chule Isareal mipi jousen jong David chu Isareal pumpia a leng ding in adeisah soh kei uve.
All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
39 Chuin ainsungmi asopiten David chu vailhun na ding thil ijakai agong toh uvin nithum sung in David toh ann nehkhom le lengpitwi donkhom na anei uve.
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
40 Avel a um Isachar, Zebulun le Naphtali ho cheng in jong sangan le sangongsao chule sakol pol le bongchal ho chu neh ding poh nan amang chaovin ahi. Chule nehding don ding changlhah hihen theichang ga changlhah, bongchal, kelngoi le kelcha ho geiyin golnop bol nadin ahinpolut uvin ahi. Hichu Israel pumpia ding a kipa golnop loupi tah ana hin ahi.
And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
