< 1 Samuel 16 >
1 BAWIPA ni Samuel koe Isarel lathueng hoi ukkung lah onae dawk hoi ka pahnawt e na hmu eiteh Sawl kecu dawk bangkong na lung a mathoe han. Na ki dawk satui hlun nateh cet haw. Bethlehem kho e Jesi koe na patoun han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a capanaw thung dawk siangpahrang lah tami buet touh ka pouk tangcoung e ao telah atipouh.
2 Samuel ni bangtelamaw khuet ka cei thai han. Sawl ni thai pawiteh na thei han doeh telah ati. BAWIPA ni maitolaca lat nateh BAWIPA koe thueng hanelah ka tho han ti pouh han.
3 Jesi haiyah thuengnae koe coun nateh, na sak hane na patue vaiteh, nang koe ka dei e hah kai hane satui na awi han telah atipouh.
4 Samuel ni, BAWIPA e kâ poe e patetlah a sak teh Bethlehem vah a cei, a thonae ni kho thung e kacuenaw a tâlueng sak. Roumnae hoi na tho maw telah atipouh awh.
5 Samuel ni roumnae hoi doeh. BAWIPA koe thuengnae ka sak hanelah ka tho. Kamthoung awh nateh thuengnae koe tho van awh atipouh. Jeese hoi a capanaw a kamthoung sak awh hnukkhu ahnimanaw hah thuengnae koe a coun.
6 Ahnimouh a tho awh toteh Samuel ni Eliab hah a hmu toteh BAWIPA ni satui a awi e tami teh het han doeh telah ati navah,
7 BAWIPA ni a meilam a tungtang khen hanh, Kai ni ahni teh ka pahnawt toe. Kai teh tami ni a khet e patetlah ka khen hoeh. Tami ni teh avanlah doeh a khet. BAWIPA teh a lungthin ka khen e doeh telah ati.
8 Jesi ni Abinadab a kaw teh Samuel hmalah a ceisak. Ahni ni het hai BAWIPA ni a rawi e nahoeh telah ati.
9 Jesi ni Samah bout a ceisak ahni hai BAWIPA ni a rawi e nahoeh telah ati.
10 Jesi ni a capa 7 touh Samuel hmalah a ceisak. Samuel ni Jesi koevah BAWIPA ni hetnaw rawi hoeh telah ati.
11 Samuel ni Jesi koe hi vah na canaw koung a kuep maw, atipouh. Ahni na cahnoung ao rah, hatei tu a khoum telah bout a dei pouh navah, tami patoun nateh kaw sak haw, hi a tho hoehroukrak tahung awh mahoeh telah Samuel ni atipouh.
12 Hatdawkvah tami a patoun teh a kaw teh a kâenkhai, ahni teh a sam palingvuek, a mit padai e hai a kamcu teh a mei hai ahawi. BAWIPA ni het nan mah thaw nateh ahni hah satui awi haw atipouh.
13 Hottelahoi Samuel ni ki dawk hoi satui a la teh a hmaunaw rahak ahni teh satui a awi. Hat na hnin totouh hoi teh BAWIPA e Muitha teh Devit van a pha. Samuel a thaw teh Ramah kho lah a cei.
14 BAWIPA e Muitha teh Sawl dawk hoi a kampuen teh BAWIPA koehoi e muitha kathout ni a lungpuen sak.
15 Sawl e a sannaw ni ahni koevah, khenhaw! BAWIPA koehoi e muitha kathout ni runae a poe e doeh.
16 Nang koe kaawm awh e na sannaw hah ratoung ka kueng thai e tawng hanelah atu kâ na poe awh haw. Cathut koe e Muitha mathout a tho toteh, ahni ni a kut hoi ratoung a kueng vaiteh na hawi han doeh telah atipouh awh.
17 Sawl ni a sannaw koe ka kueng thai e na tawng pouh nateh kai koe thokhai awh telah ati.
18 A sannaw thung dawk e buet touh ni khenhaw! Bethlehem kho e Jesi capa ratoung kueng kathoum poung e a thakaawme, taran ka tuk thai e, lawkdei kathoum e, a mei ka hawi poung e, ka hmu toe. Ahni koe BAWIPA ao atipouh.
19 Sawl ni Jesi koe patounenaw a patoun teh tu ka khoum e capa hah kai koe patoun haw telah atipouh.
20 Jesi ni la buet touh a la teh ca hane naw, vaiyei hoi misurtui um touh hoi hmaeca hoi a capa Devit hah Sawl koe a patoun.
21 Devit ni Sawl koe a pha toteh a hmalah a kangdue, ahni ni a lung hroung a pataw teh senehmaica kasinkung lah a hruek.
22 Sawl ni Jesi koevah, pahren lahoi Devit heh kai koe awm na nei. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka lungyouk telah dei pouh hane tami a patoun.
23 Cathut koehoi muitha mathout teh Sawl koe a phanae tueng dawk Devit ni ratoung a la teh a kueng. Sawl teh bout a thangcuem teh, bout a dam. Muitha mathout ni hai a kangheng takhai.
