1 Samuel 30
1 On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
David neh a hlang rhoek loh a thum hnin ah Ziklaga pha uh. Te vaengah Amalek loh tuithim neh Ziklag ah cu uh. Te phoeiah Ziklag tea tloek uh tih hmai neha hoeh uh.
2 They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
Te vaengah a khuikah huta rhoek te tanoe kangham laa kol uh. Hlang tah a duek sak muehlaa vai uh tih a longpuei ah cet uh.
3 When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
Tedae David neh a hlang rhoek te khopuei la ha pawk uh vaengah hmai ah tarha ana hoeh tih a yuu a canu neha oila te ana sol pauh.
4 So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
Te dongah David neh amah taengkah pilnam loh a ola huel tih rhap uh. Te vaengah a khuikah thaduenga bawt hil rhap uh.
5 David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
David yuu rhoi Jezreel Ahinoam neh Karmel Nabal yuu Abigal khaw a khuen uh.
6 And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
Pilnam pum loh amah ca amah ca ham neh a tanu rhoek hama hinglu te rhipa phaep uh. Te dongah amah te dae ham te pilnam loh a thui coeng dongah David loh puen a cak tangkik. Tedae David tah BOEIPA a Pathen dongah ni a pangtung.
7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
Te phoeiah David loh Ahimelek capa, khosoih Abiathar taengah, “Hnisui te kai taengla hang khuen dae,” a ti nah tih Abiathar loh hnisui te David taenglaa khuen pah.
8 and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
David loh BOEIPA tea dawt tih, “Caem hnukah he ka hloem koinih ka kae aya?,” a ti nah hatah, “Hloem, na kae rhoe na kae vetih na huul rhoe na huul bitni,” a ti nah.
9 So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
Te dongah David neh amah taengkah hlang ya rhuk loh cet uh. Tedae Besor soklonga pha uh vaengah aka coih rhoek loh uelh uh.
10 because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
Te dongah David amah neh hlang ya li loh a hloem uh dae Besor soklonga poeng uh lamkah aka tawn hlang yahnih tah paa uh.
11 Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
Te vaengah lohma li ah Egypt hlang te a hmuh uh tih David taenglaa khuen uh. Te phoeiah anih te buha paek uh tiha caak phoeiah tuia tul uh.
12 a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
Te phoeiah anih te thaidae thaidae phaklung pakhat neh, misur rhae panita paek uh. Anih te khothaih hninthum neh khoyin hninthum buh ca pawt tih tuia ok pawt dongah tekah te a caak daengah ni a dawna sai pah pueng.
13 Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
Anih te David loh, “Nang ulae? Nang me lamkah lae?” a ti nah vaengah, “Kai tah Amalek hlang kah sal, Egypt ca dae ni, hnin thum ka tloh dongah ka boei loh n'hnoo.
14 We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
Kaimih loh Kerethi tuithim, Judah neh Kaleb tuithim te ka muk uh tih Ziklag te hmai neh ka hoeh uh,” a ti nah.
15 “Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
Te dongah anih te David loh, “Tekah caem taengla kai nan suntlak puei aya?” a ti nah. Te vaengah, “Kai nan duek sak ham neh ka boeipa kut ah kai nan det pawt ham mah, Pathen taengah kai hamla toemngam lamtah nang te caem taengla kan suntlak puei bitni,” a ti nah.
16 So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
Tedae aniha suntlak vaengah tah Philisti kho lamkah neh Judah kho lamkah kutbuem boeih te muepa loh uh coeng dongah diklai hman boeih ah aka ca, aka o neh aka lam rhoek te khawk ana yaal uh.
17 And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
Amih te David loh hlaemhmah lamloh a vuen kholaeh duelaa ngawn. Te dongah amih lamkah hlang tah loeih pawh. Kalauk dongah aka ngol camoe hlang ya li bueng rhaelrham uh.
18 So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
Te daengah Amalek kah a loh rhoek te David loh boeiha lat tih a yuu rhoi te khaw David loh a lat.
19 Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
Te vaengah amih te tanoe kangham, capa, canu khaw kutbuem khaw a hmaai moenih. Amih lamkaha loh uh boeih te David loh boeiha mael puei.
20 And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
Te vaengah David loh boiva neh saelhung te boeiha loh tih a hmai laa vai uh. Te vaengah, “Boiva he David kah kutbuem ni he,” a ti uh.
21 When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
Te vaengah David taengla hlang yahnih ha pawk tih a tawn doela David hnuk ah cet uh. Amih tah Besor soklong aha om sak tih David doe ham neh anih taengkah pilnam te doe hamla ha pawk uh. Te dongah David te pilnam taengla thoeih tih amih te sading laa voek.
22 but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
Tedae David hnuk aka vai hlang rhoek khuikah boethae neh aka muen hlang boeih loh a doo uh vaengah, “Kai taengah aka pongpa pawt tah kutbuem n'lat he amih taengla pae boel saeh. A yuu a ca rhoek te tah rhip hmaithawn uh saeh lamtah cet uh saeh,” a ti uh.
23 But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
Tedae David loh, “Ka manuca rhoek, te tlam te saii uh boeh. BOEIPA loh mamih taengla m'paek coeng te tah mamih loh ngaithuen sih. Te dongah ni mamih aka cuuk thil caem te mamih kut ah m'paek.
24 Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
Caemtloek la aka suntla rhoek kah hamsum la na ti ol te u long a hnatun eh? Te dongah hnopai taengah aka om rhoek khaw hamsum la yen tael uh thae saeh,” a ti nah.
25 And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.
Te dongah te khohnin lamkaha so hang ah tah tekah ol te oltlueh neh laitloeknah laa saii tih tihnin due Israel hama om pah.
26 When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
David te Ziklag laa pha vaengah kutbuem te Judah kah a hamca rhoek taeng neh a hui rhoek taenglaa pat tih, “BOEIPA thunkha rhoek kah kutbuem khui lamkah nangmih ham yoethennah ni he ne,” a ti nah.
27 He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;
Te rhoek te Bethel ah, tuithim Ramath neh Jattir ah,
28 to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;
Aroer ah, Siphmoth ah, Eshtmoa ah,
29 to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;
Rakal ah khaw, Jerahmeli khopuei rhoek ah khaw, Keni kah khopuei rhoek ah khaw,
30 to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;
Hormah ah khaw, Khorashan ah khaw, Athach ah khaw,
31 and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.
Hebron neh David amah neh a hlang rhoek kah pongpa nah hmuen boeih taengah a tael.
