< 1 Samuel 18 >

1 And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Saul taengaha thui te a khah van neh Jonathan kah a hinglu neh David kah a hinglu he hlaengtang uh rhoi. Te dongah Jonathan te a lungnah tih anih khaw Jonathan loh amah kah hinglu banglaa lungnah.
2 And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
Tekah khohnin lamkah longah David te Saul loh a loh tih, a napa im la bal sak voel pawh.
3 And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
David te Jonathan loh amah hinglu bangla a lungnah dongah moia boh pah.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his dress, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Te dongah Jonathan loh a hnikul tea pit tih a himbai khaw, a cunghang khaw, a lii neh a hni khaw Davida paek.
5 And David went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
A cungkuem dongah Saul loh aniha tueih vanbangla David khaw cet tih a cangbam. Te dongah anih te Saul caemtloek hlang rhoek kah soaha khueh tih pilnam boeih kah mikhmuh ah khaw Saul kah a sal rhoek kah mikhmuh ah khaw mikhmai then a dang.
6 And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambours, with joy, and with triangles.
Philisti aka tloek lamloh David ha bal phoeiah amih te khaw bal uh. Te vaengah manghai Saul doe hamla Israel khopuei tom lamkah huta rhoek loh kamrhing neh, toembael neh, kohoenah neha lam neha hlai uh tih ha pawk uh.
7 And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
Te vaengah huta rhoek loh a nueih doela a doo uh tih, “Saul loh thawngkhat, thawngkhat, David loh thawngrhaa ngawn,” a ti nah.
8 And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and [what] is there more for him but the kingdom?
Te vaengah Saul te ta-oe lungoe. Tekah olka te a mikhmuh ah thae ni a huet pah. Te dongah Saul loh, “David tah thawngrhaa paek uh tih kai tloe tah thawngkhat m'paek uh. Ram aka om duen khaw anih ham khoep thil koinih,” a ti.
9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Te khohnin lamkah long tah Saul loh David te thaesainah neh a mikmuelh coeng.
10 And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul's hand.
A vuen ah tah Pathen kah mueihla thae te Saul soah thaihtak tiha im khui aha tonghma pah. Khohnin khohnin ah David loh a kut neh rhotoeng a tum pah dae Saul kut dongah caai ni a om.
11 And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.
Te vaengah Saul loh David te, “Ka ngawn eh?,” a ti coeng dae pangbueng te caai neh a khoh. Te vaengah David te Saul mikhmuh lamloh hnavoeia paelhael tak.
12 And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.
David he BOEIPA loh a om puei dongah Saul loh a rhih. Tedae David amah te Saul taeng lamloh vik nong.
13 And Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
Te dongah Saul loh David te amah taeng lamloha tueih tih amah yueng la thawngkhat kah mangpa la a khueh. Te dongah David khaw pilnam kah mikhmuh la mop van tih pongpa van.
14 And David prospered in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
A longpuei ah David te BOEIPA loh boeiha cangbam tih anih tea om puei.
15 And Saul saw that he prospered well, and he stood in awe of him.
Anih loh bahoenga cangbam te Saul loh a hmuh vaengah a mikhmuh ah bakuep coeng.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
David he Israel neh Judah pum loh a lungnah dongah amah amih mikhmuh ah mop van tih pongpa van.
17 And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.
Te vaengah David te Saul loh, “Ka canua ham Merab he na yuu la kam pae eh?, kamah taengah tatthai ca la dawk om lamtah BOEIPA kah caemtloek te vathoh thil,” a ti nah. Tedae Saul loh, “Ka kut loh David cuuk thil pawt cakhaw Philisti kut loh cuuk thil kolo saeh,” a ti.
18 And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
Tedae David loh Saul taengah, “Manghai cava la om ham akhaw Israel khuiah kai he ulae? A pa kah a hui a ko khuiah kai kah hingnah he balae?,” a ti nah.
19 And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
Tedae Saul canu Merab te David taengla paek ham a tuea pha vaengah tah anih te Mekoloti Adriel yuu laa paek.
20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.
David loh Saul canu Mikhala lungnah tih Saul taenglaa puen pa uh hatah olka te a mikhmuh aha thuem sak.
21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.
Te vaengah Saul loh, “Anih ka paek daengah ni David taengah hlaeh laa om pa vetih Philisti kut loh a cuuk thil eh?,” a ti. Te dongah Saul loh David te, “Tihnin ah a pabae la kan cava nah eh,” a ti nah.
22 And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
Te phoeiah Saul loh a sal rhoek te, “David tea huep la voek uh lamtah, 'Manghai loh nang ng'ngaih tih a sal boeih long khaw nang n'lungnah coeng dongah manghai cava la om laeh,’ ti nah,” tila a uen.
23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
Tekah ol te Saul kah sal rhoek loh David hna aha thui uh. Tedae David loh, “Na mikhmuh ah manghai loh n'cava nah te rhaemaih la, kai tah vawtthoek hlang neh rhaidaeng la,” a ti nah.
24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.
Te dongah Saul taengla a sal rhoek te puen uh tih David kah a thui olka tea thui pah.
25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Saul loh, “David te thui pah, manghai hamla maana kuek moenih, manghai kah thunkha rhoek taengah phuloh, ham Philisti kah yahhmui yakhat mah,” a ti nah. Te vaengah David te Philisti kut ah cungku sak ham Saul loh a moeh.
26 And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,
Te olka te a sal rhoek loh David taenglaa puen pa uh vaengah tah, manghai loh a cava nah ham te, David mikhmuh ah khaw olka tluek tluek khui tih khohnin khaw thok sak voel pawh.
27 when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
Te dongah David te thoo tih a hlang rhoek te a caeh puei. Te phoeiah Philisti hlang yahnih te a ngawn. Amih kah yahhmui te David loh a khuen tih manghai loh a cava nah ham a kuek te manghai taengaha cuum sak. Te daengaha yuu la a canu Mikhal te Saul loh David taengaha paek.
28 And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
Saul loh a sawt vaengah David taengah BOEIPA om tih Saul canu Mikhal loh Davida lungnah tea ming.
29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.
Davida rhih te Saul loh koep koep a koei dongah hnin takuem ah Saul he David kah thunkha la a om pah.
30 And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David succeeded better than all the servants of Saul; and his name was much esteemed.
Philisti mangpa rhoek ha pawk tih amih taengah aka cet dingdoeng laa om vaengah khaw Saul kah a sal rhoek te David loh boeiha cangbam dongah a ming khaw then tangkik.

< 1 Samuel 18 >