1 Samuel 9
1 And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name [is] Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour,
Benjamin miphun, Aphiah capa, Bekorath capa, Zeror capa, Abiel capa, Kish kâphung e Benjamin miphun buet touh ao. Ahni teh athakaawme lah ao.
2 and he hath a son, and his name [is] Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he — from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.
Ahni ni capa a tawn teh, a min Sawl a phung a meilam hroung ahawi. Isarelnaw thung dawkvah ahni hlak a mei kahawi e awm hoeh. A rasang e hai alouknaw ni aloung koe hmouk a vout pouh.
3 And the asses of Kish, father of Saul, are lost, and Kish saith unto Saul his son, 'Take, I pray thee, with thee, one of the young men, and rise, go, seek the asses.'
Sawl e a na pa Kish e a lanaw teh a kahma. Kish ni a capa Sawl koevah thaw nateh san thoundoun buet touh cetkhai nateh, la hah tawng awh haw atipouh.
4 And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passeth over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found.
Ahnimouh ni Ephraim mon Shalisha ram pheng a katin awh teh a tawng awh ei, pâphawng awh hoeh. Shaalim ram dawk a tawng awh eiteh, hmawt awh hoeh. Hatdawkvah, Benjaminnaw e ram dawk bout a tawng awh, hatei hmawt awh hoeh.
5 They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who [is] with him, 'Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.'
Zuph ram lah a pha awh toteh Sawl ni ama koe kaawm e a san koevah, tho awh ban awh lei sei, telah hoehpawiteh, apa ni la hah pouk toung laipalah, maimouh doeh na lungpuenkhai ti toe telah ati.
6 And he saith to him, 'Lo, I pray thee, a man of God [is] in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.'
A san ni vah, hete kho dawk Cathut e tami bari kaawm e ao. Ahni ni a dei e pueng a kuep katang. Ahni koe cet awh sei. Maimouh cei nahane lam hai na dei pouh thai han doeh telah atipouh.
7 And Saul saith to his young man, 'And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God — what [is] with us?'
Sawl ni a san koevah, maimouh cei awh vaiteh ahni bangmaw poe awh han. Vaiyei hai abaw toe. Cathut e tami koe sin hane banghai awm hoeh toe. Bangmaw tawn awh rah telah a pacei.
8 And the young man addeth to answer Saul, and saith, 'Lo, there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver: and I have given to the man of God, and he hath declared to us our way.'
A san ni Sawl koe shekel pung pali pung touh dawk pung touh kut dawk ao rah. Cathut e tami koe poe han. Ahni ni maimouh cei nahan lamthung na dei pouh han doeh telah bout a dei.
9 Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God, 'Come and we go unto the seer,' for the 'prophet' of to-day is called formerly 'the seer.'
Ayan e tueng dawk Isarelnaw ni Cathut pacei hane cet awh sei ati awh navah, kahmawtkung koe cet awh sei ouk ati awh. Profet telah kaw e hah ayan e tueng dawk kahmawtkung telah a kaw awh dawk doeh.
10 And Saul saith to his young man, 'Thy word [is] good; come, we go;' and they go unto the city where the man of God [is].
Sawl ni hai a san koe ahawi. Cet awh sei atipouh teh, Cathut e tami a onae kho koe lah a cei awh.
11 They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, 'Is the seer in this [place]?'
Khopui a onae mon lah a luen awh navah tui ka do hane napui ka tho e a hmu awh teh, hivah kahmawtkung tami ao nama telah a pacei.
12 And they answer them and say, 'He is; lo, before thee! haste, now, for to-day he hath come in to the city, for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place.
Ahnimouh ni ao, nangmae na hmalah a la pha toe karanglah cet awh. Sahnin taminaw ni hmuen karasang koe thuengnae sak hanelah ao dawkvah, sahnin kho dawk a tho awh toe.
13 At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.'
Kho thung a kâen tahma, hmuen karasang koe bu a ca hoehnahlan vah, tang na hmu awh han doeh. Thuengnae yawhawi kapoekung lah ao dawkvah, a pha hoehroukrak rangpuinaw ni bu cat awh mahoeh. Hathnukkhu coun e naw ni ouk a ca awh. Hatdawkvah, atu karanglah cet awh leih, tang na hmu awh han doeh telah a dei pouh.
14 And they go up in to the city; they are coming in to the midst of the city, and lo, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place;
Ahnimouh teh khopui vah a cei awh teh, a kâen awh navah, Samuel hmuen karasang koe luen hanelah a kaw nah ahnimouh ni a kâhmo.
15 and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,
Sawl a tho hoehnahlan BAWIPA ni Samuel koe sut a dei pouh teh,
16 'At this time tomorrow, I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin — and thou hast anointed him for leader over My people Israel, and he hath saved My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen My people, for its cry hath come in unto Me.'
tangtho, atu e tueng navah Benjamin ram hoi tami buet touh nang koe ka patoun han. Filistinnaw e kut dawk hoi ka taminaw rungngang hanlah, ka tami Isarelnaw e lathueng vah kâ kapoekung lah satui na awi han. Bangkongtetpawiteh a hramnae kai koe a pha dawkvah, kai ni ka taminaw han kho ka pouk pouh toe telah ati.
17 When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, 'Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this [one] doth restrain My people.'
Samuel ni Sawl a hmu toteh, BAWIPA ni ahni koevah, khenhaw! nang koe ka dei e teh ahni doeh. Ahni ni ka taminaw a uk han telah ati.
18 And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, 'Declare, I pray thee, to me, where [is] this — the seer's house?'
Khopui takhang dawk Sawl ni Samuel koe rek a hnai teh, kahmawtkung e im teh nâmaw ao na dei pouh haw atipouh.
19 And Samuel answereth Saul and saith, 'I [am] the seer; go up before me into the high place, and ye have eaten with me to-day, and I have sent thee away in the morning, and all that [is] in thy heart I declare to thee.
Samuel ni Sawl koe kai doeh kahmawtkung toe atipouh. Kahma lahoi hmuen karasang koelah cet nateh, sahnin vah kai koe bu na ca vaiteh, tangtho torei na ceisak han. Na lungthung kaawm e puenghai kai ni ka dei han.
20 As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom [is] all the desire of Israel?' is it not to thee and to all thy father's house?'
Hnin thum touh kaloum tangcoung e nange na kong hah teh mueng pouk hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a hmu awh toe. Isarelnaw han lentoenae teh api hane nama. Na pa hoi na pa im kaawm e pueng hane nahoehmaw telah atipouh.
21 And Saul answereth and saith, 'Am not I a Benjamite — of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?'
Sawl ni Isarel miphun thung dawk kathoengcae Benjamin miphun nahoehmaw Bangdawk hah namaw hettelah kai koe lawk na dei thai telah bout atipouh.
22 And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they [are] about thirty men.
Samuel ni Sawl hoi a sannaw hah imyin onae a khan dawk a ceikhai awh teh, a coun awh e tami 30 touh thung hlak vah barinae hmuen koe a tahung sak.
23 And Samuel saith to the cook, 'Give the portion which I gave to thee, of which I said unto thee, 'Set it by thee?'
Samuel ni bu kathawngkung koe nang koe aloukcalah hmoun e na poe e hno hah lat hottelah ati.
24 (and the cook lifteth up the leg, and that which [is] on it, and setteth before Saul), and he saith, 'Lo, that which is left; set [it] before thee — eat, for to this appointed season it is kept for thee, saying, The people I have called;' and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day.
Bu ka thawng e ni a loung dawk hoi a hrawm teh Sawl e hmalah a hruek. Samuel ni hai, pek e lah kaawm e hah lat nateh cat haw, coun e naw koe yo ka dei pouh e patetlah nang hanelah atu totouh ka hruek e doeh ati teh hat hnin vah Sawl teh Samuel hoi rawca rei a ca roi.
25 And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.
Hmuenrasang koehoi a kum awh teh khopui thung a kâen awh toteh, Samuel hoi Sawl teh lemphu van vah lawk a kâpan roi.
26 And they rise early, and it cometh to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calleth unto Saul, on the roof, saying, 'Rise, and I send thee away;' and Saul riseth, and they go out, both of them — he and Samuel, without.
Amom a thaw teh, kho a sei navah, Samuel ni thaw haw kai ni nang na ceisak han toe telah Sawl hah lemphu hoi a kaw. Sawl a thaw teh ahnimouh roi teh alawilah a tâco roi.
27 They are going down in the extremity of the city, and Samuel hath said unto Saul, 'Say to the young man that he pass on before us (and he passeth on), and thou, stand at this time, and I cause thee to hear the word of God.'
Kho a poutnae koe lah a pha toteh, Samuel ni Sawl koe na sannaw hah maimae hmalah cetsak atipouh. Sannaw teh a cei awh. Hatei Cathut lawk nang koe ka dei thai nahan nang teh kang dout ei telah atipouh.
