1Samuel (16/31)  

1. LALPA chun Samuel kuomah, "Ka mi Israelhai lal dinga ka hnawl ta hnung Saula hi ieng chen am i sun ding a na? I hriek bur fungkiah hriek thun sip la, fe rawh. Bethlehem khuoa Jesai kuomah ka tir ding che a nih. A naupahai laia mi lal dingin ka ruot tah" a ta.
2. Samuel chun, "Iengtin am fe thei ka ta? Saulan a lo hriet chun a mi that el ding a nih" a ta. LALPA chun, "Bawngla tuoi kei la, 'LALPA kuoma inthawi dinga hung ka nih' ti rawh.
3. Chun, inthawinaa chun Jessai chu ko la, i thaw ding hril ka ti che. Mi ka kawkhmu ding che chu hriek i mi nalpek ding a nih" a ta.
4. Samuel chun LALPA hril angin a thaw a. Bethlehem a tlung chun a khaw upahaiin inthin pumin an lo hmuok a, "A tha tienga hung am i ni?" tiin an indon a.
5. Samuel chun, "A tha tienga hung ni e, LALPA kuoma inthawi dinga hung ka nih. Insukthieng unla, inthawinaah hung ro" a ta. Chun, Jesai le a naupahai chu a sukthieng a, inthawinaa hung thang dingin a fiel a.
6. An hung tlung chun Samuelin Eliab chu a hmu a, a lungrilin, "LALPA hriek nal ding chu LALPA hmaa um hi a ni ngei el" a ta.
7. Sienkhom, LALPA chun Samuel kuomah, "A hmel tieng amanih, a dung insang tieng amaniah en naw rawh, ama hi chu ka dit nawh. LALPA chun mihriem en dan angin a en ve nawh; mihriem chun puo tieng inlang dan an en hlak a, LALPA ruok chun lungril tieng a en lem hlak a nih" a ta.
8. Chun, Jesai chun Abinadab a ko a, Samuel hmaa chun a hungpui a. Ama chun, "Hi khom hi LALPA thlang a la ni nawh" a ta.
9. Jesai chun Sama a hung thuoi a, Samuel chun, "Hi khom hi LALPA thlang a la ni naw rop" a ta.
10. Chuongchun, Jesai chun a nau pasarihai chu Samuel hmaah a hung inlangtir a, Samuel chun Jesai kuomah, "Hienghai khom hi LALPA thlang an la ni nawh." a ta.
11. Samuel chun Jesai kuomah, "Hitaka hin i naupahai an kim vong a ni?" a ta, ama chun, "A naupang tak a la um nawh, beram a veng a nih" a ta. Samuel chun Jesai kuomah, "Va'n kotir raw khai. A hung tlung hma khat chu ei tan thei naw ding a nih" a ta.
12. Chuongchun, a va'n kotir a, an hung thuoi a. Ama chu sar veng vong, hmel tha tak le mit meng mawi tak a nih. LALPA chun Samuel kuomah, "Ama hi a nih; tho la, hriek va nal rawh" a ta.
13. Samuel chun a hriek thunna fungki chu a lak a, a unauhai mithmua ngei chun hriek a nal a, chu nia inthok chun Davida chungah LALPA Thlarau chu thilthawtheina leh a hung tlung a. Samuel chu a tho a, Rama khuoah a fe ta a.
14. LALPA thlarau chun Saula chu a suoksan a, LALPA tirh ramhuoiin ama chu a soisak a.
15. Saula siehlawhai chun a kuomah, "En ta, Pathien tir ramhuoiin a soisak che a ni hi.
16. Kan pu hin a siehlawhai hi tingtang tum thiem zong dingin thu mi pe sien, ama chun Pathien tir ramhuoiin a hung hluo pha che tingtang chu tum a ta, hung tha el i tih" an ta.
17. Saula chun a siehlawhai kuomah, "Chuonga tum thiem chu zong inla, ka kuomah hung thuoi ro" a ta.
18. A siehlaw laia pakhat chun, "Bethlehema Jesai naupa tingtang tum thiem ka hmu ta a. Ama chu mi huoisen, raldo thiem, thu hril thiem le hmel tha tak a na, a kuomah LALPA khom a um" a ta.
19. Chuongchun, Saula chun Jesai kuomah mi a tir a, "Beram vengtu i naupa kha ka kuomah hung tir rawh" tiin thu a'n cha a.
20. Jesai chun sabengtung a buotsai a, bei le uoiin peng khat a'n phurtir a, kel tuoi a hung lak bok a, chuonghai chu inchawitirin a naupa David chu Saula kuomah a tir a.
21. Davida chun Saula kuom chu a va tlung a, a hmaa chun a ngir a, ama chun a lo ngaina hle a, a ralthuom chawituhai laia pakhatah a hmang a.
22. Saula chun Jesai kuomah, "I naupa Davida hi ka kuomah um raw se. Ka mit a tlung hle a nih" ti thu hril dingin mi a tir a.
23. Pathien tir ramhuoiin Saula chu a hung soisak zatin Davida chun tingtang a lak a, a tum a, Saula chu a hung har a, a tha nawk a, ramhuoi chun a suoksan hlak.

  1Samuel (16/31)