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David A Koelh
1 BOEIPA loh Samuel te, “Saul ham te me hil nim na nguek na coi ve? Israel manghai lamloh anih te ka hnawt coeng. Na ki situi than lamtah cet laeh. A ca rhoek khui lamkah te kamah kah manghai la ka hmuh coeng dongah Bethlehem Jesse taengla nang kan tueih coeng,” a ti nah.
2 Tedae Samuel loh , “Metlam ka caeh eh? Saul loh a yaak vetih kai n'ngawn ni ta,” a ti nah.
BOEIPA loh , “Saelhung khuikah vaitola te na kut dongah khuen lamtah, 'BOEIPA taengah nawn hamla ka pawk coeng,” ti nah.
3 Tedae, “Hmueih vaengah Jesse te khue lamtah na saii ham te kai loh kan tueng vetih nang taengah, 'Anih ka ti,’ te kai ham hang koelh,” a ti nah.
4 BOEIPA loh a thui te Samuel loh a saii tih Bethlehema pha hatah anih doe ham te khopuei ka a hamca rhoek lakueng uh tih, “Sading la na pawk dae a?,” a ti na uh .
5 Te dongah, “BOEIPA taengah nawn hamla sading la ka pawk coeng. Ciim uh lamtah hmueih ah kai taengla halo uh,” a ti nah.
Te dongah Jesse neh a ca rhoek tea ciim tih amih te hmueih aha khue.
6 A pha vaengah Eliab tea hmuh hatah, “BOEIPA hmaiah amah kah a koelh pawn maco he,” a ti.
7 Tedae BOEIPA loh Samuel te, “A mueimae neh a song a sang te paelki boeh. Hlang kah a hmuh bangla a hmuh pawt dongah anih te a hnawt pah. Hlang loh a suisak tea hmuh dae BOEIPA loh a thinko ni a hmuh,” a ti nah.
8 Te dongah Jesse loh Abinadab tea khue tih Samuel mikhmuh aha thak hatah, “Anih te khaw BOEIPA loh a tuek moenih,” a ti nah.
9 Te phoeiah Jesse loh Shammah te athawt hatah, “Anih te khaw BOEIPA loh a tuek moenih,” a ti nah.
10 Jesse loh a parhih ca te Samuel hmai aha thawt coeng dae Jesse te Samuel loh , “Amih te BOEIPA loh a tuek moenih,” a ti nah.
11 Te dongah Jesse te Samuel loh , “Camoe rhoek te boeih pawn a?” a ti nah.
Tedae, “A noe om pueng dae boiva laa luem puei ke,” a ti nah.
Te vaengah Samuel loh Jesse te, “Hlang tueih lamtah anih te loh sak, anih hela ha pawk duela mael uh boel dae sih,” a ti nah.
12 A tah tih ha pawk vaengah aniha lingphung la sakthen mik neh mueihmuh khaw then. Te vaengah BOEIPA loh , “Thoo lamtah anih heBOEIPAamah ham koelh laeh,” a ti nah.
13 Te daengah Samuel loh situi ki te a loh tih a manuca rhoek kah lakli ah David tea koelh. Te dongah te khohnin lamlong tah BOEIPA kah Mueihla loh David te sarhi a tak tiha so la cungphoek hang. Te phoeiah Samuel te thoo tih Ramah la cet.
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David te Saul im la pawk
Tahae ah BOEIPA kah Mueihla tah Saul taeng lamloh nong coeng tih BOEIPA lamkah mueihla thae loh anih te a let sak coeng.
15 Te dongah Saul te a sal rhoek loh, “Pathen kah mueihla thae loh nang n'let sak coeng he.
16 Na mikhmuh kah na sal rhoek taengah ka boeipa loh thui lamtah rhotoeng tum aka ming hlang pakhat te tlam uh saeh. Te daengah ni Pathen kah mueihla thae te nang soaha oma om vaengah a kut neh rhotoeng te a tum vetih nang hama then eh?,” a ti na uh .
17 Te dongah Saul loh a sal rhoek te, “Kai hamlaa tum aka then hlang te so lamtah kai taengla hang khuen uh,” a ti nah.
18 Te vaengah camoe rhoek khuikah pakhat loh a doo tih, “Bethlehem Jesse capa te ka hmuh dae ta. Anih loh a tum thai tih tatthai hlangrhalh, caemtloek hlang, olka aka yakming, a suisak neh aka om hlang la om tih anih te BOEIPA loh a om puei bal,” a ti nah.
19 Saul loh Jesse taengla puencawn rhoek te a tueih tih, “Na capa David, boiva taengah aka om te kai taengla han tueih dae,” a ti nah.
20 Te dongah Jesse loh laak, vaidam, misur tuitang, maae ca pakhat te a loh tih a capa David kut dongah Saul taenglaa pat.
21 David te Saul taenglaa pawk vaengah a mikhmuh ah pai. Te vaengah anih te bahoenga lungnah dongah anih kah hnopai phuei la pahoi a om sak.
22 Te phoeiah Saul loh Jesse taengla hlang a tueih tih, “David he ka mikhmuh ah mikdaithena dang coeng dongah ka mikhmuh ah om saeh,” a ti nah.
23 Pathen kah mueihla loh Saul te a pha tih a om thil takuem vaengah, David loh rhotoenga loh tih a kut neha tum pah. Te vaengah Saul dongkah mueihla thaea nong dongah amah khaw hoengpoek tiha then pah.