1 Tua hun, Israel sungah kumpi a om loh lai takin, Levi mite khat Efraim mualtung gammongah peemin Judah gam Bethlehem panin zineu khat la hi. 2 A zineu ama tungah heh a, ama kiang panin pai khia-in Judah gam Bethlehem khua-a a pa inn-ah ciah a, tua lai-ah kha li sung khawng om hi. 3 Tua ciangin a pasal ding khia-in kam neem tawh a hopih ding leh a sam kik dingin tua nu kiangah pai hi. Amah in a nasempa leh a la nih tonpih hi. Tua ciangin tua nu’ pa inn-ah tung hi; numei’ pa in amah a muh ciangin lungdamna tawh a dawn dingin hong pai hi. 4 Tua ciangin a sungpa, numei’pa in amah taam sak a, amah tawh nithum sung om hi; tua ahih ciangin amaute in an ne, tui dawnin giak khawm uh hi. 5 Tua ciangin a nili ni-in zingsangin amaute tho baih uh a, kithawi uh hi; ahih hangin numei’pa in a makpa, kiangah, “An tawmkhat ne-in na tha khauhsak in, tua khit ciangin na pai thei ding hi,” a ci hi. 6 Tua ahih ciangin tua mi nihte tu-in ne-in dawn khawm uh hi; numei’ pa in mipa kiangah, “Tu zan taam ding lungkim in la, na lung nuamsak in,” a ci hi. 7 Pai dingin mipa a din’ ciangin a sungpa in a taam kik dong mateng kho hi. 8 Tua ciangin a ni nga ni-in a ding dingin zingsangin amah tho baih hi; numei’ pa in “An ne phot in la, ni a dialh mateng khawl lai in,” a ci hi. Tua ahih ciangin amaute in an ne uh hi. 9 Mipa leh a zineu leh a nasempa paikhia dingin a din’ ciangin a sungpa, numei’pa in ama kiangah, “En in, tu-in nitak nai-in ni niam ta hi; tu zan taam un. En in, ni tum dektak hi; hih lai-ah giak in la na lung nuamsak in; na lam pai nading uh zing ciang zingsangin tho baihin innah na ciah ding uh hi,” a ci hi. 10 Ahih hangin mipa tua zan taam lo hi; amah ding-in paikhia a, Jebus (Jerusalem a cihna) gal khat tung hi. Amah in tuan’na a kivawh la nih leh a zineu tawh ahi hi. 11 Amaute Jebus kiang nai a tun’ uh ciangin ni niam khin a, nasempa in a Topa kiangah, “Tu-in hong pai-in, Jebus mite’ khuapi-ah kihei-in tua lai-ah zan taam ni,” a ci hi. 12 A Topa in ama kiangah, “Israel mite a hilo gamdang mite’ khuapi sungah kihei-in i pai kei ding hi; Gibeah-ah i paisuak ding hi,”a ci hi. 13 Tua ciangin amah in a nasempa kiangah, “Hong pai in, hih munte khatpeuhpeuh va naih-in, Gibeah ahih kei leh Ramah-ah zan taam ni,” a ci hi. 14 Tua ahih ciangin amaute in khengin paisuak uh hi; tua ciangin Benjaminte’ gam ahi Gibeah khua gei-ah ni tum a, 15 Gibeah-ah pai in a giak dingin tua lai-ah amaute kihei uh hi. Amah pai-in khuapi sung kongzing laizangah tu hi; bang hang hiam cih leh a zan taam dingin kuamah in a innah amaute sang lo hi. 16 En in, puteek khat lo-a a nasepna panin nitak ciangin hong ciah hi; tua-pa in Efraim mualtung gam pan hi a, amah in Gibeah-ah a peem ahi hi; tua mun-a mite in Benjamin mite ahi hi. 17 Amah khuadak a, khualzinpa khuapi kongzingah mu hi; tua ciangin puteekpa in, “Koi-ah pai ding na hi hiam? Koi panin hong pai na hi hiam?” a ci hi. 18 Amah in ama kiangah, “Keima hong pai khiatna Judah gam Bethlehem panin Efraim mualtung gam mongah a pai dingin hong nawk ka hi uh hi. Judah gam Bethlehem-ah ka pai hi; tu-in Topa inn-a ciah ka hi hi; kuamah in a inn-ah hong tungsak lo hi. 19 Ka late uh adingin buhtu leh gan-an, kei leh na nasemnu leh na nasemte tawh a om tangvalpa’ adingin anlum leh leenggahzu ka nei uh hi; a kisam bangmah om lo hi,” a ci hi. 20 Tua ciangin puteekpa in, “Nopna ngah ta in; na kisapna khempeuh ka en ding hi; kongzingah giak kei hamtang in,” a ci hi. 21 Tua ahih ciangin amah in a innah ciahpih in late gan-an pia hi; amaute in a khe uh silin, ne-in dawn uh hi. 22 Amaute in a lung uh nuamsakin a om lai takun, en in, tua khuapi mi, mi gina lote in tua inn kimkotah pangin a kongkhak tum uh hi; amaute in inn neipa puteekpa kiangah, “Ama taw ka luktheih nadingun na innah a hong tung mipa hong paikhiatpih in,” a ci uh hi. 23 Inn neipa, tua mipa, amaute kiangah pusuakin amaute tungah, “Hi lo hi, ka sanggamte aw, tua bangin gitloh gamtat kei un; hih mipa ka innah hong tun’ na theih napi-un hih bang a sia gamta kei un. 24 En un, hih lai-ah ka ta nungak leh zinpa’ zineu om hi; amaute hong pai khiatpih sak un. Amaute buanin hoih na sak bangun amaute tungah hih un; ahih hangin hih mipa tungah tua bang a sia gamta kei un,” a ci hi. 25 Ahih hangin mite in ama thu ngai lo uh hi. Tua ciangin mipa in a zineu manin amaute kiangah koih khia hi; tua ciangin amaute in tua nu buan uh a, zingsang mateng zan tawntung tua nu hih uh hi. Zingsang khuavak ding hong kipat ciangin amaute in tua nu ciahsak uh hi. 26 Zingsang khua hong vak ciangin numei hong ciahin, ama topa a omna mipa’ kongkhak ah pukin khuavak dong om hi. 27 Zingsang ciangin a topa tho a, a khualzin zom dingin inn kongkhak hongin a paikhiat ciangin, en in, inn khongkhakah a zineu lumin sangkil tungah a khutte kinga hi, 28 Amah in tua nu kiangah, “Tho in, pai ta ni,” a ci hi. Ahih hangin amah in dawng nawn lo hi. Tua ciangin amah in dom to-in la tungah tua nu koih hi; mipa ding-in a innah ciah hi. 29 A innah a tun’ ciangin amah in tem khat la a, a zineu lenin a phei a liangin seh sawm-le-seh-nih suahin sem a, Israelte gam sung khempeuhah hawm hi. 30 A mu mite khempeuh in, “Tu ni dongin, Izipt gam panin Israel mite a pai khiat-a kipan hih bang thu piang ngei lo a, zong kimu ngei lo hi; hih thu ngaihsun un, kikum un la gen un,” a ci uh hi.