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1 Benjaminte sung panin Afiah’ tapa Bekorath, a tapa Zeror, a tapa Abiel, a tapa Kish min nei, Benjaminte mihau khat om hi;
2 amah in tangval a mel hoih, a min Saul ahi tapa khat nei hi. Israel mite lakah amah sangin a mel hoihzaw khat zong om lo hi; mite khat peuhpeuh sangin a liangko tung siah-in amah sangzaw hi.
3 Tu-in Saul’ pa Kish’ late mang hi. Tua ahih ciangin Kish in a tapa Saul kiangah, “Nasemte khat sam in la, ding-in pai in la, late va zong in,” a ci hi.
4 Tua ciangin amaute in Efraim mual, mualtung gam leh Shalisha gam teng nawkin zong uh a, ahih hangin amaute in mu lo uh hi. Tua ciangin amaute in Sha-alim gam teng zong uh a, ahih hangin tua gamah na om lo hi. Tua ciangin amaute in Benjamin gam teng zong uh a, ahih hangin mu lo uh hi.
5 Zuf gam a tun’ uh ciangin Saul in amah tawh a om a nasempa kiangah, “Hong pai in, ciahkik ni; tua hi kei leh ka pa in late ngaihsun nawn loin eite hong lunghimawh kha ding hi,” a ci hi.
6 Ahih hangin amah in ama kiangah, “En in, hih khuapi sungah Pasian’ mi khat om a, amah in a kizahtak mi khat ahi hi; ama gen khempeuh a manin tangtung hi. Tua lai-ah pai ni; eite’ khualzin khiatna thu amah in hong gen thei kha ding hi,” a ci hi.
7 Tua ciangin Saul in a nasempa kiangah, “Ahih hangin pai lehang, mipa bang puak ding i hi hiam? Bang hang hiam cih leh i van sunga i anlum bei ta a, Pasian’ mipa kiangah i puak ding letsong om lo hi. Bang nei i hi hiam?” a ci hi.
8 Tua ciangin nasempa in Saul dawng kikin, “Hih lai-ah ngun shekel seh-li-suah-seh khat ka nei hi, i vai hong gen nadingin Pasian’ mipa kiangah ka pia ding hi,” a ci hi.
9 (Tua ma lai-in Israelte sungah mi khat in Pasian kiangah thu dong dingin a pai ciangin amah in, “Hong pai in, thu-mu-pa kiangah pai ni,” a ci hi; bang hang hiam cih leh tuhun-a kamsang i cihte tua ma-in thu-mu-pa kici hi).
10 Tua ciangin Saul in a nasempa kiangah, “Pha hi; hong pai in, pai ni,” a ci hi. Tua ahih ciangin Pasian’ mipa a omna khuapi-ah amaute pai uh hi.
11 Amaute khuapi omna mual tungah a paitoh laitakun amaute in khuapi panin tuitawi dingin hong paikhia nungaknote tuak uh a, amaute kiangah, “Thu-mu-pa hih lai-ah a om hiam?” a ci uh hi.
12 Amaute in dawngin, “Amah om hi; en un, note mai diakah om hi. Kinawh un; khuapi sungah tu mahmahin hong pai hi; bang hang hiam cih leh mite in tuni-in mual tunga biakna-ah biakna pia uh hi.
13 Khuapi sung na lut phetun mual tunga biakna-ah an ne dingin a pai ma-in amah na mu ding uh hi; amah in biakpiakna thupha pia ding ahih manin ama pai mateng mite in an ne lo ding uh hi; tua khit ciangin a kisam mite in ne uh hi. Tu-in paito un; bang hang hiam cih leh amah na tuak pah ding uh hi,” a ci uh hi.
14 Tua ahih ciangin amaute khuapi-ah paito uh hi. Amaute khuapi sungah a lut lai takin Samuel mual tunga biakna lamah a pai dingin amau’ lamah a hong paikhia mu uh hi.
15 Tu-in Saul hong pai ni a zan ni-in Samuel tungah Topa in lak khin hi:
16 “Zing ciang tu bang hunin Benjamin gam sung panin nang kiangah mi khat kong sawl ding a, nangmah in ka mi Israel tungah ulian dingin amah sathau na nilh ding hi. Amah in Filistiate khut sung panin ka mite honkhia ding hi; bang hang hiam cih leh amaute’ kikona kei kiang hong tung khin ahih manin ka mite’ gimna ka mu khin zo hi,” a ci hi.
17 Samuel in Saul a muh ciangin Topa in ama kiangah, “Nang kiangah kong gen mipa hih lai-ah om! Amah in ka mite tungah a uk dingpa ahi hi,” ci-in a gen hi.
18 Tua ciangin Saul in kulh kongpi-ah Samuel va naihin, “Hong gen in, thu-mu-pa’ inn koi lai hiam?” a ci hi.
19 Samuel in Saul dawngin, “Keimah in thu-mu-pa ka hi hi; mual tunga biakna-ah kei mai-ah paito in; bang hang hiam cih leh nangmah in tu ni-in kei tawh an na ne ding a, zingsang ciangin nang hong ciah sakin na lungsim-a om khempeuh nang kiangah kong gen ding hi.
20 Tu ma ni thum lai-a a mang na late ahih leh, kimu khinta ahih manin tuate na lungsim ah ngaihsun nawn kei in. Israelte sungah deih theihte khempeuh kua tungah om ahi hiam? Nang leh na pa’ innkuante khempeuh tungah om hilo ahi hiam?” a ci hi.
21 Saul in dawngin, “Keimah in Israel minamte sung panin a tawmpen Benjaminte hilo ka hi hiam? Keima innkuan in Benjamin minam innkuan khempeuh sung panin a niampen hilo ahi hiam? Tua ahih ciangin bang hangin hih bangin kei tungah hong pau na hi hiam?” a ci hi.
22 Tua ciangin Samuel in Saul leh a nasempa sam-in inndei sungah paipih a, mihing sawmthum bang a pha a kisam mite lak tutna bul-ah mun khat pia hi.
23 Tua ciangin Samuel in anhuanpa kiangah, “Nang kiangah kong piak, ‘Na tuam koih in,’ kong cih pawl hong paipih in,” a ci hi.
24 Tua ahih ciangin anhuanpa in a khe leh a kawngsa la-in Saul mai-ah lui hi; tua ciangin Samuel in, “Thei in, a kisiit pen nang mai-ah hong kilui hi. Ne in; bang hang hiam cih leh leenglate tawh na nek theih nadingin a kiseh hun a cin’ mateng nang adingin hong kisiitsak hi,” a ci hi.
Tua ahih ciangin tua ni-in Saul in Samuel tawh an nekhawm hi.
25 Amaute mual tunga biakna panin khuapi sungah a paisuk uh ciangin innkhumzang-ah Saul adingin lupna khat na kiphah a, a ihmu dingin amah lumsuk hi.
26 Khua a vak ciangin Samuel in innkhumzang-a Saul samin, “Na pai nading ah kong sawl theih nadingin tho in,” a ci hi. Tua ahih ciangin Saul tho-in, amah leh Samuel, khuapi kongzing ah pai uh hi.
27 Amaute khuapi nawl-ah a paisuk kawm-un Samuel in Saul kiangah, “I mai-ah nasempa a paisuak nading gen in la, amah a paisuak khit ciangin nang tungah Pasian’ thute kong theihsak theih nadingin tawlkhat hih lai-ah nang khawl in,” a ci hi.