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Yo^naa^taan Caux Ndaawitv Laengz Jiez Ngaengc Waac

¹Ndaawitv caux Saulo gorngv liuz waac, Yo^naa^taan za'gengh hnamv haic Ndaawitv, zungv hnamv ndongc hnamv ninh ganh nyei maengc. ²Wuov hnoi Saulo liouh jienv Ndaawitv caux ninh yiem, maiv bun nzuonx ninh nyei die nyei biauv. ³Yo^naa^taan ziouc caux Ndaawitv ⟨laengz jiez ngaengc waac,⟩ weic zuqc ninh hnamv Ndaawitv ndongc hnamv ninh ganh nyei maengc. ⁴Yo^naa^taan ziouc jaiv ninh nyei lui-ndaauv caux mborqv jaax nyei lui, liemh ninh nyei nzuqc ndaauv caux juang-zinx caux houx-hlaang bun Ndaawitv.
⁵Maiv gunv Saulo paaiv Ndaawitv mingh zoux haaix nyungc, Ndaawitv yaac zoux duqv cuotv nyei. Saulo ziouc orn Ndaawitv zoux jun-baeng nyei bieiv. Hnangv naaiv zoux, zuangx baeqc fingx caux Saulo nyei jien yietc zungv a'hneiv nyei.

Saulo Mueic Jieqv Ndaawitv

⁶Ndaawitv daix liuz wuov dauh Fi^li^saa^die Mienh, caux jienv zuangx mienh nzuonx wuov zanc, maaih deix m'sieqv dorn yiem I^saa^laa^en nyei zuangx zingh cuotv daaih cangx heix baaux jienv nzung daaih zipv Saulo Hungh. Ninh mbuo njien-youh nyei baaux nzung mborqv lorh mborqv nzoz yaac patv daanh baah. ⁷Wuov deix m'sieqv dorn yietc binc cangx heix, yietc binc baaux nzung, dau jaax gorngv,
“Saulo daix mienh benx cin-cin,
Ndaawitv daix mienh benx waanc-waanc.”⚓
⁸Saulo za'gengh! qiex jiez haic. Naaiv deix waac maiv horpc ninh nyei hnyouv. Ninh gorngv, “Ninh mbuo ceng Ndaawitv daix mienh benx waanc-waanc, mv baac ninh mbuo gorngv yie daix mienh benx cin-cin hnangv. Cuotv liuz guoqv zaangc Ndaawitv aengx haih duqv haaix nyungc?” ⁹Yiem wuov hnoi daaih Saulo bungx m'zing mangc jienv Ndaawitv.
¹⁰Da'nyeic hnoi maaih dauh orqv nyei mienv yiem Tin-Hungh daaih morh Saulo. Saulo yiem ganh nyei biauv qaqv gorngv maiv nzang nyei waac. Ndaawitv hnangv yietc gau patv daanh baah bun Saulo muangx. Saulo nyei buoz nanv jienv cang. ¹¹Saulo ziouc biu cang mingh. Ninh yiem hnyouv hnamv, “Yie oix nzopv Ndaawitv bangc njongc ding jienv.” Mv baac i nzunc Ndaawitv zungv simv ndutv mi'aqv.
¹²Saulo ziouc gamh nziex Ndaawitv, weic zuqc Ziouv caux Ndaawitv yiem mv baac leih nqoi Saulo mi'aqv. ¹³Hnangv naaic Saulo heuc suiv Ndaawitv mingh leih nqoi ninh, yaac orn ninh gunv yietc cin dauh baeng. Ndaawitv dorh baeng bieqc bieqc cuotv-cuotv nyei mborqv jaax. ¹⁴Maiv gunv Ndaawitv zoux haaix nyungc ninh yaac zoux duqv cuotv nyei, weic zuqc Ziouv caux ninh yiem. ¹⁵Saulo buatc Ndaawitv zoux duqv cuotv nyungc-nyungc ninh ziouc gamh nziex haic Ndaawitv. ¹⁶Mv baac I^saa^laa^en nyei zuangx mienh caux Yu^ndaa Mienh hnamv Ndaawitv, weic zuqc Ndaawitv zanc-zanc dorh ninh mbuo bieqc bieqc cuotv-cuotv.
¹⁷Saulo gorngv mbuox Ndaawitv, “Naaiv se yie nyei sieqv-hlo, mbuox heuc Melaapv. Yie oix bun meih longc zoux auv. Meih kungx oix zuqc weic yie zoux daamv hlo, tengx Ziouv mborqv jaax.” Weic zuqc Saulo yiem hnyouv hnamv, “Yie maiv longc yie nyei buoz hoic ninh. Yie bun Fi^li^saa^die Mienh hoic ninh hnangv.”
¹⁸Ndaawitv dau Saulo, “Yiem I^saa^laa^en Guoqv yie dongh haaix dauh? Yie nyei cien-ceqv fai yie nyei die nyei douh zong yaac dongh haaix dauh? Yie fungc haih puix duqv zoux hungh diex nyei sieqv-laangh?” ¹⁹Nqa'haav taux ziangh hoc bungx Saulo nyei sieqv, Melaapv, jiu bun Ndaawitv, mv baac Saulo bungx bun Aatc^li^en Mienh, Me^hox^laa, longc zoux auv mi'aqv.
²⁰Saulo nyei ganh dauh sieqv, Mikaan, hnamv Ndaawitv. Maaih mienh mingh mbuox Saulo. Saulo yaac horpc hnyouv nyei. ²¹Saulo yiem hnyouv hnamv, “Yie bungx yie nyei sieqv bun ninh weic bun yie nyei sieqv hnangv hlaang hlopv jienv ninh, Fi^li^saa^die Mienh nyei buoz ziouc haih hoic ninh aqv.” Hnangv naaic, Saulo ziouc gorngv da'nyeic nzunc mbuox Ndaawitv, “Meih oix zuqc zoux yie nyei sieqv-laangh.”
²²Saulo gorngv mbuox ninh nyei bou, “Oix zuqc bingx jienv gorngv mbuox Ndaawitv, ‘Hungh diex a'hneiv haic meih. Hungh diex nyei yietc zungv bou yaac hnamv meih. Hnangv naaic, meih gunv zoux hungh diex nyei sieqv-laangh aqv’+”
²³Saulo nyei bou ziouc zorqv naaiv deix waac gorngv bun Ndaawitv muangx, mv baac Ndaawitv gorngv “Meih mbuo laaic zoux hungh diex nyei sieqv-laangh se faix-fiuv nyei sic fai? Yie benx mienh jomc mienh, maiv maaih haaix nyungc mengh hoc nyei mienh.”
²⁴Saulo nyei bou mbuox Saulo, “Ndaawitv hnangv naaiv gorngv.” ²⁵Saulo gorngv mbuox ninh mbuo, “Meih mbuo gunv hnangv naaiv gorngv mbuox Ndaawitv, ‘Hungh diex maiv longc haaix nyungc leiz-ging. Kungx oix longc Fi^li^saa^die Mienh nyei yietc baeqv norm jaix-zueiv ndopv weic jaauv siouh bun hungh diex nyei win-wangv.’+” Saulo daav za'eix bun Fi^li^saa^die Mienh nyei buoz daix Ndaawitv.
²⁶Wuov deix bou ziouc gorngv naaiv deix waac bun Ndaawitv muangx. Ndaawitv ziouc buangv hnyouv zoux hungh diex nyei sieqv-laangh. Dingc ziangx nyei ziangh hoc maiv gaengh taux, ²⁷Ndaawitv caux gan ninh nyei mienh mingh daix nyic baeqv dauh Fi^li^saa^die Mienh. Ndaawitv ziouc dorh wuov deix mienh nyei yietc zungv jaix-zueiv ndopv daaih zorqv buangv soux mouc bun hungh diex weic bun ninh duqv zoux hungh diex nyei sieqv-laangh. Saulo ziouc zorqv ninh nyei sieqv Mikaan, bungx bun Ndaawitv longc zoux auv.
²⁸Saulo mangc yaac hiuv duqv Ziouv caux Ndaawitv yiem. Saulo nyei sieqv Mikaan yaac hnamv Ndaawitv. ²⁹Saulo ziouc gauh fatv gamh nziex Ndaawitv. Hnangv naaic Saulo zanc-zanc zoux Ndaawitv nyei win-wangv.
³⁰Fi^li^saa^die Mienh nyei baeng-bieiv zanc-zanc cuotv daaih mborqv jaax. Maiv gunv ninh mbuo cuotv daaih mbu'ziex nzunc, Ndaawitv mborqv hingh gauh camv Saulo nyei zuangx baeng-bieiv. Ndaawitv ziouc duqv mengh dauh hlo haic.

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Saul Resents David

¹Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, ⚓the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, ⚓and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. ²Saul took him that day, ⚓and would not let him go home to his father’s house anymore. ³Then Jonathan and David made a ⚓covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. ⁴And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.
⁵So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants. ⁶Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that ⚓the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments. ⁷So the women ⚓sang as they danced, and said:
⚓“Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.”
⁸Then Saul was very angry, and the saying ⚓displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but ⚓the kingdom?” ⁹So Saul eyed David from that day forward.
¹⁰And it happened on the next day that ⚓the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, ⚓and he prophesied inside the house. So David ⚓played music with his hand, as at other times; ⚓but there was a spear in Saul’s hand. ¹¹And Saul ⚓cast the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” But David escaped his presence twice.
¹²Now Saul was ⚓afraid of David, because ⚓the Lord was with him, but had ⚓departed from Saul. ¹³Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and ⚓he went out and came in before the people. ¹⁴And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and ⚓the Lordwas with him. ¹⁵Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him. ¹⁶But ⚓all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

David Marries Michal

¹⁷Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab; ⚓I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight ⚓the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, ⚓“Let my hand not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
¹⁸So David said to Saul, ⚓“Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?” ¹⁹But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to ⚓Adriel the ⚓Meholathite as a wife.
²⁰⚓Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. ²¹So Saul said, “I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that ⚓the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, ⚓“You shall be my son-in-law today.”
²²And Saul commanded his servants, “Communicate with David secretly, and say, ‘Look, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.’ ”
²³So Saul’s servants spoke those words in the hearing of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing I am a poor and lightly esteemed man?” ²⁴And the servants of Saul told him, saying, “In this manner David spoke.”
²⁵Then Saul said, “Thus you shall say to David: ‘The king does not desire any ⚓dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take ⚓vengeance on the king’s enemies.’ ” But Saul ⚓thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. ²⁶So when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to become the king’s son-in-law. Now ⚓the days had not expired; ²⁷therefore David arose and went, he and ⚓his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And ⚓David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
²⁸Thus Saul saw and knew that the Lordwas with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him; ²⁹and Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul became David’s enemy continually. ³⁰Then the princes of the Philistines ⚓went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David ⚓behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.