12 Chun, David chu Jesai naupa a na, ama chu Bethlehem-Judaa Ephrath mi kha a na, naupasal pariet a nei a; ama chu Saula inlal lai chun tartak a ni ta a, tarsiea ngai a ni tah.
Hieng hi David thuhril nuhnung tak a nih, Jesai naupa David chun a hril a; “Insângtaka dawm sânga, Jakob Pathien hrieknâl, Israelhai hla mawitak phuoktu chun a hril a;
Nisienlakhawm, nang Bethlehem Ephratha, Juda rama sâng tamtakhai laiah chun chîn hle la khawm, nangmaa inthawk hin Israelhai rorêltu ding chu ka ta ding hung suok a tih; a hung inṭanna chu tiena chatuona inthawk ta khan a nih.
‘Chun, nang Juda rama Bethlehem, Juda khawpuihai laiah i chîn tak naw tawp; I sûnga inthawkin awptu a hung suok ding a ni si a, Ka mi Israelhai vêngtu ding chu,’ ti hi,” an ta.
Chu mipa hming chu Elimelek a nih, a nuhmei hming chu Naomi, a naupasalhai pahni hming chu Mahlon le Kilion an nih; Juda ram, Bethlehema Ephrath mi an nih. Moab rama chun an fe a, chutaka chun an um ta zing a.
Chun, a tuolbâwm nuhmeihai chun, nau hming chu an hung sak a, “Naomiin naupasal a nei tah,” tiin a hmingah Obed an sak a; ama chu, David pa Jesai a pa a hung nih.
Ephraim tlâng rama Ramathaim-zophim khuoa chun mi pakhat a um a, a hming chu Elkana a nih; ama chu Jeroham naupa a na, ama chu Elihu naupa a na, ama chu Tohu naupa a na, ama chu Ephraim mi Zuph naupa a nih.
Chun, Lalpa chun Samuel kuomah, “Israel mihai lal dinga ka dit ta naw hnung chu Saula lei hin ieng chen am i lungngai ding a ni leh? I kiah hriek thun sip la, fe rawh; Bethlehem mi Jesai kuomah ka tir ding che a nih, a naupasalhai laia mi lal dingin ka ruot zing tah a nih,” a ta.
Chuongchun, tlangvâl pakhat chun a dawn a, a kuomah, “Ngai ta, Bethlehem mi Jesai naupa pakhat chu ka hmu ta a, ama chu kei thiemtak, mi huoitak, indo mi, thuhril thiemtak, hmêl ṭhatak a nih; a kuomah Lalpa khawm a um a nih,” a ta.