Laitloekkung 18

1 Te vaeng tue ah khaw Israel ah he manghai om pawh. Tedae Dan koca tah Israel koca lakli ah rho pang hama tuea pha hlan dongah khosak thil ham rhoa tlap uh pueng.

In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.

2 Te dongah amih cako khuiah Zorah neh Eshtaol lamkah tatthai ca hlang boeih tah hlang panga te Dan ca rhoek loh khohmuen aka hip tih aka khe hama tueih uh. Te vaengah khohip rhoek te, “Cet uh lamtah khohmuen ke khe uh,” a ti na uh. Te dongah Ephraim tlang kah Maikah im la pawk uh tih pahoi pah uh.

So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.

3 Maikah im taengkah Levi cadong ol te amih loh a hmat uh dongah pahoi pah uh. Te phoeiah anih te, “Hela nang aka khuen te unim? He ah he balae na saii? He ah he nang ham balae aka om?,” a ti na uh.

When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the young Levite, they went out of their road to his place, and said to him, How did you come here? and what are you doing in this place? and why are you here?

4 Te dongah amih taengah heben hebang la, “Maikah loh kai hamlaa saii tih kai m'paang coeng dongah anih kah khosoih la ka om coeng,” a ti nah.

And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.

5 Te vaengah anih taengah, “Pathen kah hlang dawt lamtah ming lah sih. A soah mamih m'pongpa bangla mamih longpuei he thaihtak venim,” a ti uh.

Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.

6 Te dongah amih te khosoih loh, “Rhoepnah neh cet uh lamtah na longpuei te BOEIPA taengah pongpa uh,” a ti nah.

And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord.

7 Te dongah hlang panga cet uh tih Laish la pawk uh. Te vaengah a khui kah pilnam tea hmuh uh. Sidoni khosing banglaa khosak ngaikhuek la mong tih palyal. Khohmuen kah te khokung khomah la a pang tih olka loh vaitah pawh. Tedae amih te Sidoni lamloh hla tih amih te hlang neh ol a khueh moenih.

Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.

8 Te dongah Zorah neh Eshtaol kah a pacaboeina tea paan uh hatah a paca boeina loh, “Nangmih tah metlamlae,” a ti na uh.

So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news have you?

9 Te vaengah, Khohmuen ke m'hmuh uh tih bahoenga then tarha coeng dongah halo lamtah amih te cuk thil pawn sih. Nangmih aka ngam rhoek khaw caeh hamla uelh uh boel lamtah khohmuen pang ham paan uh sih.

And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to go in and take the land for your heritage.

10 Na paan uh vaengah pilnam palyal neh, Pathen loh na kut dongah hang khueh khohmuen dang aka ka mungkung te paan uh. Te hmuen tah hnopai pakhat khaw tloelnah aka om pawh khohmuen ni,” a ti uh.

When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide, and God has given it into your hands: a place where there is everything on earth for man's needs.

11 Te dongah Zorah lamkah neh Eshtaol lamkah Dan cako te pahoi puen uh tih caemtloek hnopai aka vah he hlang ya rhuk louh.

So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.

12 Cet uh bal tih, Judah Kiriathjearim ah rhaeh uh. Te dongah tekah hmuen te Mahanehdana sui uh tih tihnin duela Kiriathjearim ah om ke.

And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.

13 Te lamloh Ephraim tlang la kat uh tih Maikah im tea paan uh.

From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

14 Te vaengah Laish khohmuen hip hamla ka cet hlang panga loh a doo tih pacaboeina te, “Im ah hnisui, sithui, mueithuk neh mueihlawna om te na ming uh a? Te dongah na saii uh koi te ming uh laeh,” a ti nah.

Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.

15 Te dongah te lam te khoe uh tih Maikah im taengkah Levi cadong im laa caeh uh vaengah Levi te ngaimong lam ni a dawt uh.

And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?

16 Tedae Dan ca rhoek khui lamkah caemtloek pumcum aka vah hlang ya rhuk tah vongka kah thohka ah pai uh.

And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.

17 Khohmuen hip ham aka cet hlang panga rhoek te tah a khuila kun uh tih mueithuk, hnisui, sithui neh mueihlawn tea loh uh. Te vaengah khosoih khaw, caemtloek pumcum aka vah hlang ya rhuk vongka kah thohka kaengah pai.

Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.

18 Maikah im kah aka kun rhoek loh mueithuk, hnisui, sithui, neh mueihlawn tea loh uh dongah amih te khosoih loh, “Balae na saii uh?,” a ti nah.

And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?

19 Tedae khosoih te, “Na kut te na ka dongah duem khueh. Kaimih taengla halo lamtah kaimih napa lam khaw khosoih lam khaw om mai. Hlang imkhui pakhat kah khosoih la na om te then aya? Israel koca neha cako kah khosoih ham man nih na om,” a ti na uh.

And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

20 Khosoih kah a lungbuei tah a voelphoeng pah dongah hnisui, sithui, mueithuk tea khuen tih pilnam lakli la cet.

Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.

21 Hooi uh tiha caeh uh vaengah camoe, boiva neh khuehtawn amamih hmai laa khueh uh.

So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.

22 Amih te Maikah im lamloha lakhla vaengah im kah hlang rhoek loh Maikah im taengkah te a hueh uh tih Dan ca rhoek tea cuuk uh.

When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

23 Dan ca rhoek tea doek uh hatah a maelhmaia hoi tih Maikah te, “Nang khue te nang taengah balae kan loh eh,” a ti na uh.

Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?

24 Te dongah, “Ka pathen, ka saii te na loh uh tih khosoih khaw na caeh puei uh phoeiah kai ham balae aka om bal? Te dongah, 'Nang neh kai balae benbo benpang?' na ti uh he balae aka om voel eh?,” a ti nah.

And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?

25 Tedae Maikah te Dan ca rhoek, “Na ol te kaimih n'yaak sak boeh, Hluthlut hinglu kah hlang rhoek loh nang te n'cuuk thil vetih namah kah hinglu, na imkhui kah a hinglu te na khum sak ve,” a ti na uh.

And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.

26 Dan ca rhoek amah longpui aha caeh uh daengah Maikah loh amih tah anih lakah tlungluen uh tilaa hmuh. Te dongah hooi uh tih amah im la mael.

Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house.

27 Dan ca rhoek loh Maikah kah hno a saii khaw, anih taengah aka om khosoih te khaw a khuen uh. Aka mong tih aka palyal Laish pilnam tea paan uh tih cunghang ha neha tloek uh phoeiah khopuei te hmai neha hoeh uh.

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

28 Sidon lamloha hla dongah Laish te huul voel pawh. Olka dongah hlang nen khaw amih te benbo benpang pawh. Laish tah Bethrekhob taengkah tuikol ah om. Te dongah khoa thoong uh tiha om thil uh.

And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

29 Te dongah khopuei ming he Israel loh a sak a napa Dan ming voel la Dan koep a sui uh. Tedae hlamat lamkah loh khopuei ming Laish lam ni ana om.

And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.

30 Dan ca rhoek kah a ling mueithuk te Manasseh koca Gershom capa Jonathan neh anih koca rhoek loh Dan koca ham khosoih uh tih khohmuena poel a yoe tue duela om pueng.

(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

31 Pathen im te Shiloh aha om tue khuiah Maikah kah mueithuka saii te amamih hama khueh uh.

And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.