Thutan Vaihom Ho 18
1 Hiche phatlai hin Israelten leng aneipon ahi. Chuleh Dan phunghin achenthei nadiu mun ana hollin ahi. Ajeh chu Israel phungho chenna ding mun ana kihop laiyuva amaho chu ana kipehna munna chu chenglut loulai ahiuve.
At that time Israel didn't have a king. The tribe of Dan was looking for territory where they could live, because up until then they hadn't gained possession of the land granted to them among the tribes of Israel.
2 Hijeh chun Dan mite chun amaho phung lah’a kon in amaho chenlut thei nading mun vetohle dingin Zorah leh Eshtaol khopi hoa kon in galhang mihat cheh nga analhengdoh un ahi. Hiche galhat hohi Ephraim thinglhang gam ahung lhun u’hin Micah in'ah ahung lhung’un ajan geh tauvin ahi.
So the Danites chose from among them five leading men from Zorah and Eshtaol to scout out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. When the men came to the hill country of Ephraim, they arrived at Micah's house where they spent the night.
3 Micah in na aum sung’u chun amahon Levi mipachu apaothodan akonchun ahedoh jengun hijeh chun acheuvin amachu agadong tauvin ahi, “Kon hilai mun’ahi nana puilut na hichea hi epi nabol ham? Chuleh ipi dinga hichea hi naum ham?” atin anadong un ahi.
While they were there, they recognized the young Levite's accent, so they went to him and asked him, “So who brought you here, and what are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
4 Aman Micah toh akinoptona chuleh Micah in athempua apansah na thuchu aseipeh tan ahi.
“Micah arranged things for me, and he hired me as his priest,” he told them.
5 Hichun amahon aseijun, “Kakholjin naohi lolhinna kaneidiu hinam? Ahiloule lolhinna kanei loudiu ham? Pathen kom’ah neidoh peh un,” atiuve.
“Please ask the Lord for us so we can find out if our journey will be successful,” they asked him.
6 Thempupa chun adonbut in ajah uvah, “Lungmongin chetauvin, Pathen’in nakholjin naova hi naching jing naove,” ati.
“Go in peace,” the priest replied. “The journey you are taking is being observed by the Lord.”
7 Hitichun mi nga hochu Laish khopi langa acheuvin ahileh hichea mite chu hinkho nomtah amangun Sidon mite bangin lungmong tah le lung gimlou hellin achengui ti amudoh taovin ahi. Hiche mipi hochu agam’u phat jeh'in ahaothei lheh jeng’un ahi. Chuleh amaho chu Sidon’a konna gamlatah in achengun avel uvah pankhom pithei jong aneipouvin ahi.
The five men left and went to the town of Laish. They observed that the people there lived in safety, and followed the customs of the Sidonians. The people were unsuspecting and confident of their security, at home in a productive land. They didn't have a strong ruler, they lived a long way from the Sidonians, and had no other allies to help them.
8 Amaho chu Zorah leh Eshtaol a akile phat uchun asopi houvin anadongun, “Nathil muhou itobang nam?” atin ana dong uve.
The men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you…?”
9 Amahon adonbutnun ajah uvah, “Hungun amaho khu gakisatpiu hite keihon agamchu kagamu uvin, agam u chu aphalheh jenge. Ipi na’nga nahlai diuham? Gache a amun galoding khu lungsa-ihna neihih hel’un,” ati taove.
“Come on, let's go and attack them!” the men interrupted. “We've surveyed the land, and it's excellent! Aren't you going to do something? Don't put off going there and occupying the land!
10 Nangho nache uva amun nagalhun tengu leh amipite khu imacha lungkhamna aneipouve ti namudoh diu ahi. Pathen’in gamlen tahle gamphatah imacha avat umlouhel munkhu eipeh u ahi!” atiuve.
When you get there you'll find the people are unsuspecting and the land is extensive. God has given you a place where there's no shortage of anything!”
11 Hijeh chun Dan phunga kon in galsatna manchah kichoicheh mi jagup Zorah leh Eshtaol’a kon in ahung kipat doh un,
So six hundred Danite armed men left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready to attack.
12 Judah gam Kiriath-jearim lhumlam munkhat nah panmun akisem’un ahi. Hiche munhi Mahaneh-dan ti in tuni changei jin amin akisah tan ahi.
En route they camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That's why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called the Camp of Dan to this very day.
13 Hichea konchun Ephraim thinglhang gamma Micah in chu agalhung taovin ahi.
Then they left from there and went into the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house.
14 Mi nga Laish vella gam gavetoh a cheho chun aloidang ho chu aseipeh un, “Hiche in hoa hin thempu ompho leh insung mite doi holeh milim semthu chuleh thing’a kisema dangka a kitom doijong umma ahi, hicheho hi iloding natiuvem?” atiuve.
Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told the other tribesmen, “Do you realize that here in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, and a carved idol, an image made with molten silver? So you know what you should do.”
15 Hijeh chun mi nga hochu lampia kon’in akiheidoh un Micah insunga chun alut’un Levi golhang pan khohsahna neitah in analamton ahi.
The five men left the road and went to where the young Levite was living in Micah's home to ask how he was.
16 Daan phunga konna galmanchah kichoi mi jagup hochu kelkot komma chun dding jingun ahi.
The six hundred Danite armed men stood at the entrance by the gate.
17 Gamvetoh a anache mi nga hochu doihouna munna chun alut’un milim semthu, thempu ompho le insung doiholeh dangka a kitom doichu akilah taove. Hiche sung chun thempupa chu kelkot komma chun galmanchah choi mi jagup chutoh ading khom’un ahi.
The five men went inside and took the carved idol, the ephod, the household idols, and the image made with molten silver. The priest was standing by the gate with the six hundred armed men.
18 Thempupa chun Micah doi koina maicham in na konna thil thengho ahinlah doh uchu amuphatnin, “Ipi nabollu hitam?” ahin tin ahi.
When the priest saw them taking all the religious objects from Micah's home, he asked them, “What are you doing?”
19 Amahon “Thipbeh in keiho ding in mipa leh thempun hungpangtan, mikhatseh insunga thempu nahi sanga Israel phungkhat thempu nahiding chu phajo louham?” atiuve.
“Be quiet! Don't say anything! Come with us, and you can be our ‘father’ and priest. Wouldn't it be better for you if instead of being a priest for just one man's household that you were the priest of an Israelite tribe and family?”
20 Hichun golhang thempupa chu amahotoh kilhon dingchu atha anomlheh jengin ahi. Hitichun aman thempu ompho ahin, insung doiho le milim doi kisem hochu achoijin alah uvah apangtan ahi.
This seemed like a good idea to the priest and he left with them. Carrying the ephod, the household idols, and the image made with molten silver, he marched with the people all around him.
21 Amaho ahung kileheijun akholjin’u ajomkit tauvin ahi, hitichun achapangteu, agancha houleh athilkeu hou amasat sah un ahi.
They continued their journey, putting their children, livestock, and possessions ahead of them.
22 Dan phungmiho chu Micah inmunna kon’a gamlatah ageiphat’un Micah in aheng akomho chu ahin puijin ahindel tauvin ahi.
The Danites were already quite a way from Micah's home when men from Micah's village caught up with them,
23 Amahon ahinphah phat’un, hiti hin ahin hoh’un ahileh, Dan mite chu ahung kileheijun Micah kom’ah chun hitihin ahinseijun ahi, “Ipithu hitam? Ipi dinga amaho pihi nahinpuija neihin delluham”? atiuve.
shouting at them. The Danites turned around to face them and asked Micah, “What's the matter with you? Why call out these men to come after us?”
24 Micah in adonbutnin, “Ipi nabolnao ham? Ipithu hitam? Ken kakisem kapathen jouse nanghon neilah peh un, kathempupa kisan neipuidoh peh tauvin! Tuahi neichom theng hellu hitalou ham?” ahin ti.
“You stole the gods I made, and my priest too, and then left. What have you left me with? How can you ask me, ‘What's the matter with you?’”
25 Dan miho chun hiti hin ahindonbut’un, “Kichihtheijin mohpao pao hih’in ajole hiche mitehi hung lunghang’un tin nangle nainsung mite chu nathalo diu ahi” atiuve.
“Don't complain to us!” Danites replied. “Otherwise some hot-tempered people here might attack you and you and your family will lose your lives!”
26 Hitichun Dan mitechu akijot kit taove. Micah chun amaho chu kisatpi ding angapchat loujeh in ahung kileheijin ain lamma achetai.
The Danites carried on their way. Micah saw that they were too strong for him to fight so he turned around and went back home.
27 Hichejou chun Dan mite chun Micah doi holeh athempupa chutoh Laish khopi chu agalhung taove. Amahon achemjam’un asatchap jengun akhopi chu meiyin ahallha taove.
So the Danites took with them the idols that Micah had made, as well as his priest. They attacked Laish with its peaceful and unsuspecting people, killed them with swords, and burned down the town.
28 Koimacha amaho huhdoh ding chu anaum tapon ahi, ajeh chu amaho Sidon’a konna gamlatah a chenga ahiuvin koima kitho khompi ding aneipouvin ahi. Hiche thilsoh hi Beth-rehob phaicham kom ahi. Dan phung mite chun khopi chu akisem phat’un hilai munna chun ching taove.
No one could save them because they were a long way from Sidon and had no other allies to help them. The town was in the valley belonging to Beth-rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
29 Amahon hiche khopi chu apu apau Israel chapa min alosah un Dan asah taove, ahin ati abulla chu Laish ana kitia ahi.
They renamed the city Dan after their forefather, the son of Israel. Laish was its former name.
30 Hijouchun adoilim chu atungdoh un Mose cha Gershom chapa Jonathan chu thempun apansah taove. Hiche Dan insung mitehi sohchan’na a alut tokah seuhin, amahohi hiche mite thempun anapang peh’un ahi.
The Danites erected the carved idol to worship, and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons became priests for the tribe of Dan until the time when the people went into captivity from the land.
31 Hitichun Pathen ponbuh chu Shiloh-a aumlai sechun Micah doi semchu Dan miten ana houjing’un ahi.
They worshiped the carved idol that Micah had made the whole time God's Temple was at Shiloh.
