Lawkcengkung 18
1 Hatnae tueng nah Isarel teh siangpahrang tawn awh hoeh. Hatnae tueng nah Dan miphunnaw ni kho a sak nahan ram a tawng awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hatnae tueng totouh Isarelnaw ni râw coe hane totouh râw coe awh hoeh rah.
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
2 Hot patetlah Dannaw ni a miphun abuemlae thung dawk, tongpatang panga touh ram tuet han hoi panue hanelah Zorah hoi Eshtaol hoi a tho awh. Ahnimouh koe, cet awh nateh, ram hah tuet awh atipouh. Hahoi teh, Ephraim mon dawk Mikah im a pha teh hawvah a roe awh.
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
3 Mikah im ao awh navah, Levihnaw e thoundoun lawk a thai awh. Ahnimouh koe lah hruet a hnai teh, apinimaw hivah na hrawi awh. Hete hmuen koe bangmaw na sak awh. Bang telah hoi maw hi kho na sak awh atipouh awh.
And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
4 Ahnimouh ni, ahnimouh koe Mikah ni hettelah na sak awh. Na hlai awh teh, vaihma lah ka o ati pouh.
“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
5 Ahnimouh ni ahnimouh koe ka ceinae a lam ka cawn han na ou, cawn mahoeh ou ti panue thai nahan, Cathut koe na het pouh haw atipouh awh.
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
6 Vaihma ni ahnimouh koevah, lungmawngcalah cet awh, na ceinae lam dawkvah, BAWIPA ni na okhai awh telah atipouh.
And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
7 Hahoi tami panga touh a tâco awh teh, Laish vah a cei awh. Hote taminaw teh Sidonnaw patetlah lungmawngcalah ao awh e hah a hmu awh. Hote ram dawk teh kaukkung hai awm hoeh. Sidonnaw hoi hai hroung a kâhla awh. Api hoi hai kâkuetkâmainae tawn awh hoeh.
So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
8 Hote katuetnaw teh Zorah hoi Eshtaol a hmaunawnghanaw koe a luen awh. A hmaunawnghanaw ni, bang kamthang maw na phu awh atipouh awh.
When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
9 Ahnimouh ni, thaw awh leih, tuk awh leih sei. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ram teh ka hmu awh. Ahawi hai ahawipoung. Kâroe laipalah maw na o awh rah. Hote ram teh lawp hanelah cuhrucuhru tet awh hanh leih.
They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
10 Na cei navah, lungmawngcalah kaawmnaw koe na pha awh han. A ram hai hroung akaw na a. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut ni na kut dawk na poe toe. Talai van e kaawm e hno thung dawk teh, a voutnae banghai kaawm hoeh e hmuen doeh na a.
When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
11 Hahoi, Zorah hoi Eshtaol kaawm e Dan miphunnaw teh, tarantuknae kamthoup e tami 600 touh a tâco awh.
So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
12 A takhang awh teh, Judah ram KiriathJearim vah a roe awh. Hatdawkvah, hote hmuen teh atu totouh, Mahaneh-dan telah a phung awh. Hottelah Kiriathjearim kanîloumlah kaawm e naw doeh.
They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
13 Haw hoi pou a tapoung awh teh, Ephraim mon koe Mikah im a pha awh.
And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
14 Hottelah, Laish ram katuetnaw tami panga touh ni a tho sin teh, a hmaunawnghanaw koevah, hlun e meikaphawk, dêi e meikaphawk ao tie na panue maw. Hatdawkvah, bangtelamaw na ti awh han, pouk awh leih atipouh awh.
Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
15 Hot hmuen koehoi a ban awh teh, Levih miphun thoundoun onae hmuen Mikah im a pha teh, a kut a man awh.
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
16 Dan miphunnaw thung dawk hoi tami 600 touh tarantuknae puengcang kâmahrawk e naw hah longkha koe a kangdue awh.
The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
17 Tami panga touh ram katuetnaw a luen awh teh, Mikah im a kâen awh. A hlun awh e meikaphawk, Ephod Terah cathut, dêi e meikaphawk hah a la pouh awh. Hahoi vaihma teh tami 600 touh tarantuknae puengcang kâmahrawknaw koe a tumdumnae longkha koe a kangdue van.
And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
18 Hote taminaw ni, Mikah im a kâen teh, hlun e meikaphawk, Ephod Terah cathut, dêi e meikaphawk, hah a la awh toteh, vaihma ni bangmaw na sak awh telah atipouh.
When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 Ahnimouh ni lungmawngcalah awm, na kut hoi na pahni tabuem nateh, kaimouh koe kâbang, na pa lah, vaihma lah, kaimouh koe awm khe. Nang hanelah imthungkhu buet touh koe vaihma lah o e maw kahawi, Isarelnaw rahak miphun buet touh koe vaihma lah o e maw kahawi telah atipouh.
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
20 Hahoi, vaihma teh a lung ahawi. Ephod hoi Terah cathut hoi hlun e meikaphawk hah a la teh, ahnimouh koe a kâen toe.
So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
21 Hottelah, a tâcokhai teh, a camonaw hoi a saringnaw hnopai hmalah a ta teh a ceikhai.
Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
22 Mikah im hoi kahlathnawn lah a cei hnukkhu hoi, Mikah e a sannaw a kamkhueng awh teh, Dan miphunnaw hah a pâlei awh teh, rek a pha awh.
After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
23 Dan e a catounnaw a kaw awh teh, hahoi a hnuk lahoi a khet awh teh, Mikah koevah, bangkongmaw het yit touh taminaw na thokhai ati awh.
When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
24 Mikah ni, ka sak e cathutnaw hoi vaihma hah oun na ceikhai awh teh, bang vai kai ka tawn toung. Paleipalang bangmaw na sak koe na ti awh vaw atipouh.
He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
25 Dannaw ni ahnimouh koevah, kaimouh rahak vah, lawk hrumhram dei hanh. Hoehpawiteh, kut na noung payon vaih atipouh awh.
The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
26 Hahoi, Dannaw teh a cei awh. Mikah ni tuk han a taki teh, im a ban takhai awh.
So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
27 Hahoi Mikah ni a sak e hnonaw hoi a vaihma hah a ceikhai awh teh, lungmawngcalah kaawm e Laish vah a pha awh. Tahloi hoi a thei awh teh, a kho hai hmai a sawi pouh awh.
After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
28 Sidon hoi hroung ahla dawkvah, ka ratang e api awm hoeh. Api hoi hai kâkuetnae tawn awh hoeh. Bethrehob tengpam tanghling dawk kaawm e naw doeh. Hahoi hote kho bout a kangdue sak awh teh, hawvah kho a sak awh.
There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
29 Hahoi a kho min lavah, Isarel ca kakhekung Dan patetlah ao dawk Dan atipouh awh. Hote kho min karuem teh Laish doeh.
They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
30 Hahoi Dan miphun ni, Mikah ni hlun e meikaphawk teh, amamouh hanlah a hung awh. Gershom capa Jonathan, Mosi capa, hoi a capanaw teh hote ram a la awh hoehroukrak, Dan miphunnaw e vaihma lah ao awh.
The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
31 Hot patetlah Shiloh e cathut im vah, ao na yunglam, Mikah ni a hlun e meikaphawk a sak awh e teh, amamouh hanlah a pâhung awh.
So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
