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 in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [their lot] had not fallen to them for 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.
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men of their whole number, men of valour, from Zoreah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to examine it; and they said to them, Go, examine the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
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.
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in thither, and said to him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?
4 Ahnimouh ni, ahnimouh koe Mikah ni hettelah na sak awh. Na hlai awh teh, vaihma lah ka o ati pouh.
And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am 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.
And they said to him, Inquire, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we go shall be prosperous.
6 Vaihma ni ahnimouh koevah, lungmawngcalah cet awh, na ceinae lam dawkvah, BAWIPA ni na okhai awh telah atipouh.
And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way on which ye go.
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.
And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one was in the land who possessed authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had nothing to do with [any] man.
8 Hote katuetnaw teh Zorah hoi Eshtaol a hmaunawnghanaw koe a luen awh. A hmaunawnghanaw ni, bang kamthang maw na phu awh atipouh awh.
— And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What [say] ye?
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.
And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and ye are still! Be not slothful to go, to enter to 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 ye go in, ye shall come to a people secure, and the land is spacious in every direction; for God has given it into your hands; [it is] a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.
11 Hahoi, Zorah hoi Eshtaol kaawm e Dan miphunnaw teh, tarantuknae kamthoup e tami 600 touh a tâco awh.
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zoreah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded 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.
And they went up and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah; therefore they call that place Mahaneh-Dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
13 Haw hoi pou a tapoung awh teh, Ephraim mon koe Mikah im a pha awh.
And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
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 that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do.
15 Hot hmuen koehoi a ban awh teh, Levih miphun thoundoun onae hmuen Mikah im a pha teh, a kut a man awh.
And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare.
16 Dan miphunnaw thung dawk hoi tami 600 touh tarantuknae puengcang kâmahrawk e naw hah longkha koe a kangdue awh.
And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.
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 that had gone to spy out the land went up, entered in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with weapons of war.
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.
And these came into Micah's house, and took the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, What do ye?
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.
And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be a priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a 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.
Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
21 Hottelah, a tâcokhai teh, a camonaw hoi a saringnaw hnopai hmalah a ta teh a ceikhai.
And they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them.
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.
They were already far from the house of Micah, when the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
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.
And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with 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.
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this that ye say to me, What aileth thee?
25 Dannaw ni ahnimouh koevah, kaimouh rahak vah, lawk hrumhram dei hanh. Hoehpawiteh, kut na noung payon vaih atipouh awh.
And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest men of exasperated spirit run upon you, and thou lose thy life and the lives of thy household.
26 Hahoi, Dannaw teh a cei awh. Mikah ni tuk han a taki teh, im a ban takhai awh.
And the children of Dan went their way; and Micah saw that they were too strong for him, and he turned and went back to his house.
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.
And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest that he had had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.
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.
And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with [any] man; and it [lay] in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.
29 Hahoi a kho min lavah, Isarel ca kakhekung Dan patetlah ao dawk Dan atipouh awh. Hote kho min karuem teh Laish doeh.
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; howbeit Laish was the name of the city at the first.
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.
And the children of Dan set up the graven image; and Jehonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses; he and his sons were priests to 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.
And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
