Jongʼad Bura 18
1 Ndalogo jo-Israel ne onge gi ruoth. Kendo e ndalogo joka Dan ne manyo kargi giwegi ma ginyalo dakie, nikech ne pod ok giyudo kar dak e dhout jo-Israel.
In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites were seeking for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for there had not fallen to their share up to that day among the tribes of Israel a [sufficient] inheritance.
2 Omiyo jo-Dan nooro jolweny abich moa Zora gi Eshtaol mondo onon pinyno kendo ongʼe kaka pinyno chalo. Jogi nochungʼne dhout gigo duto. Negiwachonegi niya, “Dhiuru mondo unon pinyno.” Jogo nodonjo e piny gode mag Efraim kendo negidhi e od Mika, kama ne ginindoe.
And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from among themselves, men of valor, from Zor'ah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the mountain of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, and lodged there.
3 Kane gichopo machiegni gi od Mika, ne giwinjo dwond ja-Lawi moro ma wuowi; omiyo negidonjo kanyo mi gipenje niya, “Ngʼama nokeli ka? Angʼo ma itimo ka? Angʼo ma omiyo in ka?”
They were just by the house of Micah, when they recognized the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4 Nonyisogi gima Mika nosetimone, kendo owacho niya, “Osekawa kaka jatije kendo an jadolo mare.”
And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah done unto me; and he hired me, and I became his priest.
5 Eka negiwachone niya, “Kiyie to penjnwa Nyasaye ka wuodhwa dhi bedo maber.”
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we are going shall be prosperous.
6 Jadolo nodwokogi niya, “Dhiuru gi kwe. Wuodhu osepwodhi gi Jehova Nyasaye.”
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way on which ye will go.
7 Omiyo ji abichgo noa mi gichopo Laish, kama negineno ka ji odak kanyo gi kwe, mana kaka jo-Sidon, maonge paro moro amora kata kibaji kendo negidak gi kwe. To nikech pinygi ne ok ochando gimoro amora, ne gin joma omewo. Bende, negidak mochwolore gi jo-Sidon kendo ne gionge gi osiep gi ngʼato angʼata.
And the five men departed, and came to Layish, and saw the people that were therein, dwelling in security, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one inflicted any wrong in the land, as hereditary ruler; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no concern with any man.
8 Kane gidwogo Zora kod Eshtaol, owetegi nopenjogi niya, “Ne uyudo gik moko chalo nade kuno?”
And they came unto their brethren to Zor'ah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [news bring] ye?
9 Negidwokogi niya, “Biuru mondo wamonjgi! Waseneno ka piny cha ber ahinya. Donge udhi timo gimoro? Kik udeki ma ok udhi kuno kendo ukaw pinyno.
And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and you keep still! be not slothful, to go, to enter to take possession of the land.
10 Ka uchopo kuno, to unuyud jogo ma ok oikore ne lweny kendo gi piny malach ma Nyasaye oseketo e lwetu, piny maonge gima ochando kendo man-gi gik moko duto.”
When ye enter, ye will come unto a secure people, and the land is roomy; for God hath given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.
11 Eka ji mia auchiel moa e dhood joka Dan, mane oikore ne lweny, nowuok oa Zora kod Eshtaol.
And there went from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zor'ah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.
12 Kane pod gidhi negiloso kambi but Kiriath Jearim manie piny Juda. Mano ema omiyo piny mantiere yo podho chiengʼ mar Kiriath Jearim pod iluongo ni Mahane Dan nyaka chil kawuono.
And they went up, and encamped in Kiryath-ye'arim, in Judah; wherefore they called that place Machaneh-dan until this day; behold, it is behind Kiryath-ye'arim.
13 Kane gia kanyo negidhi e piny gode mag Efraim ma gichopo e od Mika.
And they passed thence unto the mountain of Ephraim, and came as far as the house of Micah.
14 Eka chwo abich mane obiro nono piny Laish nowachone owetegi niya, “Bende ungʼeyo ni achiel kuom udigi nigi law mayom mar dolo miluongo ni efod, nyiseche moko manono, kod kido mobaw gi fedha mag nyiseche manono? Koro ungʼeyo gima onego utim.”
Then commenced the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Layish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there are in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven and molten image? and now consider what ye have to do.
15 Omiyo negidhi kanyo ma gidonjo e od ja-Lawi ma wuowi mane ni ka Mika kendo gimose.
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, unto the house of Micah, and asked him after his welfare.
16 Jolweny mia auchiel ma jo-Dan moikore ne lweny nochungʼ e dhorangach.
And the six hundred men who were of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, remained standing by the entrance of the gate.
17 Ji abich mane osetimo nonro matut mar pinyno nodonjo ei ot mokawo kido mopa machalo gi law mayom mar dolo miluongo ni efod, gi nyiseche manono mag udi, kod mago mopa, ka jadolo kod jolweny mia auchiel to ochungʼ e dhorangach.
And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood in the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with the weapons of war.
18 Kane jogi odhi e od Mika ma gikawo kido mopa, law mayom mar dolo miluongo ni efod, nyiseche manono mag udi kod nyiseche mopa, jadolo nowachonegi niya, “Angʼo mutimono?”
And these went into Micah's house, and took the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest said unto them, What are ye doing?
19 Negidwoke niya, “Lingʼ thi! Kik iwach gimoro amora. Dhi kodwa, kendo ibed wuonwa kendo jadolowa. Donge ber ka itiyone anywola kod dhoot Israel kaka jadolo moloyo mana tiyone jood ngʼato achiel?”
And they said unto him, Be still, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest: is it better that thou be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
20 Bangʼe jadolo nobedo gi mor. Nokawo law mayom mar dolo miluongo ni efod, nyiseche manono mag udi kod kido mopa kendo nodhi gi jogo.
And the priest's heart became glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and came into the midst of the people.
21 Negichako wuoth ma gia ka nyithindgi matindo gi jambgi kod gigegi otelo e nyimgi.
And they turned and went away, and placed the little ones and the cattle and the heavy things before them.
22 Kane gisedhi mochwolore gi od Mika, jogo mane odak machiegni gi Mika noluong kanyakla kendo negilawo jo-Dan.
When they were at a distance from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were called together, and they overtook the children of Dan.
23 Kane gigoyo koko bangʼ-gi, jo-Dan nolokore kendo owacho ne Mika niya, “En angʼo marach kodi momiyo ne ioro wach ne jowu mondo oked kodwa?”
And they called unto the children of Dan, who turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou hast called out thy people?
24 Nodwoko niya, “Ne ukawo nyiseche mane aloso, kod jadolo matiyona kendo mi uwuok. En angʼo kendo makoro an-go? Ere kaka unyalo penjo, ‘En angʼo marach kodi?’”
And he said, My god which I made have ye taken away, and the priest, and are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
25 Jo-Dan nodwoko niya, “We dwokori kodwa, ka ok kamano, to joma igi wangʼ moingo tekregi biro monji, bangʼe in kod joodi ibiro negi.”
And the children of Dan said unto him, Cause not thy voice to be heard among us, lest men of an embittered spirit assail thee, and thou lose thy life, with the life of thy household.
26 Omiyo jo-Dan nodhi nyime gi wuoth, kendo ka Mika noneno ka tekregi pekne, nowuok mi odok dalane.
And the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
27 Bangʼe negikawo gigo mane Mika oseloso, kod jadolo mare, kendo negidhi Laish, mondo giked gi jogo man-gi kwe kendo maonge gi ikruok moro amora mar kedo. Negimonjogi gi lingangla kendo negiwangʼo dala maduongʼno gi mach.
And they took what Micah had made, and the priest whom he had had, and came over Layish, over a people that were quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and the city they burnt with fire.
28 Onge ngʼama ne nyalo resogi nikech negidak mochwolore gi Sidon kendo ne onge watgi moro amora kanyo. Dala maduongʼno ne nitie e holo man but Beth Rehob. Jo-Dan nochako gero dala maduongʼno kendo negidak kanyo.
And there was no deliverer; because it was far from Zidon, and the people had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rechob. And they rebuilt the city, and dwelt therein.
29 Negichako kanyo ni Dan bangʼ kwargi Dan, mane wuod Israel; kata obedo ni dala maduongʼno ne iluongo chon ni Laish.
And they called the name of the city, Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: nevertheless, Layish was the name of the city at first.
30 Joka Dan nochungo kido manono kanyo mondo gilam, kendo negiketo Jonathan wuod Gershom, ma wuod Musa, kod yawuote obedo jodolo ne dhood joka Dan nyaka ne ochopo kinde mane oter pinyno e twech.
And the children of Dan erected for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Menasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the exile of the land.
31 Negidhi nyime ka gitiyone nyiseche manono mane Mika oseloso, to kindegi duto od Nyasaye neni Shilo.
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.
