Judges 18
1 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.
Amo esoha, hina bagade dunu Isala: ili soge ganodini esalebe hame ba: i. Isala: ili fi dunu da ilia soge ilegei amo lai dagoi. Be Da: ne fi da soge hame lai. Amaiba: le, ilia da soge gesowale fima: ne hogoi helesu.
2 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.
Da: ne dunu da ilia sosogo fi amoga bagade dawa: su dunu biyale gala amo soge hogomusa: ilegei. Ilia da amo dunu, Soula moilai bai bagade amola Esadoule soge, amoga asunasi. Ilia da Ifala: ime agolo sogega doaga: loba, Maiga ea diasuga golai.
3 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?”
Amoga esalea, ilia da gobele salasu ayeligi ea sia: hisu nababeba: le, e da Lifai dunu ilia dawa: i galu. Ilia da ema asili, amane adole ba: i, “Di da guiguda: adi hamosala: ? Nowa da di guiguda: oule misibala: ?”
4 “Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
E bu adole i, “Na da Maiga ea hawa: hamonana. Na da ea gobele salasu hawa: hamonanebeba: le, e da nama bidi iaha.”
5 Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
Ilia da ema bu adole i, amane, “Di Godema adole ba: ma. Ninia da logoga ahoasea, hahawane ba: ma: bela: ?”
6 And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
Gobele salasu dunu da ilima bu adole i, “Mae dawa: ma! Dilia da se hame nabimu. Dilia ahoasea, Hina Gode da dili noga: le ouligilalumu.”
7 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.
Amaiba: le, amo dunu biyale gala da fisili, asili, La: isi moilaiga doaga: i. Ilia da La: isi dunu ilia hou ba: i. Ilia da Saidounia dunu defele, hahawane, olofoiwane esalu. Ilia hanai huluane, ilia da gagui dagoi. Ilia da eno dunuma hame gegenai. Ilia da Saidounia dunu gadenene hame esalu. Ilia da eno dunu fi ilima hame gilisisu.
8 When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
Dunu biyale gala da ilia moilaidafa amo Soula amola Esedoule amoga bu doaga: loba, ilia fi dunu da ilia ba: i liligi ilima adoma: ne sia: i.
9 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!
Ilia da bu adole i, “Misa! Ninia La: isi moilai fi doagala: mu da defea. Ninia da ilia soge ba: i dagoi. Soge da noga: idafa. Dilia! Udigili mae esaloma! Hedolo! Amoga asili, amo soge gesowale fima.
10 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.”
Amoga asili dilia da ba: mu. Dunu eno da ilima doagala: mu ilia hame dawa: Soge da bagadedafa. Amo ganodini da dilia hanai huluane ba: mu. Gode da amo soge dilima i dagoi.”
11 So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
Amaiba: le, Da: ne fi dunu 600 da gegema: ne momagele, Soula amola Esedoule fisili asi.
12 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.
Ilia da sogebi amo Gilia: de Yialimi moilai bai bagade Yuda soge ganodini amo ea eso dabe la: ididili amoga abula diasu gaguli esalu. Amaiba: le, amo sogebi ea dio wali da Da: ne Abula Fisisu.
13 And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
Amo sogebi fisili asili, ilia da Maiga ea diasu Ifala: ime agolo soge ganodini gala, amoga doaga: i.
14 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.”
Amalalu, dunu biyale gala musa: da La: isi soge hogola asi, ilia dogolegei dunuma amane sia: i, “Diasu afae guiguda: da ifaga hamoi ‘gode’ agoaila amo silifaga dedeboi, amo dilia dawa: bela: ? ‘gode’ agoaila eno amola gala amola ‘ifode’ gala. Ninia da adi hamoma: bela: ?”
15 So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
Amaiba: le, ilia da Lifai ayeligi ea esalebe Maiga diasu ganodini asili, Lifai ea hou ema adole ba: i.
16 The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
Amoha, Da: ne dadi gagui 600, gegemusa: momagei dagoi, da diasu gagoi ga: suga lelebe ba: i.
17 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.
Desega ahoasu dunu biyale gala da diasu ganodini golili sa: ili, ilia da ifa ‘gode’ agoaila silifaga dedeboi, amola ‘gode’ agoaila eno huluane amola “ifode” lai dagoi. Lifai gobele salasu dunu amola dadi gagui dunu 600 agoane da logo holei gadenene lelu.
18 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?”
Dunu da Maiga diasuga, sema liligi wamolamusa: ahoanoba, gobele salasu dunu da ilima amane adole ba: i, “Dilia da adi hamosala: ?”
19 “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?”
Ilia bu adole i, “Ouiya: ma! Maedafa sia: ma! Di amola nini sigi masa! Di da ninia gobele salasu dunu hamomu da defea. Di da dunu afae ea sosogo fi fonobahadi ilima gobele salasu hawa: hamomu da defea hame. Be di da Isala: ili fidafa bagade huluane ilima gobele salasu hawa: hamomu da defea.”
20 So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
Amo hou, gobele salasu dunu da hahawane ba: i. Amaiba: le, e da sema liligi huluane gaguli, ili sigi asi.
21 Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
Ilia sinidigili, logoga asi. Ilia mano, bulamagau amola liligi da ili bisili asi.
22 After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
Ilia da fonobahadi sedade asili, Maiga da ea gadenene fi dunu huluane amo dunuma gegemusa: fa: no bobogei. Ilia da Da: ne dunuma doaga: le,
23 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?”
ilima wele sia: i dagoi. Da: ne dunu da sinidigili, Maiga ema amane adole ba: i, “Adi hou? Dunu bagade da abuli misibala: ?”
24 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?’”
Maiga da bu adole i, “Giadofai dilia dawa: Dilia da na gobele salasu dunu amola ‘gode’ liligi na hamoi amo huluane lale, asi dagoi. Na da liligi eno hame galebe.”
25 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.”
Da: ne dunu da ema bu adole i, “Di da ouiya: mu da defea. Bai agoane hame hamosea, ninia dunu da di doagala: mu. Amasea, di amola dia sosogo fi huluane da bogogia: mu.”
26 So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
Amalalu, Da: ne dunu da bu logoga ahoanu. Maiga da ba: i dagoi, ilia gasa da ea gasa baligi dagoi. Amaiba: le, e da sinidigili, hi diasuga buhagi.
27 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 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.
Da: ne dunu da gobele salasu dunu amola Maiga ea hamoi liligi huluane lalu, asili, La: isi moilai doagala: i. La: isi dunu da olofoiwane, asaboiwane noga: i dunu esalu. Ilia da fago amo ganodini esalu. Amo fago ganodini moilai eno galu amo Bedelihobe. Da: ne dunu da La: isi dunu, uda amola mano huluane medole legei. Ilia diasu huluane ilia da laluga ulagisi. La: isi dunu da gaga: su dunu hame ba: i. Bai ilia da Saidone sogega sedagawane esalu amola ilia eno dunu fi ilima hame gilisisu. Da: ne dunu da La: isi moilai bu gaguli, amo ganodini fi.
29 They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
Amo moilai dio La: isi ilia da fisili bu Da: ne dio asuli. Ilia siba eda Da: ne amo Ya: igobe ea mano, amo dawa: le ilia amo dio asuli.
30 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.
Da: ne dunu da moilai ganodini ogogosu ‘gode’ ilia lai amoma nodone sia: ne gadomusa: bugisi. Yonada: ne (Gesiome egefe amola Mousese ea aowa) da Da: ne fi amo ganodini gobele salasu hawa: hamosu. Egaga fi amola da e bagia amo hawa: hamonanu. Yuda dunu huluane da mugululi asi dagoiba: le fawane fisi.
31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
Isala: ili dunu da Abula Diasu Siailou sogebiga gagui amoga Godema nodone sia: ne gadosu. Be amo Abula Diasu da dialea, Maiga ea ogogosu ‘gode’ da Da: ne moilai ganodini dialebe ba: i.
