Judges 18
1 In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of Dan sought for itself an inheritance to inhabit, because no inheritance had fallen to it until that day in the midst of the tribes of the children of Israel.
Na mikolo wana, bana ya Isalaele bazalaki na mokonzi te, mpe bato ya libota ya Dani bazalaki koluka esika ya kovanda; pamba te kino na tango wana, bazwaki nanu ya bango libula te kati na mabota nyonso ya Isalaele.
2 And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Saraa and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Michaias and they lodged there,
Boye, bana ya libota ya Dani batindaki mibali mitano ya libota na bango, kowuta na Tsorea mpe na Eshitaoli, mpo na kokende kononga mpe koyeba mokili yango. Balobaki na bango: « Bokende koyeba mokili yango ndenge ezali. » Mibali mitano yango bakotaki na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi kino na ndako ya Mika, epai wapi balekisaki butu.
3 in the house of Michaias, and they recognised the voice of the young man the Levite, and turned in thither; and said to him, Who brought thee in hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
Tango bakomaki pembeni ya ndako ya Mika, bayokaki mongongo ya elenge mobali Molevi. Babalukaki epai ye azalaki mpe balobaki na ye: — Nani amemaki yo awa? Ozali kosala nini na esika oyo? Mpo na nini ozali awa?
4 And he said to them, Thus and thus did Michaias to me, and he hired me, and I became his priest.
Elenge mobali ayebisaki bango: — Tala makambo oyo Mika asali mpo na ngai: Azwi ngai na mosala mpe akomisi ngai nganga-nzambe na ye.
5 And they said to him, Enquire now of God, and we shall know whether our way will prosper, on which we are going.
Balobaki na ye: — Tunela biso epai ya Nzambe mpo ete toyeba soki mobembo na biso ekozala malamu.
6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way in which ye go, [is] before the Lord.
Nganga-nzambe azongiselaki bango: — Bokende na kimia, Yawe andimi mobembo na bino.
7 And the five men went on, and came to Laisa; and they saw the people in the midst of it dwelling securely, at ease as [is] the manner of the Sidonians, and there is no one perverting or shaming a matter in the land, no heir extorting treasures; and they are far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with any one.
Mibali mitano yango bakendeki mpe bakomaki na Laishi. Bamonaki ete, kuna, bazali na kimia mpe na kozanga nungunungu lokola bato ya Sidoni, oyo bazalaki na kimia mpe na kozanga bobangi. Mokonzi moko te ya mboka azalaki konyokola bango. Bazalaki mosika na bato ya Sidoni mpe basalaki boyokani ata na moto moko te.
8 And the five men came to their brethren to Saraa and Esthaol, and said to their brethren, Why sit ye here [idle]?
Tango mibali mitano yango bazongaki na Tsorea mpe na Eshitaoli, bandeko na bango batunaki bango: — Sango nini bomemeli biso?
9 And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, [it is] very good, yet ye are still: delay not to go, an to enter in to possess the land.
Bazongisaki: — Totelema, tokende kobotola mokili na bango! Tomoni ete mokili yango ezali malamu penza. Boni! Mpo na nini bovandi kimia boye? Bozala bagoyigoyi te mpo na kokende kokota mpe kobotola mokili yango.
10 And whensoever ye shall go, ye shall come in upon a people secure, and the land [is] extensive, for God has given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of anything that the earth affords.
Tango bokokota kuna, bokomona bato bazali na kimia, mpe bazali na mokili monene oyo Nzambe akabi na maboko na bino, mokili oyo ezangi ata eloko moko te kati na biloko nyonso oyo ezalaka na mabele.
11 And there departed thence of the families of Dan, from Saraa and from Esthaol, six hundred men, girded with weapons of war.
Mibali nkama motoba ya libota ya Dani, elongo na bibundeli na bango, balongwaki na Tsorea mpe na Eshitaoli.
12 And they went up, and encamped in Cariathiarim in Juda; therefore it was called in that place the camp of Dan, until this day: behold, [it is] behind Cariathiarim.
Bakendeki kotonga molako na bango na Kiriati-Yearimi, kati na mokili ya Yuda. Yango wana, kino na mokolo ya lelo, babengaka esika yango Maane Dani; ezali na ngambo ya weste ya Kiriati-Yearimi.
13 And they went on thence to the mount of Ephraim, and came to the house of Michaias.
Balongwaki wana mpe bakendeki na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi kino na ndako ya Mika.
14 And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laisa answered, and said to their brethren, Ye know that there is in this place an ephod, and theraphin, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what ye shall do.
Bongo mibali mitano oyo banongaki mokili ya Laishi balobaki na bandeko na bango: « Boni, boyebi ete kati na ndako oyo tovandi, ezali na efode, bikeko mike-mike ya ndako mpe nzambe ya ekeko basala na ebende oyo banyangwisa na moto? Boyeba likambo nini bokosala. »
15 And they turned aside there, and went into the house of the young man, the Levite, [even] into the house of Michaias, and asked him how he was.
Bongo babalukaki wana, na ndako epai wapi bazalaki mpe bakendeki na ndako ya elenge mobali Molevi, na ndako ya Mika, mpe bapesaki ye mbote.
16 And the six hundred men of the sons of Dan who were girded with their weapons of war stood by the door of the gate.
Mibali nkama motoba ya libota ya Dani, oyo bamilengelaki mpo na bitumba batelemaki na ekotelo ya ekuke.
17 And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and entered into the house of Michaias, and the priest stood.
Bato mitano oyo banongaki mokili bakotaki kati na ndako mpe bazwaki efode, bikeko mike-mike ya ndako mpe nzambe ya ekeko basala na ebende banyangwisa na moto. Nganga-nzambe atelemaki liboso ya ekuke elongo na mibali nkama motoba oyo bamilengelaki mpo na bitumba.
18 And they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the theraphin, and the molten image; and the priest said to them, What are ye doing?
Tango mibali bakotaki na ndako ya Mika mpe bazwaki efode, bikeko mike-mike ya ndako mpe nzambe ya ekeko basala na ebende banyangwisa na moto, nganga-nzambe alobaki na bango: — Likambo nini bozali kosala?
19 And they said to him, Be silent, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel?
Bazongisaki: — Kanga monoko! Tia loboko na monoko na yo, yaka elongo na biso mpe zala tata na biso mpe nganga-nzambe na biso. Boni, likambo nini eleki malamu: kozala nganga-nzambe ya moto to kozala nganga-nzambe ya libota mpe ya etuka moko ya Isalaele?
20 And the heart of the priest was glad, and he took the ephod, and the theraphin, and the graven image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people.
Nganga-nzambe atondaki na esengo, akamataki efode, banzambe ya bikeko ya ndako mpe bikeko mosusu; akendeki elongo na bato ya libota ya Dani.
21 So they turned and departed, and put their children and their property and their baggage before them.
Babalukaki mpe bazongelaki nzela na bango ya mobembo, batiaki liboso bana na bango ya mike, bibwele mpe bozwi na bango ya talo.
22 They went some distance from the house of Michaias, and, behold, Michaias and the men in the houses near Michaias' house, cried out, and overtook the children of Dan.
Tango bakomaki mwa mosika na ndako ya Mika, Mika mpe bato oyo bazalaki pene ya ndako na ye batelemaki na koganga mpe balandaki libota ya Dani.
23 And the children of Dan turned their face, and said to Michaias, What is the matter with thee that thou hast cried out?
Awa bazalaki kobelela sima na libota ya Dani, bana ya Dani babalukaki mpe batunaki Mika: — Likambo nini ezwi yo mpo ete omemela biso ebele ya bato boye?
24 And Michaias said, Because ye have taken my graven image which I made, and my priest, and are gone; and what have I remaining? and what [is] this [that] ye say to me, Why criest thou?
Mika azongisaki: — Bozwi banzambe na ngai, oyo nasalaki, nganga-nzambe na ngai, mpe bokeyi na bino; eloko nini natikali na yango lisusu? Ndenge nini bokoki kotuna ngai: « Likambo nini ezwi yo? »
25 And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon thee, and take away thy life, and the lives of thy house.
Bato ya libota ya Dani bazongiselaki ye: — Tika ete mongongo na yo eyokana te kati na biso, noki te bato ya kanda bakokweyela yo mpe bakoboma yo elongo na libota na yo mobimba.
26 And the children of Dan went their way; and Michaias saw that they were stronger than himself, and he returned to his house.
Bana ya libota ya Dani balandaki nzela na bango. Tango Mika amonaki ete bana ya Dani baleki ye na makasi, abalukaki mpe azongaki na ndako na ye.
27 And the children of Dan took what Michaias had made, and the priest that he had, and they came to Laisa, to a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Bana ya libota ya Dani babotolaki biloko oyo Mika asalaki mpe nganga-nzambe na ye. Bongo bakendeki kobundisa engumba Laishi, mboka ya bato ya kimia mpe ya kozanga nungunungu; babomaki bato nyonso na mopanga mpe batumbaki engumba na bango na moto.
28 And there was no deliverer, because [the city] is far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with men, and it [is] in the valley of the house of Raab; and they built the city, and dwelt in it.
Moto moko te ayaki kobikisa mboka wana, pamba te ezalaki mosika na Sidoni mpe esalaki boyokani te elongo na ekolo mosusu. Engumba yango ezalaki na lubwaku oyo ezali pembeni ya Beti-Reobi. Bana ya libota ya Dani batongaki wana engumba na bango mpe bavandaki kuna.
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and the name of the city was Ulamais before.
Bapesaki engumba yango kombo « Dani. » Ezalaki kombo ya koko na bango, Dani, mwana mobali ya Isalaele. Na kala, bazalaki kobenga engumba yango Laishi.
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gerson son of Manasse, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan till the time of the carrying away of the nation.
Bana ya libota ya Dani batelemisaki ekeko mpo na bango moko mpe batiaki Jonatan, mwana mobali ya Gerishomi, mwana mobali ya Manase mpe koko ya Moyize, mpo ete akoma Nganga-Nzambe ya bato ya libota ya Dani elongo na bana na ye. Basalaki mosala ya bonganga-Nzambe mpo na libota ya Dani kino tango bato ya mokili bakendeki na bowumbu.
31 And they set up for themselves the graven image which Michaias made, all the days that the house of God was in Selom; and it was so in those days [that] there was no king in Israel.
Bakobaki kosalela bikeko oyo Mika asalaki na tango nyonso oyo Ndako ya Nzambe ezalaki na Silo.
