Judges 18
1 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.
Hiche phatlai hin Israelten leng aneipon ahi. Chuleh Dan phunghin achenthei nadiu mun ana hollin ahi. Ajeh chu Israel phungho chenna ding mun ana kihop laiyuva amaho chu ana kipehna munna chu chenglut loulai ahiuve.
2 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.
Hijeh chun Dan mite chun amaho phung lah’a kon in amaho chenlut thei nading mun vetohle dingin Zorah leh Eshtaol khopi hoa kon in galhang mihat cheh nga analhengdoh un ahi. Hiche galhat hohi Ephraim thinglhang gam ahung lhun u’hin Micah in'ah ahung lhung’un ajan geh tauvin ahi.
3 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?
Micah in na aum sung’u chun amahon Levi mipachu apaothodan akonchun ahedoh jengun hijeh chun acheuvin amachu agadong tauvin ahi, “Kon hilai mun’ahi nana puilut na hichea hi epi nabol ham? Chuleh ipi dinga hichea hi naum ham?” atin anadong un ahi.
4 And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest.
Aman Micah toh akinoptona chuleh Micah in athempua apansah na thuchu aseipeh tan ahi.
5 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.
Hichun amahon aseijun, “Kakholjin naohi lolhinna kaneidiu hinam? Ahiloule lolhinna kanei loudiu ham? Pathen kom’ah neidoh peh un,” atiuve.
6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way on which ye go.
Thempupa chun adonbut in ajah uvah, “Lungmongin chetauvin, Pathen’in nakholjin naova hi naching jing naove,” ati.
7 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.
Hitichun mi nga hochu Laish khopi langa acheuvin ahileh hichea mite chu hinkho nomtah amangun Sidon mite bangin lungmong tah le lung gimlou hellin achengui ti amudoh taovin ahi. Hiche mipi hochu agam’u phat jeh'in ahaothei lheh jeng’un ahi. Chuleh amaho chu Sidon’a konna gamlatah in achengun avel uvah pankhom pithei jong aneipouvin ahi.
8 — And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What [say] ye?
Amaho chu Zorah leh Eshtaol a akile phat uchun asopi houvin anadongun, “Nathil muhou itobang nam?” atin ana dong uve.
9 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.
Amahon adonbutnun ajah uvah, “Hungun amaho khu gakisatpiu hite keihon agamchu kagamu uvin, agam u chu aphalheh jenge. Ipi na’nga nahlai diuham? Gache a amun galoding khu lungsa-ihna neihih hel’un,” ati taove.
10 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.
Nangho nache uva amun nagalhun tengu leh amipite khu imacha lungkhamna aneipouve ti namudoh diu ahi. Pathen’in gamlen tahle gamphatah imacha avat umlouhel munkhu eipeh u ahi!” atiuve.
11 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.
Hijeh chun Dan phunga kon in galsatna manchah kichoicheh mi jagup Zorah leh Eshtaol’a kon in ahung kipat doh un,
12 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.
Judah gam Kiriath-jearim lhumlam munkhat nah panmun akisem’un ahi. Hiche munhi Mahaneh-dan ti in tuni changei jin amin akisah tan ahi.
13 And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
Hichea konchun Ephraim thinglhang gamma Micah in chu agalhung taovin ahi.
14 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.
Mi nga Laish vella gam gavetoh a cheho chun aloidang ho chu aseipeh un, “Hiche in hoa hin thempu ompho leh insung mite doi holeh milim semthu chuleh thing’a kisema dangka a kitom doijong umma ahi, hicheho hi iloding natiuvem?” atiuve.
15 And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare.
Hijeh chun mi nga hochu lampia kon’in akiheidoh un Micah insunga chun alut’un Levi golhang pan khohsahna neitah in analamton ahi.
16 And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.
Daan phunga konna galmanchah kichoi mi jagup hochu kelkot komma chun dding jingun ahi.
17 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.
Gamvetoh a anache mi nga hochu doihouna munna chun alut’un milim semthu, thempu ompho le insung doiholeh dangka a kitom doichu akilah taove. Hiche sung chun thempupa chu kelkot komma chun galmanchah choi mi jagup chutoh ading khom’un ahi.
18 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?
Thempupa chun Micah doi koina maicham in na konna thil thengho ahinlah doh uchu amuphatnin, “Ipi nabollu hitam?” ahin tin ahi.
19 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?
Amahon “Thipbeh in keiho ding in mipa leh thempun hungpangtan, mikhatseh insunga thempu nahi sanga Israel phungkhat thempu nahiding chu phajo louham?” atiuve.
20 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.
Hichun golhang thempupa chu amahotoh kilhon dingchu atha anomlheh jengin ahi. Hitichun aman thempu ompho ahin, insung doiho le milim doi kisem hochu achoijin alah uvah apangtan ahi.
21 And they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them.
Amaho ahung kileheijun akholjin’u ajomkit tauvin ahi, hitichun achapangteu, agancha houleh athilkeu hou amasat sah un ahi.
22 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.
Dan phungmiho chu Micah inmunna kon’a gamlatah ageiphat’un Micah in aheng akomho chu ahin puijin ahindel tauvin ahi.
23 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?
Amahon ahinphah phat’un, hiti hin ahin hoh’un ahileh, Dan mite chu ahung kileheijun Micah kom’ah chun hitihin ahinseijun ahi, “Ipithu hitam? Ipi dinga amaho pihi nahinpuija neihin delluham”? atiuve.
24 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?
Micah in adonbutnin, “Ipi nabolnao ham? Ipithu hitam? Ken kakisem kapathen jouse nanghon neilah peh un, kathempupa kisan neipuidoh peh tauvin! Tuahi neichom theng hellu hitalou ham?” ahin ti.
25 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.
Dan miho chun hiti hin ahindonbut’un, “Kichihtheijin mohpao pao hih’in ajole hiche mitehi hung lunghang’un tin nangle nainsung mite chu nathalo diu ahi” atiuve.
26 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.
Hitichun Dan mitechu akijot kit taove. Micah chun amaho chu kisatpi ding angapchat loujeh in ahung kileheijin ain lamma achetai.
27 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.
Hichejou chun Dan mite chun Micah doi holeh athempupa chutoh Laish khopi chu agalhung taove. Amahon achemjam’un asatchap jengun akhopi chu meiyin ahallha taove.
28 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.
Koimacha amaho huhdoh ding chu anaum tapon ahi, ajeh chu amaho Sidon’a konna gamlatah a chenga ahiuvin koima kitho khompi ding aneipouvin ahi. Hiche thilsoh hi Beth-rehob phaicham kom ahi. Dan phung mite chun khopi chu akisem phat’un hilai munna chun ching taove.
29 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.
Amahon hiche khopi chu apu apau Israel chapa min alosah un Dan asah taove, ahin ati abulla chu Laish ana kitia ahi.
30 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.
Hijouchun adoilim chu atungdoh un Mose cha Gershom chapa Jonathan chu thempun apansah taove. Hiche Dan insung mitehi sohchan’na a alut tokah seuhin, amahohi hiche mite thempun anapang peh’un ahi.
31 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.
Hitichun Pathen ponbuh chu Shiloh-a aumlai sechun Micah doi semchu Dan miten ana houjing’un ahi.
