Judges 18
1 At that time Israel didn't have a king. The tribe of Dan was looking for territory where they could live, because up until then they hadn't gained possession of the land granted to them among the tribes of Israel.
V tistih dneh ni bilo kralja v Izraelu in v tistih dneh si je rod Danovcev iskal dediščino, da v njej prebiva, kajti do tistega dne jim vsa njihova dediščina ni pripadla med Izraelovimi rodovi.
2 So the Danites chose from among them five leading men from Zorah and Eshtaol to scout out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. When the men came to the hill country of Ephraim, they arrived at Micah's house where they spent the night.
Danovi otroci so izmed svojih družin poslali pet moških iz svojih pokrajin, junaške može iz Core in iz Eštaóla, da hodijo vzdolž dežele in da jo preiščejo. Rekli so jim: »Pojdite, oglejte deželo.« Ko so le-ti prišli do gore Efrájim, k Mihovi hiši, so se tam nastanili.
3 While they were there, they recognized the young Levite's accent, so they went to him and asked him, “So who brought you here, and what are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
Ko so bili pri Mihovi hiši, so prepoznali glas mladeniča, Lévijevca. Obrnili so se tja in mu rekli: »Kdo te je privedel sèm? Kaj delaš na tem kraju? In kaj imaš tukaj?«
4 “Micah arranged things for me, and he hired me as his priest,” he told them.
Odgovoril jim je: »Tako in tako je Miha postopal z menoj, me najel in sem njegov duhovnik.«
5 “Please ask the Lord for us so we can find out if our journey will be successful,” they asked him.
Rekli so mu: »Prosimo te, vprašaj za nasvet od Boga, da bomo lahko vedeli katera izmed naših poti, po kateri gremo, bo uspešna.«
6 “Go in peace,” the priest replied. “The journey you are taking is being observed by the Lord.”
Duhovnik jim je rekel: »Pojdite v miru. Vaša pot, po kateri greste, je pred Gospodom.«
7 The five men left and went to the town of Laish. They observed that the people there lived in safety, and followed the customs of the Sidonians. The people were unsuspecting and confident of their security, at home in a productive land. They didn't have a strong ruler, they lived a long way from the Sidonians, and had no other allies to help them.
Potem je pet mož odpotovalo in prišlo k Láješu in videlo ljudstvo, ki je bilo tam, kako so brezskrbno prebivali po navadi Sidóncev, tiho in varno. Tam v deželi ni bilo naseljencev, da bi jih lahko v kakršnikoli stvari osramotili. Bili so daleč od Sidóncev in z nikomer niso imeli nič opraviti.
8 The men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you…?”
Prišli so k svojim bratom do Core in Eštaóla in njihovi bratje so jim rekli: »Kaj pravite?«
9 “Come on, let's go and attack them!” the men interrupted. “We've surveyed the land, and it's excellent! Aren't you going to do something? Don't put off going there and occupying the land!
Odgovorili so: »Vstanite, da bomo lahko šli gor zoper njih, kajti videli smo deželo in glejte, ta je zelo dobra. In vi ste mirni? Ne bodite leni, da bi šli in vstopili, da vzamete deželo v last.«
10 When you get there you'll find the people are unsuspecting and the land is extensive. God has given you a place where there's no shortage of anything!”
Ko greste, boste prišli k varnemu ljudstvu in k veliki deželi, kajti Bog jo je dal v vaše roke. Prostor, kjer ni pomanjkanja česarkoli, kar je na zemlji.
11 So six hundred Danite armed men left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready to attack.
Od tod je odšla družina Danovcev na svojo pot, iz Core in iz Eštaóla, šeststo mož, opasanih z bojnim orožjem.
12 En route they camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That's why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called the Camp of Dan to this very day.
Odšli so gor in se utaborili v Kirját Jearímu v Judu. Zato so ta kraj imenovali Mahané Dan do današnjega dne. Glej ta je poleg Kirját Jearíma.
13 Then they left from there and went into the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house.
Od tam so prešli h gori Efrájim in prišli do Mihove hiše.
14 Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told the other tribesmen, “Do you realize that here in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, and a carved idol, an image made with molten silver? So you know what you should do.”
Potem je pet mož, ki so odšli, da ogledajo deželo Láješ, odgovorilo in reklo svojim bratom: »Ali veste, da so v teh hišah efód, družinski malik, rezana podoba in ulita podoba? Sedaj torej preudarite kaj vam je storiti.«
15 The five men left the road and went to where the young Levite was living in Micah's home to ask how he was.
Obrnili so se tja in prišli do hiše mladeniča, Lévijevca, torej k Mihovi hiši in ga pozdravili.
16 The six hundred Danite armed men stood at the entrance by the gate.
Šeststo mož, opasanih s svojimi bojnimi orožji, ki so bili izmed Danovih otrok, pa je stalo pri vhodu velikih vrat.
17 The five men went inside and took the carved idol, the ephod, the household idols, and the image made with molten silver. The priest was standing by the gate with the six hundred armed men.
Pet mož, ki so šli, da ogledajo deželo, je odšlo gor in vstopili so tja in vzeli rezano podobo, efód, družinskega malika in ulito podobo. Duhovnik pa je stal na vhodu velikih vrat s šeststotimi možmi, ki so bili opasani z bojnim orožjem.
18 When the priest saw them taking all the religious objects from Micah's home, he asked them, “What are you doing?”
Ti so odšli v Mihovo hišo in prinesli izrezljano podobo, efód, družinskega malika in ulito podobo. Potem jim je duhovnik rekel: »Kaj počnete?«
19 “Be quiet! Don't say anything! Come with us, and you can be our ‘father’ and priest. Wouldn't it be better for you if instead of being a priest for just one man's household that you were the priest of an Israelite tribe and family?”
Rekli so mu: »Molči, svojo roko položi na svoja usta in pojdi z nami in nam bodi oče in duhovnik. Ali je zate bolje biti duhovnik hiši enega človeka ali da postaneš duhovnik rodu in družini v Izraelu?«
20 This seemed like a good idea to the priest and he left with them. Carrying the ephod, the household idols, and the image made with molten silver, he marched with the people all around him.
Duhovnikovo srce je bilo veselo in vzel je efód, družinskega malika, rezano podobo in odšel v sredo ljudstva.
21 They continued their journey, putting their children, livestock, and possessions ahead of them.
Tako so se obrnili in odšli ter predse postavili malčke, živino in vozove.
22 The Danites were already quite a way from Micah's home when men from Micah's village caught up with them,
In ko so bili dobro pot od Mihove hiše, so se ljudje, ki so bili v hišah blizu Mihove hiše, zbrali skupaj in dohiteli Danove otroke.
23 shouting at them. The Danites turned around to face them and asked Micah, “What's the matter with you? Why call out these men to come after us?”
Klicali so k Danovim otrokom. Ti pa so obrnili svoje obraze in Mihu rekli: »Kaj te pesti, da prihajaš s takšnim spremstvom?«
24 “You stole the gods I made, and my priest too, and then left. What have you left me with? How can you ask me, ‘What's the matter with you?’”
Odgovoril je: »Odvzeli ste moje bogove, ki sem jih naredil in duhovnika ter odšli proč. In kaj še imam? Kaj je to, da mi pravite: ›Kaj te pesti?‹«
25 “Don't complain to us!” Danites replied. “Otherwise some hot-tempered people here might attack you and you and your family will lose your lives!”
Danovi otroci so mu rekli: »Tvojega glasu naj ne bo slišati med nami, da ne bi jezni ljudje stekli nadte in bi izgubil svoje življenje, z življenji svoje družine.«
26 The Danites carried on their way. Micah saw that they were too strong for him to fight so he turned around and went back home.
Danovi otroci so odšli svojo pot. Ko je Miha videl, da so bili premočni zanj, se je obrnil in se vrnil nazaj k svoji hiši.
27 So the Danites took with them the idols that Micah had made, as well as his priest. They attacked Laish with its peaceful and unsuspecting people, killed them with swords, and burned down the town.
Vzeli so stvari, ki jih je naredil Miha in duhovnika, ki ga je imel in prišli k Láješu, k ljudstvu, ki je bilo tiho in varno. Udarili so jih z ostrino meča in mesto zažgali z ognjem.
28 No one could save them because they were a long way from Sidon and had no other allies to help them. The town was in the valley belonging to Beth-rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
Tam ni bilo nobenega osvoboditelja, ker je bilo daleč od Sidóna in niso imeli opravka s kakršnimkoli človekom. To je bilo v dolini, ki leži pri Bet Rehóbu. In zgradili so mesto ter prebivali v njem.
29 They renamed the city Dan after their forefather, the son of Israel. Laish was its former name.
Ime mesta so imenovali Dan, po imenu njihovega očeta Dana, ki je bil rojen Izraelu, vendar je bilo ime mesta najprej Láješ.
30 The Danites erected the carved idol to worship, and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons became priests for the tribe of Dan until the time when the people went into captivity from the land.
Danovi otroci so postavili rezano podobo in Jonatan, sin Geršóma, sinú Manáseja, on in njegovi sinovi so bili duhovniki Danovemu rodu do dneva ujetništva dežele.
31 They worshiped the carved idol that Micah had made the whole time God's Temple was at Shiloh.
Postavili so si Mihovo rezano podobo, ki jo je naredil ves ta čas, ko je bila Božja hiša v Šilu.
