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.
Ní ọjọ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì, àwọn ọmọ Israẹli kò ní ọba. Ní ọjọ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì, àwọn ẹ̀yà Dani ń wá ilẹ̀ tiwọn, níbi tí wọn yóò máa gbé, nítorí pé títí di àkókò náà wọn kò ì tí ì pín ogún ilẹ̀ fún wọn ní ìní láàrín àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.
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.
Nítorí náà àwọn ẹ̀yà Dani rán àwọn jagunjagun márùn-ún lọ láti Sora àti Eṣtaoli láti yọ́ ilẹ̀ náà wò àti láti rìn ín wò. Àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí ṣe ojú fún gbogbo àwọn ẹ̀yà wọn. Wọ́n wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹ lọ kí ẹ rin ilẹ̀ náà ká, kí ẹ sì wò ó fínní fínní.” Àwọn ọkùnrin náà wọ àwọn ìlú tí ó wà ní agbègbè òkè Efraimu, wọ́n sì dé ilé Mika, níbi tí wọ́n sùn ní òru náà.
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?”
Nígbà tí wọ́n súnmọ́ tòsí ilé e Mika, wọ́n dá ohùn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin Lefi náà mọ̀, torí náà wọ́n yípadà, wọ́n sì wọ inú ilé náà lọ wọ́n sì bi í pé, “Tá ni ó mú ọ wa sí ibi? Kí ni ìwọ ń ṣe níhìn-ín yìí? Èéṣe tí o fi wà ní ibí?”
4 “Micah arranged things for me, and he hired me as his priest,” he told them.
Ó sọ ohun tí Mika ti ṣe fún un, ó fi kún un fún wọn pé, “Ó gbà mí sí iṣẹ́, èmi sì ni àlùfáà rẹ̀.”
5 “Please ask the Lord for us so we can find out if our journey will be successful,” they asked him.
Wọ́n wí fún un pé, “Jọ̀wọ́ béèrè ní ọwọ́ Ọlọ́run, kí àwa lè mọ̀ bí ìrìnàjò wa yóò yọrí sí rere.”
6 “Go in peace,” the priest replied. “The journey you are taking is being observed by the Lord.”
Àlùfáà náà dá wọn lóhùn pé, “Ẹ máa lọ ní àlàáfíà. Ìrìnàjò yín tí ẹ̀yin ń rìn bá ojúrere Olúwa pàdé.”
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.
Àwọn ọkùnrin márààrún náà kúrò, wọ́n sì wá sí Laiṣi, níbi tí wọ́n ti rí i pé àwọn ènìyàn tí ń gbé ibẹ̀ ní ààbò, bí àwọn ará Sidoni, láìsí ìfòyà àti ní ìpamọ́. Ní ìgbà tí ilẹ̀ wọn kò ṣe aláìní ohunkóhun, wọ́n ní ọrọ̀ púpọ̀. Ibùgbé wọn tún jìnnà sí ti àwọn ará Sidoni, wọn kò fi ohunkóhun bá ẹnikẹ́ni dàpọ̀.
8 The men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you…?”
Nígbà tí wọ́n padà sí Sora àti Eṣtaoli, àwọn arákùnrin wọn bi wọ́n léèrè pé, “Báwo ni ibi tí ẹ lọ ti rí? Kí ni ìròyìn tí ẹ mú wá?”
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!
Wọ́n dáhùn pé, “Ẹ dìde ẹ jẹ́ kí a lọ kọlù wọ́n! A wá rí i pé ilẹ̀ náà dára gidigidi. Ṣé ẹ̀yin ó sì jókòó láìsí nǹkan nípa rẹ̀? Ẹ má ṣe lọ́ra láti lọ síbẹ̀ kí ẹ sì gba ilẹ̀ náà.
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!”
Nígbà tí ẹ̀yin bá dé ibẹ̀, ẹ yóò rí àwọn ènìyàn tí ọkàn wọn balẹ̀ àti ilẹ̀ tí ó tẹ́jú tí Ọlọ́run ti fi fún yín, ilẹ̀ tí kò ṣe aláìní nǹkan kan.”
11 So six hundred Danite armed men left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready to attack.
Nígbà náà ni ẹgbẹ̀ta ọkùnrin tí ó múra ogun láti ìran Dani, jáde lọ láti Sora àti Eṣtaoli ní mímú ra láti jagun.
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.
Wọ́n sì jáde lọ, ní ojú ọ̀nà wọn, wọ́n tẹ̀dó ogun sí ẹ̀bá Kiriati-Jearimu ní Juda. Ìdí nìyí tí wọ́n fi ń gbé ìwọ̀-oòrùn Kiriati-Jearimu ni Mahane-Dani títí di òní yìí.
13 Then they left from there and went into the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house.
Láti ibẹ̀ wọ́n kọjá lọ sí àwọn ìlú agbègbè òkè Efraimu, wọ́n sì dé ilé Mika.
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.”
Nígbà náà ni àwọn ọkùnrin márùn-ún tí ó lọ yọ́ ilẹ̀ Laiṣi wò sọ fún àwọn arákùnrin wọn pé, “Ǹjẹ́ ẹ̀yin mọ̀ pé ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ilé yìí ní ẹ̀wù efodu, àwọn yòókù ní òrìṣà, ère gbígbẹ́ àti ère dídà? Ẹ mọ ohun tí ó yẹ kí ẹ ṣe báyìí.”
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.
Wọ́n sì yà sí ibẹ̀, wọ́n sì wọ ilé ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin Lefi náà, sí ilé Mika, wọ́n sì béèrè àlàáfíà rẹ̀.
16 The six hundred Danite armed men stood at the entrance by the gate.
Àwọn ẹgbẹ̀ta ọkùnrin ará Dani náà tí ó hámọ́ra ogun, dúró ní àbáwọlé ẹnu odi.
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.
Àwọn ọkùnrin márùn-ún tí wọ́n lọ yọ́ ilẹ̀ náà wò wọlé lọ wọ́n sì kó ère gbígbẹ́ náà, efodu náà, àwọn òrìṣà ìdílé àti ère dídà náà nígbà tí àlùfáà náà àti àwọn ẹgbẹ̀ta ọkùnrin tí ó hámọ́ra ogun dúró ní à bá wọ ẹnu odi náà.
18 When the priest saw them taking all the religious objects from Micah's home, he asked them, “What are you doing?”
Nígbà tí àwọn ọkùnrin yìí wọ ilé e Mika lọ tí wọ́n sì kó ère fínfín náà, efodu náà, àwọn òrìṣà ìdílé mìíràn àti ère dídà náà, àlùfáà náà béèrè lọ́wọ́ wọn wí pé, “Kí ni ẹ̀yin ń ṣe?”
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?”
Wọ́n dá a lóhùn pé, “Dákẹ́! Ma sọ nǹkan kan, tẹ̀lé wa kí o sì di baba àti àlùfáà wa. Kò ha sàn fún ọ láti máa ṣe ìránṣẹ́ ẹ̀yà àti ìdílé kan tí ó wá láti Israẹli bí àlùfáà ju ilé ẹnìkan ṣoṣo lọ?”
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.
Nígbà náà ni inú àlùfáà náà sì dùn, òun mú efodu náà, àwọn òrìṣà ìdílé mìíràn àti ère fínfín náà, ó sì bá àwọn ènìyàn náà lọ.
21 They continued their journey, putting their children, livestock, and possessions ahead of them.
Wọ́n kó àwọn ọmọdé wọn, àwọn ohun ọ̀sìn wọn àti gbogbo ohun ìní wọn síwájú, wọ́n yípadà wọ́n sì lọ.
22 The Danites were already quite a way from Micah's home when men from Micah's village caught up with them,
Nígbà tí wọ́n ti rìn jìnnà díẹ̀ sí ilé Mika, àwọn ọkùnrin tí ó wà ní agbègbè Mika kó ara wọn jọ, wọ́n sì lé àwọn ará Dani bá.
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?”
Bí wọ́n ṣe ń pariwo tẹ̀lé wọn lẹ́yìn, àwọn ará Dani yípadà wọ́n sì bi Mika pé, “Kí ló ṣe ọ́ tí o fi pe àwọn ọkùnrin rẹ jáde láti jà?”
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?’”
Ó dáhùn pé, “Ẹ̀yin kó àwọn ère tí mo ṣe, àti àlùfáà mi lọ. Kí ni ó kù tí mo ní? Báwo ni ẹ̀yin ò ṣe béèrè pé, ‘Kí ló ṣe ọ́?’”
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!”
Àwọn ọkùnrin Dani náà dáhùn pé, “Má ṣe bá wa jiyàn, tàbí àwọn oníbìínú fùfù ènìyàn lè kọlù yín, ìwọ àti àwọn ìdílé yóò sì sọ ẹ̀mí yín nù.”
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.
Àwọn ọkùnrin Dani náà sì bá ọ̀nà wọn lọ. Nígbà tí Mika rí í pé wọ́n lágbára púpọ̀ fún òun, ó sì padà sí ilé rẹ̀.
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.
Wọ́n sì kó àwọn ohun tí Mika ti ṣe àti àlùfáà rẹ̀, wọ́n sì kọjá lọ sí Laiṣi, ní ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn tí ó ní ìbàlẹ̀ ọkàn tí wọ́n sì wà ní àlàáfíà. Wọ́n fi ojú idà kọlù wọ́n, wọ́n sì jó ìlú wọn run.
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.
Kò sì sí ẹnikẹ́ni tí yóò gbà wọ́n sílẹ̀ nítorí pé ibi tí wọ́n ń gbé jìnà sí àwọn ará Sidoni, wọn kò sì ní àṣepọ̀ pẹ̀lú ẹnikẹ́ni. Ìlú náà wà ní inú àfonífojì lẹ́bàá a Beti-Rehobu. Àwọn ará Dani sì tún ìlú náà kọ́, wọ́n sì ń gbé inú rẹ̀.
29 They renamed the city Dan after their forefather, the son of Israel. Laish was its former name.
Wọ́n sọ orúkọ ìlú náà ní Dani gẹ́gẹ́ bí orúkọ baba ńlá wọn Dani, ẹni tí wọ́n bí fún Israẹli: bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé Laiṣi ni orúkọ ìlú náà tẹ́lẹ̀ rí.
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.
Àwọn ọmọ Dani sì gbé àwọn ère kalẹ̀ fún ara wọn níbẹ̀; Jonatani ọmọ Gerṣomu, ọmọ Mose, àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ ni àlùfáà fún àwọn ẹ̀yà Dani títí di àkókò tí a kó ilẹ̀ náà ní ìgbèkùn.
31 They worshiped the carved idol that Micah had made the whole time God's Temple was at Shiloh.
Wọ́n tẹ̀síwájú láti lo àwọn ère tí Mika ṣe, ní gbogbo àkókò tí ilé Ọlọ́run wà ní Ṣilo.
