Judges 18
1 In those dayes there was no King in Israel, and at the same time the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for vnto that time all their inheritance had not fallen vnto them among the tribes of Israel.
ती दिनहरूमा इस्राएलमा कुनै राजा थिएन । दानको कुलका मानिसहरूले बसोबास गर्नको निम्ति ठाउँ खोजिरहेका थिए, किनकि त्यो दिनसम्म तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका कुलहरूबाट कुनै उत्तराधिकार प्राप्त गरेका थिएनन् ।
2 Therefore the children of Dan sent of their familie, fiue men out of their coastes, euen men expert in warre, out of Zorah and Eshtaol, to viewe the lande and search it out, and saide vnto them, Goe, and search out the lande. Then they came to mount Ephraim to the house of Michah and lodged there.
दानका मानिसहरूले आफ्ना सम्पुर्ण कुलबाट पाँच जना मानिसहरू, सोरा र एश्लोत अनुभवी युद्धाहरूलाई हिंडेर देशको जानकारी लिन र त्यसमाथि दृष्टि लगाउन पठाए । तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई भने, “जाओ, र देशमाथि दृष्टि लगाओ ।” तिनीहरू एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशमा मीकाको घरमा आए, र तिनीहरूले त्यो रात त्यहीं बिताए ।
3 When they were in the house of Michah, they knewe the voyce of the yong man the Leuite: and being turned in thither, they saide vnto him, Who brought thee hither? or what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou to doe here?
जब उनीहरू मीकाको घरको नजिकै थिए, तब उनीहरूले ती जवान लेवीको बोली चिने । यसैले उनीहरू तिनलाई रोके र सोधे, “तिमीलाई यहाँ कसले ल्यायो? तिमी यस ठाउँमा के गर्दैछौ? तिमी यहाँ किन छौ?”
4 And he answered them, Thus and thus dealeth Michah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his Priest.
तिनले उनीहरूलाई भने, “मीकाले मेरो निम्ति यसो गरेका छन्: तिनको पुजारी हुनलाई तिनले मलाई नियुक्त गरेका छन् ।”
5 Againe they said vnto him, Aske counsell nowe of God, that we may knowe whether the way which we goe, shalbe prosperous.
उनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “हाम्रो निम्ति परमेश्वरबाट सल्लाह माग, ताकि हामीले गरिरहेको यात्रा सफल हुन्छ कि हुन्न भनी हामीलाई थाहा होस् ।”
6 And the Priest sayde vnto them, Goe in peace: for the Lord guideth your way which ye goe.
ती पुजारीले उनीहरूलाई भने, “शान्तिमा जाओ । तिमीहरू जानुपर्ने बाटोमा परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई डोर्याउनुहुनेछ ।”
7 Then the fiue men departed and came to Laish, and sawe the people that were therein, which dwelt carelesse, after the maner of the Zidonians, quiet and sure, because no man made any trouble in the lande, or vsurped any dominion: also they were farre from the Zidonians, and had no businesse with other men.
त्यसपछि ती पाँच जना मानिस त्यहाँबाट गए र लेशमा आए, अनि मानिसहरू सुरक्षासाथ बसोबास गरिरहेका उनीहरूले देखे, जसरी सीदोनीहरू कुनै बाधा नभई र सुरक्षित बस्थे । तिनीहरूलाई पराजय गर्ने वा त्यस देशमा कुनै प्रकारले दमन गर्ने कोही पनि थिएन । तिनीहरू सीदोनीहरूबाट टाढा बस्थे र तिनीहरूको कसैसँग लेन-देन थिएन ।
8 So they came againe vnto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren saide vnto them, What haue ye done?
उनीहरू सोरा र एश्तोलमा भएको आफ्नो कुलकहाँ फर्के । उनीहरूका नातेदारहरूले सोधे, “तिमीहरूसँग के विवरण छ?”
9 And they answered, Arise, that we may goe vp against them: for we haue seene the lande, and surely it is very good, and doe ye sit stil? be not slouthfull to goe and enter to possesse the lande:
उनीहरूले भने, “आओ, तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरौँ! हामीले त्यो देश देखेका छौं र त्यो धेरै असल छ । के तिमीहरू केही गर्दैनौ? आक्रमण गर्न र त्यो देशमाथि अधिकार गर्न ढिला नगर ।
10 (If ye will goe, ye shall come vnto a carelesse people, and the countrey is large) for God hath giuen it into your hande. It is a place which doeth lacke nothing that is in the worlde.
जब तिमीहरू जान्छौ, तब तिमीहरूले ती मानिसहरूलाई भेट्नेछौ जसले आफैंलाई सुरक्षित ठान्छन्, र त्यो सहर फराकिलो छ! परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई त्यो सहर दिनुभएको छ— एउटा ठाउँ जसमा कुनै कुराको अभाव छैन ।”
11 Then there departed thence of the familie of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, sixe hundreth men appointed with instruments of warre.
दानका कुलका छ सय मानिसहरू युद्धको निम्ति हातहतियारले सुसज्जित भएर सोरा र एश्तोलबाट निस्के ।
12 And they went vp, and pitched in Kiriath-iearim in Iudah: wherefore they called that place, Mahaneh-Dan vnto this day: and it is behinde Kiriath-iearim.
तिनीहरू माथि गए र यहूदाको किर्यत-यारीममा छाउनी हाले । यसकारण मानिसहरूले त्यस ठाउँलाई आजको दिनसम्म महनेह-दान भन्छन् । त्योचाहिं किर्यत-यारीमको पश्चिममा पर्छ ।
13 And they went thence vnto mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Michah.
तिनीहरू त्यहाँबाट एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशमा गए र मीकाको घरमा आए ।
14 Then answered the fiue men, that went to spie out the countrey of Laish, and said vnto their brethren, Knowe ye not, that there is in these houses an Ephod, and Teraphim, and a grauen and a molten image? Nowe therefore consider what ye haue to doe.
लेशको देशमा जानकारी प्राप्त गर्न गएका पाँच जना मानिसले आफ्ना नातेदारहरूलाई भने, “यी घरहरूमा एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, खोपिएको मूर्ति, र ढलौटे मूर्ति छन् भनी के तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छ? तिमीहरूले के गर्नेछौ अहिले नै निर्णय गर ।”
15 And they turned thitherward and came to the house of the yong man the Leuite, euen vnto the house of Michah, and saluted him peaceably.
यसैले तिनीहरू मीकाको घर, ती जवान लेवीकहाँ आए र तिनीहरूले तिनलाई अभिवादन गरे ।
16 And the six hundreth men appointed with their weapons of warre, which were of the children of Dan, stoode by the entring of the gate.
अनि दानका छ सय जना मानिसहरू युद्धको निम्ति हात-हतियारले सुसज्जित भएर ढोकामा उभिए ।
17 Then the fiue men that went to spie out the land, went in thither, and tooke the grauen image and the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the molten image: and the Priest stoode in the entring of the gate with the sixe hundreth men, that were appointed with weapons of warre,
ती पाँच जना मानिस जसले देशको बारेमा जानकारी लिन गएका थिए, तिनीहरू त्यहाँ गए र खोपिएको मूर्ति, एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, र ढलौटे मूर्ति लिए, जति बेला पुजारीचाहिं युद्धको निम्ति हात-हतियारले सुसज्जित छ सय जना मानिसका साथ ढोकामा उभिए ।
18 And the other went into Michahs house and fet the grauen image, the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the molten image. Then saide the Priest vnto them, What doe ye?
जब तिनीहरू मीकाको घरमा पसे र खोपिएको मूर्ति, एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, र ढलौटे मूर्ति लिए, पुजारीले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू यो के गरिरहेका छौ?”
19 And they answered him, Holde thy peace: lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs to be our father and Priest. Whether is it better that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto ye house of one man, or that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto a tribe and to a familie in Israel?
तिनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “चूप लाग! आफ्नो हात आफ्नो मुखमा राख र हामीसँग आऊ, र हाम्रो निम्ति पिता र पुजारी होऊ । के तिम्रो निम्ति एउटा मानिसको घरको पुजारी हुनु, कि इस्राएलमा एउटा कुल र वंशको पुजारी हुनु कुन असल छ?”
20 And the Priestes heart was glad, and hee tooke the Ephod and the Teraphim, and the grauen image, and went among the people.
ती पुजारीको हृदय हर्षित भयो । तिनले त्यो एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, र खोपिएको मूर्ति लिए, र ती मानिसहरूसँगै गए ।
21 And they turned and departed, and put the children, and the cattell, and the substance before them.
यसैले तिनीहरू फर्केर त्यहाँबाट गए । तिनीहरूले साना बालबालिका र गाई-वस्तु र आफ्ना धनमालहरूलाई आफ्नो अगि-अगि हिंडाए ।
22 When they were farre off from the house of Michah, the men that were in the houses neere to Michahs house, gathered together, and pursued after the children of Dan,
जब तिनीहरू मीकाको घरबाट अलि पर पुगे, मीकाको घरनजिकका घरहरूमा बस्ने मानिसहरूलाई एकसाथ भेला गरियो, र तिनीहरूले दानका मानिसहरूलाई भेट्टाए ।
23 And cryed vnto the children of Dan: who turned their faces, and said vnto Michah, What ayleth thee, that thou makest an outcrie?
तिनीहरूले दानका मानिसहरूमाथि कराए, र तिनीहरू फर्के र मीकालाई भने, “तिमीहरू किन एकसाथ भेला भएका छौ?”
24 And hee saide, Yee haue taken away my gods, which I made, and the Priest, and go your wayes: and what haue I more? howe then say ye vnto me, what ayleth thee?
तिनले भने, “मैले बनाएका देवताहरू तिमीहरूले चोर्यौ, मेरो पुजारीलाई लग्यौ, र तिमीहरू जाँदैछौ । अब मसँग के बाँकी छ? तिमीहरू कसरी मलाई ‘तिमीलाई के कुराले दु: ख दिइरहेको छ’ भनेर सोध्दैछौ?”
25 And the children of Dan sayde vnto him, Let not thy voyce be heard among vs, least angrie fellowes runne vpon thee, and thou lose thy life with the liues of thine housholde.
दानका मानिसहरूले तिनलाई भने, “हामीलाई तिम्रो केही कुरा नसुनाऊ, नत्रता हामीमध्येका कोही धेरै क्रोधित मानिसले तिमीलाई आक्रमण गर्नेछ, र तिमी र तिम्रा परिवार सबै मारिनेछन् ।”
26 So the children of Dan went their wayes: and when Michah saw that they were too strong for him, hee turned, and went backe vnto his house.
त्यसपछि दानका मानिसहरू आफ्नो बाटो लागे । जब तिनीहरू आफ्नो निम्ति धेरै नै बलिया रहेछन् भनेर मीकाले देखे तब तिनी आफ्नै घर फर्किए ।
27 And they tooke the things which Michah had made, and the Priest which he had, and came vnto Laish, vnto a quiet people and without mistrust, and smote them with the edge of the sworde, and burnt the citie with fire:
दानका मानिसहरूले मीकाले बनाएका कुराहरू र तिनका पुजारीलाई लिए, र तिनीहरू लेशमा कुनै बाधामा नपरेका र सुरक्षित मानिसहरूकहाँ आए, अनि तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई तरवारको धारले प्रहार गरे र सहरलाई जलाइदिए ।
28 And there was none to helpe, because Laish was farre from Zidon, and they had no businesse with other men: also it was in the valley that lyeth by Beth-rehob. After, they built the citie, and dwelt therein,
तिनीहरूलाई बचाउने त्यहाँ कोही पनि थिएन किनभने त्यो सीदोनबाट धेरै टाढा थियो, र तिनीहरूको कसैसँग पनि कुनै लेन-देन थिएन । त्यो बेथ-रहोबनजिकको बेसीमा थियो । दानका मानिसहरूले त्यो सहरलाई पुनर्निर्माण गरे र त्यहीं बसोबास गरे ।
29 And called the name of the citie Dan, after the name of Dan their father which was borne vnto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the beginning.
तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका छोरामध्ये एक जना आफ्ना पुर्खा दानका नाउँमा त्यस सहरलाई दान नाउँ दिए । तर त्यस सहरको नाउँ पहिले लेश थियो ।
30 Then the children of Dan set them vp the grauen image: and Ionathan the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Manasseh and his sonnes were the Priestes in the tribe of the Danites vntil the day of the captiuitie of the lande.
दानका मानिसहरूले आफ्नै निम्ति ती खोपिएका मूर्तिहरू राखे । अनि त्यो देश कैदमा नपरेसम्म मोशाका नाति, गेर्शोमका छोरा जोनाथन र तिनका छोराहरू दानका कुलका निम्ति पुजारीहरू भए ।
31 So they set them vp the grauen image, which Michah had made, all the while the house of God was in Shiloh.
यसैले शीलोमा परमेश्वरको भवन भएसम्म तिनीहरूले मीकाले बनाएका खोपिएका मूर्तिहरूको पुजा गरे ।
