Judges 18
1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day all their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
Sa panahong iyon walang hari sa Israel. Naghahanap ang tribo ng mga kaapu-apuhan ni Dan ng isang teritoryo para tirahan, hanggang sa araw na iyon hindi sila nakatanggap ng anumang pamana mula sa mga lipi ng Israel.
2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
Ang bayan ng Dan ay nagpadala ng limang kalalakihan mula sa kabuuang bilang ng kanilang lipi, kalalakihan na bihasang mandirigma mula sa Zora at mula sa Estaol, para manmanan ang lupain habang naglalakad, at titingnan ito. Sinabi nila sa kanila, “Humayo at tingnan ang lupain.” Nakarating sila sa burol na bansa ng Efraim, hanggang sa bahay ni Mikias, at nagpalipas sila ng gabi roon.
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 you here? and what make you in this place? and what have you here?
Nang malapit na sila sa bahay ni Mikias, nakilala nila ang pananalita ng binatang Levita. Kaya huminto sila at nagtanong sa kaniya, “Sino ang nagdala sa iyo dito? Ano ang ginagawa mo sa lugar na ito? Bakit ka nandito?”
4 And he said to them, Thus and thus deals Micah with me, and has hired me, and I am his priest.
Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Ito ang ginawa ni Mikias sa akin: Inupahan niya ako para maging kaniyang pari.”
5 And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Sinabi nila sa kaniya, “Pakiusap alamin ang payo ng Diyos, para malaman namin kung magtatagumpay ba kami sa pupuntahang paglalakbay.
6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein you go.
Ang sinabi ng pari sa kanila, “Umalis kayo nang payapa. Papatnubayan kayo ni Yahweh sa landas na dapat ninyong lakaran.”
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelled careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
Kaya umalis ang limang kalalakihan at nakarating sa Lais, at nakita nila ang mga tao na naninirihan doon ng ligtas—katulad din sa pamamaraan ng mga Sidoneo na naninirahang matiwasay at ligtas. Wala ni isa ang siyang sumakop sa kanila sa lupain, o gumulo sa kanila sa anumang paraan. Nanirahan sila ng malayo mula sa mga Sidoneo, at hindi sila nakipag-ugnayan kaninuman.
8 And they came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What say you?
Bumalik sila sa kanilang lipi sa Zora at Estaol. Tinanong sila ng kanilang mga kamag-anak, “Ano ang inyong balita?”
9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are you still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
Sinabi nila, “Halina! salakayin natin sila! Nakita namin ang lupain at ito'y napakabuti. Wala ba kayong ginagawa? Huwag bagalan ang pagsalakay at pagsakop sa lupain.
10 When you go, you shall come to a people secure, and to a large land: for God has given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
Kapag pupunta kayo, makakarating kayo sa mga taong nag-iisip na ligtas sila, at malawak ang lupain! Ibinigay ito sa inyo ng Diyos— isang lugar na hindi nagkukulang sa anumang bagay sa mundo.”
11 And there went from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
Anim na raang kalalakihan ng lipi ng Dan, mga armado ng mga pandigmang sandata, na umalis mula sa Zora at Estaol.
12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: why they called that place Mahanehdan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
Umakyat sila at nagkampo sa Kiriath Jearim, sa Juda. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit tinawag ng mga tao ang lugar na Mahaneh Dan hanggang sa araw na ito; nasa kanluran ito ng Kiriath Jearim.
13 And they passed there to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
Umalis sila mula sa burol na bansa ng Efraim at nakarating sa bahay ni Mikias.
14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.
Pagkatapos ang limang kalalakihang nagmamanman sa bansa ng Lais ay nagsabi sa kanilang kamag-anak, “Alam ba ninyo na sa mga bahay na ito ay may isang epod, mga sambahayan ng diyos, isang inukit na anyo, at isang hinulmang metal na anyo? Magpasya na ngayon kung ano ang inyong gagawin.”
15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and saluted him.
Kaya bumalik sila roon at nakarating sa bahay ng binatang Levita, sa bahay ni Mikias, at kanilang binati siya.
16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
Ngayon ang anim na raang Daneo, armado ng mga sandatang pandigma, nakatayo sa pasukan ng tarangkahan.
17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
Pumunta doon ang limang kalalakihan na nagmanman sa lupain at kinuha nila ang inukit na anyo, ang epod, at ang mga pansambahayang diyos, at ang hinulmang metal na anyo, habang nakatayo ang pari sa bungad ng tarangkahan kasama ang anim na raang armadong kalalakihan ng mga sandatang pandigma.
18 And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest to them, What do you?
Nang ang mga ito ay pumunta sa bahay ni Mikias at kinuha ang inukit na anyo, ang epod, mga pansambahayang diyos, at hinulmang metal na anyo, sinabi ng pari sa kanila, “Ano ang ginagawa ninyo?”
19 And they said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
Sinabi nila sa kaniya, “Tumahimik kayo! Ilagay ang iyong kamay sa iyong bibig at sumama sa amin, at maging ama at pari sa amin. Mas mabuti ba sa iyo na maging pari sa bahay ng isang lalaki, o maging pari para sa isang lipi at isang angkan sa Israel?”
20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the middle of the people.
Nagalak ang puso ng pari. Kinuha niya ang epod, mga sambahayan ng diyos at ang inukit na anyo, at sumama sa mga tao.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
Kaya tumalikod sila at umalis. Nilagay nila ang maliit na mga bata sa kanilang harapan, pati na rin ang mga baka at ang kanilang mga ari-arian.
22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
Nang malayo na sila mula sa bahay ni Mikias, ang mga kalalakihan na nasa mga bahay na malapit sa bahay ni Mikias ay magkasamang pinatawag, at inabutan nila ang mga Daneo.
23 And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a company?
Sumigaw sila sa mga Daneo, at tumalikod sila at sinabi kay Mikias, “Bakit kayo magkasamang pinatawag?”
24 And he said, You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that you say to me, What ails you?
Sinabi niya, “Ninakaw ninyo ang mga diyos na ginawa ko, kinuha ninyo ang aking pari at aalis kayo. Ano pa ang maiiwan sa akin? Bakit ninyo ako tinatanong, 'Ano ang gumugulo sa iyo?'”
25 And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.
Sinabi ng mga tao ng Dan sa kaniya, “Hindi mo kami dapat hayaang marinig ka naming magsabi ng anumang bagay, o sasalakayin ka ng ilang galit na galit na mga kalalakihan at ikaw at iyong pamilya ay mapapatay.”
26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
Pagkatapos nagpatuloy ang mga tao ng Dan sa kanilang pinaroroonan. Nang nakita ni Mikias na sila ay napakalakas para sa kaniya, tumalikod siya at bumalik sa kaniyang bahay.
27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came to Laish, to a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Kinuha ng bayan ng Dan kung ano ang ginawa ni Mikias, kasama rin pati ang kaniyang pari, at nakarating sila sa Lais, sa mga tao na siyang panatag at ligtas at pinatay nila sila gamit ang espada at sinunog ang lungsod.
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelled therein.
Wala ni isang naligtas sa kanila dahil malayo pa ito mula sa Sidon, at hindi sila nagkaroon ng pakikipag-ugnayan sa kaninuman. Nasa lambak ito malapit sa Beth-Rehob. Ipinatayong muli ng mga Daneo ang lungsod at nanirahan doon.
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however, the name of the city was Laish at the first.
Pinangalanan nila ang lungsod ng Dan, ang pangalan ni Dan na kanilang ninuno, na siyang isa sa mga anak na lalaki ng Israel. Pero ang dating pangalan ng lungsod ay Lais.
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
Inilagay ng bayan ng Dan ang inukit na anyo para sa kanilang sarili. At si Jonatan, anak ni Gersom, anak ni Moises, siya at ang kaniyang mga anak na lalaki ay mga pari sa mga lipi ng Daneo hanggang sa araw ng pagbihag sa lupain.
31 And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Kaya sinamba nila ang inukit na anyo na ginawa ni Mikias hangga't ang bahay ng Diyos ay nasa Silo.
