Judges 18
1 In those days there is no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking an inheritance to inhabit for itself, for [that] has not fallen to it to that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance.
Ary tamin’ izany andro izany dia tsy nisy mpanjaka teo amin’ ny Isiraely; ary tamin’ izany andro izany kosa ny firenen’ i Dana nitady lova mba honenany, satria na dia hatramin’ izany andro izany aza dia tsy mbola nahazo lova ho azy teo amin’ ny firenen’ Isiraely izy.
2 And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five of their men—men, sons of valor—from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say to them, “Go, search the land”; and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodge there.
Ary ny taranak’ i Dana naniraka dimy lahy nofantenany avy amin’ ny fokony rehetra, dia lehilahy mahery, avy tany Zora sy Estaola, mba hisafo ny tany sy hizaha ny toetrany; ary hoy izy taminy: Mandehana izahao ny toetry ny tany. Ary tonga tany amin’ ny tany havoan’ i Efraima tao an-tranon’ i Mika izy, dia nandry tao.
3 They [are] with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, “Who has brought you here? And what are you doing in this [place]? And why are you here?”
Rehefa mby teo akaikin’ ny tranon’ i Mika izy, dia fantany ny feon’ ilay Levita zatovo; dia nivily teo izy ka nanao taminy hoe: Iza no nitondra anao tatỳ? ary maninona atỳ ianao? ary inona no anananao atỳ?
4 And he says to them, “Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he hires me, and I am for a priest to him.”
Dia hoy kosa izy taminy: Izany ka izany no nataon’ i Mika tamiko, ary efa nanamby ahy izy, ka efa mpisorony aho izao.
5 And they say to him, “Please ask of God, and we know whether our way on which we are going is prosperous.”
Dia hoy izy ireo taminy: Masìna ianao, manontania amin’ Andriamanitra mba ho fantatray na hambinina amin’ ny lalana alehanay izahay, na tsia.
6 And the priest says to them, “Go in peace; before YHWH [is] your way in which you go.”
Dia hoy ilay mpisorona taminy: Mandehana soa aman-tsara; fa eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah izao lalana alehanareo izao.
7 And the five men go, and come to Laish, and see the people which [is] in its midst, dwelling confidently, according to the custom of Zidonians, quiet and confident; and there is none putting to shame in the land in [any] thing, possessing restraint, and they [are] far off from the Zidonians, and have no word with [any] man.
Dia nandeha izy dimy lahy ka tonga tany Laisy, ary hitany ny olona tao, fa nonina tsy nanana ahiahy tahaka ny fanaon’ ny Sidoniana izy, dia nandry fahizay ka tsy nanana ahiahy, sady tsy nisy mpanapaka hampahory azy teo amin’ ny tany na amin’ inona na amin’ inona; ary lavitra ny Sidoniana izy sady tsy nanan-draharaha tamin’ olona akory.
8 And they come to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers say to them, “What [did] you [find]?”
Dia nandeha ho any amin’ ny rahalahiny any Zora sy Estaola ireo; ary hoy ny rahalahiny taminy: Naninona moa ianareo?
9 And they say, “Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold—very good; and you are keeping silent! Do not be slothful to go—to enter to possess the land.
Dia hoy izy: Mitsangàna, ka aoka isika hiakatra hamely azy; fa efa nahita ny tany izahay, fa, indro, tsara indrindra izany; moa mbola mijanonjanona ihany va ianareo? aza malain-kandeha hiditra handova ny tany.
10 When you go, you come to a confident people, and the land [is] large on both hands, for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything which [is] in the land.”
Raha mandeha ianareo, dia ho tonga any amin’ ny olona tsy manana ahiahy sy any amin’ ny tany malalaka; fa efa natolotr’ Andriamanitra ho eo an-tananareo izany; dia tany tapi-javatra irina atỳ ambonin’ ny tany.
11 And there journey there, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.
Dia nisy niainga avy tamin’ ny fokon’ i Dana, avy tany Zora sy Estaola, dia enin-jato lahy efa voaomana tamin’ ny fiadiany.
12 And they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah, therefore they have called that place, “Camp of Dan,” until this day; behold, behind Kirjath-Jearim.
Ary niakatra ireo ka nitoby tany Kiriata-jearima any Joda (izany no nanaovana ny anaran’ izany tany izany hoe mandraka androany Mahane-dana; indro, eo andrefan’ i Kiriata-jearima izany).
13 And they pass over there [to] the hill-country of Ephraim, and come to the house of Micah.
Dia niala tao izy ka nandroso nantany amin’ ny tany havoan’ i Efraima, dia tonga tao an-tranon’ i Mika.
14 And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say to their brothers, “Have you known that in these houses there is an ephod, and teraphim, and carved image, and molten image? And now, know what you do.”
Ary niteny izy dimy lahy, izay nandeha hisafo ny tany Laisy, ka nanao tamin’ ny rahalahiny hoe: Fantatrareo va fa ato amin’ ireto trano ireto misy efoda sy terafima ary sarin-javatra voasokitra sy sarin-javatra an-idina? koa hevero izay hataonareo.
15 And they turn aside there, and come to the house of the young man, the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare—
Dia nivily tao izy ka tonga tao an-tranon’ ilay Levita zatovo, dia tao an-tranon’ i Mika, ka niarahaba azy.
16 (and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who [are] of the sons of Dan, are standing at the opening of the gate)—
Ary ny enin-jato lahy efa voaomana tamin’ ny fiadiany, izay avy tamin’ ny taranak’ i Dana, dia nijanona teo anoloan’ ny vavahady.
17 indeed, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up—they have come in there—they have taken the carved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image—and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate, and the six hundred men who are girded with weapons of war—
Ary niakatra izy dimy lahy, izay nandeha hisafo ny tany, dia niditra ka naka ny sarin-javatra voasokitra sy ny efoda sy ny terafima ary ny sarin-javatra an-idina; ary ny mpisorona mbamin’ ny enin-jato lahy efa voaomana tamin’ ny fiadiany nijanona teo anoloan’ ny vavahady.
18 indeed, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest says to them, “What are you doing?”
Dia niditra tao an-tranon’ i Mika ireo ka naka ny sarin-javatra voasokitra sy ny efoda sy ny terafima ary ny sarin-javatra an-idina. Ary hoy ny mpisorona taminy: Maninona ianareo?
19 And they say to him, “Keep silent, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be for a father and for a priest to us: is it better your being a priest for the house of one man, or your being priest for a tribe and for a family in Israel?”
Dia hoy ireo taminy: Mangìna ianao, tampeno ny tananao ny vavanao, ka andeha hiaraka aminay, dia ho rainay sy mpisoronay ianao; moa tsara ho anao va ny ho mpisorona ho an’ ny olona iray trano noho ny ho mpisorona amin’ ny firenena iray sy ny foko iray amin’ ny Isiraely?
20 And the heart of the priest is glad, and he takes the ephod, and the teraphim, and the carved image, and goes into the midst of the people,
Dia faly ny fon’ ilay mpisorona, ka nalainy ny efoda sy ny terafima ary ny sarin-javatra voasokitra, ary nandeha voahodidin’ ny olona izy.
21 and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the livestock, and the baggage, before them.
Dia nihodina izy ireo ka lasa nandeha; ary ny zaza amim-behivavy sy ny omby aman’ ondry mbamin’ ny entany tsara dia nataony teo alohany.
22 They have been far off from the house of Micah—and the men who [are] in the houses which [are] near the house of Micah have been called together, and overtake the sons of Dan,
Ary rehefa lasa lavitra ny tranon’ i Mika izy, dia nivory ny lehilahy nifanolo-bodirindrina tamin’ i Mika ka nahatratra ny taranak’ i Dana.
23 and call to the sons of Dan, and they turn their faces around, and say to Micah, “What [is this] to you that you have been called together?”
Dia niantso ny taranak’ i Dana izy. Ary niherika ireo ka nanao tamin’ i Mika hoe: Haninona ianao, no nanangona olona maro toy izao?
24 And he says, “You have taken my gods which I made, and the priest, and you go; and what more do I [have]? And what [is] this you say to me, What [is this] to you?”
Ary hoy Izy: Ny andriamanitro izay nataoko sy ny mpisorona koa dia nalainareo, ka lasa ianareo; koa inona intsony no mba ho ahy? Ary ahoana no anaovanareo amiko hoe: Haninona ianao?
25 And the sons of Dan say to him, “Do not let your voice be heard with us, lest men bitter in soul fall on you, and you have gathered your life, and the life of your household”;
Dia hoy ny taranak’ i Dana taminy: Aoka tsy ho re eto aminay intsony ny feonao, fandrao hisy olo-masiaka hamely anareo, ka dia hanao izay hahafaty ny tenanao sy ny ankohonanao ianao.
26 and the sons of Dan go on their way, and Micah sees that they are stronger than he, and turns, and goes back to his house.
Dia nandeha tamin’ ny nalehany ny taranak’ i Dana; ary rehefa hitan’ i Mika fa ireo dia nahery noho izy, dia niverina izy ka nody tany an-tranony.
27 And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and strike them by the mouth of the sword, and have burned the city with fire,
Ary izy ireo naka izay zavatra efa nataon’ i Mika sy ny mpisorona izay tao aminy, dia nankany Laisy ho any amin’ ny olona mandry fahizay ka tsy manana ahiahy, dia namely azy tamin’ ny lelan-tsabatra ireo; ary ny tanàna nodorany tamin’ ny afo.
28 and there is no deliverer, for it [is] far off from Sidon, and they have no word with [any] man, and it [is] in the valley which [is] by Beth-Rehob; and they build the city, and dwell in it,
Ary tsy nisy namonjy, satria lavitra an’ i Sidona izany, ary tsy nanan-draharaha tamin’ olona akory izy, sady teo amin’ ny lohasaha izay any Beti-rehoba izany. Dia nanorina ny tanàna izy ireo ka nonina tao.
29 and call the name of the city Dan, by the name of their father Dan, who was born to Israel; and yet Laish [is] the name of the city at the first.
Ary ny anaran’ ny tanàna nataony hoe Dana, araka ny anaran’ i Dana rainy, izay naterak’ Isiraely; kanefa Laisy no anaran’ ny tanàna taloha.
30 And the sons of Dan raise up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests for the tribe of the Danite, until the day of the expulsion of [the people] of the land.
Dia natsangan’ ny taranak’ i Dana ilay sarin-javatra voasokitra; ary Jonatana, zanak’ i Gersoma, zanak’ i Mosesy, sy ny zanany, no mpisorona ho an’ ny firenen’ i Dana hatramin’ ny andro namaboana ny tany.
31 And they appoint for themselves the carved image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.
Ary nampitoeriny ho azy ilay sarin-javatra voasokitra nataon’ i Mika mandritra ny andro rehetra niorenan’ ny tranon’ Andriamanitra tao Silo.
