Judges 18
1 In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was looking for an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
In pacl se inge wangin tokosra lun mwet Israel. Oayapa in pacl se inge mwet in sruf lal Dan elos suk pac sie acn elos in oakwuki we, mweyen soenna oasr acn itukyang nu selos tuh in ma lalos inmasrlon sruf lun Israel.
2 The people of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, "Go, explore the land." They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and stayed there.
Ouinge mwet Dan elos sulela mwet pulaik limekosr inmasrlon sruf sac nufon, ac elos supwalosla liki acn Zorah ac Eshtaol ac sap elos in som ac tuni luman acn sac nufon oana mwet kalngeyuk. Ke elos sun infulan eol uh in acn Ephraim elos tuh muta ke lohm sel Micah.
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned in that direction, and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your business here?"
Ke elos muta we elos lohng ahyen sramsram lun mwet fusr Levi sac lah siena, na elos kalukyang nu yorol ac fahk, “Mea kom oru inge uh, ac su uskomme nu inge?”
4 He said to them, "Thus and so has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest."
Na el fahk nu selos, “Micah el srukyuyak ngan orekma lal, ac el moli nu sik tuh nga in mwet tol lal.”
5 They said to him, "Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous."
Na elos fahk nu sel, “Nunak munas siyuk sin God ke fahsr se lasr inge lah ac wo ouiya.”
6 The priest said to them, "Go in peace. The LORD will watch over you on your journey."
Na mwet tol sac fahk, “Nik kowos fosrnga, tuh LEUM GOD El ac fah karingin kowos ke fahsr lowos ingan.”
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, and how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority that might trouble them in anyway, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with Aram.
Ouinge mwet limekosr ah som ac tuku nu in acn Laish, ac elos liye tuh mwet we elos muta in misla, oana mwet Sidon. Elos tiana akukuin yurin kutena mwet saya, ac arulana misla nunak lalos. Oayapa elos fas ke ma nukewa, wangin ma elos enenu. Elos muta loes liki acn mwet Sidon elos muta we, ac elos tia asruoki yurin kutena mutunfacl saya.
8 They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, "What do you say?"
Ke mwet limekosr ah folokla nu in acn Zorah ac Eshtaol, mwet wialos elos siyuk selos, “Fuka ma kowos som kac ah?”
9 They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have entered and journeyed in the land as far as Laish, and we saw the people how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, and they were far from the Sidonians, and they had no dealings with Aram. But arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and look, it is very good. Will you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go and to enter in to possess the land.
Ac elos fahk, “Fahsru, kut som mweuni acn Laish. Kut liye tuh acn we arulana wo. Nikmet pahtlac. Sulaklak! Kowos som eisla acn we!
10 When you go, you shall come to a secure people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth."
Kowos fin sun acn we, kowos fah liye lah mwet we ah tiana akoeyuk mweun ma, ac acn na lulap se pa inge ac wangin ma elos kwaco kac. God El sot tari tuh in ma lowos.”
11 Then the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with weapons of war, set forth from there.
Ouinge mwet onfoko sin sruf lal Dan elos som liki acn Zorah ac Eshtaol, ac akola in mweun.
12 They went up, and camped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan to this day; look, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
Elos utyak nu in acn Kiriath Jearim in acn Judah ac tulokunak lohm nuknuk selos we. Pa inge sripa se oru pangpang acn se inge Nien Aktuktuk lal Dan nwe misenge.
13 They passed there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
Na elos som we lac nwe ke elos tuku sun lohm sel Micah ke fulan eol in acn Ephraim.
14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, "Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do."
Na mwet limekosr ma tuh som in tuni acn Laish elos fahk nu sin mwet wialos, “Ya kowos etu lah sie sin lohm inge oasr sie ma sruloala orek ke sak ac nukumyukla nufon ke silver— Ma sruloala saya ac sie nuknuk in mwet tol pangpang ephod oasr pac we. Kowos nunku tuh mea wo kut in oru?”
15 They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.
Na elos utyak nu in lohm sel Micah, nu yen mwet fusr Levi sac muta we, ac elos siyuk sel lah el fuka.
16 The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the people of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
In pacl sac pacna, mwet Dan onfoko su akola in mweun elos tu ke mutunpot in siti sac.
17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
Mwet kalngeyuk limekosr elos utyak na nu in lohm sac ac usla ma sruloala se ma orek ke sak ac nukumyukla ke silver, oayapa ma sruloala ngia ac nuknuk ephod sac. Na mwet tol sac el tu na ke mutunpot yurin mwet mweun onfoko su akola nu ke mweun.
18 And these went into Micah's house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"
Ke mwet inge elos utyak nu in lohm sel Micah ac usla nuknuk ephod sac ac ma sruloala se ma orekla ke sak ac nukumyukla ke silver, oayapa ma sruloala saya ma oan in lohm sac, mwet tol sac el siyuk selos, “Mea kowos oru ingan?”
19 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 priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?"
Elos fahk nu sel, “Misla! Nimet kaskas. Fahsru wi kut, mweyen kut lungse kom in mwet tol lasr, ac oana sie papa nu sesr. Pia kac ma wo uh — kom in mwet tol lun mwet sefanna ac sou lal, ku kom in mwet tol lun mwet nukewa ke sie sin sruf lun mwet Israel?”
20 The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people.
Mwet tol sac el arulana engan ke kas se inge, na el eis nuknuk ephod sac ac ma sruloala se ma orekla ke sak ac nukumyukla ke silver, oayapa ma sruloala saya liki lohm sac, ac el wi mwet Israel ah som.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the goods before them.
Na elos forla ac mutawauk fahsr, ac tulik natulos, kosro natulos, ac ma lalos nukewa fahsr meet lukelos.
22 They were some distance from the house of Micah, and look, Micah and the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the people of Dan.
Ke elos som loes liki lohm sel Micah, na Micah el pangoneni mwet tulan lal in ukwalos. Ac ke elos sun mwet Dan inge,
23 They cried to the people of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, "What's wrong with you, that you come with such a company?"
elos wo elos. Na mwet Dan elos forla ac siyuk sel Micah, “Mea se inge— Mwe mea u na lulap se ingan?”
24 He said, "You have taken away my gods which I made for myself, and the priest, and have gone away, and what more do I have? How then do you say to me, 'What's wrong with you?'"
Na Micah el topuk ac fahk, “Mea kowos fahk an, ku kowos fahsrot ac usla mwet tol se luk oayapa god nukewa ma nga orala, na mea lula luk?”
25 The people of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, or angry men will attack you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household."
Na mwet Dan elos fahk nu sel, “Taran, kom fin sifil fahk kutu ma na mwet inge ac foloyak ac lain kom. Ku na in anwuki kom ac sou lom an nufon.”
26 The people of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
Na mwet Dan elos sifilpa fahsr som. Ke Micah el akilen lah mwet inge arulana ku lukel, el forla ac folokla nu acn sel ah.
27 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
Na mwet Dan elos us mwet tol sac ac ma nukewa Micah el tuh orala, na elos som ac mweuni mwet Laish. Mwet in acn se inge elos muta in misla. Mwet Dan elos uniya mwet we, ac esukak acn we.
28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived there.
Wangin mwet in molelosla, mweyen acn Laish oan loesla liki acn Sidon ke infahlfal se Bethrehob oan we, oayapa mwet Laish elos tia wi asruoki nu sin kutena mutunfacl saya. Mwet Dan elos sifil musaela acn we ac oakwuki we.
29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel. However the name of the city was originally Laish.
Elos ekulla e se inge Laish, ac sang inen acn sac Dan, ke inen papa matu tumalos Dan, sie sin wen natul Jacob.
30 The people of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the exile from the land.
Mwet Dan elos tulokunak ma sruloala sac mwet uh in alu nu kac. Na Jonathan, wen natul Gershom su ma natul Moses, el mwet tol lalos nwe ke na utukla elos nu ke sruoh.
31 So they set up for themselves Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Ma sruloala lal Micah oanna we ke lusen pacl ma Lohm Nuknuk Mutal lun God oan in acn Shiloh.
