Judges 18

1 In those days, there was no king in Israel, —and, in those days, the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in for there had not fallen to them, unto that day, in the midst of the tribes of Israel, enough for an inheritance.

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 So then the sons of Dan sent, out of their family, five men out of their bounds—men who were sons of valour—out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol—to spy out the land, and to explore it, and they said unto them, Go! explore the land. And they came into the hill country of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, 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 They, being by the house of Micah, knew the voice of the young man, the Levite, —so they turned aside there, and said to him—Who brought thee in hither? and what art thou doing in this place, and what hast thou 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 said unto them, Thus and so, hath Micah dealt with me, and hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

तिनले उनीहरूलाई भने, “मीकाले मेरो निम्‍ति यसो गरेका छन्: तिनको पुजारी हुनलाई तिनले मलाई नियुक्त गरेका छन् ।”

5 So they said unto him—Ask of God, we pray thee, —that we may know whether the journey on which we are going shall have good success.

उनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “हाम्रो निम्ति परमेश्‍वरबाट सल्लाह माग, ताकि हामीले गरिरहेको यात्रा सफल हुन्छ कि हुन्‍न भनी हामीलाई थाहा होस् ।”

6 And the priest said unto them—Go! and prosper, —before Yahweh, is your journey on which ye go.

ती पुजारीले उनीहरूलाई भने, “शान्तिमा जाओ । तिमीहरू जानुपर्ने बाटोमा परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई डोर्‍याउनुहुनेछ ।”

7 So the five men went their way, and entered Laish, —and saw the people who were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quietly and securely, and there was no one to reproach them with anything in the land, none to possess himself of dominion, they being, far away, from the Zidonians, and having no dealings with any one.

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 unto their brethren, in Zorah and Eshtaol, —and their brethren said unto them—Why are ye minded to do nothing?

उनीहरू सोरा र एश्तोलमा भएको आफ्नो कुलकहाँ फर्के । उनीहरूका नातेदारहरूले सोधे, “तिमीहरूसँग के विवरण छ?”

9 And they said—Arise! and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo! it is very good, —are, ye, then, minded to do nothing? do not be too slothful to go, and enter, and take possession of the land.

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 When ye do enter, ye will enter amongst a people secure, and, the land, is of ample bounds, —yea God hath delivered it into your hands, —a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.

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 So there brake up from thence, out of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men, begirt with weapons of war.

दानका कुलका छ सय मानिसहरू युद्धको निम्ति हातहतियारले सुसज्‍जित भएर सोरा र एश्तोलबाट निस्के ।

12 And they went up and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah, —wherefore they have called that place, Mahaneh-dan—unto this day, lo! it is behind Kiriath-jearim.

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 passed on from thence unto the hill country of Ephraim, —and came as far as the house of Micah.

तिनीहरू त्यहाँबाट एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशमा गए र मीकाको घरमा आए ।

14 Then responded the five men who had been to spy out the land of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Know ye that there are in these houses, an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image, —now, therefore, know what ye will do!

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 So they turned aside thither, and entered into the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, —and asked him of his welfare.

यसैले तिनीहरू मीकाको घर, ती जवान लेवीकहाँ आए र तिनीहरूले तिनलाई अभिवादन गरे ।

16 Now, the six hundred men, begirt with weapons of war, were standing at the entrance of the gate, —they being of the sons of Dan.

अनि दानका छ सय जना मानिसहरू युद्धको निम्ति हात-हतियारले सुसज्‍जित भएर ढोकामा उभिए ।

17 Then went up the five men who had been to spy out the land, they came in thither, they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, —now, the priest, was standing at the entrance of the gate, with the six hundred men who were begirt with weapons of war.

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 But, when, these, had entered the house of Micah, and taken the graven image and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What are ye doing?

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 said unto him—Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest, —is it better that thou be priest to the house of one man, or that thou be priest to a tribe and to a family 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 Then was the heart of the priest glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, —and came into the midst of the people.

ती पुजारीको हृदय हर्षित भयो । तिनले त्यो एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, र खोपिएको मूर्ति लिए, र ती मानिसहरूसँगै गए ।

21 So they turned, and went their way, —and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the goods, before them.

यसैले तिनीहरू फर्केर त्यहाँबाट गए । तिनीहरूले साना बालबालिका र गाई-वस्तु र आफ्ना धनमालहरूलाई आफ्नो अगि-अगि हिंडाए ।

22 They, had gone a good way from the house of Micah, when, the men that were in the houses near to the house of Micah, were called out and overtook the sons of Dan.

जब तिनीहरू मीकाको घरबाट अलि पर पुगे, मीकाको घरनजिकका घरहरूमा बस्‍ने मानिसहरूलाई एकसाथ भेला गरियो, र तिनीहरूले दानका मानिसहरूलाई भेट्टाए ।

23 And they called unto the sons of Dan, who turned their faces, —and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou hast called out thy neighbours?

तिनीहरूले दानका मानिसहरूमाथि कराए, र तिनीहरू फर्के र मीकालाई भने, “तिमीहरू किन एकसाथ भेला भएका छौ?”

24 And he said—My gods which I had made, ye have taken away, and the priest, and have departed, and what have I more? How then is it that ye can say unto me, What aileth 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 sons of Dan said unto him, Do not let thy voice be heard among us, —lest men embittered in soul fall upon you, and thou gather in thy life and the lives of thy household.

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 And the sons of Dan went on their journey, —and, when Micah saw that they were, too strong, for him, he turned and went back unto 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 They, therefore, took what Micah had made, and the priest that he had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword, —the city also, burned they 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 no one to rescue, because it was, far, from Zidon, and they had no, dealings, with any one, it, being in the vale that pertaineth to Beth-rehob. Then built they the city, 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 city, Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel, —howbeit, Laish, was the name of the city, at the first.

तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका छोरामध्‍ये एक जना आफ्ना पुर्खा दानका नाउँमा त्यस सहरलाई दान नाउँ दिए । तर त्यस सहरको नाउँ पहिले लेश थियो ।

30 And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image, —and, Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of the Danites, until the day of the captivity of the land.

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 up for themselves the graven image of Micah, which he had made, —[and let it remain] all the days that the house of God was in Shiloh.

यसैले शीलोमा परमेश्‍वरको भवन भएसम्म तिनीहरूले मीकाले बनाएका खोपिएका मूर्तिहरूको पुजा गरे ।