Judges 18

1 In those days there is no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking for itself an inheritance to inhabit, for [that] hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance.

U to vrijeme ne bješe cara u Izrailju, i u to vrijeme pleme Danovo tražaše sebi našljedstvo gdje bi nastavalo, jer mu do tada ne bješe dopalo našljedstvo meðu plemenima Izrailjevijem.

2 And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, 'Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

Zato poslaše sinovi Danovi iz porodice svoje pet ljudi izmeðu sebe, hrabre ljude od Saraje i Estaola, da uhode zemlju i dobro razmotre, i rekoše im: idite, razmotrite zemlju. I oni otidoše u goru Jefremovu u kuæu Mišinu i zanoæiše ondje.

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 hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this [place?] and what to thee here?'

I kad bijahu kod kuæe Mišine, poznaše glas onoga mladiæa Levita, i svrativši se onamo rekoše mu: ko te dovede ovamo? i šta radiš tu? i šta æeš tu?

4 And he saith unto them, 'Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'

A on im reèe: tako i tako uèini mi Miha, i najmi me da mu budem sveštenik.

5 And they say to him, 'Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'

A oni mu rekoše: upitaj Boga da znamo hoæe li nam biti sreæan put na koji poðosmo.

6 And the priest saith to them, 'Go in peace; over-against Jehovah [is] your way in which ye go.'

A sveštenik im reèe: idite s mirom; po volji je Gospodu put kojim idete.

7 And the five men go, and come in 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.

I tako pošavši onijeh pet ljudi doðoše u Lais, i vidješe tamošnji narod gdje živi bez straha po obièaju Sidonskom, mirno i bez straha, i da nema nikoga u zemlji ko bi im èimgod dosaðivao ili otimao vlast, i da su daleko od Sidonjana niti imaju šta s kim.

8 And they come in unto their brethren, at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren say to them, 'What — ye?'

Pa kad se vratiše k braæi svojoj u Saraju i Estaol, rekoše im braæa: što je?

9 And they say, 'Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo, very good; and ye are keeping silent! be not slothful to go — to enter to possess the land.

A oni rekoše: ustajte da idemo na njih; jer vidjesmo zemlju, i vrlo je dobra. I vi ne marite? nemojte se lijeniti, nego pohitajte da uzmete zemlju.

10 When ye go, ye come in unto a people confident, and the land [is] large on both hands, for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything which [is] in the land.'

Kad doðete, doæi æete k narodu bezbrižnom i u zemlju prostranu; jer je predade Bog u vaše ruke; to je mjesto gdje nema nedostataka ni u èem što ima na zemlji.

11 And there journey thence, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

Tada poðoše odande iz Saraje i Estaola šest stotina ljudi od porodice Danove naoružanijeh.

12 And they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah, therefore they have called that place, 'Camp of Dan,' till this day; lo, behind Kirjath-Jearim.

I otišavši stadoše u oko kod Kirijat-Jarima u Judi; zato se prozva ono mjesto Mahane-Dan do danas, i jest iza Kirijat-Jarima.

13 And they pass over thence [to] the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah.

A odande pošavši u goru Jefremovu doðoše u kuæu Mišinu.

14 And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, 'Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.'

Tada progovoriše petorica što bijahu išli da uhode zemlju Laisku, i rekoše braæi svojoj: znate li da u ovijem kuæama ima opleæak i likova, i lik rezan i lik liven? Sada dakle gledajte što æete raditi.

15 And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, —

A oni svrativši se onamo uðoše u kuæu gdje bješe mladiæ Levit, u kuæu Mišinu, i upitaše ga za zdravlje.

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), —

A šest stotina ljudi naoružanijeh od sinova Danovijeh stadoše pred vratima.

17 yea, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up — they have come in thither — they have taken the graven 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 —

A pet ljudi što bjehu išli da uhode zemlju otišavši uðoše i uzeše lik rezan i opleæak i likove i lik liven; a sveštenik stajaše na vratima sa šest stotina ljudi naoružanijeh.

18 yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, 'What are ye doing?'

I oni što uðoše u kuæu Mišinu kad uzeše lik rezani, opleæak, likove i lik liveni, sveštenik im reèe: šta radite?

19 and they say to him, 'Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'

A oni mu rekoše: muèi, metni ruku na usta, pa hajde s nama, i budi nam otac i sveštenik. Što ti je bolje, biti sveštenik kuæi jednoga èovjeka ili biti sveštenik plemenu i porodici u Izrailju?

20 And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

I sveštenik se obradova u srcu, i uze opleæak i likove i lik rezani, i uðe meðu narod.

21 and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.

I okrenuvši se poðoše pustivši djecu i stoku i zaklade naprijed.

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,

A kad bijahu daleko od kuæe Mišine, onda ljudi koji življahu u kuæama blizu kuæe Mišine skupiše se i poðoše u potjeru za sinovima Danovijem.

23 and call unto the sons of Dan, and they turn round their faces, and say to Micah, 'What — to thee that thou hast been called together?'

I vikaše za sinovima Danovijem, a oni obazrevši se rekoše Miši: što ti je, te si skupio tolike ljude?

24 And he saith, 'My gods which I made ye have taken, and the priest, and ye go; and what to me more? and what [is] this ye say unto me, What — to thee!'

A on reèe: uzeli ste moje bogove koje sam naèinio, i sveštenika, pa otidoste. Šta još imam? pa još kažete: što ti je?

25 And the sons of Dan say unto him, 'Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest men bitter in soul fall upon you, and thou hast gathered thy life, and the life of thy household;'

A sinovi Danovi rekoše mu: nemoj da ti se èuje glas za nama, da ne bi udarili na vas ljudi gnjevni, te æeš izgubiti dušu svoju i dušu doma svojega.

26 and the sons of Dan go on their way, and Micah seeth that they are stronger than he, and turneth, and goeth back unto his house.

I sinovi Danovi otidoše svojim putem, a Miha videæi da su jaèi od njega vrati se i otide kuæi svojoj.

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 smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire,

I oni uzevši što bješe naèinio Miha, i sveštenika, kojega imaše, doðoše u Lais k narodu mirnom i bezbrižnom; pa ih isjekoše oštrijem maèem, a grad upališe ognjem.

28 and there is no deliverer, for it [is] far off from Zidon, 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,

I ne bješe nikoga da ih izbavi; jer bijahu daleko od Sidona i ne imahu ništa ni s kim; a grad bijaše u dolini koja je kod Vet-Reova. Poslije sazidaše grad i naseliše se u njemu.

29 and call the name of the city Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and yet Laish [is] the name of the city at the first.

I nazvaše grad Dan po imenu Dana oca svojega, koji se rodi Izrailju; a prije se grad zvaše Lais.

30 And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of [the people] of the land.

I sinovi Danovi namjestiše sebi onaj lik rezani; a Jonatan sin Girsona sina Manasijina i sinovi njegovi bijahu sveštenici plemenu Danovu dokle se god ne iseli iz zemlje.

31 And they appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.

I namješten im stajaše onaj lik rezani, koji naèini Miha, za sve vrijeme dokle dom Božji bijaše u Silomu.