Jij 18
1 Nan tan sa a pa t' gen wa nan peyi Izrayèl la. Lè sa a, moun branch fanmi Dann yo t'ap chache yon pòsyon tè nan peyi a pou yo rete, paske depi tout tan sa a, nan tout branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la, yo pa t' ankò resevwa pòsyon pa yo a.
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes.
2 Moun Dann yo chwazi senk vanyan gason ki gen lespri nan branch fanmi yo, moun lavil Soreja ak moun lavil Echtawòl, yo voye yo al vizite tout peyi a pou wè ki jan sa ye. Se konsa, y' al nan mòn Efrayim yo, yo rive toupre lakay Mika, yo rete pase lannwit lan la.
So the children of Dan sent five most valiant men of their stock and family from Saraa and Esthaol, to spy out the land, and to view it diligently: and they said to them: Go, and view the land. They went on their way, and when they came to mount Ephraim, they went into the house of Michas, and rested there:
3 Antan yo te la bò kay Mika a, yo rekonèt vwa jenn moun Levi a. Yo pwoche, yo mande l': -Ki moun ki mennen ou isit la? Sa w'ap fè isit la? Kisa ou pèdi isit la?
And knowing the voice of the young man the Levite, and lodging with him, they said to him: Who brought thee hither? what dost thou here? why wouldst thou come hither?
4 Li reponn yo: -Mwen gen yon dizon ak Mika, l'ap peye m', epi m'ap sèvi l' prèt.
He answered them: Michas hath done such and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his priest.
5 Yo di l' konsa: -Tanpri, mande Bondye si n'ap jwenn sa n'ap chache nan vwayaj nou an.
Then they desired him to consult the Lord, that they might know whether their journey should be prosperous, and the thing should have effect.
6 Prèt la di yo: -Nou pa bezwen pè. Seyè a ap voye je sou nou pandan tout vwayaj la.
He answered them: Go in peace, the Lord looketh on your way, and the journey that you go.
7 Senk mesye yo ale, yo rive lavil layis. Yo wè ki jan moun ki te rete Layis yo te san pwoblèm, tankou moun peyi Sidon yo. Se te yon bann moun ki t'ap viv byen yonn ak lòt, ki pa t' nan kont ak pesonn nan peyi a. Yo te gen tou sa yo te bezwen. Yo t'ap viv byen lwen moun peyi Sidon yo, yo pa t' mele ak pesonn moun lòt nasyon yo.
So the five men going on came to Lais: and they saw how the people dwelt therein without any fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure and easy, having no man at all to oppose them, being very rich, and living separated, at a distance from Sidon and from all men.
8 Mesye yo tounen lavil Soreja ak lavil Echtawòl. Fanmi yo mande yo kisa yo wè.
And they returned to their brethren in Saraa and Esthaol, who asked them what they had done? to whom they answered:
9 Yo reponn: -Nou wè peyi a. Li bon anpil. Pa rete isit la bra kwaze ap gade. Prese non! Ann moute al pran peyi a pou nou.
Arise, and let us go up to them: for we have seen the land which is exceeding rich and fruitful: neglect not, lose no time: let us go and possess it, there will be no difficulty.
10 Lè n'a rive, n'a jwenn yon bann moun ki p'ap sispèk anyen. Peyi a laj anpil. Se Bondye menm ki ban nou peyi a. Se kote n'ap jwenn tou sa nou ka bezwen.
We shall come to a people that is secure, into a spacious country, and the Lord will deliver the place to us, in which there is no want of any thing that groweth on the earth.
11 Se konsa sisan (600) gason nan branch fanmi Dann lan, yo tout moun lavil Soreja ak moun lavil Echtawòl, yo chak ak zam nan men yo, yo pati al goumen.
There went therefore of the kindred of Dan, to wit, from Saraa and Esthaol, six hundred men, furnished with arms for war,
12 Yo moute, yo rete toupre lavil Kiriyat-Jearim, nan peyi Jida sou bò solèy kouche. Se poutèt sa, jouk jounen jòdi a, yo rele kote sa a Kan moun Dann yo.
And going up they lodged in Cariathiarim of Juda: which place from that time is called the camp of Dan, and is behind Cariathiarim.
13 Apre sa, yo kite kote yo te ye a, y' al nan mòn Efrayim yo, yo rive bò kay Mika a.
From thence they passed into mount Ephraim. And when they were come to the house of Michas,
14 Lè sa a, senk mesye yo te voye al vizite peyi ki nan vwazinaj lavil layis la di lòt moun ki te avèk yo konsa: -Eske nou konnen, nan yonn nan kay sa yo gen yon estati ansanm ak lòt zidòl wogatwa? Gen yon estati an bwa ki kouvri ak ajan tou. Kisa nou kwè nou ta fè la a?
The five men, that before had been sent to view the land of Lais, said to the rest of their brethren: You know that in these houses there is an ephod, and theraphim, and a graven, and a molten god: see what you are pleased to do.
15 Yo fè yon ti chankre, yo antre lakay Mika, kote jenn moun fanmi Levi a te rete a. Yo mande l' nouvèl li.
And when they had turned a little aside, they went into the house of the young man the Levite, who was in the house of Michas: and they saluted him with words of peace.
16 Sisan moun fanmi Dann yo te kanpe ak tout zam yo nan men yo bò pòt devan an.
And the six hundred men stood before the door, appointed with their arms.
17 Senk mesye yo te voye al vizite peyi a antre nan kay la, yo pran estati a, zidòl wogatwa yo ak estati an bwa ki kouvri ak ajan an. Prèt la menm te rete bò pòt devan an ak sisan sòlda ame yo.
But they that were gone into the house of the young man, went about to take away the graven god, and the ephod, and the theraphim, and the molten god, and the priest stood before the door, the six hundred valiant men waiting not far off.
18 Lè prèt la wè senk mesye yo ki t'ap soti lakay Mika a ak estati a, zidòl wogatwa yo ak estati an bwa kouvri ak ajan an, li di yo: -Sa n'ap fè la a?
So they that were gone in took away the graven thing, the ephod, and the idols, and the molten god. And the priest said to them: What are you doing?
19 Yo reponn li: -Pe bouch ou, monchè! Ou pa bezwen di anyen! Vin avèk nou, w'a sèvi nou konseye, w'a prèt nou tou. Sa ou pi pito: prèt fanmi yon grenn moun osinon prèt tout yon branch fanmi nan pèp Izrayèl la?
And they said to him: Hold thy peace and put thy finger on thy mouth and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel?
20 Sa te fè kè prèt la kontan. Li pran zidòl la, estati an bwa a, ak lòt zidòl wogatwa yo, epi l' ale ansanm ak yo.
When he had heard this, he agreed to their words, and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them.
21 Mesye yo reprann chemen yo, y' al fè wout yo. Yo fè timoun yo pran devan ansanm ak bèt yo ak tout lòt bagay yo.
And when they were going forward, and had put before them the children and the cattle and all that was valuable,
22 Yo te deja kite kay Mika a yon bèl ti bout, lè moun nan vwazinaj kay Mika yo sanble. Yo tanmen rapouswiv moun Dann yo.
And were now at a distance from the house of Michas, the men that dwelt in the houses of Michas gathering together followed them,
23 Yo t'ap rele dèyè yo. Moun Dann yo vire, yo mande Mika: -Sa ki genyen? Pouki tout moun sa yo dèyè nou an?
And began to shout out after them. They looked back, and said to Michas: What aileth thee? Why dost thou cry?
24 Mika reponn yo: -N'ap mande m' sa ki genyen menm? Nou fin vòlò estati zidòl yo, ansanm ak prèt mwen an epi n' al fè wout nou. Ak kisa nou kite m' la a?
And he answered: You have taken away my gods which I have made me and the priest, and all that I have, and do you say: What aileth thee?
25 Moun Dann yo di l' konsa: -Pa pale fò sou nou konsa, tande. Mesye yo va fache. Y'a tonbe sou ou. Lè sa a, ni ou ni moun lakay ou yo, n'a pèdi lavi nou.
And the children of Dan said to him: See thou say no more to us, lest men enraged come upon thee, and thou perish with all thy house.
26 Aprè sa, moun Dann yo al fè wout yo. Mika menm, lè li wè mesye yo te pi fò pase l', li tounen tounen l', l' al lakay li.
And so they went on the journey they had begun. But Michas seeing that they were stronger than he, returned to his house.
27 Moun Dann yo te pran bagay Mika te fè yo ansanm ak prèt ki t'ap sèvi li a pou yo. Yo rive lavil layis, kote moun yo t'ap viv byen yonn ak lòt san bri san kont, yo atake lavil la. Yo bat moun yo, yo touye yo tout epi yo met dife nan lavil la.
And the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we spoke of before, and came to Lais to a people that was quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword: and the city was burnt with fire,
28 Pa t' gen pesonn pou vin sove moun sa yo anba men moun Dann yo, paske lavil la te lwen peyi Sidon an anpil, lèfini tou, moun yo pa t' mele ak pesonn moun lòt nasyon yo. Lavil la te nan menm fon ak lavil Bètreyòb la. Moun Dann yo rebati lavil la, yo rete ladan l'.
There being no man at all who brought them any succour, because they dwelt far from Sidon, and had no society or business with any man. And the city was in the land of Rohob: and they rebuilt it and dwelt therein.
29 Yo rele l' lavil Dann, menm non ak Dann, zansèt yo a, pitit gason Jakòb la. Anvan sa, lavil la te rele Layis.
Calling the name of the city Dan after the name of their father, who was the son of Israel, which before was called Lais.
30 Moun Dann yo fè yon zidòl pou yo sèvi. Se Jonatan, pitit gason Gèchon ki li menm te pitit Moyiz, ki te sèvi yo prèt. Se pitit li yo ki te toujou sèvi yo prèt apre sa jouk lè yo te depòte pèp la nan peyi etranje.
And they set up to themselves the graven idol, and Jonathan the son of Gersam the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests in the tribe of Dan, until the day of their captivity.
31 Zidòl Mika a te rete la nan mitan yo pandan tout tan kay Bondye a te lavil Silo.
And the idol of Michas remained with them all the time that the house of God was in Silo. In those days there was no king in Israel.
