Jij 18
1 Nan jou sa yo, pa t gen wa an Israël. Epi nan jou sa yo tribi a Danit yo t ap chache yon eritaj kote pou yo menm ta viv ladann; paske jis rive nan jou sa a, tiraj osò eritaj la potko tonbe pou yo kòm posesyon pami tribi Israël yo.
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 Pou sa, fis a Dan yo te ranvoye sòti nan fanmi pa yo, senk mesye ki sòti nan yo tout, mesye vanyan ki sòti Tsorea avèk Eschthaol, pou fè ankèt nan teren an e egzamine li. Konsa yo te di yo: “Ale fè rechèch teren an.” Epi yo te vin rive nan peyi ti mòn Ephraïm yo, kote lakay Mica, pou te loje 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 Lè yo te vin toupre lakay Mica, yo te rekonèt vwa a jennonm nan, Levit la; epi yo te vire akote la e te di li: “Se kilès ki te mennen ou isit la? Epi kisa w ap fè nan kote sa a? Epi kisa ou gen 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 te di yo: “Men tèl bagay ak tèl bagay Mica te fè m, e li te anplwaye m, epi mwen te vin prèt li.”
He answered them: Michas hath done such and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his priest.
5 Yo te di li: “Souple, mande Bondye pou nou kab konnen si vwayaj ke nou ap pran an va byen reyisi.”
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 te di yo: “Ale anpè. Bondye dakò avèk vwayaj ke nou ap fè a.”
He answered them: Go in peace, the Lord looketh on your way, and the journey that you go.
7 Alò, senk mesye yo te pati pou te rive Laïs e te wè pèp la t ap viv an sekirite, nan fason a Sidonyen yo, anpè avèk sekirite. Paske pa t gen okenn chèf ki t ap imilye yo pou anyen nan peyi a, yo te lwen Sidonyen yo e yo pa t gen okenn relasyon avèk lòt moun.
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 Lè yo te retounen vè frè yo Tsorea ak Eschthaol, frè yo te di yo: “Kisa ou di?”
And they returned to their brethren in Saraa and Esthaol, who asked them what they had done? to whom they answered:
9 Yo te di: “Leve e annou monte kont yo; paske nou te wè peyi a e vwala, li trè bon. Epi ankò, èske w ap chita anplas toujou? Pa pèdi tan pou antre posede peyi a.
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 ou antre, ou va rive sou yon pèp ki an sekirite avèk yon peyi ase vast. Paske Bondye te mete li nan men ou, yon plas ki pa manke anyen ki sou latè.”
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 Alò, soti nan fanmi Danit yo, soti Tsorea avèk Eschthaol, sis-san lòm avèk tout zam lagè yo te pati.
There went therefore of the kindred of Dan, to wit, from Saraa and Esthaol, six hundred men, furnished with arms for war,
12 Yo te monte pou te fè kan nan Kirjath-Jearim nan Juda. Pou sa, yo te rele plas sa a Machané-Dan jis rive jodi a. Tande byen, li vè lwès a Kirjath-Jearim.
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 Yo te pase soti la nan peyi ti kolin Ephraïm yo pou te rive lakay Mica.
From thence they passed into mount Ephraim. And when they were come to the house of Michas,
14 Epi senk mesye ki te pase fè espyonaj nan peyi Laïs la te di a moun fanmi pa yo: “Èske nou konnen ke genyen nan kay sa yo yon efòd avèk zidòl lakay yo, avèk yon imaj taye ak yon imaj fonn? Pou sa, konsidere kisa ou ta dwe fè.”
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 te vire akote la e te rive nan kay a jennonm nan, Levit la, lakay Mica e te mande li si tout bagay ale byen pou 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 Sis-san lòm ame avèk zam lagè, ki te pou fis a Dan yo, te kanpe akote antre pòtay la.
And the six hundred men stood before the door, appointed with their arms.
17 Alò, senk mesye ki te ale fè espyonaj peyi a te pwoche, yo te antre la pou te pran imaj taye avèk efòd la ak imaj lakay yo ak imaj fonn nan, pandan prèt la te kanpe nan antre pòtay la avèk sis-san lòm ki te ame avèk zam lagè 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 moun sila yo te antre lakay Mica pou te pran imaj taye a, efòd la avèk zidòl lakay yo a, avèk imaj fonn nan, prèt la te di yo: “Kisa nou 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 te di li: “Pe la, mete men sou bouch ou e vini avèk nou pou devni pou nou yon papa, ak yon prèt. Èske li pi bon pou ou pou fè prèt lakay a yon sèl moun, oswa devni prèt a yon tribi e yon fanmi an Israël?”
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 Kè a prèt la te kontan. Li te pran efòd la avèk zidòl lakay yo a, imaj taye a e te li ale pami pèp la.
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 Yo te vire sòti pou te mete pitit yo avèk tout bèt yo avèk byen yo ranmase devan yo.
And when they were going forward, and had put before them the children and the cattle and all that was valuable,
22 Lè yo te fè yon sèten distans soti lakay Mica, mesye ki te nan kay toupre lakay Mica yo te rasanble yo pou te vin jwenn fis a Dan 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 te kriye sou fis a Dan yo e yo te vire di Mica: “Kisa nou genyen nou vin rasanble konsa?”
And began to shout out after them. They looked back, and said to Michas: What aileth thee? Why dost thou cry?
24 Li te di: “Nou fin pran dye ke m te fè yo, avèk prèt la e sòti; epi kisa mwen genyen plis ke sa? Kijan nou kab di mwen: ‘Kisa ou genyen?’”
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 Fis a Dan yo te di li: “Pa kite vwa ou tande pami nou, oswa mesye fewòs yo va vin tonbe sou ou e ou va pèdi lavi ou avèk lavi tout lakay ou.”
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 Konsa, fis a Dan yo te fè wout yo. Epi lè Mica te wè ke yo te twò fò pou li, li te vire retounen 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 Epi yo te pran sa ke Mica te fè yo, avèk prèt ki te pou li a, e yo te vini bò kote Laïs, a yon pèp ki te pezib e an sekirite. Yo te frape yo avèk lam nepe; e yo te brile vil la avèk dife.
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 pèsòn pou sove yo akoz li te lwen Sidon e yo pa t gen relasyon avèk okenn lòt pèp. Li te nan vale ki te toupre Beth-Rehob la. Konsa, yo te rebati vil la pou te viv ladann.
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 te rele vil la Dan, menm non a Dan, papa ki te fèt an Israël yo. Men avan sa, non a vil sa a se te Laïs.
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 Fis a Dan yo te fè monte pou kont yo, menm imaj taye a; epi Jonathan, fis a Guerschom lan, fis a Manassé a, li menm avèk fis li yo te prèt pou tribi Danit la jis rive jou ke peyi a te vin pran an kaptivite a.
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 Alò, konsa, yo te monte pou kont yo imaj taye ki te pou Mica a, ke li menm te fè, pandan tout tan ke kay Bondye a te nan Silo a.
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.
