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.
At that time Israel didn't have a king. The tribe of Dan was looking for territory where they could live, because up until then they hadn't gained possession of the land granted to them among the tribes of Israel.
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 Danites chose from among them five leading men from Zorah and Eshtaol to scout out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. When the men came to the hill country of Ephraim, they arrived at Micah's house where they spent the night.
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?”
While they were there, they recognized the young Levite's accent, so they went to him and asked him, “So who brought you here, and what are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
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.”
“Micah arranged things for me, and he hired me as his priest,” he told them.
5 Yo te di li: “Souple, mande Bondye pou nou kab konnen si vwayaj ke nou ap pran an va byen reyisi.”
“Please ask the Lord for us so we can find out if our journey will be successful,” they asked him.
6 Prèt la te di yo: “Ale anpè. Bondye dakò avèk vwayaj ke nou ap fè a.”
“Go in peace,” the priest replied. “The journey you are taking is being observed by the Lord.”
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.
The five men left and went to the town of Laish. They observed that the people there lived in safety, and followed the customs of the Sidonians. The people were unsuspecting and confident of their security, at home in a productive land. They didn't have a strong ruler, they lived a long way from the Sidonians, and had no other allies to help them.
8 Lè yo te retounen vè frè yo Tsorea ak Eschthaol, frè yo te di yo: “Kisa ou di?”
The men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you…?”
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.
“Come on, let's go and attack them!” the men interrupted. “We've surveyed the land, and it's excellent! Aren't you going to do something? Don't put off going there and occupying the land!
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.”
When you get there you'll find the people are unsuspecting and the land is extensive. God has given you a place where there's no shortage of anything!”
11 Alò, soti nan fanmi Danit yo, soti Tsorea avèk Eschthaol, sis-san lòm avèk tout zam lagè yo te pati.
So six hundred Danite armed men left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready to attack.
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.
En route they camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That's why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called the Camp of Dan to this very day.
13 Yo te pase soti la nan peyi ti kolin Ephraïm yo pou te rive lakay Mica.
Then they left from there and went into the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house.
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.”
Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told the other tribesmen, “Do you realize that here in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, and a carved idol, an image made with molten silver? So you know what you should 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.
The five men left the road and went to where the young Levite was living in Micah's home to ask how he was.
16 Sis-san lòm ame avèk zam lagè, ki te pou fis a Dan yo, te kanpe akote antre pòtay la.
The six hundred Danite armed men stood at the entrance by the gate.
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.
The five men went inside and took the carved idol, the ephod, the household idols, and the image made with molten silver. The priest was standing by the gate with the six hundred armed men.
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?”
When the priest saw them taking all the religious objects from Micah's home, he asked 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?”
“Be quiet! Don't say anything! Come with us, and you can be our ‘father’ and priest. Wouldn't it be better for you if instead of being a priest for just one man's household that you were the priest of an Israelite tribe and family?”
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.
This seemed like a good idea to the priest and he left with them. Carrying the ephod, the household idols, and the image made with molten silver, he marched with the people all around him.
21 Yo te vire sòti pou te mete pitit yo avèk tout bèt yo avèk byen yo ranmase devan yo.
They continued their journey, putting their children, livestock, and possessions ahead of them.
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.
The Danites were already quite a way from Micah's home when men from Micah's village caught up with them,
23 Yo te kriye sou fis a Dan yo e yo te vire di Mica: “Kisa nou genyen nou vin rasanble konsa?”
shouting at them. The Danites turned around to face them and asked Micah, “What's the matter with you? Why call out these men to come after us?”
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?’”
“You stole the gods I made, and my priest too, and then left. What have you left me with? How can you ask me, ‘What's the matter with you?’”
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.”
“Don't complain to us!” Danites replied. “Otherwise some hot-tempered people here might attack you and you and your family will lose your lives!”
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.
The Danites carried on their way. Micah saw that they were too strong for him to fight so he turned around and went back home.
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.
So the Danites took with them the idols that Micah had made, as well as his priest. They attacked Laish with its peaceful and unsuspecting people, killed them with swords, and burned down the town.
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.
No one could save them because they were a long way from Sidon and had no other allies to help them. The town was in the valley belonging to Beth-rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
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.
They renamed the city Dan after their forefather, the son of Israel. Laish was its former name.
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.
The Danites erected the carved idol to worship, and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons became priests for the tribe of Dan until the time when the people went into captivity from the land.
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.
They worshiped the carved idol that Micah had made the whole time God's Temple was at Shiloh.
