Mahukunta 18
1 To, a kwanakin nan Isra’ila ba ta da sarki. A kwanakin kuwa zuriyar Dan tana neman wurinsu na zama, gama ba su riga sun sami gādo tare da kabilan Isra’ila ba.
In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites were seeking for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for there had not fallen to their share up to that day among the tribes of Israel a [sufficient] inheritance.
2 Saboda haka mutanen Dan suka aika jarumawa guda biyar daga Zora da Eshtawol don su leƙi asirin ƙasar su kuma bincike ta. Waɗannan mutanen sun wakilci dukan kabilar. Suka ce musu, “Ku je, ku bincike ƙasar.” Mutanen suka shiga ƙasar tudu ta Efraim suka zo gidan Mika, inda suka kwana.
And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from among themselves, men of valor, from Zor'ah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the mountain of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, and lodged there.
3 Sa’ad da suka yi kusa da gidan Mika, sai suka gane muryar saurayin nan Balawe; saboda haka suka shiga wurin suka tambaye shi, “Wa ya kawo ka nan? Me kake yi a nan? Me ya sa kake a nan?”
They were just by the house of Micah, when they recognized the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4 Ya gaya musu abin da Mika ya faɗa masa ya ce, “Ya ɗauke ni aiki ya kuma sa in zama masa firist.”
And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah done unto me; and he hired me, and I became his priest.
5 Sa’an nan suka ce masa, “Muna roƙonka ka nemi mana nufin Allah don mu sani ko tafiyarmu tana da nasara.”
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we are going shall be prosperous.
6 Firist ya amsa ya ce, “Ku sauka lafiya, gama tafiyarku tana da yardan Ubangiji.”
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way on which ye will go.
7 Saboda haka mutum biyar ɗin suka tashi suka iso Layish, inda suka ga mutane suna zamansu a huce, kamar Sidoniyawa, ba sa zato ga tsaro. Kuma da yake ƙasarsu ba ta bukata kome, suna da wadata. Suna kuma nesa da Sidoniyawa, ba sa kuma hulɗa da kowa.
And the five men departed, and came to Layish, and saw the people that were therein, dwelling in security, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one inflicted any wrong in the land, as hereditary ruler; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no concern with any man.
8 Da suka komo Zora da Eshtawol,’yan’uwansu suka tambaye su, “Me kuka gano?”
And they came unto their brethren to Zor'ah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [news bring] ye?
9 Suka ce, “Ku zo mu yaƙe su! Mun ga ƙasar tana da kyau sosai. Ba za ku yi wani abu ba? Kada ku yi wata-wata, ku je kun mallaki ƙasar.
And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and you keep still! be not slothful, to go, to enter to take possession of the land.
10 Sa’ad da kun kai can, za ku iske mutanen suna zama a sake, ƙasar kuwa mai faɗi ce wadda Allah ya sa a hannuwanku, ƙasar da ba tă rasa kome ba.”
When ye enter, ye will come unto a secure people, and the land is roomy; for God hath given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.
11 Sai mutane ɗari shida daga kabilar Dan suka yi ɗamarar yaƙi, suka tashi daga Zora da Eshtawol.
And there went from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zor'ah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.
12 A kan hanyarsu suka kafa sansani kusa da Kiriyat Yeyarim a Yahuda. Shi ya sa a ana kira wurin nan yamma da Kiriyat Yeyarim Mahane Dan har wa yau.
And they went up, and encamped in Kiryath-ye'arim, in Judah; wherefore they called that place Machaneh-dan until this day; behold, it is behind Kiryath-ye'arim.
13 Daga can suka tafi ƙasar tudu ta Efraim suka zo gidan Mika.
And they passed thence unto the mountain of Ephraim, and came as far as the house of Micah.
14 Sa’an nan mutum biyar ɗin nan da suka leƙi asirin ƙasar Layish suka ce wa’yan’uwansu, “Kun san cewa ɗaya daga cikin gidajen nan yana da efod, waɗansu allolin iyali, siffar da aka sassaƙa da kuma gunki na zubi? To, kun san abin da za ku yi.”
Then commenced the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Layish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there are in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven and molten image? and now consider what ye have to do.
15 Saboda haka suka juya a wurin suka shiga gidan saurayin nan Balawe a wajen Mika suka gaishe shi.
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, unto the house of Micah, and asked him after his welfare.
16 Mutanen Dan ɗari shida da suka sha ɗamarar yaƙi suka tsaya a bakin ƙofa.
And the six hundred men who were of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, remained standing by the entrance of the gate.
17 Sai mutum biyar da suka leƙi asirin ƙasar suka shiga ciki suka ɗauke gunkin da aka sassaƙa, efod, sauran allolin gida da kuma gunki na zubi yayinda firist ɗin tare da mutane ɗari shida da suka yi ɗamarar yaƙi suna tsaye a bakin ƙofa.
And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood in the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with the weapons of war.
18 Sa’ad da waɗannan mutane suka shiga gidan Mika suka ɗauke gunkin da aka sassaƙa, efod, sauran allolin gida da kuma gunki na zubi, sai firist ya ce musu, “Me kuke yi?”
And these went into Micah's house, and took the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest said unto them, What are ye doing?
19 Suka ce, “Ka yi shiru! Kada ka ce wani abu. Zo tare da mu, ka zama mahaifinmu da kuma firist. Bai fi maka ka yi wa kabila da kuma zuriya a Isra’ila aikin firist ba, da ka bauta wa iyali guda kawai?”
And they said unto him, Be still, 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 a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
20 Sai firist ya yi farin ciki. Ya ɗauki efod, sauran allolin gida da siffar da aka sassaƙa ya tafi tare da mutanen.
And the priest's heart became glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and came into the midst of the people.
21 Suka sa’ya’yansu ƙanana a gaba, dabbobinsu da mallakansu a gabansu, suka juya suka tafi.
And they turned and went away, and placed the little ones and the cattle and the heavy things before them.
22 Sa’ad da suka yi ɗan nisa daga gidan Mika, sai aka kira mutanen da suke maƙwabtakar da Mika suka taru suka bi mutanen Dan suka cim musu.
When they were at a distance from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were called together, and they overtook the children of Dan.
23 Da suna ihu suna binsu, sai mutanen Dan suka waiga suka cewa Mika, “Mece ce damuwarka da ka kira mutanenka su zo su fāɗa mana?”
And they called unto the children of Dan, who turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou hast called out thy people?
24 Ya amsa ya ce, “Kun kwashe allolin da na yi, da kuma firist nawa, kuka tafi. Me kuma nake da shi? Yaya za ku ce, ‘Mece ce damuwata?’”
And he said, My god which I made have ye taken away, and the priest, and are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
25 Mutanen Dan suka ce, “Kada ka kuskura ka ce kome, in ba haka ba mutanen nan za su harzuƙa, da kai da iyalinka duka ku rasa rayukanku.”
And the children of Dan said unto him, Cause not thy voice to be heard among us, lest men of an embittered spirit assail thee, and thou lose thy life, with the life of thy household.
26 Saboda haka mutanen Dan suka kama hanyarsu, Mika kuwa da ya ga an fi ƙarfinsa, sai ya juya ya koma gida.
And the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
27 Sa’an nan suka ɗauko abin da Mika ya yi, da firist nasa, suka tafi Layish, suka fāɗa wa mutanen da suke zaman lafiya, ransu kuma a kwance. Suka fāɗa musu suka kuma ƙone birninsu.
And they took what Micah had made, and the priest whom he had had, and came over Layish, over a people that were quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and the city they burnt with fire.
28 Ba wanda zai cece su domin suna nesa da Bet-Sidon kuma ba sa hulɗa da kowa. Birnin yana a kwari kusa da Bet-Rekob. Mutanen Dan suka sāke gina birnin suka zauna a can.
And there was no deliverer; because it was far from Zidon, and the people had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rechob. And they rebuilt the city, and dwelt therein.
29 Suka sa wa birnin suna Dan, wato, sunan kakansu Dan, wanda aka haifa wa Isra’ila, ko da yake a dā ana kira birnin Layish.
And they called the name of the city, Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: nevertheless, Layish was the name of the city at first.
30 A can mutanen Dan suka kafa wa kansu gumaka, Yonatan ɗan Gershom, ɗan Musa, da’ya’yansa maza firistoci ne na kabilar Dan har lokacin da aka kwashe mutane zuwa bauta.
And the children of Dan erected for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Menasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the exile of the land.
31 Suka ci gaba da amfani da gumakan da Mika ya yi, a duk wannan lokacin gidan Allah yana a Shilo.
And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
