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 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.

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 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.

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 [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?'

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 saith unto them, 'Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a 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 say to him, 'Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'

6 Firist ya amsa ya ce, “Ku sauka lafiya, gama tafiyarku tana da yardan Ubangiji.”

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

8 Da suka komo Zora da Eshtawol,’yan’uwansu suka tambaye su, “Me kuka gano?”

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

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 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.'

11 Sai mutane ɗari shida daga kabilar Dan suka yi ɗamarar yaƙi, suka tashi daga Zora da Eshtawol.

And there journey thence, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from 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 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.

13 Daga can suka tafi ƙasar tudu ta Efraim suka zo gidan Mika.

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

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.'

15 Saboda haka suka juya a wurin suka shiga gidan saurayin nan Balawe a wajen Mika suka gaishe shi.

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, —

16 Mutanen Dan ɗari shida da suka sha ɗamarar yaƙi suka tsaya a bakin ƙofa.

(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), —

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.

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 —

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?”

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?'

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 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?'

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 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,

21 Suka sa’ya’yansu ƙanana a gaba, dabbobinsu da mallakansu a gabansu, suka juya suka tafi.

and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, 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.

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,

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 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?'

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 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!'

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 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;'

26 Saboda haka mutanen Dan suka kama hanyarsu, Mika kuwa da ya ga an fi ƙarfinsa, sai ya juya ya koma gida.

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.

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 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,

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 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,

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 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.

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 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.

31 Suka ci gaba da amfani da gumakan da Mika ya yi, a duk wannan lokacin gidan Allah yana a Shilo.

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.