Hakim-hakim 18

1 Pada zaman itu tidak ada raja di antara orang Israel dan pada zaman itu suku Dan sedang mencari milik pusaka untuk menetap, sebab sampai hari itu mereka belum juga mendapat bagian milik pusaka di tengah-tengah suku-suku Israel.

In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.

2 Sebab itu bani Dan menyuruh dari kaumnya lima orang dari seluruh jumlah mereka, semuanya orang-orang yang gagah perkasa, yang berasal dari Zora dan Esytaol, untuk mengintai negeri itu dan menyelidikinya, serta berkata kepada mereka: "Pergilah menyelidiki negeri itu." Ketika orang-orang itu sampai ke pegunungan Efraim di rumah Mikha, bermalamlah mereka di sana.

So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.

3 Ketika mereka ada dekat rumah Mikha itu, dikenal merekalah logat orang muda suku Lewi itu, lalu singgahlah mereka ke sana dan berkata kepadanya: "Siapakah yang membawa engkau ke mari? Apakah pekerjaanmu dan urusanmu di sini?"

When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the young Levite, they went out of their road to his place, and said to him, How did you come here? and what are you doing in this place? and why are you here?

4 Katanya kepada mereka: "Begini begitulah dilakukan Mikha kepadaku; ia menggaji aku dan aku menjadi imamnya."

And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.

5 Kata mereka kepadanya: "Tanyakanlah kiranya kepada Allah, supaya kami ketahui apakah perjalanan yang kami tempuh ini akan berhasil."

Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.

6 Kata imam itu kepada mereka: "Pergilah dengan selamat! Perjalanan yang kamu tempuh itu dipandang baik oleh TUHAN."

And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord.

7 Sesudah itu pergilah kelima orang itu, lalu sampailah mereka ke Lais. Dilihat merekalah, bahwa rakyat yang diam di sana hidup dengan tenteram, menurut adat orang Sidon, aman dan tenteram. Orang-orang itu tidak kekurangan apapun yang ada di muka bumi, malah kaya harta. Mereka tinggal jauh dari orang Sidon dan tidak bergaul dengan siapapun juga.

Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.

8 Setelah mereka kembali kepada saudara-saudara sesukunya di Zora dan Esytaol, berkatalah saudara-saudara sesukunya kepada mereka: "Apakah yang kamu dapati di sana?"

So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news have you?

9 Jawab mereka: "Bersiaplah, marilah kita maju menyerang mereka, sebab kami telah melihat negeri itu, dan memang sangat baik. Masakan kamu tinggal diam! Janganlah bermalas-malas untuk pergi memasuki dan menduduki negeri itu.

And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to go in and take the land for your heritage.

10 Apabila kamu memasukinya kamu mendapati rakyat yang hidup dengan tenteram, dan negeri itu luas ke sebelah kiri dan ke sebelah kanan. Sesungguhnya, Allah telah menyerahkannya ke dalam tanganmu; itulah tempat yang tidak kekurangan apapun yang ada di muka bumi."

When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide, and God has given it into your hands: a place where there is everything on earth for man's needs.

11 Lalu berangkatlah dari sana, dari Zora dan Esytaol, enam ratus orang dari kaum suku Dan, diperlengkapi dengan senjata.

So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.

12 Mereka maju, lalu berkemah di Kiryat-Yearim di Yehuda. Itulah sebabnya tempat itu disebut Mahane-Dan sampai sekarang; letaknya di sebelah barat Kiryat-Yearim.

And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.

13 Dari sana mereka bergerak terus ke pegunungan Efraim dan sampai di rumah Mikha.

From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

14 Lalu berbicaralah kelima orang yang telah pergi mengintai daerah Lais itu, katanya kepada saudara-saudara sesukunya: "Tahukah kamu, bahwa dalam rumah-rumah ini ada efod, terafim, patung pahatan dan patung tuangan? Oleh sebab itu, insafilah apa yang akan kamu perbuat!"

Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.

15 Kemudian mereka menuju ke tempat itu, lalu sampai di rumah orang muda suku Lewi itu, di rumah Mikha, dan menanyakan apakah ia selamat.

And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?

16 Sementara keenam ratus orang dari bani Dan yang diperlengkapi dengan senjata itu tinggal berdiri di pintu gerbang,

And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.

17 maka kelima orang yang telah pergi mengintai negeri itu berjalan terus, masuk ke dalam lalu mengambil patung pahatan, efod, terafim dan patung tuangan itu. Adapun imam itu berdiri di pintu gerbang bersama-sama dengan keenam ratus orang yang diperlengkapi dengan senjata itu.

Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.

18 Tetapi, setelah yang lain-lain itu masuk ke dalam rumah Mikha dan mengambil patung pahatan, efod, terafim dan patung tuangan itu, berkatalah imam itu kepada mereka: "Berbuat apakah kamu ini?"

And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?

19 Tetapi jawab mereka kepadanya: "Diamlah, tutup mulut, ikutlah kami dan jadilah bapak dan imam kami. Apakah yang lebih baik bagimu: menjadi imam untuk seisi rumah satu orang atau menjadi imam untuk suatu suku dan kaum di antara orang Israel?"

And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

20 Maka gembiralah hati imam itu, diambilnyalah efod, terafim dan patung pahatan itu, lalu masuk ke tengah-tengah orang banyak.

Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.

21 Kemudian berbaliklah mereka dan pergi, dengan anak-anak, ternak dan barang-barang yang berharga ditempatkan di depan mereka.

So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.

22 Ketika mereka telah jauh dari rumah Mikha, dikerahkanlah orang-orang dari rumah-rumah yang di dekat rumah Mikha dan orang-orang itu mengejar bani Dan itu.

When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

23 Mereka memanggil-manggil bani Dan, maka berbaliklah orang-orang itu dan berkata kepada Mikha: "Mau apa engkau dengan mengerahkan orang?" Lalu jawabnya:

Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?

24 "Allahku yang kubuat serta imam juga kamu ambil, lalu kamu pergi. Apakah lagi yang masih tinggal padaku? Bagaimana perkataanmu itu kepadaku: Mau apa engkau?"

And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?

25 Berkatalah bani Dan kepadanya: "Janganlah suaramu kedengaran lagi kepada kami, nanti ada orang yang menyerang engkau karena sakit hati dan dengan demikian engkau serta seisi rumahmu kehilangan nyawa."

And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.

26 Lalu bani Dan melanjutkan perjalanannya, dan Mikha, setelah dilihatnya mereka itu lebih kuat dari padanya, berpalinglah ia pulang ke rumahnya.

Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house.

27 Lalu bani Dan, dengan membawa barang-barang yang dibuat Mikha, juga imamnya, mendatangi Lais, yakni rakyat yang hidup dengan aman dan tenteram. Mereka memukul orang-orang itu dengan mata pedang dan kotanya dibakar.

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

28 Tidak ada orang yang datang menolong, sebab kota itu jauh dari Sidon dan orang-orang kota itu tidak bergaul dengan siapapun juga. Letak kota itu di lembah Bet-Rehob. Kemudian bani Dan membangun kota itu kembali dan diam di sana.

And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

29 Mereka menamai kota itu Dan, menurut nama bapa leluhur mereka, yakni Dan, yang lahir bagi Israel, tetapi nama kota itu dahulu adalah Lais.

And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.

30 Bani Dan menegakkan bagi mereka sendiri patung pahatan itu, lalu Yonatan bin Gersom bin Musa bersama-sama dengan anak-anaknya menjadi imam bagi suku Dan, sampai penduduk negeri itu diangkut sebagai orang buangan.

(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

31 Demikianlah mereka menempatkan bagi mereka sendiri patung pahatan yang telah dibuat Mikha itu, dan patung itu ada di sana selama rumah Allah ada di Silo.

And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.