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 tribe of the Danites was looking for an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen 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.

The people of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, "Go, explore the land." They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and stayed there.

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 by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned in that direction, and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your business here?"

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

He said to them, "Thus and so has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest."

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

They said to him, "Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous."

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

The priest said to them, "Go in peace. The LORD will watch over you on your journey."

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 departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, and how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority that might trouble them in anyway, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings 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?"

They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, "What do you say?"

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.

They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have entered and journeyed in the land as far as Laish, and we saw the people how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, and they were far from the Sidonians, and they had no dealings with Aram. But arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and look, it is very good. Will you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go and to enter in to possess the land.

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 go, you shall come to a secure people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth."

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

Then the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with weapons of war, set forth from there.

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.

They went up, and camped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan to this day; look, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.

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

They passed there 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 went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, "Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have 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.

They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

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

The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the people of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

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.

The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

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 these went into Micah's house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And 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?"

They said to him, "Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, 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.

The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people.

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

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the goods before 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.

They were some distance from the house of Micah, and look, Micah and the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the people 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:

They cried to the people of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, "What's wrong with you, that you come with such a company?"

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?"

He said, "You have taken away my gods which I made for myself, and the priest, and have gone away, and what more do I have? How then do you say to me, 'What's wrong with you?'"

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."

The people of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, or angry men will attack you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household."

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

The people of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and 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.

They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.

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.

There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived there.

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

They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel. However the name of the city was originally Laish.

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.

The people of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the exile from the land.

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.

So they set up for themselves Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.