Mwet Nununku 18
1 In pacl se inge wangin tokosra lun mwet Israel. Oayapa in pacl se inge mwet in sruf lal Dan elos suk pac sie acn elos in oakwuki we, mweyen soenna oasr acn itukyang nu selos tuh in ma lalos inmasrlon sruf lun Israel.
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 Ouinge mwet Dan elos sulela mwet pulaik limekosr inmasrlon sruf sac nufon, ac elos supwalosla liki acn Zorah ac Eshtaol ac sap elos in som ac tuni luman acn sac nufon oana mwet kalngeyuk. Ke elos sun infulan eol uh in acn Ephraim elos tuh muta ke lohm sel Micah.
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 Ke elos muta we elos lohng ahyen sramsram lun mwet fusr Levi sac lah siena, na elos kalukyang nu yorol ac fahk, “Mea kom oru inge uh, ac su uskomme nu inge?”
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 Na el fahk nu selos, “Micah el srukyuyak ngan orekma lal, ac el moli nu sik tuh nga in mwet tol lal.”
“Micah arranged things for me, and he hired me as his priest,” he told them.
5 Na elos fahk nu sel, “Nunak munas siyuk sin God ke fahsr se lasr inge lah ac wo ouiya.”
“Please ask the Lord for us so we can find out if our journey will be successful,” they asked him.
6 Na mwet tol sac fahk, “Nik kowos fosrnga, tuh LEUM GOD El ac fah karingin kowos ke fahsr lowos ingan.”
“Go in peace,” the priest replied. “The journey you are taking is being observed by the Lord.”
7 Ouinge mwet limekosr ah som ac tuku nu in acn Laish, ac elos liye tuh mwet we elos muta in misla, oana mwet Sidon. Elos tiana akukuin yurin kutena mwet saya, ac arulana misla nunak lalos. Oayapa elos fas ke ma nukewa, wangin ma elos enenu. Elos muta loes liki acn mwet Sidon elos muta we, ac elos tia asruoki yurin kutena mutunfacl saya.
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 Ke mwet limekosr ah folokla nu in acn Zorah ac Eshtaol, mwet wialos elos siyuk selos, “Fuka ma kowos som kac ah?”
The men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you…?”
9 Ac elos fahk, “Fahsru, kut som mweuni acn Laish. Kut liye tuh acn we arulana wo. Nikmet pahtlac. Sulaklak! Kowos som eisla acn we!
“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 Kowos fin sun acn we, kowos fah liye lah mwet we ah tiana akoeyuk mweun ma, ac acn na lulap se pa inge ac wangin ma elos kwaco kac. God El sot tari tuh in ma lowos.”
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 Ouinge mwet onfoko sin sruf lal Dan elos som liki acn Zorah ac Eshtaol, ac akola in mweun.
So six hundred Danite armed men left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready to attack.
12 Elos utyak nu in acn Kiriath Jearim in acn Judah ac tulokunak lohm nuknuk selos we. Pa inge sripa se oru pangpang acn se inge Nien Aktuktuk lal Dan nwe misenge.
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 Na elos som we lac nwe ke elos tuku sun lohm sel Micah ke fulan eol in acn Ephraim.
Then they left from there and went into the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house.
14 Na mwet limekosr ma tuh som in tuni acn Laish elos fahk nu sin mwet wialos, “Ya kowos etu lah sie sin lohm inge oasr sie ma sruloala orek ke sak ac nukumyukla nufon ke silver— Ma sruloala saya ac sie nuknuk in mwet tol pangpang ephod oasr pac we. Kowos nunku tuh mea wo kut in oru?”
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 Na elos utyak nu in lohm sel Micah, nu yen mwet fusr Levi sac muta we, ac elos siyuk sel lah el fuka.
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 In pacl sac pacna, mwet Dan onfoko su akola in mweun elos tu ke mutunpot in siti sac.
The six hundred Danite armed men stood at the entrance by the gate.
17 Mwet kalngeyuk limekosr elos utyak na nu in lohm sac ac usla ma sruloala se ma orek ke sak ac nukumyukla ke silver, oayapa ma sruloala ngia ac nuknuk ephod sac. Na mwet tol sac el tu na ke mutunpot yurin mwet mweun onfoko su akola nu ke mweun.
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 Ke mwet inge elos utyak nu in lohm sel Micah ac usla nuknuk ephod sac ac ma sruloala se ma orekla ke sak ac nukumyukla ke silver, oayapa ma sruloala saya ma oan in lohm sac, mwet tol sac el siyuk selos, “Mea kowos oru ingan?”
When the priest saw them taking all the religious objects from Micah's home, he asked them, “What are you doing?”
19 Elos fahk nu sel, “Misla! Nimet kaskas. Fahsru wi kut, mweyen kut lungse kom in mwet tol lasr, ac oana sie papa nu sesr. Pia kac ma wo uh — kom in mwet tol lun mwet sefanna ac sou lal, ku kom in mwet tol lun mwet nukewa ke sie sin sruf lun mwet Israel?”
“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 Mwet tol sac el arulana engan ke kas se inge, na el eis nuknuk ephod sac ac ma sruloala se ma orekla ke sak ac nukumyukla ke silver, oayapa ma sruloala saya liki lohm sac, ac el wi mwet Israel ah som.
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 Na elos forla ac mutawauk fahsr, ac tulik natulos, kosro natulos, ac ma lalos nukewa fahsr meet lukelos.
They continued their journey, putting their children, livestock, and possessions ahead of them.
22 Ke elos som loes liki lohm sel Micah, na Micah el pangoneni mwet tulan lal in ukwalos. Ac ke elos sun mwet Dan inge,
The Danites were already quite a way from Micah's home when men from Micah's village caught up with them,
23 elos wo elos. Na mwet Dan elos forla ac siyuk sel Micah, “Mea se inge— Mwe mea u na lulap se ingan?”
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 Na Micah el topuk ac fahk, “Mea kowos fahk an, ku kowos fahsrot ac usla mwet tol se luk oayapa god nukewa ma nga orala, na mea lula luk?”
“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 Na mwet Dan elos fahk nu sel, “Taran, kom fin sifil fahk kutu ma na mwet inge ac foloyak ac lain kom. Ku na in anwuki kom ac sou lom an nufon.”
“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 Na mwet Dan elos sifilpa fahsr som. Ke Micah el akilen lah mwet inge arulana ku lukel, el forla ac folokla nu acn sel ah.
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 Na mwet Dan elos us mwet tol sac ac ma nukewa Micah el tuh orala, na elos som ac mweuni mwet Laish. Mwet in acn se inge elos muta in misla. Mwet Dan elos uniya mwet we, ac esukak acn we.
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 Wangin mwet in molelosla, mweyen acn Laish oan loesla liki acn Sidon ke infahlfal se Bethrehob oan we, oayapa mwet Laish elos tia wi asruoki nu sin kutena mutunfacl saya. Mwet Dan elos sifil musaela acn we ac oakwuki we.
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 Elos ekulla e se inge Laish, ac sang inen acn sac Dan, ke inen papa matu tumalos Dan, sie sin wen natul Jacob.
They renamed the city Dan after their forefather, the son of Israel. Laish was its former name.
30 Mwet Dan elos tulokunak ma sruloala sac mwet uh in alu nu kac. Na Jonathan, wen natul Gershom su ma natul Moses, el mwet tol lalos nwe ke na utukla elos nu ke sruoh.
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 Ma sruloala lal Micah oanna we ke lusen pacl ma Lohm Nuknuk Mutal lun God oan in acn Shiloh.
They worshiped the carved idol that Micah had made the whole time God's Temple was at Shiloh.
