न्यायकर्ताहरू 18

1 ती दिनहरूमा इस्राएलमा कुनै राजा थिएन । दानको कुलका मानिसहरूले बसोबास गर्नको निम्ति ठाउँ खोजिरहेका थिए, किनकि त्यो दिनसम्म तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका कुलहरूबाट कुनै उत्तराधिकार प्राप्‍त गरेका थिएनन् ।

In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

2 दानका मानिसहरूले आफ्‍ना सम्‍पुर्ण कुलबाट पाँच जना मानिसहरू, सोरा र एश्लोत अनुभवी युद्धाहरूलाई हिंडेर देशको जानकारी लिन र त्यसमाथि दृष्‍टि लगाउन पठाए । तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई भने, “जाओ, र देशमाथि दृष्‍टि लगाओ ।” तिनीहरू एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशमा मीकाको घरमा आए, र तिनीहरूले त्यो रात त्यहीं बिताए ।

So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

3 जब उनीहरू मीकाको घरको नजिकै थिए, तब उनीहरूले ती जवान लेवीको बोली चिने । यसैले उनीहरू तिनलाई रोके र सोधे, “तिमीलाई यहाँ कसले ल्यायो? तिमी यस ठाउँमा के गर्दैछौ? तिमी यहाँ किन छौ?”

And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

4 तिनले उनीहरूलाई भने, “मीकाले मेरो निम्‍ति यसो गरेका छन्: तिनको पुजारी हुनलाई तिनले मलाई नियुक्त गरेका छन् ।”

“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”

5 उनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “हाम्रो निम्ति परमेश्‍वरबाट सल्लाह माग, ताकि हामीले गरिरहेको यात्रा सफल हुन्छ कि हुन्‍न भनी हामीलाई थाहा होस् ।”

Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”

6 ती पुजारीले उनीहरूलाई भने, “शान्तिमा जाओ । तिमीहरू जानुपर्ने बाटोमा परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई डोर्‍याउनुहुनेछ ।”

And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”

7 त्यसपछि ती पाँच जना मानिस त्यहाँबाट गए र लेशमा आए, अनि मानिसहरू सुरक्षासाथ बसोबास गरिरहेका उनीहरूले देखे, जसरी सीदोनीहरू कुनै बाधा नभई र सुरक्षित बस्‍थे । तिनीहरूलाई पराजय गर्ने वा त्यस देशमा कुनै प्रकारले दमन गर्ने कोही पनि थिएन । तिनीहरू सीदोनीहरूबाट टाढा बस्थे र तिनीहरूको कसैसँग लेन-देन थिएन ।

So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.

8 उनीहरू सोरा र एश्तोलमा भएको आफ्नो कुलकहाँ फर्के । उनीहरूका नातेदारहरूले सोधे, “तिमीहरूसँग के विवरण छ?”

When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”

9 उनीहरूले भने, “आओ, तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरौँ! हामीले त्यो देश देखेका छौं र त्यो धेरै असल छ । के तिमीहरू केही गर्दैनौ? आक्रमण गर्न र त्यो देशमाथि अधिकार गर्न ढिला नगर ।

They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!

10 जब तिमीहरू जान्छौ, तब तिमीहरूले ती मानिसहरूलाई भेट्नेछौ जसले आफैंलाई सुरक्षित ठान्छन्, र त्यो सहर फराकिलो छ! परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई त्यो सहर दिनुभएको छ— एउटा ठाउँ जसमा कुनै कुराको अभाव छैन ।”

When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”

11 दानका कुलका छ सय मानिसहरू युद्धको निम्ति हातहतियारले सुसज्‍जित भएर सोरा र एश्तोलबाट निस्के ।

So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.

12 तिनीहरू माथि गए र यहूदाको किर्यत-यारीममा छाउनी हाले । यसकारण मानिसहरूले त्यस ठाउँलाई आजको दिनसम्म महनेह-दान भन्छन् । त्योचाहिं किर्यत-यारीमको पश्‍चिममा पर्छ ।

They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.

13 तिनीहरू त्यहाँबाट एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशमा गए र मीकाको घरमा आए ।

And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.

14 लेशको देशमा जानकारी प्राप्‍त गर्न गएका पाँच जना मानिसले आफ्ना नातेदारहरूलाई भने, “यी घरहरूमा एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, खोपिएको मूर्ति, र ढलौटे मूर्ति छन् भनी के तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छ? तिमीहरूले के गर्नेछौ अहिले नै निर्णय गर ।”

Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”

15 यसैले तिनीहरू मीकाको घर, ती जवान लेवीकहाँ आए र तिनीहरूले तिनलाई अभिवादन गरे ।

So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.

16 अनि दानका छ सय जना मानिसहरू युद्धको निम्ति हात-हतियारले सुसज्‍जित भएर ढोकामा उभिए ।

The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.

17 ती पाँच जना मानिस जसले देशको बारेमा जानकारी लिन गएका थिए, तिनीहरू त्यहाँ गए र खोपिएको मूर्ति, एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, र ढलौटे मूर्ति लिए, जति बेला पुजारीचाहिं युद्धको निम्ति हात-हतियारले सुसज्‍जित छ सय जना मानिसका साथ ढोकामा उभिए ।

And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

18 जब तिनीहरू मीकाको घरमा पसे र खोपिएको मूर्ति, एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, र ढलौटे मूर्ति लिए, पुजारीले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू यो के गरिरहेका छौ?”

When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

19 तिनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “चूप लाग! आफ्‍नो हात आफ्‍नो मुखमा राख र हामीसँग आऊ, र हाम्रो निम्ति पिता र पुजारी होऊ । के तिम्रो निम्ति एउटा मानिसको घरको पुजारी हुनु, कि इस्राएलमा एउटा कुल र वंशको पुजारी हुनु कुन असल छ?”

“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

20 ती पुजारीको हृदय हर्षित भयो । तिनले त्यो एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, र खोपिएको मूर्ति लिए, र ती मानिसहरूसँगै गए ।

So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.

21 यसैले तिनीहरू फर्केर त्यहाँबाट गए । तिनीहरूले साना बालबालिका र गाई-वस्तु र आफ्ना धनमालहरूलाई आफ्नो अगि-अगि हिंडाए ।

Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.

22 जब तिनीहरू मीकाको घरबाट अलि पर पुगे, मीकाको घरनजिकका घरहरूमा बस्‍ने मानिसहरूलाई एकसाथ भेला गरियो, र तिनीहरूले दानका मानिसहरूलाई भेट्टाए ।

After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.

23 तिनीहरूले दानका मानिसहरूमाथि कराए, र तिनीहरू फर्के र मीकालाई भने, “तिमीहरू किन एकसाथ भेला भएका छौ?”

When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”

24 तिनले भने, “मैले बनाएका देवताहरू तिमीहरूले चोर्‍यौ, मेरो पुजारीलाई लग्यौ, र तिमीहरू जाँदैछौ । अब मसँग के बाँकी छ? तिमीहरू कसरी मलाई ‘तिमीलाई के कुराले दु: ख दिइरहेको छ’ भनेर सोध्दैछौ?”

He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”

25 दानका मानिसहरूले तिनलाई भने, “हामीलाई तिम्रो केही कुरा नसुनाऊ, नत्रता हामीमध्येका कोही धेरै क्रोधित मानिसले तिमीलाई आक्रमण गर्नेछ, र तिमी र तिम्रा परिवार सबै मारिनेछन् ।”

The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”

26 त्यसपछि दानका मानिसहरू आफ्‍नो बाटो लागे । जब तिनीहरू आफ्नो निम्ति धेरै नै बलिया रहेछन् भनेर मीकाले देखे तब तिनी आफ्नै घर फर्किए ।

So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.

27 दानका मानिसहरूले मीकाले बनाएका कुराहरू र तिनका पुजारीलाई लिए, र तिनीहरू लेशमा कुनै बाधामा नपरेका र सुरक्षित मानिसहरूकहाँ आए, अनि तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई तरवारको धारले प्रहार गरे र सहरलाई जलाइदिए ।

After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

28 तिनीहरूलाई बचाउने त्‍यहाँ कोही पनि थिएन किनभने त्यो सीदोनबाट धेरै टाढा थियो, र तिनीहरूको कसैसँग पनि कुनै लेन-देन थिएन । त्यो बेथ-रहोबनजिकको बेसीमा थियो । दानका मानिसहरूले त्यो सहरलाई पुनर्निर्माण गरे र त्यहीं बसोबास गरे ।

There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.

29 तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका छोरामध्‍ये एक जना आफ्ना पुर्खा दानका नाउँमा त्यस सहरलाई दान नाउँ दिए । तर त्यस सहरको नाउँ पहिले लेश थियो ।

They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.

30 दानका मानिसहरूले आफ्नै निम्ति ती खोपिएका मूर्तिहरू राखे । अनि त्यो देश कैदमा नपरेसम्म मोशाका नाति, गेर्शोमका छोरा जोनाथन र तिनका छोराहरू दानका कुलका निम्ति पुजारीहरू भए ।

The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

31 यसैले शीलोमा परमेश्‍वरको भवन भएसम्म तिनीहरूले मीकाले बनाएका खोपिएका मूर्तिहरूको पुजा गरे ।

So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.