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 in those days the tribe of Dan sought for itself an inheritance to inhabit, because no inheritance had fallen to it until that day in the midst of the tribes of the children 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 ।

And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Saraa and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Michaias and they lodged there,

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?”

in the house of Michaias, and they recognised the voice of the young man the Levite, and turned in there; and said to him, Who brought you in hither? and what do you in this place? and what have you here?

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

And he said to them, Thus and thus did Michaias to me, and he hired me, and I became his priest.

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

And they said to him, Enquire now of God, and we shall know whether our way will prosper, on which we are going.

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

And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way in which you go, [is] before the Lord.

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 ।

And the five men went on, and came to Laisa; and they saw the people in the midst of it dwelling securely, at ease as [is] the manner of the Sidonians, and there is no one perverting or shaming a matter in the land, no heir extorting treasures; and they are far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with any one.

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

And the five men came to their brethren to Saraa and Esthaol, and said to their brethren, Why sit you here [idle]?

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 ।

And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, [it is] very good, yet you are still: delay not to go, an to enter in to possess 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 ।”

And whenever you shall go, you shall come in upon a people secure, and the land [is] extensive, for God has given it into your hand; a place where there is no lack of anything that the earth affords.

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

And there departed thence of the families of Dan, from Saraa and from Esthaol, six hundred men, girded 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 ।

And they went up, and encamped in Cariathiarim in Juda; therefore it was called in that place the camp of Dan, until this day: behold, [it is] behind Cariathiarim.

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

And they went on thence to the mount of Ephraim, and came to the house of Michaias.

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 ।”

And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laisa answered, and said to their brethren, You know that there is in this place an ephod, and theraphin, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what you shall do.

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

And they turned aside there, and went into the house of the young man, the Levite, [even] into the house of Michaias, and asked him how he was.

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

And the six hundred men of the sons of Dan who were girded with their weapons of war stood by the door of the gate.

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 went to spy out the land went up, and entered into the house of Michaias, and the priest stood.

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

And they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the theraphin, and the molten image; and 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?”

And they said to him, Be silent, lay your hand upon your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for you to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel?

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

And the heart of the priest was glad, and he took the ephod, and the theraphin, and the graven image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people.

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

So they turned and departed, and put their children and their property and their baggage before them.

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

They went some distance from the house of Michaias, and, behold, Michaias and the men in the houses near Michaias' house, cried out, and overtook the children of Dan.

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

And the children of Dan turned their face, and said to Michaias, What is the matter with you that you have cried out?

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?”

And Michaias said, Because you have taken my graven image which I made, and my priest, and are gone; and what have I remaining? and what [is] this [that] you say to me, Why cry 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 ।”

And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon you, and take away your life, and the lives of your house.

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

And the children of Dan went their way; and Michaias saw that they were stronger than himself, and he returned to his house.

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 ।

And the children of Dan took what Michaias had made, and the priest that he had, and they came to Laisa, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

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 ।

And there was no deliverer, because [the city] is far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with men, and it [is] in the valley of the house of Raab; and they built the city, and lived in it.

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

And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and the name of the city was Ulamais before.

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 ।

And the children of Dan set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gerson son of Manasse, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan till the time of the carrying away of the nation.

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

And they set up for themselves the graven image which Michaias made, all the days that the house of God was in Selom; and it was so in those days [that] there was no king in Israel.