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 the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them 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 ।
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, 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?”
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought you here? and what make 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 unto them, Thus and thus deals Micah with me, and has hired me, and I am 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 unto him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
6 ती पुजारीले उनीहरूलाई भने, “शान्तिमा जाओ । तिमीहरू जानुपर्ने बाटोमा परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई डोर्याउनुहुनेछ ।”
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein all of you go.
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 ।
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
8 उनीहरू सोरा र एश्तोलमा भएको आफ्नो कुलकहाँ फर्के । उनीहरूका नातेदारहरूले सोधे, “तिमीहरूसँग के विवरण छ?”
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say all of you?
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, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are all of you still? be not slothful to go, and to enter 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 ।”
When all of you go, all of you shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God has given it into your hands; a place where there is no lack of any thing that is in the earth.
11 दानका कुलका छ सय मानिसहरू युद्धको निम्ति हातहतियारले सुसज्जित भएर सोरा र एश्तोलबाट निस्के ।
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed 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 pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
13 तिनीहरू त्यहाँबाट एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशमा गए र मीकाको घरमा आए ।
And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
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 answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do all of you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what all of you have to do.
15 यसैले तिनीहरू मीकाको घर, ती जवान लेवीकहाँ आए र तिनीहरूले तिनलाई अभिवादन गरे ।
And they turned in that direction, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
16 अनि दानका छ सय जना मानिसहरू युद्धको निम्ति हात-हतियारले सुसज्जित भएर ढोकामा उभिए ।
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering 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 that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
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 these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do all of you?
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 unto him, Hold your peace, lay your hand upon your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that you be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
20 ती पुजारीको हृदय हर्षित भयो । तिनले त्यो एपोद, घर-देवताहरू, र खोपिएको मूर्ति लिए, र ती मानिसहरूसँगै गए ।
And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven 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 the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
22 जब तिनीहरू मीकाको घरबाट अलि पर पुगे, मीकाको घरनजिकका घरहरूमा बस्ने मानिसहरूलाई एकसाथ भेला गरियो, र तिनीहरूले दानका मानिसहरूलाई भेट्टाए ।
And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
23 तिनीहरूले दानका मानिसहरूमाथि कराए, र तिनीहरू फर्के र मीकालाई भने, “तिमीहरू किन एकसाथ भेला भएका छौ?”
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What disturbs you, that you come with 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?”
And he said, All of you have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and all of you are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that all of you say unto me, What disturbs 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 unto him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.
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 when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto 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 they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were resting and secure: and they stroke 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 it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
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 unto Israel: nevertheless the name of the city was Laish at the first.
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: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to 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 ।
And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
