Sodniki 18

1 V tistih dneh ni bilo kralja v Izraelu in v tistih dneh si je rod Danovcev iskal dediščino, da v njej prebiva, kajti do tistega dne jim vsa njihova dediščina ni pripadla med Izraelovimi rodovi.

In those days, there was no king in Israel, —and, in those days, the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in for there had not fallen to them, unto that day, in the midst of the tribes of Israel, enough for an inheritance.

2 Danovi otroci so izmed svojih družin poslali pet moških iz svojih pokrajin, junaške može iz Core in iz Eštaóla, da hodijo vzdolž dežele in da jo preiščejo. Rekli so jim: »Pojdite, oglejte deželo.« Ko so le-ti prišli do gore Efrájim, k Mihovi hiši, so se tam nastanili.

So then the sons of Dan sent, out of their family, five men out of their bounds—men who were sons of valour—out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol—to spy out the land, and to explore it, and they said unto them, Go! explore the land. And they came into the hill country of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, and lodged there.

3 Ko so bili pri Mihovi hiši, so prepoznali glas mladeniča, Lévijevca. Obrnili so se tja in mu rekli: »Kdo te je privedel sèm? Kaj delaš na tem kraju? In kaj imaš tukaj?«

They, being by the house of Micah, knew the voice of the young man, the Levite, —so they turned aside there, and said to him—Who brought thee in hither? and what art thou doing in this place, and what hast thou here?

4 Odgovoril jim je: »Tako in tako je Miha postopal z menoj, me najel in sem njegov duhovnik.«

And he said unto them, Thus and so, hath Micah dealt with me, and hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

5 Rekli so mu: »Prosimo te, vprašaj za nasvet od Boga, da bomo lahko vedeli katera izmed naših poti, po kateri gremo, bo uspešna.«

So they said unto him—Ask of God, we pray thee, —that we may know whether the journey on which we are going shall have good success.

6 Duhovnik jim je rekel: »Pojdite v miru. Vaša pot, po kateri greste, je pred Gospodom.«

And the priest said unto them—Go! and prosper, —before Yahweh, is your journey on which ye go.

7 Potem je pet mož odpotovalo in prišlo k Láješu in videlo ljudstvo, ki je bilo tam, kako so brezskrbno prebivali po navadi Sidóncev, tiho in varno. Tam v deželi ni bilo naseljencev, da bi jih lahko v kakršnikoli stvari osramotili. Bili so daleč od Sidóncev in z nikomer niso imeli nič opraviti.

So the five men went their way, and entered Laish, —and saw the people who were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quietly and securely, and there was no one to reproach them with anything in the land, none to possess himself of dominion, they being, far away, from the Zidonians, and having no dealings with any one.

8 Prišli so k svojim bratom do Core in Eštaóla in njihovi bratje so jim rekli: »Kaj pravite?«

So they came unto their brethren, in Zorah and Eshtaol, —and their brethren said unto them—Why are ye minded to do nothing?

9 Odgovorili so: »Vstanite, da bomo lahko šli gor zoper njih, kajti videli smo deželo in glejte, ta je zelo dobra. In vi ste mirni? Ne bodite leni, da bi šli in vstopili, da vzamete deželo v last.«

And they said—Arise! and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo! it is very good, —are, ye, then, minded to do nothing? do not be too slothful to go, and enter, and take possession of the land.

10 Ko greste, boste prišli k varnemu ljudstvu in k veliki deželi, kajti Bog jo je dal v vaše roke. Prostor, kjer ni pomanjkanja česarkoli, kar je na zemlji.

When ye do enter, ye will enter amongst a people secure, and, the land, is of ample bounds, —yea God hath delivered it into your hands, —a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.

11 Od tod je odšla družina Danovcev na svojo pot, iz Core in iz Eštaóla, šeststo mož, opasanih z bojnim orožjem.

So there brake up from thence, out of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men, begirt with weapons of war.

12 Odšli so gor in se utaborili v Kirját Jearímu v Judu. Zato so ta kraj imenovali Mahané Dan do današnjega dne. Glej ta je poleg Kirját Jearíma.

And they went up and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah, —wherefore they have called that place, Mahaneh-dan—unto this day, lo! it is behind Kiriath-jearim.

13 Od tam so prešli h gori Efrájim in prišli do Mihove hiše.

And they passed on from thence unto the hill country of Ephraim, —and came as far as the house of Micah.

14 Potem je pet mož, ki so odšli, da ogledajo deželo Láješ, odgovorilo in reklo svojim bratom: »Ali veste, da so v teh hišah efód, družinski malik, rezana podoba in ulita podoba? Sedaj torej preudarite kaj vam je storiti.«

Then responded the five men who had been to spy out the land of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Know ye that there are in these houses, an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image, —now, therefore, know what ye will do!

15 Obrnili so se tja in prišli do hiše mladeniča, Lévijevca, torej k Mihovi hiši in ga pozdravili.

So they turned aside thither, and entered into the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, —and asked him of his welfare.

16 Šeststo mož, opasanih s svojimi bojnimi orožji, ki so bili izmed Danovih otrok, pa je stalo pri vhodu velikih vrat.

Now, the six hundred men, begirt with weapons of war, were standing at the entrance of the gate, —they being of the sons of Dan.

17 Pet mož, ki so šli, da ogledajo deželo, je odšlo gor in vstopili so tja in vzeli rezano podobo, efód, družinskega malika in ulito podobo. Duhovnik pa je stal na vhodu velikih vrat s šeststotimi možmi, ki so bili opasani z bojnim orožjem.

Then went up the five men who had been to spy out the land, they came in thither, they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, —now, the priest, was standing at the entrance of the gate, with the six hundred men who were begirt with weapons of war.

18 Ti so odšli v Mihovo hišo in prinesli izrezljano podobo, efód, družinskega malika in ulito podobo. Potem jim je duhovnik rekel: »Kaj počnete?«

But, when, these, had entered the house of Micah, and taken the graven image and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What are ye doing?

19 Rekli so mu: »Molči, svojo roko položi na svoja usta in pojdi z nami in nam bodi oče in duhovnik. Ali je zate bolje biti duhovnik hiši enega človeka ali da postaneš duhovnik rodu in družini v Izraelu?«

And they said unto him—Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest, —is it better that thou be priest to the house of one man, or that thou be priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?

20 Duhovnikovo srce je bilo veselo in vzel je efód, družinskega malika, rezano podobo in odšel v sredo ljudstva.

Then was the heart of the priest glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, —and came into the midst of the people.

21 Tako so se obrnili in odšli ter predse postavili malčke, živino in vozove.

So they turned, and went their way, —and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the goods, before them.

22 In ko so bili dobro pot od Mihove hiše, so se ljudje, ki so bili v hišah blizu Mihove hiše, zbrali skupaj in dohiteli Danove otroke.

They, had gone a good way from the house of Micah, when, the men that were in the houses near to the house of Micah, were called out and overtook the sons of Dan.

23 Klicali so k Danovim otrokom. Ti pa so obrnili svoje obraze in Mihu rekli: »Kaj te pesti, da prihajaš s takšnim spremstvom?«

And they called unto the sons of Dan, who turned their faces, —and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou hast called out thy neighbours?

24 Odgovoril je: »Odvzeli ste moje bogove, ki sem jih naredil in duhovnika ter odšli proč. In kaj še imam? Kaj je to, da mi pravite: ›Kaj te pesti?‹«

And he said—My gods which I had made, ye have taken away, and the priest, and have departed, and what have I more? How then is it that ye can say unto me, What aileth thee?

25 Danovi otroci so mu rekli: »Tvojega glasu naj ne bo slišati med nami, da ne bi jezni ljudje stekli nadte in bi izgubil svoje življenje, z življenji svoje družine.«

And the sons of Dan said unto him, Do not let thy voice be heard among us, —lest men embittered in soul fall upon you, and thou gather in thy life and the lives of thy household.

26 Danovi otroci so odšli svojo pot. Ko je Miha videl, da so bili premočni zanj, se je obrnil in se vrnil nazaj k svoji hiši.

And the sons of Dan went on their journey, —and, when Micah saw that they were, too strong, for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

27 Vzeli so stvari, ki jih je naredil Miha in duhovnika, ki ga je imel in prišli k Láješu, k ljudstvu, ki je bilo tiho in varno. Udarili so jih z ostrino meča in mesto zažgali z ognjem.

They, therefore, took what Micah had made, and the priest that he had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword, —the city also, burned they with fire.

28 Tam ni bilo nobenega osvoboditelja, ker je bilo daleč od Sidóna in niso imeli opravka s kakršnimkoli človekom. To je bilo v dolini, ki leži pri Bet Rehóbu. In zgradili so mesto ter prebivali v njem.

And there was no one to rescue, because it was, far, from Zidon, and they had no, dealings, with any one, it, being in the vale that pertaineth to Beth-rehob. Then built they the city, and dwelt therein,

29 Ime mesta so imenovali Dan, po imenu njihovega očeta Dana, ki je bil rojen Izraelu, vendar je bilo ime mesta najprej Láješ.

and called the name of the city, Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel, —howbeit, Laish, was the name of the city, at the first.

30 Danovi otroci so postavili rezano podobo in Jonatan, sin Geršóma, sinú Manáseja, on in njegovi sinovi so bili duhovniki Danovemu rodu do dneva ujetništva dežele.

And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image, —and, Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of the Danites, until the day of the captivity of the land.

31 Postavili so si Mihovo rezano podobo, ki jo je naredil ves ta čas, ko je bila Božja hiša v Šilu.

So they set up for themselves the graven image of Micah, which he had made, —[and let it remain] all the days that the house of God was in Shiloh.