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. The tribe of the descendants of Dan was looking for a territory to live in, for up to that day they had not received any inheritance from among the tribes of Israel.
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.
The people of Dan sent five men from the whole number of their tribe, men who were experienced warriors from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to scout the land on foot, and to look it over. They said to them, “Go and look over the land.” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and they spent the night 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?«
When they were near Micah's house, they recognized the speech of the young Levite. So they stopped and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
4 Odgovoril jim je: »Tako in tako je Miha postopal z menoj, me najel in sem njegov duhovnik.«
He said to them, “This is what Micah has done for me: He has hired me to 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.«
They said to him, “Please seek the advice of God, so we may know whether the journey we are going on will be successful.”
6 Duhovnik jim je rekel: »Pojdite v miru. Vaša pot, po kateri greste, je pred Gospodom.«
The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Yahweh will lead you in the way you should 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.
Then the five men left and came to Laish, and they saw that the people were living in safety, in the same way the Sidonians lived, undisturbed and secure. There was no one who conquered them or who oppressed them in any way in the land. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
8 Prišli so k svojim bratom do Core in Eštaóla in njihovi bratje so jim rekli: »Kaj pravite?«
They returned to their tribe in Zorah and Eshtaol. Their relatives asked them, “What is your report?”
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.«
They said, “Come! Let us attack them! We have seen the land and it is very good. Are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to attack and conquer 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 you go, you will come to a people who think they are secure, and the land is wide! God has given it to you—a place that does not lack anything in the land.”
11 Od tod je odšla družina Danovcev na svojo pot, iz Core in iz Eštaóla, šeststo mož, opasanih z bojnim orožjem.
Six hundred men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
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.
They went up and camped at Kiriath Jearim, in Judah. This is why people called that place Mahaneh Dan to this day; it is west of Kiriath Jearim.
13 Od tam so prešli h gori Efrájim in prišli do Mihove hiše.
They went away from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came to 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 the five men who had gone to scout the country of Laish said to their relatives, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved figure, and a cast metal figure? Decide now what you will do.”
15 Obrnili so se tja in prišli do hiše mladeniča, Lévijevca, torej k Mihovi hiši in ga pozdravili.
So they turned in there and came to the house of the young Levite, at the house of Micah, and they greeted him.
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 Danites, armed with weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.
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.
The five men who had gone to scout out the land went there and they took the carved figure, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast metal figure, while the priest stood by the opening of the gate with the six hundred men armed 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?«
When these went into Micah's house and took the carved figure, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast metal figure, the priest said to them, “What are you 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?«
They said to him, “Be quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel?”
20 Duhovnikovo srce je bilo veselo in vzel je efód, družinskega malika, rezano podobo in odšel v sredo ljudstva.
The priest's heart was glad. He took the ephod, the household gods, and the carved figure, and went along with the people.
21 Tako so se obrnili in odšli ter predse postavili malčke, živino in vozove.
So they turned and went away. They put the small children in front of themselves, as well as the cattle and their possessions.
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.
When they were a good distance from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house were called together, and they caught up with the Danites.
23 Klicali so k Danovim otrokom. Ti pa so obrnili svoje obraze in Mihu rekli: »Kaj te pesti, da prihajaš s takšnim spremstvom?«
They shouted to the Danites, and they turned and said to Micah, “Why have you been called together?”
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?‹«
He said, “You stole the gods that I made, you have taken my priest, and you are leaving. What else do I have left? How can you ask me, 'What is bothering you?'”
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.«
The people of Dan said to him, “You should not let us hear you say anything, or some very angry men will attack you, and you and your family will be killed.”
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.
Then the people of Dan went their way. When Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to 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.
The people of Dan took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and they came to Laish, to a people who were undisturbed and secure and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city.
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.
There was no one to rescue them because it was a long way from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that is near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
29 Ime mesta so imenovali Dan, po imenu njihovega očeta Dana, ki je bil rojen Izraelu, vendar je bilo ime mesta najprej Láješ.
They named the city Dan, the name of Dan their ancestor, who was one of Israel's sons. But the name of the city used to be Laish.
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.
The people of Dan set up the carved figure for themselves. Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses, he and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites until the day of the land's captivity.
31 Postavili so si Mihovo rezano podobo, ki jo je naredil ves ta čas, ko je bila Božja hiša v Šilu.
So they worshiped Micah's carved figure that he made as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.
