Mga Hukom 18
1 Sa panahong iyon walang hari sa Israel. Naghahanap ang tribo ng mga kaapu-apuhan ni Dan ng isang teritoryo para tirahan, hanggang sa araw na iyon hindi sila nakatanggap ng anumang pamana mula sa mga lipi ng Israel.
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was looking for an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
2 Ang bayan ng Dan ay nagpadala ng limang kalalakihan mula sa kabuuang bilang ng kanilang lipi, kalalakihan na bihasang mandirigma mula sa Zora at mula sa Estaol, para manmanan ang lupain habang naglalakad, at titingnan ito. Sinabi nila sa kanila, “Humayo at tingnan ang lupain.” Nakarating sila sa burol na bansa ng Efraim, hanggang sa bahay ni Mikias, at nagpalipas sila ng gabi roon.
The people of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, "Go, explore the land." They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and stayed there.
3 Nang malapit na sila sa bahay ni Mikias, nakilala nila ang pananalita ng binatang Levita. Kaya huminto sila at nagtanong sa kaniya, “Sino ang nagdala sa iyo dito? Ano ang ginagawa mo sa lugar na ito? Bakit ka nandito?”
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned in that direction, and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your business here?"
4 Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Ito ang ginawa ni Mikias sa akin: Inupahan niya ako para maging kaniyang pari.”
He said to them, "Thus and so has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest."
5 Sinabi nila sa kaniya, “Pakiusap alamin ang payo ng Diyos, para malaman namin kung magtatagumpay ba kami sa pupuntahang paglalakbay.
They said to him, "Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous."
6 Ang sinabi ng pari sa kanila, “Umalis kayo nang payapa. Papatnubayan kayo ni Yahweh sa landas na dapat ninyong lakaran.”
The priest said to them, "Go in peace. The LORD will watch over you on your journey."
7 Kaya umalis ang limang kalalakihan at nakarating sa Lais, at nakita nila ang mga tao na naninirihan doon ng ligtas—katulad din sa pamamaraan ng mga Sidoneo na naninirahang matiwasay at ligtas. Wala ni isa ang siyang sumakop sa kanila sa lupain, o gumulo sa kanila sa anumang paraan. Nanirahan sila ng malayo mula sa mga Sidoneo, at hindi sila nakipag-ugnayan kaninuman.
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, and how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority that might trouble them in anyway, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with Aram.
8 Bumalik sila sa kanilang lipi sa Zora at Estaol. Tinanong sila ng kanilang mga kamag-anak, “Ano ang inyong balita?”
They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, "What do you say?"
9 Sinabi nila, “Halina! salakayin natin sila! Nakita namin ang lupain at ito'y napakabuti. Wala ba kayong ginagawa? Huwag bagalan ang pagsalakay at pagsakop sa lupain.
They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have entered and journeyed in the land as far as Laish, and we saw the people how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, and they were far from the Sidonians, and they had no dealings with Aram. But arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and look, it is very good. Will you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go and to enter in to possess the land.
10 Kapag pupunta kayo, makakarating kayo sa mga taong nag-iisip na ligtas sila, at malawak ang lupain! Ibinigay ito sa inyo ng Diyos— isang lugar na hindi nagkukulang sa anumang bagay sa mundo.”
When you go, you shall come to a secure people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth."
11 Anim na raang kalalakihan ng lipi ng Dan, mga armado ng mga pandigmang sandata, na umalis mula sa Zora at Estaol.
Then the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with weapons of war, set forth from there.
12 Umakyat sila at nagkampo sa Kiriath Jearim, sa Juda. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit tinawag ng mga tao ang lugar na Mahaneh Dan hanggang sa araw na ito; nasa kanluran ito ng Kiriath Jearim.
They went up, and camped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan to this day; look, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
13 Umalis sila mula sa burol na bansa ng Efraim at nakarating sa bahay ni Mikias.
They passed there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
14 Pagkatapos ang limang kalalakihang nagmamanman sa bansa ng Lais ay nagsabi sa kanilang kamag-anak, “Alam ba ninyo na sa mga bahay na ito ay may isang epod, mga sambahayan ng diyos, isang inukit na anyo, at isang hinulmang metal na anyo? Magpasya na ngayon kung ano ang inyong gagawin.”
Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, "Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do."
15 Kaya bumalik sila roon at nakarating sa bahay ng binatang Levita, sa bahay ni Mikias, at kanilang binati siya.
They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.
16 Ngayon ang anim na raang Daneo, armado ng mga sandatang pandigma, nakatayo sa pasukan ng tarangkahan.
The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the people of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
17 Pumunta doon ang limang kalalakihan na nagmanman sa lupain at kinuha nila ang inukit na anyo, ang epod, at ang mga pansambahayang diyos, at ang hinulmang metal na anyo, habang nakatayo ang pari sa bungad ng tarangkahan kasama ang anim na raang armadong kalalakihan ng mga sandatang pandigma.
The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
18 Nang ang mga ito ay pumunta sa bahay ni Mikias at kinuha ang inukit na anyo, ang epod, mga pansambahayang diyos, at hinulmang metal na anyo, sinabi ng pari sa kanila, “Ano ang ginagawa ninyo?”
And these went into Micah's house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"
19 Sinabi nila sa kaniya, “Tumahimik kayo! Ilagay ang iyong kamay sa iyong bibig at sumama sa amin, at maging ama at pari sa amin. Mas mabuti ba sa iyo na maging pari sa bahay ng isang lalaki, o maging pari para sa isang lipi at isang angkan sa Israel?”
They said to him, "Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?"
20 Nagalak ang puso ng pari. Kinuha niya ang epod, mga sambahayan ng diyos at ang inukit na anyo, at sumama sa mga tao.
The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people.
21 Kaya tumalikod sila at umalis. Nilagay nila ang maliit na mga bata sa kanilang harapan, pati na rin ang mga baka at ang kanilang mga ari-arian.
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the goods before them.
22 Nang malayo na sila mula sa bahay ni Mikias, ang mga kalalakihan na nasa mga bahay na malapit sa bahay ni Mikias ay magkasamang pinatawag, at inabutan nila ang mga Daneo.
They were some distance from the house of Micah, and look, Micah and the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the people of Dan.
23 Sumigaw sila sa mga Daneo, at tumalikod sila at sinabi kay Mikias, “Bakit kayo magkasamang pinatawag?”
They cried to the people of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, "What's wrong with you, that you come with such a company?"
24 Sinabi niya, “Ninakaw ninyo ang mga diyos na ginawa ko, kinuha ninyo ang aking pari at aalis kayo. Ano pa ang maiiwan sa akin? Bakit ninyo ako tinatanong, 'Ano ang gumugulo sa iyo?'”
He said, "You have taken away my gods which I made for myself, and the priest, and have gone away, and what more do I have? How then do you say to me, 'What's wrong with you?'"
25 Sinabi ng mga tao ng Dan sa kaniya, “Hindi mo kami dapat hayaang marinig ka naming magsabi ng anumang bagay, o sasalakayin ka ng ilang galit na galit na mga kalalakihan at ikaw at iyong pamilya ay mapapatay.”
The people of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, or angry men will attack you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household."
26 Pagkatapos nagpatuloy ang mga tao ng Dan sa kanilang pinaroroonan. Nang nakita ni Mikias na sila ay napakalakas para sa kaniya, tumalikod siya at bumalik sa kaniyang bahay.
The people of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
27 Kinuha ng bayan ng Dan kung ano ang ginawa ni Mikias, kasama rin pati ang kaniyang pari, at nakarating sila sa Lais, sa mga tao na siyang panatag at ligtas at pinatay nila sila gamit ang espada at sinunog ang lungsod.
They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
28 Wala ni isang naligtas sa kanila dahil malayo pa ito mula sa Sidon, at hindi sila nagkaroon ng pakikipag-ugnayan sa kaninuman. Nasa lambak ito malapit sa Beth-Rehob. Ipinatayong muli ng mga Daneo ang lungsod at nanirahan doon.
There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived there.
29 Pinangalanan nila ang lungsod ng Dan, ang pangalan ni Dan na kanilang ninuno, na siyang isa sa mga anak na lalaki ng Israel. Pero ang dating pangalan ng lungsod ay Lais.
They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel. However the name of the city was originally Laish.
30 Inilagay ng bayan ng Dan ang inukit na anyo para sa kanilang sarili. At si Jonatan, anak ni Gersom, anak ni Moises, siya at ang kaniyang mga anak na lalaki ay mga pari sa mga lipi ng Daneo hanggang sa araw ng pagbihag sa lupain.
The people of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the exile from the land.
31 Kaya sinamba nila ang inukit na anyo na ginawa ni Mikias hangga't ang bahay ng Diyos ay nasa Silo.
So they set up for themselves Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
