Mika nezimo lyaDan
1 Pethimbo ndiyaka muIsrael kamwa li nando omukwaniilwa. Uuna ndwiyaka ezimo lyaDan olya li tali kongo ehala lyokukala, oshoka natango olya li inaali pewa ehala lyalyo lyene mokati komazimo gaIsrael. 2 Onkee aantu yaDan oya hogolola momagumbo gawo agehe miilando Soar neEshtaol aalumentu ya pyokoka nawa noye ya lombwele, ya ka ndaadhe evi. Sho ya yi mevi lyokoondundu dhaEfraim, oya kankama paandjaMika. 3 Manga nee ya li mpoka, oya dhimbulula iipopya yomugundjuka Omulevi. Onkee ya yi kuye e taa pula: “Oho longo shike mpaka? Olye e ku eta huno?”
4 Ye okwa yamukula: “Otu uvathana naMika, a fute ndje, sho te longo puye iilonga yuuyambi.”
5 Oyo ya ti kuye: “Alikana, tu kwatha, u pule Kalunga, ondjila yetu ndjika tatu ende ngele oyelago.”
6 Omuyambi okwa yamukula: “Inamu ipyakidhila owala, Omuwa ote mu sile oshimpwiyu mondjila ndjika.”
7 Onkee aalumentu mbaka yatano ya yi e taa ya moshilando Lajish. Oya mono kutya aantu oye li nawa yaa na okapethili kasha, ngaashi naanaa Aasidoni. Oyo aantu aanambili naamweni, mboka ihaaya tamanana nando onalye; oye na ashihe ye shi pumbwa. Oya kala kokule nAasidoni noyaa na ekwatathano naantu yalwe. 8 Aalumentu yatano sho ya galukile kuSoar naEshtaol, aangandjawo oye ya pula shoka ya dhimbulula. 9 Oya yamukula: “Ileni! Tu matukileni Lajish. Otwa mono evi nuuwanawa walyo. Inamu kuutumba owala tamu ongaonga; endeleleni! Undukeni, mu shi hakane! 10 Shimpa mwa thiki ko, otamu ka dhimbulula kutya aantu itaa fekele nando osha. Oshilongo oshinene. Oshi na ayihe omuntu te yi pumbwa, naKalunga okwa gandja ayihe kune.”
11 Onkee etanga lyaalumentu omathele gahamano yomezimo lyaDan oya yi muSoar naEshtaol ya homata. 12 Oya yi e taa yungu ontanda kuuninginino waKiriat Jearim muJuda. Omolwashoka ehala ndyoka natango tuu olya lukwa “Ontanda yaDan”.
13 Oya tsikile ya yi, sigo okaandjaMika kevi lyokoondundu dhaEfraim.
14 Nena aalumentu yatano mboka ya li ya ndaadhele oshilongo sha kunduka Lajish, oya ti kuyakwawo: “Omu shi shi tuu kutya megumbo limwe lyomwaangaka omu na oshimenka shoshiti sha kolongwa noshisiliveli? Omu na ishewe iimenka iikwawo nomapepenguwo. Otamu dhiladhila, tu ningeni ngiini?” 15 Nena oya yi maandjaMika, moka mwa kala omugundjuka Omulevi noye mu kundu. 16 Aakwiita mboka omathele gahamano ya homata ya za kuDan, oya li ya thikama posheelo. 17 Oondaadhi ndhoka ntano odha yi dhu ukilila megumbo e tadhi kutha mo oshimenka shoshiti sha kolongwa noshisiliveli, iimenka iikwawo nomapepenguwo, manga omuyambi a li posheelo pamwe naakwiita omathele gahamano.
18 Aalumentu sho ya yi maandjaMika e taa kutha mo iinima iidhilikwa, omuyambi okwe ya pula: “Otamu ningi shike?”
19 Oyo ya ti: “Mwena! Ino tya sha. Tu landula, u ninge omuyambi nomugandjindunge gwetu. Inashi opala nani okukala omuyambi muIsrael ashihe shi vule okukalela egumbo limwe?”
20 Shika osha shambukitha omuyambi, onkee okwa kutha iinima iidhilikwa e te ya landula. 21 Oyo ya piluka, ya ka tsikile nondjila yawo, noya tetekelitha aanona yawo, iimuna yawo niiniwe yawo yilwe. 22 Oya adhika ya ende oshinano shontumba okuza kegumbo, Mika sho i ithana aashiinda ye, ya ye kolugodhi. Oya adha Aadan 23 noye ya igidha. Aalumentu Aadan oya punguluka e taa pula Mika taa ti: “Oshike ano? Ongundu ndjono oyashike ayihe?”
24 Mika okwa yamukula: “Otamu dhiladhila ngiini, sho tamu ti: ‘Oshike ano?’ One mwa kutha po omuyambi gwandje niikalunga mbyoka nda hongo nomwa yi nayo. Nena onda kala po ihe nashike?”
25 Aalumentu Aadan oya ti: “Ihwepo, waa ye moohapu, opo aalumentu mbaka yaa geye, e taa ku dhenge. Nena ongoye noyaandjeni otamu si.” 26 Opo ihe oya tsikile nondjila yawo. Mika okwa dhimbulula kutya oye mu vule oonkondo, onkee okwa piluka e ta shuna kegumbo.
27-28 Aalumentu Aadan sho ya adhika ya kutha po omuyambi niinima mbyoka Mika a longekidha, oya ka matukila Lajish, oshilando shoka shaantu aanambili naamweni, shoka sha li molusilu lumwe naBetrehob. Oya dhipaga aakalimo e taa fike po oshilando. Kakwa li nando ogumwe te ya popile, oshoka Lajish osha li kokule naSidon noya li yaa na ekwatathano naantu yalwe. Aalumentu Aadan oya tungulula oshilando noya tula mo. 29 Oya lundulula edhina lyasho Lajish lya ningi Dan ye shi lukile hekulu Dan yaJakob. 30 Aalumentu Aadan oya dhike po oshimenka shaMika, opo ye shi simaneke. Jonatan yaGersom, omutekulu gwaMoses, okwa li omuyambi gwezimo lyaDan. Osho wo oluvalo lwe, sigo aantu ya falwa muupika. 31 Oshimenka shaMika osha kala ko ethimbo alihe, otenda yokusimanekela mo Kalunga sho ya li muShilo.
1 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 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 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 thee hither? and what makest thou in this place ? and what hast thou here? 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
7 ¶ 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 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 9 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 ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
11 ¶ 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 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
14 ¶ Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16 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 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 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 ye? 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? 20 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 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
22 ¶ 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 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 26 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 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 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 lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
30 ¶ 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 And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
