¹In 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.

¹V tistih dneh ni bilo kralja v Izraelu. In v tistih dneh si je rod Danovcev iskal posesti, kjer bi prebival, zakaj do tistega časa niso dobili dediščine svoje med Izraelovimi rodovi.

²And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, 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.

²In sinovi Danovi pošljejo iz svoje rodovine pet mož iz vsega števila svojega, hrabrih mož iz Zore in iz Estaola, da ogledajo deželo in jo preiščejo, in jim reko: Pojdite in preiščite deželo. In pridejo v Efraimsko gorovje k Mihovi hiši, in tam prenočijo.

³When 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?

³Ko so bili pri družini Mihovi, spoznajo glas mladeniča levita, in stopijo k njemu in mu reko: Kdo te je pripeljal semkaj? in kaj delaš v tem kraju? in kaj imaš tukaj?

⁴And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

⁴On jim odgovori: Tako in tako je storil Miha z menoj in me je najel, da mu bodem duhovnik.

⁵And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

⁵In mu reko: Vprašaj Boga, prosimo, da vemo, če bomo imeli srečo na svojem potu, ki po njem gremo.

⁶And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.

⁶Duhovnik jim odgovori: Pojdite v miru! Pred GOSPODOM je pot vaša, ki greste po njej.

⁷Then 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.

⁷In tistih pet mož odide, in pridejo v Lais in vidijo tamošnje ljudstvo, da živi brezskrbno po načinu Sidoncev, pokojno in brez strahu, ker ni bilo nikogar v deželi, ki bi imel moč jih krotiti in ki bi jim kaj žalega storil, in bivajo daleč od Sidoncev in se z drugimi ljudmi ne družijo.

⁸And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?

⁸Ko pridejo zopet k bratom svojim v Zoro in Estaol in jim njih bratje reko: Kako je?

⁹And 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.

⁹odgovore: Vstanite, pojdimo proti njim! Kajti ogledali smo deželo, in glejte, silno je dobra! Vi pa mirno sedite? Ne bodite leni, ampak pojdite in posedite deželo!

¹⁰When 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.

¹⁰Ko pojdete, pridete k brezskrbnemu ljudstvu in v prostrano deželo; kajti Bog vam jo je dal v roke, kraj, ki ničesar ne manjka v njem od vsega, kar je na zemlji.

¹¹And 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.

¹¹In odrine odondod iz rodovine Danovcev, iz Zore in Estaola, šeststo mož z orožjem, pripravljenih na boj.

¹²And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

¹²In gredo gori in se utabore v Kirjat-jearimu na Judovem; zato se je imenoval ta kraj do današnjega dne Danov tabor, ki je za Kirjat-jearimom.

¹³And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

¹³In odtod gredo dalje v gorovje Efraimsko in pridejo k Mihovi hiši.

¹⁴Then 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.

¹⁴Tedaj izpregovori tistih pet mož, ki so bili šli ogledovat deželo Lais, in reko bratom svojim: Veste, da je v teh hišah naramnik in hišni bogovi ter rezana in ulita podoba? In sedaj premislite, kaj vam je storiti.

¹⁵And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

¹⁵In krenejo tja ter pridejo v hišo mladeniča levita, ob Mihovem domu, in ga vprašajo, kako se mu godi?

¹⁶And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

¹⁶Tistih šeststo mož pa, pripravljenih z orožjem na boj, ki so bili izmed Danovih sinov, je stalo pred vrati.

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁷In petero mož, ki so bili šli ogledovat deželo, gre gori, in stopijo noter in vzemo rezano podobo, naramnik in hišne bogove in ulito podobo. Medtem stoji duhovnik pred vrati pri tistih šeststo možeh, pripravljenih z orožjem na boj.

¹⁸And 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?

¹⁸In ko oni gredo v Mihovo hišo in prineso rezano podobo, naramnik, hišne malike in ulito podobo, jim reče duhovnik: Kaj delate?

¹⁹And 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?

¹⁹Oni mu reko: Molči, položi roko na usta, pa pojdi z nami in nam bodi oče in duhovnik! Kaj je boljše zate, da si duhovnik enega moža družini ali da bodeš duhovnik celemu rodu in rodovini v Izraelu?

²⁰And 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.

²⁰In duhovniku se vzraduje srce, in vzame naramnik in hišne malike in rezano podobo ter stopi med ljudstvo.

²¹So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

²¹In obrnejo se ter odidejo, ko so poslali pred sabo otročiče, živino in kar so imeli vrednosti.

²²And 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.

²²Ko so pa bili že daleč od Mihove hiše, se zbero možje, ki so bivali v hišah okoli Mihovega doma, in dohité Danove sinove.

²³And 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?

²³In kličejo za Danovimi sinovi. Ti pa obrnejo svoje obličje in reko Mihu: kaj ti je, da greš s takim krdelom?

²⁴And 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?

²⁴In reče: Moje bogove, ki sem si jih naredil, ste vzeli, in duhovnika, pa ste ušli! Kaj imam še? In vi še vprašujete: Kaj ti je?

²⁵And 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.

²⁵Sinovi Danovi pa mu reko: Ne nadleguj nas s svojim vpitjem, da se ne spuste nad vas razkačeni možje, in izgubiš življenje svoje in družine svoje življenje!

²⁶And 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.

²⁶In sinovi Danovi gredo svojim potem; Miha pa, videč, da mu so premočni, se obrne in gre nazaj v hišo svojo.

²⁷And 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.

²⁷Oni pa, ko so vzeli to, kar je bil Miha naredil, in njega, ki mu je bil duhovnik, pridejo v Lais nad ljudstvo pokojno in brezskrbno in ga udarijo z ostrino meča, in mesto zažgo z ognjem.

²⁸And 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 Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

²⁸In ni jim bilo rešitelja, zakaj daleč je bilo od Sidona in niso imeli zveze z drugimi ljudmi; in bilo je v dolini, ki se vije proti Bet-rehobu. Oni pa zopet sezidajo mesto in se nastanijo v njem

²⁹And 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.

²⁹in mu dado ime Dan, po imenu očeta svojega Dana, ki se je rodil Izraelu; a poprej se je mesto imenovalo Lais.

³⁰And 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.

³⁰In sinovi Danovi so si ondi postavili tisto rezano podobo. In Jonatan, sin Gersona, sina Mojzesovega, on in sinovi njegovi so bili duhovniki rodu Danovemu do časa, ko so šli v jetništvo prebivalci dežele.Tako so si postavili Mihovo rezano podobo, ki jo je bil naredil, in stala je ves čas, dokler je bila hiša Božja v Silu.

³¹And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

³¹Tako so si postavili Mihovo rezano podobo, ki jo je bil naredil, in stala je ves čas, dokler je bila hiša Božja v Silu.