1In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [their lot] had not fallen to them for inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
1Huai lain Israel gamah kumpipa a om kei ua: huan, huai lain dan chiten gam luah ding a zong ua; huai lain leng Israel chite lakah gam luah ding lah a tang tei nai kei ua.
2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men of their whole number, men of valour, from Zoreah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to examine it; and they said to them, Go, examine the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
2Huan, Dan suanten a nam pumpi lak ua mi, pasalpha nga, Zora leh Estaol khua akipanin gam vaenkhe ding leh, vaentel dingina sawl ua; a kiang uah, va kuan unla, gam vaentel dih ua, a chi ua: huchiin Ephraim tanggama Mika in a vatung ua, huaiah a giak uh.
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 to him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?
3Mika in kianga a om lai un Levi chi tangval aw a thei ua, huailam a vajuan ua, a kiangah, Hiaia honpi kua ahia? Hiai munah bang ahia na hih? Bangchiin hiaiah na tenga? a chi ua.
4And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest.
4Huan, aman a kiang uah, Mikain hichiin a honna bawlta a, honguaia, a siampu dingin ka om hi, achi a.
5And they said to him, Inquire, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we go shall be prosperous.
5Huan, amau a kiangah, ka hohna ding uah ka lamzangsin uh hia sin lou chih theih theihna dingin pathian hondot sak dih ve, a chi ua.
6And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way on which ye go.
6Huan, siampuin a kiang uah, Lungmuang takin pai un: na hohna ding uh TOUPAN a hontheipih jel hi, a chi a.
7And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one was in the land who possessed authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had nothing to do with [any] man.
7Huchiin mi ngate a pawt khia ua, Lais khua ah a valut ua, huaia mite bel Zidon mite mahbanga galmuang tak leh lungmuang taka a om hiathiat danuh a vamu ua; huai gamah bangmah mah a hihse thei dinga thuneimi kuamah a om kei ua, Zidonte toh lah a kigamlat ua, kizatna mahmah lah a neikei uhi.
8-- And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What [say] ye?
8Huan, Zora leh Estaol khuaa a naute uh kianglamah a paita ua: huan, a unaute un a kiang uah, Bangachia ahiaoi? a chi ua.
9And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and ye are still! Be not slothful to go, to enter to take possession of the land.
9Huan, amau, Thou dih ua, I va sual ding uh: gamahihleh ka vamu ngei ua, ngai un, a hoih mahmah hi: dai maimah ding nahi uhia? Huai gam valuta, valauh dingin zekai kei dih uh.
10When ye go in, ye shall come to a people secure, and the land is spacious in every direction; for God has given it into your hands; [it is] a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.
10Vahoh le uchin galmuanga om mite ahi na vamuh ding uh, a gam lah a za mahmah ngala: Pathianin nou a honpekhinta hi; leia thil om ah jaw bangmah taksap ding om het louhna mun ahi, a chi ua.
11And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zoreah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.
11Huchiin Zora leh Estaol khua akipanin Dan namte kidouna galthuam silhin mi za guk a pawtta ua.
12And they went up and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah; therefore they call that place Mahaneh-Dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
12Huan, a va hoh tou ua, Juda gam Kiriath-jearim khua ah ommun a bawl ua: huaijiakin huai mun tu tanin Manane-dan a chi lailai uh ahi: ngaiin, Kiriath-jearim tanglama om ahi.
13And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
13Huai akipanin Ephraim tanggam lam a juan ua, Mika in a vatung uh.
14Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do.
14Huchiin Lais gam enkhe dinga mi nga pawtten a dawng ua, a unaute uh kiangah, Hiai inte ah ephod te, milimte, milim bawltawm te, milim suntawmte a om chih na thei uhia? Huchiin bangchiin ahia na hih sin uh ngaihtuah un, a chi ua.
15And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare.
15Huan, huai akipan a pai ua, Levi chi tangval omna Mika in ngei a vatung ua, a tungtang thu a dong uh.
16And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.
16Huan, Dan suan, mi za guk kidouna galthuam silhte kulh kongpi bulah a ding ua.
17And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, entered in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with weapons of war.
17Huan, mi nga gam enkhete a vahoh tou ua, a lut ua, milim bawltawmte, ephod te, milim te, milim suntawmte a la ua: huan siampu tuh mi zaguk kidouna galthuam silhte lakah kulh kongpi bulah a ding tei sam hi.
18And these came into Micah's house, and took the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, What do ye?
18Huan, huaite bel Mika in aha valut ua, milim bawltawmte, ephod te, milimte, milim suntawmte a valak u leh, siampuin a kiang uah, Bang amaia na hih uh? a chi a.
19And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy 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 for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a family in Israel?
19Huan amau, Daiin, na khutin na muk hum inla, ka kiang uah hongpai tei inla, ka pa ding un leh siampu ding un hongom in: nanga dingin inkuan khat kia siampua om hia hoihjaw, Israel laka chi khat leh nam khat siampu dia om? a chi ua.
20Then 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.
20Huan, siampu lungsim a kipak mahmaha, huchiin ephod te, milim te, milim bawltawm te a laa, mipite lakah a tel teita hi.
21And they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them.
21Huchiin a pai khia ua, a nau neute uh, gante uh, a vante uh a masuan tou jel uh.
22They were already far from the house of Micah, when the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
22Mika in akipana gamla kuam a pai khiak nungun Mika insakinkhangte a kikaikhawm ua, Dan suante a delhphata uh.
23And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
23Huan, Dan suante a sam uh. Huan, amau a nunglam uh a nga ua, Mika kiangah, Bang na chia ahia, mi huai zahzah na hontonpih mai? A chi ua.
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 to me, What aileth thee?
24Huan, aman, Ka pathiante bawlte leh siampu na paipih ua, na pai vengveng ua, bang ka nei laia? Bangchi chiha, Bang na chia ahia? honchi na hi ua? a chi a.
25And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest men of exasperated spirit run upon you, and thou lose thy life and the lives of thy household.
25Huan, Dan suanten a kiang ah, Kalak uah pai mawkmawk kei dih aw, huchilouinjaw mi sinsia khut na thuak kha maiding, na inkote toh na hinna uh na tan mai ding uah, a chi a.
26And the children of Dan went their way; and Micah saw that they were too strong for him, and he turned and went back to his house.
26Huchiin Dan suante a pai ua: huan, Mika in lah sual ngam vual hi un a theikeia, a in lamah a pai nawntaa.
27And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest that he had had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.
27Huan, Mika thilbawl leh, a siampu neih a paipih ua, Lais khua, galmuanga om hiathiatte kiang a tungtou ua, namsauin a that ua; huan, khua a halta uh.
28And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with [any] man; and it [lay] in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.
28Zidon akipan a gamlat mahmah jiakin a va honkhe ding mi lah kuamah a om kei ua, akuakua toh lah kizatna mahmah a neikei uh; Beth-rehob chin guama om ahi. Huan, a khua bel a dingsak nawn ua, huaiah a omta uhi.
29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; howbeit Laish was the name of the city at the first.
29Huan, a kho min dingin Israel ta, a pu uh Dan tamin, Dan a sa uh: ahihhangin a tungin jaw huai khua Lais a chi sek uhi.
30And the children of Dan set up the graven image; and Jehonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses; he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
30Huan, Dan suanten milim bawltawm amau adingin a dingsak ta ua: huan, Mosi ta Gerson tapa Jonathan leh a tapate, a gam min a lak masiah uh Dan chite siampuin a omta uhi.Huchiin Mika bawl milim bawltawm bel Silo khuaa Pathian in a om laiteng a dingsak uhi.
31And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
31Huchiin Mika bawl milim bawltawm bel Silo khuaa Pathian in a om laiteng a dingsak uhi.