¹[Ny nandehandehanan'ny firenen'i Dana nizaha tany hitoerany] Ary tamin'izany andro izany dia tsy nisy mpanjaka teo amin'ny Isiraely; ary tamin'izany andro izany kosa ny firenen'i Dana nitady lova mba honenany, satria na dia hatramin'izany andro izany aza dia tsy mbola nahazo lova ho azy teo amin'ny firenen'Isiraely izy.

¹In those days there is no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking for itself an inheritance to inhabit, for [that] hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance.

²Ary ny taranak'i Dana naniraka dimy lahy nofantenany avy amin'ny fokony rehetra, dia lehilahy mahery, avy tany Zora sy Estaola, mba hisafo ny tany sy hizaha ny toetrany; ary hoy izy taminy: Mandehana izahao ny toetry ny tany. Ary tonga tany amin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima tao an-tranon'i Mika izy, dia nandry tao.

²And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, `Go, search the land;` and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

³Rehefa mby teo akaikin'ny tranon'i Mika izy, dia fantany ny feon'ilay Levita zatovo; dia nivily teo izy ka nanao taminy hoe: Iza no nitondra anao tatỳ? ary maninona atỳ ianao? ary inona no anananao atỳ?

³They [are] with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, `Who hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this [place?] and what to thee here?`

⁴Dia hoy kosa izy taminy: Izany ka izany no nataon'i Mika tamiko, ary efa nanamby ahy izy, ka efa mpisorony aho izao.

⁴And he saith unto them, `Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.`

⁵Dia hoy izy ireo taminy: Masìna ianao, manontania amin'Andriamanitra mba ho fantatray na hambinina amin'ny lalana alehanay izahay, na tsia.

⁵And they say to him, `Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.`

⁶Dia hoy ilay mpisorona taminy: Mandehana soa aman-tsara; fa eo anatrehan'i Jehovah izao lalana alehanareo izao.

⁶And the priest saith to them, `Go in peace; over-against Jehovah [is] your way in which ye go.`

⁷Dia nandeha izy dimy lahy ka tonga tany Laisy, ary hitany ny olona tao, fa nonina tsy nanana ahiahy tahaka ny fanaon'ny Sidoniana izy, dia nandry fahizay ka tsy nanana ahiahy, sady tsy nisy mpanapaka hampahory azy teo amin'ny tany na amin'inona na amin'inona; ary lavitra ny Sidoniana izy sady tsy nanan-draharaha tamin'olona akory.[Na: hahamena-maso]

⁷And the five men go, and come in to Laish, and see the people which [is] in its midst, dwelling confidently, according to the custom of Zidonians, quiet and confident; and there is none putting to shame in the land in [any] thing, possessing restraint, and they [are] far off from the Zidonians, and have no word with [any] man.

⁸Dia nandeha ho any amin'ny rahalahiny any Zora sy Estaola ireo; ary hoy ny rahalahiny taminy: Naninona moa ianareo?

⁸And they come in unto their brethren, at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren say to them, `What — ye?`

⁹Dia hoy izy: Mitsangàna, ka aoka isika hiakatra hamely azy; fa efa nahita ny tany izahay, fa, indro, tsara indrindra izany; moa mbola mijanonjanona ihany va ianareo? aza malain-kandeha hiditra handova ny tany.

⁹And they say, `Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo, very good; and ye are keeping silent! be not slothful to go — to enter to possess the land.

¹⁰Raha mandeha ianareo, dia ho tonga any amin'ny olona tsy manana ahiahy sy any amin'ny tany malalaka; fa efa natolotr'Andriamanitra ho eo an-tananareo izany; dia tany tapi-javatra irina atỳ ambonin'ny tany.

¹⁰When ye go, ye come in unto a people confident, and the land [is] large on both hands, for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything which [is] in the land.`

¹¹Dia nisy niainga avy tamin'ny fokon'i Dana, avy tany Zora sy Estaola, dia enin-jato lahy efa voaomana tamin'ny fiadiany.

¹¹And there journey thence, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

¹²Ary niakatra ireo ka nitoby tany Kiriata-jearima any Joda (izany no nanaovana ny anaran'izany tany izany hoe mandraka androany Mahane-dana; indro, eo andrefan'i Kiriata-jearima izany).

¹²And they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah, therefore they have called that place, `Camp of Dan,` till this day; lo, behind Kirjath-Jearim.

¹³Dia niala tao izy ka nandroso nantany amin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima, dia tonga tao an-tranon'i Mika.

¹³And they pass over thence [to] the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah.

¹⁴Ary niteny izy dimy lahy, izay nandeha hisafo ny tany Laisy, ka nanao tamin'ny rahalahiny hoe: Fantatrareo va fa ato amin'ireto trano ireto misy efoda sy terafima ary sarin-javatra voasokitra sy sarin-javatra anidina? koa hevero izay hataonareo.

¹⁴And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, `Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.`

¹⁵Dia nivily tao izy ka tonga tao an-tranon'ilay Levita zatovo, dia tao an-tranon'i Mika, ka niarahaba azy.

¹⁵And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, —

¹⁶Ary ny enin-jato lahy efa voaomana tamin'ny fiadiany, izay avy tamin'ny taranak'i Dana, dia nijanona teo anoloan'ny vavahady.

¹⁶(and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who [are] of the sons of Dan, are standing at the opening of the gate), —

¹⁷Ary niakatra izy dimy lahy, izay nandeha hisafo ny tany, dia niditra ka naka ny sarin-javatra voasokitra sy ny efoda sy ny terafima ary ny sarin-javatra an-idina; ary ny mpisorona mbamin'ny enin-jato lahy efa voaomana tamin'ny fiadiany nijanona teo anoloan'ny vavahady.

¹⁷yea, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up — they have come in thither — they have taken the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image — and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate, and the six hundred men who are girded with weapons of war —

¹⁸Dia niditra tao an-tranon'i Mika ireo ka naka ny sarin-javatra voasokitra sy ny efoda sy ny terafima ary ny sarin-javatra an-idina. Ary hoy ny mpisorona taminy: Maninona ianareo?

¹⁸yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, `What are ye doing?`

¹⁹Dia hoy ireo taminy: Mangina ianao, tampeno ny tananao ny vavanao, ka andeha hiaraka aminay, dia ho rainay sy mpisoronay ianao; moa tsara ho anao va ny ho mpisorona ho an'ny olona iray trano noho ny ho mpisorona amin'ny firenena iray sy ny foko iray amin'ny Isiraely?

¹⁹and they say to him, `Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?`

²⁰Dia faly ny fon'ilay mpisorona, ka nalainy ny efoda sy ny terafima ary ny sarin-javatra voasokitra, ary nandeha voahodidin'ny olona izy.

²⁰And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

²¹Dia nihodina izy ireo ka lasa nandeha; ary ny zaza amim-behivavy sy ny omby aman'ondry mbamin'ny entany tsara dia nataony teo alohany.

²¹and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.

²²Ary rehefa lasa lavitra ny tranon'i Mika izy, dia nivory ny lehilahy nifanolo-bodirindrina tamin'i Mika ka nahatratra ny taranak'i Dana.

²²They have been far off from the house of Micah — and the men who [are] in the houses which [are] near the house of Micah have been called together, and overtake the sons of Dan,

²³Dia niantso ny taranak'i Dana izy. Ary niherika ireo ka nanao tamin'i Mika hoe: Haninona ianao, no nanangona olona maro toy izao?

²³and call unto the sons of Dan, and they turn round their faces, and say to Micah, `What — to thee that thou hast been called together?`

²⁴Ary hoy Izy: Ny andriamanitro izay nataoko sy ny mpisorona koa dia nalainareo, ka lasa ianareo; koa inona intsony no mba ho ahy? Ary ahoana no anaovanareo amiko hoe: Haninona ianao?

²⁴And he saith, `My gods which I made ye have taken, and the priest, and ye go; and what to me more? and what [is] this ye say unto me, What — to thee!`

²⁵Dia hoy ny taranak'i Dana taminy: Aoka tsy ho re eto aminay intsony ny feonao, fandrao hisy olo-masiaka hamely anareo, ka dia hanao izay hahafaty ny tenanao sy ny ankohonanao ianao.

²⁵And the sons of Dan say unto him, `Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest men bitter in soul fall upon you, and thou hast gathered thy life, and the life of thy household;`

²⁶Dia nandeha tamin'ny nalehany ny taranak'i Dana; ary rehefa hitan'i Mika fa ireo dia nahery noho izy, dia niverina izy ka nody tany an-tranony.

²⁶and the sons of Dan go on their way, and Micah seeth that they are stronger than he, and turneth, and goeth back unto his house.

²⁷Ary izy ireo naka izay zavatra efa nataon'i Mika sy ny mpisorona izay tao aminy, dia nankany Laisy ho any amin'ny olona mandry fahizay ka tsy manana ahiahy, dia namely azy tamin'ny lelan-tsabatra ireo; ary ny tanàna nodorany tamin'ny afo.

²⁷And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire,

²⁸Ary tsy nisy namonjy, satria lavitra an'i Sidona izany, ary tsy nanan-draharaha tamin'olona akory izy, sady teo amin'ny lohasaha izay any Beti-rehoba izany. Dia nanorina ny tanàna izy ireo ka nonina tao.

²⁸and there is no deliverer, for it [is] far off from Zidon, and they have no word with [any] man, and it [is] in the valley which [is] by Beth-Rehob; and they build the city, and dwell in it,

²⁹Ary ny anaran'ny tanàna nataony hoe Dana, araka ny anaran'i Dana rainy, izay naterak'Isiraely; kanefa Laisy no anaran'ny tanàna taloha.

²⁹and call the name of the city Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and yet Laish [is] the name of the city at the first.

³⁰Dia natsangan'ny taranak'i Dana ilay sarin-javatra voasokitra; ary Jonatana, zanak'i Gersoma, zanak'i Mosesy, sy ny zanany, no mpisorona ho an'ny firenen'i Dana hatramin'ny andro namaboana ny tany.[Na: Manase]Ary nampitoeriny ho azy ilay sarin-javatra voasokitra nataon'i Mika mandritra ny andro rehetra niorenan'ny tranon'Andriamanitra tao Silo.

³⁰And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of [the people] of the land.

³¹Ary nampitoeriny ho azy ilay sarin-javatra voasokitra nataon'i Mika mandritra ny andro rehetra niorenan'ny tranon'Andriamanitra tao Silo.

³¹And they appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.