¹V tých dňoch nebolo kráľa v Izraelovi, a v tých dňoch si hľadalo pokolenie Dánovo dedičstvo na bývanie, lebo mu až do toho dňa nebolo pripadlo dedičstvo medzi pokoleniami Izraelovými.

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.

²Preto vyslali synovia Dánovi zo svojej čeľade piatich mužov zo svojich končín, silných mužov udatných, z Caree a z Eštaola, aby prešpehovali zem a prezkúmali ju, a povedali im: Iďte, prezkúmajte zem! A tak prišli na vrch Efraimov až po dom Míchov a prenocovali tam.

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.

³A keď prišli k domu Míchovmu, hneď poznali hlas mládenca, toho Levitu, a uchýliac sa ta povedali mu: Kto ťa sem doviedol, a čo tu robíš a čo tu máš?

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?`

⁴A on im povedal, tak vraj a tak mi učinil Mícha a najal ma za mzdu, a som mu za kňaza.

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.`

⁵A oni mu povedali: Opýtaj sa, prosíme, Boha, aby sme vedeli, či sa podarí naša cesta, ktorou ideme?

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

⁶A kňaz im povedal: Iďte v pokoji; pred Hospodinom je vaša cesta, ktorou idete.

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

⁷A tak odišli piati mužovia a prišli do mesta Laiša a videli ľud, ktorý bol v ňom, že býva v bezpečnosti, jako je obyčaj u Sidoncov, pokojne a bezpečne, a nebolo nikoho, kto by im bol urobil niečo zlého v zemi, kto by bol zaujal panstvo nad nimi. A boli ďaleko od Sidoncov a nemali ničoho s niktorým človekom.

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.

⁸Keď sa potom navrátili ku svojim bratom do Caree a do Eštaola, povedali im ich bratia: No, a čo vy?

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

⁹A oni povedali: Vstaňte a poďme hore na nich, lebo sme videli zem, a hľa, je veľmi dobrá a pekná. A vy mlčíte? Nech sa vám nelení ísť a prijsť zaujať zem do dedičstva.

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.

¹⁰Keď ta prijdete, prijdete k ľudu, ktorý žije bezpečne, a zem je priestranná; lebo ju dal Bôh do vašej ruky, miesto, kde nieto nedostatku nijakých dobrých vecí, ktoré len môžu byť na zemi.

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.`

¹¹A tak sa pohlo odtiaľ, z čeľade Dánovej, z Caree a z Eštaola, šesťsto mužov, vyzbrojených do boja.

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

¹²A odíduc hore položili sa táborom v Kirjat-jearíme, v Júdovi. Preto nazvali to miesto Machné-dán a tak sa volá až do tohoto dňa, hľa, hen za Kirjat-jearímom.

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.

¹³Odtiaľ prešli na vrch Efraimov a prišli až po dom Míchov.

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

¹⁴A vraveli piati mužovia, ktorí boli odišli prešpehovať zem Laiša, a povedali svojim bratom: Či viete, že je v týchto domoch efod, a že sú tu domáci bohovia a rytý a liaty obraz? Preto teraz vedzte, čo máte urobiť!

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.`

¹⁵Vtedy zabočili ta a vošli do domu mládenca, toho Levitu, do domu Míchovho a pozdravili ho.

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, —

¹⁶A šesťsto mužov, opásaných svojou zbraňou do boja, stálo pri vchode do brány, mužovia to, ktorí boli zo synov Dánových.

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), —

¹⁷A piati mužovia, ktorí boli odišli prešpehovať zem, vyšli hore a vojdúc ta vzali rytý obraz aj efod ako aj domácich bohov i liaty obraz, a kňaz stál pri vchode do brány aj tých šesťsto mužov, vyzbrojených do boja.

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 —

¹⁸A tamtí vošli tedy do domu Míchovho a vzali rytý obraz, efod i domácich bohov i liaty obraz. A kňaz im povedal: Čo to robíte?

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?`

¹⁹A oni povedali: Mlč! Polož svoju ruku na svoje ústa a poď s nami a buď nám za otca a za kňaza. Či ti je azda lepšie byť kňazom domu jedného človeka a či byť kňazom celému pokoleniu a čeľadi v Izraelovi?

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?`

²⁰Tu sa zaradovalo srdce kňazovo, a vezmúc efod a domácich bohov i rytý obraz vošiel medzi ľud.

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,

²¹A obrátiac sa odišli. A pustili deti i dobytok i to, čo mali cenného, pred sebou.

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

²²A keď sa už boli vzdialili od domu Míchovho, vtedy mužovia, ktorí boli v domoch, ktoré boly v susedstve domu Míchovho, shromaždili sa krikom a stíhali synov Dánových tesne v zápätí.

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,

²³A volali na synov Dánových, ktorí však obrátili svoju tvár a povedali Míchovi: Čo chceš, že si prišiel s toľkými ľuďmi?

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?`

²⁴A povedal: Mojich bohov, ktorých som spravil, ste vzali i kňaza a idete preč! A ja čo už budem mať? Nuž čože je to, že mi hovoríte: Čo chceš?!

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!`

²⁵Ale synovia Dánovi mu povedali: Nech nepočujeme u seba tvojho hlasu, aby sa neoborili na vás mužovia roztrpčenej duše, a odpratal by si svoju dušu i dušu svojho domu.

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;`

²⁶Tak išli synovia Dánovi svojou cestou. A keď videl Mícha, že sú silnejší ako on, obrátil sa a navrátil sa do svojho domu.

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.

²⁷A oni vezmúc to, čo spravil Mícha, i kňaza, ktorého mal, prišli na Laiš, na ľud žijúci v pokoji a v ubezpečnosti, a pobili ich ostrím meča a mesto spálili ohňom.

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,

²⁸A nebolo nikoho, kto by ich bol vytrhol, pretože bolo mesto ďaleko od Sidona, a nemali ničoho spoločného s niktorým človekom, a ležalo na doline, ktorá je pri Bét-rechóbe, a potom zase vystavili mesto a bývalo v ňom.

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,

²⁹A nazvali meno toho mesta Dán po mene Dána, svojho praotca, ktorý sa narodil Izraelovi. Ale mesto sa predtým menovalo Laiš.

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.

³⁰A synovia Dánovi si postavili ten rytý obraz, a Jonatán, syn Geršoma, syna Manassesovho, on i jeho synovia boli kňazmi pokoleniu Dánovmu až do dňa zajatia obyvateľov zeme.

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.

³¹A tedy si vystavili rytý obraz Míchov, ktorý spravil, a stál po všetky dni, kým bol dom Boží v Síle.

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.