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 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 [their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

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 children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, 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. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged 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?

³When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

⁷Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings 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 came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [say] 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 said, Arise, and let us 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 in 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 shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large; for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.

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

¹¹And there set forth from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt 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 went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.

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

¹³And they passed thence unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and came 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!

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.

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

¹⁵And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

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

¹⁶And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance 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.

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 by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt 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?

¹⁸And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What do ye?

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 said unto 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 priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

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

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.

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

²¹So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods 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.

²²When 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.

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

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?

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 said, ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say ye unto me, What aileth 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 children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives 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 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.

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 took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city 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 was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein.

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

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.

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 children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

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

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