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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?`

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

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.`

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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.`

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.`

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

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, —

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

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), —

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.

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 —

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

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?`

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?

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?`

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

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,

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

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

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

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,

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

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?`

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?

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!`

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!

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;`

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

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.

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.

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,

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

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,

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

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.

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.

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.

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