¹In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

¹Neil päevil ei olnud Iisraelis kuningat; ja neil päevil otsis daanlaste suguharu enesele elamiseks pärisosa, sest kuni selle ajani ei olnud temale langenud pärisosa Iisraeli suguharude keskel.

²The 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 to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

²Ja daanlased läkitasid oma suguvõsast viis meest, vaprad mehed oma piirkonnast Sorast ja Estaolist, maad kuulama ja uurima, ja nad ütlesid neile: 'Minge uurige maad!' Ja need tulid Efraimi mäestikku Miika koja juurde ning ööbisid seal.

³When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”

³Kui nad olid Miika koja juures, siis tundsid nad ära noore mehe, leviidi hääle; nad põikasid sinna ja küsisid temalt: 'Kes tõi sind siia? Mis sa siin teed? Mispärast sa siin oled?'

⁴He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.”

⁴Ja ta vastas neile: 'Miika tegi mulle nii ühte kui teist ja palkas mind, et ma oleksin temale preestriks!'

⁵They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”

⁵Siis nad ütlesid temale: 'Küsi ometi Jumalalt, et saaksime teada, kas meie teekond, mida käime, õnnestub?'

⁶The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh.”

⁶Ja preester vastas neile: 'Minge rahuga! Teie teekond, mida käite, on Issanda ees!'

⁷Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, in the way 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.

⁷Ja need viis meest läksid ning jõudsid Laisi; ja nad nägid, et rahvas, kes seal oli, elas siidonlaste viisi muretult, rahulikult ja julgesti; ja et neil oli varandusi, siis ei olnud neil puudust millestki, mis maa peal on; nad olid siidonlastest kaugel ja neil ei olnud tegemist teiste inimestega.

⁸They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, “What do you say?”

⁸Siis nad tulid oma vendade juurde Sorasse ja Estaoli ja nende vennad küsisid neilt: 'Kuidas teil oli?'

⁹They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

⁹Ja nad ütlesid: 'Võtkem kätte ja mingem üles nende vastu, sest me nägime maad, ja vaata, see on väga hea maa! Ja teie kõhklete! Ärge olge laisad astuma, kui lähete maad pärima!

¹⁰When you go, you shall come to a secure people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.”

¹⁰Kui te lähete, siis jõuate ühe muretu rahva juurde ja maa on igat kätt lai. Jah, Jumal annab selle teie kätte, paiga, kus ei ole puudust millestki, mis maa peal on.'

¹¹There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

¹¹Siis läks sealt daanlaste suguvõsast, Sorast ja Estaolist, teele kuussada meest, sõjariistad vööl.

¹²They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.

¹²Nad läksid üles ja asusid leeri Kirjat-Jearimi Juudamaal; sellepärast hüütakse seda paika tänapäevani 'Daani leeriks'; vaata, see on lääne pool Kirjat-Jearimi.

¹³They passed there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.

¹³Ja sealt läksid nad edasi Efraimi mäestikku ning jõudsid Miika koja juurde.

¹⁴Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do.”

¹⁴Siis võtsid sõna need viis meest, kes olid käinud Laisi maad uurimas, ja ütlesid oma vendadele: 'Kas teate, et neis kodades on õlarüü, teeravid, nikerdatud ja valatud kuju? Nüüd siis teadke, mida peate tegema!'

¹⁵They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

¹⁵Ja nad pöördusid sinna ning tulid Miika kotta noore mehe, leviidi koja juurde ja küsisid temalt, kas ta käsi käib hästi.

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

¹⁶Ja need kuussada meest daanlastest, kellel olid sõjariistad vööl, seisid värava suus;

¹⁷The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved 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.

¹⁷aga need viis meest, kes olid käinud maad kuulamas, läksid üles, astusid sisse, võtsid ära nikerdatud kuju, õlarüü, teeravid ja valatud kuju, kusjuures preester ja need kuussada meest, kellel olid sõjariistad vööl, seisid värava suus.

¹⁸When these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

¹⁸Ja kui need läksid Miika kotta ja võtsid ära nikerdatud kuju, õlarüü, teeravid ja valatud kuju, siis küsis preester neilt: 'Mida te teete?'

¹⁹They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”

¹⁹Nad vastasid temale: 'Ole vait, pane käsi suu peale ja tule koos meiega ning ole meile isaks ja preestriks! On sul parem olla preestriks üheainsa mehe kojale kui olla preestriks ühele Iisraeli suguharule ja suguvõsale?'

²⁰The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.

²⁰Siis preestri süda läks rõõmsaks ja ta võttis õlarüü, teeravid ja nikerdatud kuju ning tuli rahva sekka.

²¹So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the goods before them.

²¹Seejärel nad pöördusid ja läksid edasi ning läkitasid väetid lapsed ja loomad ja väärtuslikumad asjad eneste ees.

²²When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

²²Kui nad olid Miika kojast eemale jõudnud, siis hüüti mehed kokku kodadest, mis olid Miika koja juures, ja need jõudsid daanlastele järele.

²³They cried to the children of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”

²³Nad hüüdsid daanlasi ja need pöördusid ümber ning küsisid Miikalt: 'Mis sul vaja on, et teid on kokku kutsutud?'

²⁴He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away, and what more do I have? How then do you say to me, ‘What ails you?’”

²⁴Tema vastas: 'Te olete võtnud minu jumalad, mis ma olin teinud, ja preestri, ja lähete minema! Mis mul nüüd enam on? Kuidas te siis minult küsite, et mis sul vaja on?'

²⁵The children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.”

²⁵Aga daanlased vastasid temale: 'Ära meie juures too kuuldavale oma häält, et kibestunud hingega mehed ei kipuks teile kallale ja sina ei kaotaks oma ja oma pere elu!'

²⁶The children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.

²⁶Ja daanlased läksid oma teed. Ja kui Miika nägi, et nad olid temast vägevamad, siis ta pöördus ümber ja läks tagasi koju.

²⁷They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.

²⁷Ja olles võtnud, mis Miika oli teinud, ja preestri, kes tal oli olnud, läksid nad Laisi kallale, rahuliku ja muretu rahva kallale, lõid need maha mõõgateraga ja põletasid linna tulega.

²⁸There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived therein.

²⁸Ei olnud ühtegi päästjat, sest see oli Siidonist kaugel ja neil ei olnud tegemist muude inimestega; see oli Beet-Rehobi orus; ja daanlased ehitasid linna üles ning elasid seal.

²⁹They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first.

²⁹Ja nad panid linnale nimeks Daan, oma isa Daani nime järgi, kes Iisraelile oli sündinud; aga enne oli linna nimeks Lais.

³⁰The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved 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.

³⁰Ja daanlased püstitasid endile nikerdatud kuju; ja Joonatan, Moosese poja Geersomi poeg, tema ja ta pojad olid daanlaste suguharule preestriteks kuni päevani, mil maa rahvas vangi viidi.

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

³¹Nõnda nad seadsid endile üles Miika nikerdatud kuju, mille ta oli teinud, kogu ajaks, mil Jumala koda oli Siilos.