Judges 18

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

那时，以色列中没有王。但支派的人仍是寻地居住；因为到那日子，他们还没有在以色列支派中得地为业。

2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men of their whole number, men of valour, from Zoreah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to examine it; and they said to them, Go, examine the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

但人从琐拉和以实陶打发本族中的五个勇士，去仔细窥探那地，吩咐他们说：“你们去窥探那地。”他们来到以法莲山地，进了米迦的住宅，就在那里住宿。

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

他们临近米迦的住宅，听出那少年利未人的口音来，就进去问他说：“谁领你到这里来？你在这里做什么？你在这里得什么？”

4 And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest.

他回答说：“米迦待我如此如此，请我作祭司。”

5 And they said to him, Inquire, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we go shall be prosperous.

他们对他说：“请你求问 神，使我们知道所行的道路通达不通达。”

6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way on which ye go.

祭司对他们说：“你们可以平平安安地去，你们所行的道路是在耶和华面前的。”

7 And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one was in the land who possessed authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had nothing to do with [any] man.

五人就走了，来到拉亿，见那里的民安居无虑，如同西顿人安居一样。在那地没有人掌权扰乱他们；他们离西顿人也远，与别人没有来往。

8 — And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What [say] ye?

五人回到琐拉和以实陶，见他们的弟兄；弟兄问他们说：“你们有什么话？”

9 And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and ye are still! Be not slothful to go, to enter to take possession of the land.

他们回答说：“起来，我们上去攻击他们吧！我们已经窥探那地，见那地甚好。你们为何静坐不动呢？要急速前往得那地为业，不可迟延。

10 When ye go in, ye shall come to a people secure, and the land is spacious in every direction; for God has given it into your hands; [it is] a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.

你们到了那里，必看见安居无虑的民，地也宽阔。 神已将那地交在你们手中；那地百物俱全，一无所缺。”

11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zoreah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

于是但族中的六百人，各带兵器，从琐拉和以实陶前往，

12 And they went up and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah; therefore they call that place Mahaneh-Dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

上到犹大的基列·耶琳，在基列·耶琳后边安营。因此那地方名叫玛哈尼·但，直到今日。

13 And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.

他们从那里往以法莲山地去，来到米迦的住宅。

14 Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do.

从前窥探拉亿地的五个人对他们的弟兄说：“这宅子里有以弗得和家中的神像，并雕刻的像与铸成的像，你们知道吗？现在你们要想一想当怎样行。”

15 And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare.

五人就进入米迦的住宅，到了那少年利未人的房内问他好。

16 And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.

那六百但人各带兵器，站在门口。

17 And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, entered in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with weapons of war.

窥探地的五个人走进去，将雕刻的像、以弗得、家中的神像，并铸成的像，都拿了去。祭司和带兵器的六百人，一同站在门口。

18 And these came into Micah's house, and took the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, What do ye?

那五个人进入米迦的住宅，拿出雕刻的像、以弗得、家中的神像，并铸成的像，祭司就问他们说：“你们做什么呢？”

19 And they said to 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 a priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a family in Israel?

他们回答说：“不要作声，用手捂口，跟我们去吧！我们必以你为父、为祭司。你作一家的祭司好呢？还是作以色列一族一支派的祭司好呢？”

20 Then 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.

祭司心里喜悦，便拿着以弗得和家中的神像，并雕刻的像，进入他们中间。

21 And they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them.

他们就转身离开那里，妻子、儿女、牲畜、财物都在前头。

22 They were already far from the house of Micah, when the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

离米迦的住宅已远，米迦的近邻都聚集来，追赶但人，

23 And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

呼叫但人。但人回头问米迦说：“你聚集这许多人来做什么呢？”

24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this that ye say to me, What aileth thee?

米迦说：“你们将我所做的神像和祭司都带了去，我还有所剩的吗？怎么还问我说‘做什么’呢？”

25 And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest men of exasperated spirit run upon you, and thou lose thy life and the lives of thy household.

但人对米迦说：“你不要使我们听见你的声音，恐怕有性暴的人攻击你，以致你和你的全家尽都丧命。”

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

但人还是走他们的路。米迦见他们的势力比自己强盛，就转身回家去了。

27 And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest that he had had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.

但人将米迦所做的神像和他的祭司都带到拉亿，见安居无虑的民，就用刀杀了那民，又放火烧了那城，

28 And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with [any] man; and it [lay] in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.

并无人搭救；因为离西顿远，他们又与别人没有来往。城在平原，那平原靠近伯·利合。但人又在那里修城居住，

29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; howbeit Laish was the name of the city at the first.

照着他们始祖以色列之子但的名字，给那城起名叫但；原先那城名叫拉亿。

30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image; and Jehonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses; he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

但人就为自己设立那雕刻的像。摩西的孙子、革舜的儿子约拿单，和他的子孙作但支派的祭司，直到那地遭掳掠的日子。

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

神的殿在示罗多少日子，但人为自己设立米迦所雕刻的像也在 但多少日子。