Judges 18
1 In those days there was no king in Israel. 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.
У то време не беше цара у Израиљу, и у то време племе Даново тражаше себи наследство где би наставало, јер му дотада не беше допало наследство међу племенима Израиљевим.
2 The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
Зато послаше синови Данови из породице своје пет људи између себе, храбре људе од Сараје и Естаола, да уходе земљу и добро размотре, и рекоше им: Идите, размотрите земљу. И они отидоше у гору Јефремову у кућу Мишину и заноћише онде.
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”
И кад беху код куће Мишине, познаше глас оног младића Левита, и свративши се онамо рекоше му: Ко те доведе овамо? И шта радиш ту? И шта ћеш ту?
4 He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
А он им рече: Тако и тако учини ми Миха, и најми ме да му будем свештеник.
5 They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”
А они му рекоше: Упитај Бога да знамо хоће ли нам бити срећан пут на који пођосмо.
6 The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before the LORD.”
А свештеник им рече: Идите с миром; по вољи је Господу пут којим идете.
7 Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one 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 anyone else.
И тако пошавши оних пет људи дођоше у Лаис, и видеше тамошњи народ где живи без страха по обичају сидонском, мирно и без страха, и да нема никога у земљи ко би им чим год досађивао или отимао власт, и да су далеко од Сидоњана нити имају шта с ким.
8 They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”
Па кад се вратише к браћи својој у Сарају и Естаол, рекоше им браћа: Шта је?
9 They said, “Arise, and let’s 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.
А они рекоше: Устајте да идемо на њих; јер видесмо земљу, и врло је добра. И ви не марите? Немојте се ленити, него похитајте да узмете земљу.
10 When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”
Кад дођете, доћи ћете к народу безбрижном и у земљу пространу; јер је предаде Бог у наше руке; то је место где нема недостатака ни у чем што има на земљи.
11 The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
Тада пођоше оданде из Сараје и Естаола шест стотина људи од породице Данове наоружаних.
12 They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
И отишавши стадоше у логор код Киријат-Јарима у Јуди; зато се прозва оно место Махане-Дан до данас, и јесте иза Киријат-Јарима.
13 They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
А оданде пошавши у гору Јефремову дођоше у кућу Мишину.
14 Then 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 a carved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do.”
Тада проговорише петорица што беху ишли да уходе земљу лаиску, и рекоше браћи својој: Знате ли да у овим кућама има оплећак и ликови, и лик резан и лик ливен? Сада дакле гледајте шта ћете радити.
15 They went over there and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.
А они свративши се онамо уђоше у кућу где беше младић Левит, у кућу Мишину, и упиташе га за здравље.
16 The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
А шест стотина људи наоружаних од синова Данових стадоше пред вратима.
17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
А пет људи што беху ишли да уходе земљу отишавши уђоше и узеше лик резан и оплећак и ликове и лик ливен; а свештеник стајаше на вратима са шест стотина људи наоружаних.
18 When these went into Micah’s house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
И они што уђоше у кућу Мишину кад узеше лик резани, оплећак, ликове и лик ливени, свештеник им рече: Шта радите?
19 They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. 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?”
А они му рекоше: Ћути, метни руку на уста, па хајде с нама, и буди нам отац и свештеник. Шта ти је боље, бити свештеник кући једног човека или бити свештеник племену и породици у Израиљу?
20 The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.
И свештеник се обрадова у срцу, и узе оплећак и ликове и лик резани, и уђе међу народ.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.
И окренувши се пођоше пустивши децу и стоку и закладе напред.
22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
А кад беху далеко од куће Мишине, онда људи који живљаху у кућама близу куће Мишине скупише се и пођоше у потеру за синовима Дановим.
23 As they called to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”
И викаше за синовима Дановим, а они обазревши се рекоше Миши: Шта ти је, те си скупио толике људе?
24 He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”
А он рече: Узели сте моје богове које сам начинио, и свештеника, па отидосте. Шта још имам? Па још кажете: Шта ти је?
25 The 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.”
А синови Данови рекоше му: Немој да ти се чује глас за нама, да не би ударили на вас људи гневни, те ћеш изгубити душу своју и душу дома свог.
26 The 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.
И синови Данови отидоше својим путем, а Миха, видећи да су јачи од њега врати се и отиде кући својој.
27 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; then they burned the city with fire.
И они узевши шта беше начинио Миха, и свештеника, ког имаше, дођоше у Лаис к народу мирном и безбрижном; па их исекоше оштрим мачем, а град упалише огњем.
28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city and lived in it.
И не беше никога да их избави; јер беху далеко од Сидона и не имаху ништа ни с ким; а град беше у долини која је код Вет-Реова. После сазидаше град и населише се у њему.
29 They 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 used to be Laish.
И назваше град Дан по имену Дана оца свог, који се роди Израиљу; а пре се град зваше Лаис.
30 The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
И синови Данови наместише себи онај лик резани; а Јонатан син Гирсона Манасијиног и синови његови беху свештеници племену Дановом докле се год не исели из земље.
31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s engraved image which he made, and it remained all the time that God’s house was in Shiloh.
И намештен им стајаше онај лик резани, који начини Миха, за све време докле дом Божји беше у Силому.
