1 Ebben az idõben nem volt király Izráelben, és ezekben a napokban2 És elküldöttek a Dán fiai az õ házoknépe közül öt férfiút, vitéz3 Mikor a Míka házánál voltak, megismerték az ifjú Lévitának hangját, és4 Õ pedig monda nékik: Ezt meg ezt cselekedte velem Míka, és megfogadott5 És mondának néki: Kérdezd meg Istentõl, hogy hadd tudjuk meg, ha6 És monda nékik a pap: Menjetek el békességgel; a ti útatok, a melyen7 És elment az öt férfiú, és Laisba jutott, és látták a népet, a mely8 És mikor visszatértek atyjokfiaihoz Czórába és Estháolba, és kérdezték9 Mondának: Keljetek fel, és menjünk fel ellenök, mert láttuk a földet,10 Ha elmentek, biztonságban élõ néphez mentek, és a tartomány tágas; mert11 És elment onnét a Dán nemzetségébõl, Czórából és Estháolból, hatszáz12 És felvonultak, és táborba szállottak Kirjáth-Jeárimban, Júdában. Ezért13 És onnan felvonultak az Efraim hegyére, és Míka házába mentek.14 És szólott az az öt férfiú, a ki elment kikémlelni Lais földét és monda15 És betértek oda, és az ifjú Lévitához mentek a Míka házába, és16 A hadiszerszámokkal felkészült hatszáz férfiú pedig, kik a Dán fiai17 És az az öt férfiú, a ki a föld kikémlelésére ment volt el, mikor18 Mikor pedig ezek a Míka házához bementek és elvették a faragott képet,19 Azok pedig mondának néki: Hallgass, tedd kezed ajakadra, és jõjj el20 És örvendett ezen a papnak szíve, és elvitte az efódot és a teráfot és a21 És megfordulván elvonultak, magok elõtt küldve a gyermekeket, a barmokat22 Mikor pedig már messze jártak a Míka házától, a férfiak, a kik a Míka23 És utánok kiáltoztak a Dán fiainak. Azok pedig visszafordulván mondának24 És monda: Isteneimet vettétek el, a melyeket25 És mondának néki a Dán fiai: Ne hallasd többé hangodat, hogy rátok ne26 És elmentek a Dán fiai a magok útján, és mikor Míka látta, hogy azok27 Õk pedig elvitték, a mit Míka készíttetett, és a papot, a ki nála volt,28 És nem volt senki, a ki õket megszabadította volna, mert messze volt29 És elnevezték a város nevét Dánnak, atyjoknak Dánnak30 És felállították magoknak a Dán fiai a faragott képet,31 És felállítva tarták a Míka faragott képét, a melyet az készíttetett,
1In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them. (Józs 19,47; Bír 1,34; Bír 17,6; Bír 21,25)2So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, “Go and explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. (4Móz 13,17; Józs 2,1; Józs 24,33; Bír 13,25; Bír 17,1; Bír 17,8; Bír 18,8; Bír 18,11)3When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. And they turned aside and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”4And he said to them, “This is how Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest.” (Bír 17,10)5And they said to him, “Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.” (4Móz 27,21)6And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord.” (1Sám 1,17; 1Kir 22,6)7Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking[1] nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. (Józs 19,47; Bír 18,10; Bír 18,27; Bír 18,28)8And when they came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, “What do you report?” (Bír 18,2; Bír 18,11)9They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, to enter in and possess the land. (4Móz 13,20; Józs 2,23; Józs 18,3; 1Kir 22,3)10As soon as you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is spacious, for God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.” (5Móz 8,9; Bír 18,7; Bír 18,27; Bír 19,19)11So 600 men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol, (Bír 18,16)12and went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. On this account that place is called Mahaneh-dan[2] to this day; behold, it is west of Kiriath-jearim. (Józs 15,60; Bír 13,25)13And they passed on from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. (Bír 18,2)14Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.” (Bír 17,4)15And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him about his welfare. (1Móz 43,27)16Now the 600 men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate. (Bír 18,11)17And the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war. (Bír 17,4; Bír 18,2; Bír 18,14)18And when these went into Micah’s house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?” (Bír 18,17)19And they said to him, “Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come 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 clan in Israel?” (Bír 17,10; Jób 21,5; Jób 29,9; Jób 40,4; Péld 30,32; Mik 7,16)20And the priest’s heart was glad. He took the ephod and the household gods and the carved image and went along with the people.21So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the livestock and the goods in front of them. (1Sám 17,22; Ézs 10,28)22When they had gone a distance from the home of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house were called out, and they overtook the people of Dan.23And they shouted to the people of Dan, who turned around and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you, that you come with such a company?”24And he said, “You take my gods that I made and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? How then do you ask me, ‘What is the matter with you?’” (1Móz 31,30)25And the people of Dan said to him, “Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life with the lives of your household.”26Then the people of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.27But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. (Józs 19,47; Bír 18,7; Bír 18,10)28And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. Then they rebuilt the city and lived in it. (4Móz 13,21; Józs 19,28; Bír 18,7; 2Sám 10,6)29And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was Laish at the first. (1Móz 14,14; Bír 18,7; Bír 20,1; 1Kir 12,29; 1Kir 15,20)30And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses,[3] and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. (2Móz 2,22; 2Móz 18,3; Bír 13,1; Bír 17,12; 1Sám 4,2; 1Sám 4,10; Zsolt 78,60)31So they set up Micah’s carved image that he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh. (Józs 18,1; 1Sám 1,3)