Juízes 18

Ko Mika me te Iwi o Rāna

1 I aua rā kāhore o Īharaira kīngi.

I aua rā hoki e rapu ana te iwi o ngā Rāni i tētahi kāinga mō rātou hei nohoanga; kīhai hoki tētahi kāinga tupu i tau ki a rātou i roto i ngā iwi o Īharaira ā tae noa ki taua rā. 2 Nā, ka tono ngā tamariki a Rāna i ētahi tāngata tokorima o tō rātou hapū, he hunga māia, i roto i ō rātou rohe, i Toraha, i Ehetaoro, hei tūtei i te whenua, hei titiro hoki; i mea hoki ki a rātou, "Tīkina, tirohia te whenua."

Nā, ka tae rātou ki te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima, ki te whare o Mika, noho ana i reira. 3 I a rātou i te whare o Mika, ka mōhiotia e rātou te reo o taua taitamariki, o te Rīwaiti; nā, peka ana ki reira, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Nā wai koe i kawe mai ki konei? E aha ana hoki koe i konei? Ā, he aha tāu i konei?"

4 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Ko ngā mea tēnei i meatia e Mika ki ahau; nāna hoki ahau i utu, nā, hei tohunga anō ahau ki a ia."

5 Ā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Tēnā, ui atu ki te Atua kia mōhio ai mātou ka tika rānei tō mātou ara e haere nei mātou."

6 Nā, ka mea te tohunga ki a rātou, "Haere mārie, kei te aroaro o Ihowā tō koutou ara e haere nā koutou."

7 Nā, ka haere aua tāngata tokorima, ka tae ki Raihi, ā, ka kite i ngā tāngata o reira, i te pai o tā rātou noho, rite tonu ki a ngā Haironi, te āta noho, te mau; kāhore hoki he tangata whai mana o te whenua hei mea kia whakamā rātou ki tētahi mea, ā, e matara mai ana rātou i ngā Haironi, kāhore hoki ā rātou aha ki tētahi tangata.

8 Nā, ka tae rātou ki ō rātou tuākana, ki Toraha, ki Ehetaoro; ā, ka mea ō rātou tuākana ki a rātou, "He aha tā koutou kōrero?"

9 Kātahi rātou ka mea atu, "Whakatika, kia whakaekea rātou e tātou; kua kite hoki mātou i te whenua, nā, he pai rawa; ā, me āta noho anō rānei koutou? Kaua rā e māngere, ki te haere ki te tango i tērā whenua. 10 Ka haere koutou, ka tae atu koutou ki tētahi iwi e noho tatū ana, ā, he nui hoki te whenua; kua hōmai nei hoki e te Atua ki ō koutou ringa; he wāhi, kāhore nei i hapa i tētahi mea o te whenua."

11 Nā, tūria atu ana i reira e te hapū o ngā Rani, i roto i Toraha, i Ehetaoro, e ono rau tāngata, whītiki rawa ki ngā rākau o te whawhai. 12 Nā, ka haere rātou, ā, ka pūpahi ki Kiriata Tearimi, ki Hūrā; koia i huaina ai te ingoa o tērā wāhi, ko Mahanerana ā mohoa noa nei; koia tēnā i tua atu o Kiriata Tearimi. 13 Nā, i haere atu rātou i reira ki te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima, ā, ka tae ki te whare o Mika.

14 Nā, ko te ohonga o ngā tāngata tokorima i haere nei ki te tūtei i te whenua o Raihi, ka mea ki ō rātou tuākana, "E mōhio ana rānei koutou kei ēnei whare he epora, he terapimi, he whakapakoko whaowhao, me tētahi mea whakarewa? Nā, mā koutou te whakaaro ki tā koutou e mea ai." 15 Nā, ka peka rātou ki reira, ā, ka tae ki te whare o taua taitamariki, o te Rīwaiti, arā ki te whare o Mika, ā, oha atu ana ki a ia. 16 Ā, ko ngā tāngata e ono rau o ngā tama a Rāna me ā rātou rākau whawhai, tū tonu i te tomokanga o te kūwaha. 17 Nā, haere atu ana ngā tāngata tokorima i haere rā ki te tūtei i te whenua, ā, ka tae ki reira; kei te tango i te whakapakoko whakairo, i te epora, i ngā terapimi, i te whakapakoko hoki i whakarewaina. Nā, ko te tohunga i te tomokanga ki te kūwaha e tū ana, rātou ko ngā tāngata e ono rau, me ā rātou rākau whawhai, whītiki tonu.

18 Ā, nō te haerenga o ērā ki te whare o Mika, nō te tangohanga i te whakapakoko whakairo, i te epora, i ngā terapimi, i te mea hoki i whakarewaina, ka mea te tohunga ki a rātou, "E aha ana koutou?"

19 Anō rā ko rātou ki a ia, "Whakarongoa, kōpania atu tōu ringa ki tōu māngai, ā, haere mai tātou, hei matua hoki koe mō mātou, hei tohunga. Ko tēhea te mea pai kia waiho koe hei tohunga mō te whare o te tangata kotahi, kia waiho rānei hei tohunga mō tētahi iwi, mō tētahi hapū hoki o Īharaira?" 20 Nā, ka koa te ngākau o te tohunga, ā, ka mau ia ki te epora, ki ngā terapimi, ki te whakapakoko whakairo, ā, haere ana i roto i taua hunga. 21 Kātahi rātou ka tahuri, ka haere; ā, makā ana e rātou ngā tamariki, ngā kararehe, me ngā taonga ki mua i a rātou.

22 Ka matara atu rātou i te whare o Mika, nā, ka huihuia ngā tāngata o ngā whare i tata ki te whare o Mika, ā, ka mau atu i a rātou ngā tama a Rāna. 23 Nā, ka karanga rātou ki ngā tama a Rāna. Ā, ka tahuri mai ngā aroaro o ērā, ka mea ki a Mika, "He aha tāu i huihui tāngata mai ai koe?"

24 Nā, ka mea ia, "Kua tangohia atu rā e koutou āku atua i hanga ai, me te tohunga, ā, kua haere atu; ā, he aha atu anō tāku? He aha hoki kia kī mai koutou ki ahau, ‘He aha tāu?’ "

25 Ā, ka mea ngā tama a Rāna ki a ia, "Kei rangona tōu reo e mātou, kei tōrere atu ki a koe te hunga ngākau āritarita, ā, ka mate koe me tōu whare katoa." 26 Nā, haere ana ngā tama a Rāna i tō rātou ara, ā, i te kitenga hoki o Mika he kaha rawa rātou i a ia, ka tahuri ia, ā, hoki ana ki tōna whare.

E Noho ngā Tama a Rāna i Raihi

27 Ā, maua atu ana e rātou ngā mea i hangā e Mika, me te tohunga i noho ki a ia, ā, haere ana ki Raihi, ki tētahi iwi e āta noho ana, kāhore ōna whakaohooho. Nā, patua iho e rātou ki te mata o te hoari, tahuna ake hoki e rātou te pā ki te ahi. 28 Kāhore hoki he tangata hei whakaora; nō te mea he matara a reira i Hairona, kāhore anō ā rātou aha ki tētahi tangata; i te raorao hoki a reira, i Peterehopo.

Nā, hangā ana e rātou te pā, ā, noho ana i reira. 29 Ā, huaina ana e rātou te ingoa o te pā ko Rāna, ko te ingoa o tō rātou matua, o Rāna, i whānau nei mā Īharaira; ko Raihi ia te ingoa o te pā i mua. 30 Nā, whakatūria ana e ngā tama a Rāna mō rātou te whakapakoko whaowhao, ā, ko Honatana hoki tama a Kerehoma, tama a Mohi, rātou ko āna tama ngā tohunga o te iwi o ngā Rāni tae noa ki te rā i whakaraua ai te whenua. 31 Ā, tū tonu tā rātou whakapakoko whakairo, tā Mika i hanga rā, i ngā rā katoa o te whare o te Atua i Hiro.

1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 2 And the 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 unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest. 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way wherein ye go.

7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner 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. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 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 are ye still? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large; for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.

11 And there set forth from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war. 12 And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim. 13 And they passed thence unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare. 16 And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven 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. 18 And when these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What do ye? 19 And they said unto 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 priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? 20 And 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.

21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them. 22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? 24 And he said, ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say ye unto me, What aileth thee? 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

27 And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. 30 And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven 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. 31 So they set them up Micah’s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.