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Judges 18
Rahlfs Septuagint (1935) · Berean Standard Bible
ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις οὐκ ἦν βασιλεὺς ἐν Ισραηλ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐζήτει ἡ φυλὴ τοῦ Δαν ἑαυτῇ κληρονομίαν τοῦ κατοικεῖν ὅτι οὐκ ἔπεσεν αὐτῇ ἕως τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων ἐν μέσῳ φυλῶν Ισραηλ κληρονομία
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν οἱ υἱοὶ Δαν ἐκ τῶν συγγενειῶν αὐτῶν πέντε ἄνδρας ἀπὸ μέρους αὐτῶν υἱοὺς δυνάμεως ἐκ Σαραα καὶ Εσθαολ τοῦ κατασκέψασθαι τὴν γῆν καὶ ἐξιχνιάσαι αὐτὴν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτούς πορεύεσθε καὶ ἐξεραυνήσατε τὴν γῆν καὶ παρεγένοντο εἰς ὄρος Εφραιμ ἕως οἴκου Μιχα καὶ κατέπαυσαν ἐκεῖ
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
αὐτῶν ὄντων παρὰ τῷ οἴκῳ Μιχα καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐπέγνωσαν τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ παιδαρίου τοῦ νεωτέρου τοῦ Λευίτου καὶ ἐξέκλιναν ἐκεῖ καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ τίς ἤγαγέν σε ὧδε καὶ τί ποιεῖς ἐνταῦθα καὶ τί σοί ἐστιν ὧδε
And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς οὕτως καὶ οὕτως ἐποίησέν μοι Μιχα καὶ ἐμισθώσατό με καὶ ἐγενήθην αὐτῷ εἰς ἱερέα
“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ ἐπερώτησον δὴ ἐν τῷ θεῷ καὶ γνωσόμεθα εἰ κατευοδοῖ ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν ἣν ἡμεῖς πορευόμεθα ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἱερεύς πορεύεσθε εἰς εἰρήνην ἐνώπιον κυρίου ἡ ὁδὸς ὑμῶν καθ᾿ ἣν ὑμεῖς πορεύεσθε ἐν αὐτῇ
And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ πέντε ἄνδρες καὶ παρεγένοντο εἰς Λαισα καὶ εἶδον τὸν λαὸν τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν αὐτῇ καθήμενον ἐν ἐλπίδι κατὰ τὴν σύγκρισιν τῶν Σιδωνίων ἡσυχάζοντας ἐν ἐλπίδι καὶ μὴ δυναμένους λαλῆσαι ῥῆμα ὅτι μακράν εἰσιν ἀπὸ Σιδῶνος καὶ λόγος οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς μετὰ Συρίας
So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
καὶ παρεγένοντο οἱ πέντε ἄνδρες πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν εἰς Σαραα καὶ Εσθαολ καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτοῖς οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν τί ὑμεῖς κάθησθε
When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
καὶ εἶπαν ἀνάστητε καὶ ἀναβῶμεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς ὅτι εἰσήλθαμεν καὶ ἐνεπεριεπατήσαμεν ἐν τῇ γῇ ἕως Λαισα καὶ εἴδομεν τὸν λαὸν τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν αὐτῇ ἐν ἐλπίδι κατὰ τὸ σύγκριμα τῶν Σιδωνίων καὶ μακρὰν ἀπέχοντες ἐκ Σιδῶνος καὶ λόγος οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς μετὰ Συρίας ἀλλὰ ἀνάστητε καὶ ἀναβῶμεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς ὅτι εὑρήκαμεν τὴν γῆν καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀγαθὴ σφόδρα καὶ ὑμεῖς σιωπᾶτε μὴ ὀκνήσητε τοῦ πορευθῆναι τοῦ ἐλθεῖν καὶ κατακληρονομῆσαι τὴν γῆν
They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
ἡνίκα ἂν εἰσέλθητε ἥξετε πρὸς λαὸν πεποιθότα καὶ ἡ γῆ εὐρύχωρος ὅτι παρέδωκεν αὐτὴν ὁ θεὸς ἐν χειρὶ ὑμῶν τόπος οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ ὑστέρημα παντὸς ῥήματος ὅσα ἐν τῇ γῇ
When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
καὶ ἀπῆραν ἐκ συγγενείας τοῦ Δαν ἐκ Σαραα καὶ Εσθαολ ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες περιεζωσμένοι σκεύη πολεμικά
So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
καὶ ἀνέβησαν καὶ παρενεβάλοσαν ἐν Καριαθιαριμ ἐν Ιουδα διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ Παρεμβολὴ Δαν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἰδοὺ κατόπισθεν Καριαθιαριμ
They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan (note: Mahaneh-dan means camp of Dan.) to this day.
παρῆλθαν ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἦλθαν ἕως τοῦ ὄρους Εφραιμ καὶ ἦλθον ἕως οἴκου Μιχα
And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ πέντε ἄνδρες οἱ πορευόμενοι κατασκέψασθαι τὴν γῆν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν εἰ οἴδατε ὅτι ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τούτοις εφουδ καὶ θεραφιν καὶ γλυπτὸν καὶ χωνευτόν καὶ νῦν γνῶτε τί ποιήσετε
Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
καὶ ἐξέκλιναν ἐκεῖ καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ παιδαρίου τοῦ Λευίτου εἰς τὸν οἶκον Μιχα καὶ ἠσπάσαντο αὐτόν
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
καὶ οἱ ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες περιεζωσμένοι σκεύη πολεμικὰ ἐστηλωμένοι παρὰ τὴν θύραν τοῦ πυλῶνος οἱ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Δαν
The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ πέντε ἄνδρες οἱ πορευόμενοι κατασκέψασθαι τὴν γῆν ἐπελθόντες ἐκεῖ ἔλαβον τὸ γλυπτὸν καὶ τὸ εφουδ καὶ τὸ θεραφιν καὶ τὸ χωνευτόν καὶ ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐστηλωμένος παρὰ τῇ θύρᾳ τοῦ πυλῶνος καὶ οἱ ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες οἱ περιεζωσμένοι σκεύη πολεμικά
And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
καὶ οὗτοι εἰσῆλθον εἰς οἶκον Μιχα καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ γλυπτὸν καὶ τὸ εφουδ καὶ τὸ θεραφιν καὶ τὸ χωνευτόν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ ἱερεύς τί ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε
When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν κώφευσον ἐπίθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα σου καὶ ἐλθὲ μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν καὶ ἔσῃ ἡμῖν εἰς πατέρα καὶ εἰς ἱερέα μὴ βέλτιον εἶναί σε ἱερέα οἴκου ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς ἢ γίνεσθαί σε ἱερέα φυλῆς καὶ συγγενείας ἐν Ισραηλ
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
καὶ ἠγαθύνθη ἡ καρδία τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸ εφουδ καὶ τὸ θεραφιν καὶ τὸ γλυπτὸν καὶ τὸ χωνευτὸν καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ
So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν καὶ ἀπῆλθαν καὶ ἔταξαν τὴν πανοικίαν καὶ τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἔνδοξον ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν
Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
αὐτῶν δὲ μεμακρυγκότων ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου Μιχα καὶ ἰδοὺ Μιχα καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ σὺν τῷ οἴκῳ μετὰ Μιχα ἔκραζον κατοπίσω υἱῶν Δαν
After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν οἱ υἱοὶ Δαν τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς Μιχα τί ἐστίν σοι ὅτι ἔκραξας
When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
καὶ εἶπεν Μιχα ὅτι τὸ γλυπτόν μου ὃ ἐποίησα ἐμαυτῷ ἐλάβετε καὶ τὸν ἱερέα καὶ ἀπήλθατε καὶ τί ἐμοὶ ἔτι καὶ τί τοῦτο λέγετέ μοι τί τοῦτο κράζεις
He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ υἱοὶ Δαν μὴ ἀκουσθήτω δὴ ἡ φωνή σου μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν μήποτε ἀπαντήσωσιν ὑμῖν ἄνδρες κατώδυνοι ψυχῇ καὶ προσθήσεις τὴν ψυχήν σου καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ οἴκου σου
The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Δαν εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ εἶδεν Μιχα ὅτι ἰσχυρότεροί εἰσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξένευσεν καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔλαβον ὅσα ἐποίησεν Μιχα καὶ τὸν ἱερέα ὃς ἦν αὐτῷ καὶ ἦλθον ἕως Λαισα ἐπὶ λαὸν ἡσυχάζοντα καὶ πεποιθότα καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτοὺς ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐνέπρησαν
After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξαιρούμενος ὅτι μακράν ἐστιν ἀπὸ Σιδωνίων καὶ λόγος οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς μετὰ ἀνθρώπων καὶ αὐτὴ ἐν κοιλάδι ἥ ἐστιν τοῦ οἴκου Ροωβ καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν τὴν πόλιν καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐν αὐτῇ
There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
καὶ ἐκάλεσαν τὸ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως Δαν κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν ὃς ἐγενήθη τῷ Ισραηλ καὶ ἦν Λαις ὄνομα τῇ πόλει τὸ πρότερον
They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἑαυτοῖς οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Δαν τὸ γλυπτὸν Μιχα καὶ Ιωναθαν υἱὸς Γηρσωμ υἱοῦ Μωυσῆ αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἦσαν ἱερεῖς τῇ φυλῇ Δαν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας τῆς μετοικεσίας τῆς γῆς
The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses (note: Some Hebrew and LXX manuscripts and Vulgate; other Hebrew and LXX manuscripts the son of Manasseh), and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
καὶ ἔταξαν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ γλυπτὸν Μιχα ὃ ἐποίησεν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ὅσας ἦν ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Σηλω
So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.