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18 ¹M'masiku amenewo Israeli analibe mfumu. Fuko la Dani linkafunafuna dziko lokhalamo, pakuti mpaka pa nthawi imeneyo analibe cholowa pakati pa mafuko a Israeli. ²Adani anatumiza anthu asanu olimba mtima a mbumba yawo, ochokera ku Zora ndi Esitaoli, kukazonda ndi kufufuza dziko. Anawauza kuti, “Pitani, mukafufuze dziko.” Anafika ku dziko la mapiri la Efraimu, ku nyumba ya Mika, nagona pomwepo usiku.

³Ali pafupi ndi nyumba ya Mika, anazindikira mau a mnyamata wachilevi uja, nabwerera kumeneko, nati kwa iye, “Ndani anakubweretsa kuno? Ukuchita chiyani pa malo pano? Kodi uli ndi chiyani kuno?”

⁴Iye anawauza kuti, “Mika anandichitira zakutizakuti; anandilemba ntchito, ndipo ndinakhala wansembe wake.”

⁵Anati kwa iye, “Chonde funsa Atate wathu, kuti tidziwe ngati ulendo wathu umene tikuyendawu udzayenda bwino.”

⁶Wansembe anawauza kuti, “Pitani mu mtendere. Ulendo wanu umene mukupitawu uli pamaso pa Atate wathu.”

⁷Choncho anthu asanu aja anapita ku Laisi, naona anthu ake akukhala motetezeka, ngati Asidoni, mwabata ndi mwamtendere, osasowa kanthu kalikonse m'dziko ndipo anali ndi chuma. Iwo anali kutali ndi Asidoni, ndipo analibe mgwirizano ndi wina aliyense. ⁸Pamene anabwerera kwa abale awo ku Zora ndi Esitaoli, abale awo anawafunsa kuti, “Mwapeza chiyani?”

⁹Iwo anati, “Nyamukani, tiwathire nkhondo! Taliona dziko, ndipo ndi labwino kwambiri. Kodi inu mungakhale chete? Musazengereze kupita kukalanda dziko lo. ¹⁰Mukafika, mudzapeza anthu osakayikira kanthu m'dziko lalikulu. Atate wathu apereka dzikolo m'manja mwanu, malo osasowa kanthu kalikonse padziko lapansi.”

¹¹Anthu 600 a mbumba ya Adani, atanyamula zida za nkhondo, ananyamuka kuchokera ku Zora ndi Esitaoli. ¹²Anakwera namanga misasa ku Kiriati-yearimu mu Yuda. Nchifukwa chake amatchula malowo kuti Mahane-dani mpaka lero; ali kumadzulo kwa Kiriati-yearimu. ¹³Kuchokera komweko anawoloka kupita ku dziko la mapiri la Efraimu, nafika ku nyumba ya Mika.

¹⁴Ndipo anthu asanu amene anazonda dziko la Laisi aja anati kwa abale awo, “Kodi mukudziwa kuti m'nyumba izi muli efodi, mafano a m'banja, fano losema, ndi fano losungunula? Tsopano ganizirani choti muchite.” ¹⁵Choncho anapatukira kumeneko, nafika ku nyumba ya mnyamata wachilevi uja, ku nyumba ya Mika, namupatsa moni. ¹⁶Anthu 600 a Adani atanyamula zida zawo za nkhondo anaimirira pa khomo la chipata. ¹⁷Anthu asanu amene anazonda dziko aja analowa, natenga fano losema, efodi, mafano a m'banja, ndi fano losungunula, pamene wansembe anaimirira pa khomo la chipata pamodzi ndi anthu 600 atanyamula zida za nkhondo.

¹⁸Pamene anthu amenewa analowa m'nyumba ya Mika natenga fano losema, efodi, mafano a m'banja, ndi fano losungunula, wansembe anawafunsa kuti, “Mukuchita chiyani?”

¹⁹Iwo anati, “Khala chete! Ika dzanja lako pakamwa pako, bwera nafe. Ukhale atate wathu ndi wansembe wathu. Kodi nkwabwino kwa iwe kukhala wansembe wa nyumba ya munthu mmodzi, kapena kukhala wansembe wa fuko ndi mbumba mu Israeli?”

²⁰Mtima wa wansembe unakondwa. Iye anatenga efodi, mafano a m'banja, ndi fano losema, napita pakati pa anthu aja. ²¹Ndipo anatembenuka nanyamuka, naika ana, ziweto, ndi katundu wawo patsogolo pawo. ²²Atachoka ku nyumba ya Mika, anthu a m'nyumba zapafupi ndi nyumba ya Mika anasonkhanitsidwa, nathamanga natsatira Adani, nawapeza. ²³Anafuulira Adani, ndipo Adani anatembenuka, nati kwa Mika, “Kodi chavuta ndi chiyani, kuti wasonkhanitsa anthu ako?”

²⁴Iye anati, “Mwatenga milungu imene ndinapanga, ndi wansembe, napita. Kodi ndatsala ndi chiyani? Nanga mungandifunse bwanji kuti, ‘Chavuta ndi chiyani?’”

²⁵Adani anamuuza kuti, “Usalole mau ako kumveka pakati pathu, kuopera kuti anthu okwiya angakuthire nkhondo, ndipo ukataya moyo wako ndi miyoyo ya a m'nyumba mwako.”

²⁶Adani anapitiriza ulendo wawo; ndipo Mika ataona kuti anali amphamvu kuposa iye, anatembenuka, nabwerera kwawo. ²⁷Iwo anatenga zimene Mika anapanga, ndi wansembe wake, nafika ku Laisi, kwa anthu a mtendere ndi osakayikira kanthu, nawakantha ndi lupanga, natentha mzindawo ndi moto. ²⁸Panalibe wina woti awapulumutse, pakuti mzindawo unali kutali ndi Sidoni, ndipo analibe mgwirizano ndi wina aliyense. Unali m'chigwa cha Beti-rehobu. Adani anamanganso mzindawo, nakhala momwemo. ²⁹Anatcha mzindawo kuti Dani, potsatira dzina la kholo lawo Dani, mwana wa Israeli; koma poyamba mzindawo unkatchedwa Laisi. ³⁰Adani anadziimikira fano losema. Ndipo Yonatani, mwana wa Geresomu, mwana wa Mose, ndi ana ake anali ansembe a fuko la Adani mpaka tsiku la ukapolo wa dziko. ³¹Anadziimikira fano losema limene Mika anapanga, nthawi yonse imene nyumba ya Atate wathu inali ku Silo.