Judges 18 #catechesis/bible/judges
[!abstract] The expedition of the men of Dan against Lais: in their way they rob Michas of his priest and his gods.
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GR 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
LA In diebus illis non erat rex in Israël, et tribus Dan quærebat possessionem sibi, ut habitaret in ea: usque ad illum enim diem inter ceteras tribus sortem non acceperat.
EN In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes.
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GR 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
LA Miserunt ergo filii Dan stirpis et familiæ suæ quinque viros fortissimos de Saraa et Esthaol, ut explorarent terram, et diligenter inspicerent: dixeruntque eis: Ite, et considerate terram. Qui cum pergentes venissent in montem Ephraim, et intrassent domum Michæ, requieverunt ibi:
EN So the children of Dan sent five most valiant men, of their stock and family, from Saraa and Esthaol, to spy out the land, and to view it diligently: and they said to them: Go, and view the land. They went on their way, and when they came to mount Ephraim, they went into the house of Michas, and rested there:
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GR 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
LA et agnoscentes vocem adolescentis Levitæ, utentesque illius diversorio, dixerunt ad eum: Quis te huc adducit? quid hic agis? quam ob causam huc venire voluisti?
EN And knowing the voice of the young man the Levite, and lodging with him, they said to him: Who brought you hither? What do you here? Why would you come hither?
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GR καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς οὕτως καὶ οὕτως ἐποίησέν μοι Μιχα καὶ ἐμισθώσατό με καὶ ἐγενήθην αὐτῷ εἰς ἱερέα
LA Qui respondit eis: Hæc et hæc præstitit mihi Michas, et me mercede conduxit, ut sim ei sacerdos.
EN He answered them: Michas has done such and such things for me, and has hired me to be his priest.
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GR καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ ἐπερώτησον δὴ ἐν τῷ θεῷ καὶ γνωσόμεθα εἰ κατευοδοῖ ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν ἣν ἡμεῖς πορευόμεθα ἐπ’ αὐτήν
LA Rogaverunt autem eum ut consuleret Dominum ut scire possent an prospero itinere pergerent, et res haberet effectum.
EN Then they desired him to consult the Lord, that they might know whether their journey should be prosperous, and the thing should have effect.
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GR καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἱερεύς πορεύεσθε εἰς εἰρήνην ἐνώπιον κυρίου ἡ ὁδὸς ὑμῶν καθ’ ἣν ὑμεῖς πορεύεσθε ἐν αὐτῇ
LA Qui respondit eis: Ite in pace: Dominus respicit viam vestram, et iter quo pergitis.
EN He answered them: Go in peace: the Lord looks on your way, and the journey that you go.
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GR 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
LA Euntes igitur quinque viri venerunt Lais: videruntque populum habitantem in ea absque ullo timore, juxta consuetudinem Sidoniorum, securum et quietum, nullo ei penitus resistente, magnarumque opum, et procul a Sidone atque a cunctis hominibus separatum.
EN So the five men going on came to Lais: and they saw how the people dwelt therein without any fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure and easy, having no man at all to oppose them, being very rich, and living separated, at a distance from Sidon and from all men.
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[!note]- Not received, etc…
They had their portions assigned them, Joshua 19:40. But, through their own sloth, possessed as yet but a small part of it. See Judges 1:34.
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GR καὶ παρεγένοντο οἱ πέντε ἄνδρες πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν εἰς Σαραα καὶ Εσθαολ καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτοῖς οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν τί ὑμεῖς κάθησθε
LA Reversique ad fratres suos in Saraa et Esthaol, et quid egissent sciscitantibus responderunt:
EN And they returned to their brethren in Saraa and Esthaol, who asked them what they had done: to whom they answered:
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GR 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
LA Surgite, ascendamus ad eos: vidimus enim terram valde opulentam et uberem. Nolite negligere, nolite cessare: eamus, et possideamus eam: nullus erit labor.
EN Arise, and let us go up to them: for we have seen the land which is exceeding rich and fruitful: neglect not, lose no time: let us go and possess it, there will be no difficulty.
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GR 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
LA Intrabimus ad securos, in regionem latissimam, tradetque nobis Dominus locum, in quo nullius rei est penuria eorum quæ gignuntur in terra.
EN We shall come to a people that is secure, into a spacious country, and the Lord will deliver the place to us, in which there is no want of anything that grows on the earth.
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GR καὶ ἀπῆραν ἐκ συγγενείας τοῦ Δαν ἐκ Σαραα καὶ Εσθαολ ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες περιεζωσμένοι σκεύη πολεμικά
LA Profecti igitur sunt de cognatione Dan, id est, de Saraa et Esthaol, sexcenti viri accincti armis bellicis,
EN There went therefore of the kindred of Dan, to wit, from Saraa and Esthaol, six hundred men, furnished with arms for war.
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GR καὶ ἀνέβησαν καὶ παρενεβάλοσαν ἐν Καριαθιαριμ ἐν Ιουδα διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ Παρεμβολὴ Δαν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἰδοὺ κατόπισθεν Καριαθιαριμ
LA ascendentesque manserunt in Cariathiarim Judæ: qui locus ex eo tempore Castrorum Dan nomen accepit, et est post tergum Cariathiarim.
EN And going up they lodged in Cariathiarim of Juda: which place from that time is called the camp of Dan, and is behind Cariathiarim.
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GR παρῆλθαν ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἦλθαν ἕως τοῦ ὄρους Εφραιμ καὶ ἦλθον ἕως οἴκου Μιχα
LA Inde transierunt in montem Ephraim. Cumque venissent ad domum Michæ,
EN From thence they passed into mount Ephraim. And when they had come to the house of Michas,
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GR 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
LA dixerunt quinque viri, qui prius missi fuerant ad considerandam terram Lais, ceteris fratribus suis: Nostis quod in domibus istis sit ephod, et theraphim, et sculptile, atque conflatile: videte quid vobis placeat.
EN the five men, that before had been sent to view the land of Lais, said to the rest of their brethren: You know that in these houses there is an ephod and theraphim, and a graven and a molten god: see what you are pleased to do.
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GR καὶ ἐξέκλιναν ἐκεῖ καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ παιδαρίου τοῦ Λευίτου εἰς τὸν οἶκον Μιχα καὶ ἠσπάσαντο αὐτόν
LA Et cum paululum declinassent, ingressi sunt domum adolescentis Levitæ, qui erat in domo Michæ: salutaveruntque eum verbis pacificis.
EN And when they had turned a little aside, they went into the house of the young man the Levite, who was in the house of Michas: and they saluted him with words of peace.
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GR καὶ οἱ ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες περιεζωσμένοι σκεύη πολεμικὰ ἐστηλωμένοι παρὰ τὴν θύραν τοῦ πυλῶνος οἱ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Δαν
LA Sexcenti autem viri ita ut erant armati, stabant ante ostium.
EN And the six hundred men stood before the door, appointed with their arms.
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GR 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
LA At illi, qui ingressi fuerant domum juvenis, sculptile, et ephod, et theraphim, atque conflatile tollere nitebantur, et sacerdos stabat ante ostium, sexcentis viris fortissimis haud procul expectantibus.
EN But they that had gone into the house of the young man, went about to take away the graven god, and the ephod, and the theraphim, and the molten god, and the priest stood before the door, the six hundred valiant men waiting not far off.
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GR 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
LA Tulerunt igitur qui intraverant sculptile, ephod, et idola, atque conflatile. Quibus dixit sacerdos: Quid facitis?
EN So they that had gone in took away the graven thing, the ephod, and the idols, and the molten god, And the priest said to them: What are you doing?
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GR 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
LA Cui responderunt: Tace et pone digitum super os tuum: venique nobiscum, ut habeamus te patrem, ac sacerdotem. Quid tibi melius est, ut sis sacerdos in domo unius viri, an in una tribu et familia in Israël?
EN And they said to him: Hold your peace, and put your finger on your mouth, and come with us, that we may have you for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for you, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel?
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GR 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
LA Quod cum audisset, acquievit sermonibus eorum, et tulit ephod, et idola, ac sculptile, et profectus est cum eis.
EN When he heard this, he agreed to their words, and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them.
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GR καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν καὶ ἀπῆλθαν καὶ ἔταξαν τὴν πανοικίαν καὶ τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἔνδοξον ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν
LA Qui cum pergerent, et ante se ire fecissent parvulos ac jumenta, et omne quod erat pretiosum,
EN And when they were going forward, and had put before them the children and the cattle, and all that was valuable,
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GR αὐτῶν δὲ μεμακρυγκότων ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου Μιχα καὶ ἰδοὺ Μιχα καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ σὺν τῷ οἴκῳ μετὰ Μιχα ἔκραζον κατοπίσω υἱῶν Δαν
LA et jam a domo Michæ essent procul, viri qui habitabant in ædibus Michæ conclamantes secuti sunt,
EN and were now at a distance from the house of Michas, the men that dwelt in the houses of Michas gathering together followed them,
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GR καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν οἱ υἱοὶ Δαν τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς Μιχα τί ἐστίν σοι ὅτι ἔκραξας
LA et post tergum clamare cœperunt. Qui cum respexissent, dixerunt ad Micham: Quid tibi vis? cur clamas?
EN and began to shout out after them. They looked back, and said to Michas: What ails you? Why do you cry?
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GR 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
LA Qui respondit: Deos meos, quos mihi feci, tulistis, et sacerdotem, et omnia quæ habeo, et dicitis: Quid tibi est?
EN And he answered: You have taken away my gods which I have made me, and the priest, and all that I have, and do you say: What ails you?
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GR 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
LA Dixeruntque ei filii Dan: Cave ne ultra loquaris ad nos, et veniant ad te viri animo concitati, et ipse cum omni domo tua pereas.
EN And the children of Dan said to him: See that you say no more to us, lest men enraged come upon you, and you perish with all your house.
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GR καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Δαν εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ εἶδεν Μιχα ὅτι ἰσχυρότεροί εἰσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξένευσεν καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
LA Et sic cœpto itinere perrexerunt. Videns autem Michas quod fortiores se essent, reversus est in domum suam.
EN And so they went on the journey they had begun. But Michas seeing that they were stronger than he, returned to his house.
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GR 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
LA Sexcenti autem viri tulerunt sacerdotem, et quæ supra diximus: veneruntque in Lais ad populum quiescentem atque securum, et percusserunt eos in ore gladii: urbemque incendio tradiderunt,
EN And the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we spoke of before, and came to Lais, to a people that was quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword: and the city they burnt with fire,
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GR 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
LA nullo penitus ferente præsidium, eo quod procul habitarent a Sidone, et cum nullo hominum haberent quidquam societatis ac negotii. Erat autem civitas sita in regione Rohob: quam rursum exstruentes habitaverunt in ea,
EN there being no man at all who brought them any succour, because they dwelt far from Sidon, and had no society or business with any man. And the city was in the land of Rohob: and they rebuilt it, and dwelt therein,
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GR 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
LA vocato nomine civitatis Dan, juxta vocabulum patris sui, quem genuerat Israël, quæ prius Lais dicebatur.
EN calling the name of the city Dan, after the name of their father, who was the son of Israel, which before was called Lais.
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GR 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
LA Posueruntque sibi sculptile, et Jonathan filium Gersam filii Moysi ac filios ejus sacerdotes in tribu Dan, usque ad diem captivitatis suæ.
EN And they set up to themselves the graven idol, and Jonathan the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests in the tribe of Dan, until the day of their captivity.
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GR καὶ ἔταξαν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ γλυπτὸν Μιχα ὃ ἐποίησεν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ὅσας ἦν ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Σηλω
LA Mansitque apud eos idolum Michæ omni tempore quo fuit domus Dei in Silo. In diebus illis non erat rex in Israël.
EN And the idol of Michas remained with them all the time that the house of God was in Silo. In those days there was no king in Israel.
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