Guide to The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/Chapter 16

A Thief in the Night is the sixteenth chapter of Guide to The Lord of the Rings/J.R.R Tolkien's Guide to The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit.

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Hoping to avoid war, Bilbo secretly takes the Arkenstone to the camp of the Elves and Men, and gives it to Bard and Thranduil to help with negotiations. Before leaving the camp to return to the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo finds that Gandalf has returned.

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In the mountain, Thorin desperately searches for the Arkenstone, while the rest of the Dwarves worry about the army camped on their doorstep. Bilbo decides to take matters into his own hands, and with the help of the ring, he sneaks out of the mountain in the middle of the night and into the camp of the lake men and the wood elves, where is brought before the leaders, Bard and the Elvenking. They are suspicious of him, but they relax when Bilbo reveals his secret weapon: the Arkenstone. He gives it freely to Bard to use as a bargaining chip against Thorin. Bard and the Elvenking are amazed that he would risk inciting the anger of the dwarves in order to prevent a war. They ask him to stay in the camp for his own safety, but Bilbo insists on returning to the mountain. On his way back, he runs into Gandalf, who commends him for his bravery. With his hope restored, Bilbo returns to the mountain unnoticed.

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Translations around the World

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Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans 'N Dief in die Nag
Albanian Një Hajdut në natë
Amharic ሌባ የሌሊት ወራዳ
Arabic لص في الليل
Basque Gauean Lapurra
Belarusian Cyrillic Злодзей у ночы
Bengali রাতে চোর
Bosnian Lopov u noći
Bulgarian Cyrillic Крадец в нощта
Cambodian ចោរម្នាក់នៅក្នុងរាត្រី
Catalan Un Lladre a la Nit
Cebuano Usa ka kawatan sa gabii
Chinese 夜里的小偷
Croatian Lopov u noći
Czech Zloděj v noci
Danish En Tyv i Natten
Dutch Een Dief in de Nacht
Esperanto A Ŝtelisto en la Nokto
Estonian Varas öösel
Finnish Varas yöllä
Fijian E dua na daubutako ena bogi
Filipino Isang Magnanakaw sa Gabi
French Un Voleur dans la nuit
Galician Un Ladrón na Noite
German Ein Dieb in der Nacht
Greek Κλέφτης τη νύχτα
Gujarati નાઇટમાં થીફ
Haitian Creole Yon Vòlò nan mitan Lannwit
Hebrew גנב בלילה
Hindi रात में एक चोर
Hungarian A tolvaj az éjszakában
Icelandic Þjófur í Nótt
Indonesian Seorang pencuri di malam hari
Irish Gaelic Gadaí san Oíche
Italian Un Ladro nella notte
Japanese 夜の泥棒
Kannada ಎ ಥೀಫ್ ಇನ್ ದಿ ನೈಟ್
Kazakh Cyrillic Түнде ұры
Korean 밤의 도둑
Kurdish Di Şevê de diz (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Түн жамынган уурудай
Laotian ຄົນຂີ້ລັກໃນຕອນກາງຄືນໄດ້
Latvian Zaglis naktī
Lithuanian Naktį vagis
Macedonian Cyrillic Крадец во ноќ
Malagasy Ny Mpangalatra amin' ny Alina
Malay Pencuri di Malam
Maltese Ħalliel fil-Lejla
Marathi रात्रीचा एक चोर
Mongolian Cyrillic Шөнийн хулгайч
Nepalese रात मा एक चोर
Norwegian En Tyv om Natten
Pashto په شپه کې چور
Persian دزد در شب
Polish Nocny złodziej
Portuguese Um Ladrão na Noite
Punjabi ਰਾਤ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਚੋਰ
Romanian Un Hoţ în Noapte
Russian Вор в ночи
Scottish Gaelic A Mheirlich san Oidhche
Serbian Лопов у ноћи (Cyrillic) Lopov u Noći (Latin)
Sindhi هڪ چور رات ۾
Sinhalese රාත්රියේ හොරෙක්
Slovak Zlodej v noci
Slovenian Tatica v noči
Somalian Tuug habeen ah
Spanish Un Ladrón en la Noche
Sudanese A Maling di Peuting
Swedish En Tjuv om Natten
Tajik Cyrillic Дузд дар шаб
Tamil இரவில் ஒரு திருடன்
Telugu ఎ థీఫ్ ఇన్ ది నైట్
Thai ขโมยในตอนกลางคืน
Tongan Ha Taha kaiha'a 'i he Po'uli
Turkish Gece Bir Hırsız
Urdu ایک چور رات میں
Uzbek Кеча ичида ўғри (Cyrillic) Kecha ichida o'g'ri (Latin)
Vietnamese Một tên trộm trong đêm
Welsh Lleidr yn y Nos
Yiddish אַ גנב אין דער נאַכט
Yoruba A Olè li Oru