A Thief in the Night

A Thief in the Night is the sixteenth chapter of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit.
==Synopsis==
Hoping to avoid war, Bilbo secretly takes the Arkenstone of Thráin 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.
== Plot ==
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.
== Appearances ==
==Translations==
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 	Som en tyv om natten
Dutch 	Een Dief in de Nacht
Esperanto 	A Ŝtelisto en la Nokto
Estonian 	Varas öösel
Finnish 	Varas yöllä
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 	Түнде ұры (Cyrillic) Tünde urı (Latin)
Korean 	밤의 도둑
Kurdish 	Di Şevê de diz (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Түн жамынган уурудай
Laotian 	ຄົນຂີ້ລັກໃນຕອນກາງຄືນໄດ້
Latin 	Fur Nocte
Latvian 	Zaglis naktī
Lithuanian 	Naktį vagis
Macedonian Cyrillic	Крадец во ноќ
Malagasy 	Ny Mpangalatra amin' ny Alina
Malaysian 	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 	Ночной вор
Sardinian 	Unu Ladru in sa notte
Scottish Gaelic 	A Mheirlich san Oidhche
Serbian 	Лопов у ноћи (Cyrillic) Lopov u Noći (Latin)
Sicilian 	Un Ladru 'nta la notti
Sindhi 	هڪ چور رات ۾
Sinhalese 	රාත්රියේ හොරෙක්
Slovak 	Nočný zlodej
Slovenian 	Tatica v noči
Somali 	Tuug habeen ah
Spanish 	Un Ladrón en la Noche
Sundanese 	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
pl:Nocny złodziej
ru:Ночной вор
Category:The Hobbit chapters