قُضاة 17

١ 1 وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ اسْمُهُ مِيخَا مُقِيماً فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

٢ 2 قَالَ هَذَا لأُمِّهِ: «إِنَّ الأَلْفَ وَالْمِئَةَ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً) الَّتِي سُرِقَتْ مِنْكِ، وَالَّتِي سَمِعْتُكِ تَلْعَنِينَ سَارِقَهَا، هِيَ مَعِي، وَأَنَا الَّذِي أَخَذْتُهَا». فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «لِيُبَارِكْكَ الرَّبُّ يَا وَلَدِي».

And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of Yhwh, my son.

٣ 3 فَرَدَّ لَهَا الأَلْفَ وَالْمِئَةَ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «سَأَهَبُ هَذَا الْمَالَ بِاسْمِكَ لِلرَّبِّ، لِنَنْحَتَ تِمْثَالاً وَنَصُوغَ مِنْهَا صَنَماً، وَهَا أَنَا أَرُدُّ لَكَ الْمَالَ».

And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto Yhwh from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

٤ 4 وَأَعْطَتْ أُمُّهُ مِئَتَيْ قِطْعَةِ فِضَّةٍ لِلصَّائِغِ فَنَحَتَ وَصَاغَ لَهَا تِمْثَالَيْنِ، نُصِبَا فِي بَيْتِ مِيخَا.

Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

٥ 5 إِذْ كَانَ مِيخَا قَدْ خَصَّصَ مَوْضِعاً فِي بَيْتِهِ لِيَكُونَ مَعْبَداً لِلآلِهَةِ. ثُمَّ صَنَعَ أَفُوداً وَتَرَافِيمَ، وَكَرَّسَ وَاحِداً مِنْ بَنِيهِ كَاهِناً لَهُ.

And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

٦ 6 فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لإِسْرَائِيلَ مَلِكٌ، فَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَتَصَرَّفُ عَلَى هَوَاهُ.

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

٧ 7 وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ شَابٌّ لاوِيٌّ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ مُقِيماً بَيْنَ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا.

And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

٨ 8 هَذَا هَاجَرَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ لِيَتَغَرَّبَ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَأَتَى إِلَى جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَرَّ فِي طَرِيقِهِ بِبَيْتِ مِيخَا.

And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

٩ 9 فَسَأَلَهُ مِيخَا: «مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا لاوِيٌّ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَنَا ذَاهِبٌ لأَتَغَرَّبَ حَيْثُمَا اتَّفَقَ».

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ لَهُ مِيخَا: «أَقِمْ عِنْدِي وَكُنْ لِي مُرْشِداً وَكَاهِناً، وَأَنَا أُعْطِيكَ عَشْرَةَ شَوَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جِرَاماً) فِي السَّنَةِ وَحُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ فَضْلاً عَنِ الْقُوتِ». فَوَافَقَ اللّاوِيُّ عَلَى عَرْضِهِ،

And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

١١ 11 وَرَضِيَ بِالإِقَامَةِ مَعَهُ. وَصَارَ اللّاوِيُّ أَثِيراً لَدَيْهِ كَأَحَدِ أَبْنَائِهِ.

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

١٢ 12 فَكَرَّسَ مِيخَا اللّاوِيَّ، فَأَصْبَحَ لَهُ كَاهِناً وَأَقَامَ فِي بَيْتِهِ.

And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ مِيخَا: «الآنَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ رَاضٍ عَنِّي، لأَنَّ اللّاوِيَّ صَارَ لِي كَاهِناً».

Then said Micah, Now know I that Yhwh will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.