Oweruza 17
1 Munthu wina dzina lake Mika wochokera ku dziko la mapiri la Efereimu anawuza amayi ake kuti
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2 “Ndinamva inu mukutemberera munthu amene anaba ndalama zanu zasiliva 1,100. Ndalamazo zili ndi ine, ndinatenga ndine.” Pamenepo amayi akewo anati, “Yehova akudalitse mwana wanga!”
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst curse, and spoke of also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
3 Choncho Mika anabweza ndalama 1,100 za siliva kwa amayi ake, ndipo amayi akewo anati, “Ine ndapatulira Yehova ndalama za silivazi kuti mwana wanga aseme fano ndi kulikuta ndi siliva. Ndiye tsopano ndikubwezera ndalamazo.”
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to thee.
4 Tsono Mika atabweza ndalama zija kwa amayi ake, iwo anatengapo ndalama za siliva 200 namupatsa mmisiri wosula siliva. Iye anakonza fano, nasungunula siliva uja ndi kulikutira fano lija. Ndipo Mika anayika fanolo mʼnyumba mwake.
Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the silversmith, who made of it a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
5 Mikayu anali ndi kachisi, ndipo anapanga efodi ndi mafano otchedwa terafimu. Anapatula mwana wake mmodzi kuti akhale wansembe.
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.
6 Masiku amenewo kunalibe mfumu ku Israeli. Aliyense amachita zomwe zinamukomera.
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 Ku Betelehemu mʼdziko la Yuda kunali mnyamata wina amene anali wa fuko la Levi.
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8 Iyeyu anachoka mu mzinda wa Betelehemu uja ku Yuda kukafuna malo ena okhala. Akuyenda, anafika ku dziko la mapiri la Efereimu ku nyumba ya Mika.
And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
9 Tsono Mika anamufunsa kuti, “Mukuchokera kuti?” Ndipo iye anayakha kuti, “Ndine Mlevi wochokera ku Betelehemu mʼdziko la Yuda. Ndikufunafuna malo okhala.”
And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
10 Tsono Mika anati kwa iye, “Khalani ndi ine. Mukhale ngati mlangizi wanga ndi wansembe, ndipo ine ndizikupatsani ndalama za siliva khumi pa chaka komanso zovala ndi zakudya.”
And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to 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 sustenance. So the Levite went in.
11 Choncho Mleviyo anavomera kuti azikhala naye, ndipo mnyamatayo anakhala ngati mmodzi mwa ana ake aamuna.
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12 Pambuyo pake Mika anapatula Mleviyo ndipo mnyamatayu anakhala wansembe. Tsono ankakhala mʼnyumba ya Mika.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Ndipo Mika anati, “Tsopano ndadziwa kuti Yehova adzandikomera mtima chifukwa Mleviyu ndiye wakhala wansembe wanga.”
Then said Micah, Now I know that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest.
