Suci 17
1 Bijaše u Efrajimovoj gori čovjek po imenu Mikajehu.
There was a man in the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Micah.
2 On reče majci: “Tisuću i sto srebrnih šekela što su ti ukradeni i zbog kojih si izustila kletvu - uši su je moje čule - taj je novac kod mene, ja sam ga uzeo.” Mati mu odgovori: “Jahve te blagoslovio, sine moj!”
He said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you spoke a curse, and which I heard—look here! I have the silver with me. I stole it.” His mother said, “May Yahweh bless you, my son!”
3 I Mikajehu vrati joj tisuću i sto srebrnih šekela. A mati mu njegova reče: “Te sam novce posvetila Jahvi iz svoje ruke za tebe, sine moj, da se izdjela za to rezan ili ljeven idol. I evo, za to ih dajem.”
He restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother and his mother said, “I set apart this silver to Yahweh, for my son to make carved and cast metal figures. So now, I restore it to you.”
4 Majka uze dvije stotine srebrnih šekela i dade ih zlataru. On načini od njih rezani i ljeveni idol koji postaviše u Mikajehuovoj novoj kući.
When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a metal worker who made them into carved and cast metal figures, and they were placed in the house of Micah.
5 On mu sagradi svetište, zatim načini efod i terafe te posveti jednoga od svojih sinova da mu bude svećenik.
The man Micah had a house of idols and he made an ephod and household gods, and he hired one of his sons to become his priest.
6 U to vrijeme u Izraelu nije bilo kralja i svatko je radio po miloj volji.
In those days there was no king in Israel, and everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
7 Bijaše neki mladić iz Betlehema u Judi, iz Judina plemena; bio je levit i boravio je ondje kao došljak.
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah, who was a Levite. He stayed there to fulfill his duties.
8 Taj čovjek ode iz grada Betlehema u Judi da se nastani na kakvu prikladnu mjestu kao došljak. Putujući, dođe u Efrajimovu goru do Mikine kuće.
The man left Bethlehem in Judah to go and find a place to live. As he journeyed, he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 Mika ga upita: “Odakle dolaziš?” “Ja sam levit iz Judina Betlehema”, odgovori mu on, “i putujem da se negdje nastanim.”
Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” The man said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am traveling to find a place where I might live.”
10 “Ostani kod mene”, reče mu Mika, “i budi mi ocem i svećenikom, a ja ću ti davati deset srebrnih šekela na godinu, haljine i hranu.” I levit uđe.
Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your food.” So the Levite went into his house.
11 Levit je pristao da ostane u njega, i mladić mu bijaše kao jedan od sinova.
The Levite was content to live with the man, and the young man became to Micah like one of his sons.
12 Mika posveti levita za svećenika; mladić je postao njegovim svećenikom i živio je u Mikinoj kući.
Micah set apart the Levite for sacred duties, and the young man became his priest, and was in Micah's house.
13 “Sad znam”, reče Mika, “da će mi Jahve učiniti dobro kad imam levita za svećenika.”
Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good for me, because this Levite has become my priest.”
