Dommer 17

1 I Efraims Bjerge levede en Mand, som hed Mika.

And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah,

2 Han sagde til sin Moder: "De 1100 Sekel Sølv, du har mistet, og for hvis Skyld du udtalte en Forbandelse, som jeg selv hørte, se, de Penge er hos mig; jeg har taget dem, men nu vil jeg give dig dem tilbage." Da sagde hans Moder: "HERREN velsigne dig, min Søn!"

and he says to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which have been taken of yours, and [of which] you have sworn, and also spoken in my ears; behold, the silver [is] with me, I have taken it”; and his mother says, “Blessed [is] my son of YHWH.”

3 Så gav han sin Moder de 1100 Sekel Sølv tilbage; og Moderen sagde: "Disse Penge helliger jeg HERREN og giver min Søn, for at han kan lave et udskåret og støbt Billede."

And he gives back the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother says, “I had certainly sanctified the silver to YHWH, from my hand, for my son, to make a carved image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to you.”

4 Så gav han sin Moder Pengene tilbage; og Moderen tog 200 Sekel Sølv deraf og gav dem til Guldsmeden, som lavede et udskåret og støbt Billede deraf, og det fik sin Plads i Mikas Hus.

And he gives back the money to his mother, and his mother takes two hundred pieces of silver, and gives them to a refiner, and he makes them a carved image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

5 Manden Mika havde et Gudshus, og han lavede sig en Efod og en Husgud og indsatte en af sine Sønner til sin Præst.

As for the man Micah, he has a house of gods, and he makes an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrates the hand of one of his sons, and he is for a priest to him;

6 I de Dage var der ingen Konge i Israel; enhver gjorde, hvad han fandt for godt.

in those days there is no king in Israel, each does that which is right in his own eyes.

7 Nu var der i Betlehem i Juda en ung Mand af Judas Slægt; han var Levit og boede der som fremmed.

And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner there.

8 Denne Mand forlod sin By Betlehem i Juda for at slå sig ned som fremmed, hvor det kunde træffe sig, og på sin Vandring kom han til Mikas Hus i Efraims Bjerge.

And the man goes out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he finds, and comes to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, to work his way.

9 Da spurgte Mika ham: "Hvorfra kommer du?" Han svarede: "Jeg er Levit og har hjemme i Betlehem i Juda, og jeg er på Vandring for at slå mig ned som fremmed, hvor det kan træffe sig."

And Micah says to him, “Where do you come from?” And he says to him, “I [am] a Levite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I find.”

10 Da sagde Mika til ham: "Tag Ophold hos mig og bliv min Fader og Præst; jeg vil give dig ti Sekel Sølv om Året og holde dig med Klæder og give dig Kosten!"

And Micah says to him, “Dwell with me, and be for a father and for a priest to me, and I give ten pieces of silver to you for the days, and a suit of garments, and your sustenance”; and the Levite goes [in].

11 Så gik Leviten ind på at tage Ophold hos Manden, og den unge Mand var ham som en af hans egne Sønner.

And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

12 Mika indsatte så Leviten, og den unge Mand blev Præst hos ham og tog Ophold i Mikas Hus.

And Micah consecrates the hand of the Levite, and the young man is for a priest to him, and he is in the house of Micah,

13 Da sagde Mika: "Nu ved jeg, at HERREN vil gøre vel imod mig, siden jeg har fået en Levit til Præst!"

and Micah says, “Now I have known that YHWH does good to me, for the Levite has been for a priest to me.”