Judges 17
1 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
Te vaengah Ephraim tlang lamkah hlang pakhat, a ming ah Mikhaiah te om.
2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
Te vaengah a manu taengah, “Nang taengkah cak thawngkhat yakhata loh dongah nang n'tap coeng. Ka hna ah khaw, 'Cak te kamah taengla ka loh ne,’ a ti,” a ti nah. Te dongah a manu loh, “BOEIPA rhangneh ka caa yoethen,” a ti.
3 And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”
Te dongah cak thawngkhat yakhat te a manu taenglaa bal hatah a manu loh, “Ka kut lamkah cak te ka ca kah mueithuk neh mueihlawn saii nah ham BOEIPA taengah ka hoep rhoela ka hoep coeng. Te dongah namah taengla kam mael pawn ni,” a ti nah.
4 So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
Te dongah a manu taenglaa mael tangtae cak te a manu loh a loh. Cak yakhat te, mueithuk aka saii tih mueihlawn aka hlawn, Mikhaiah im kah aka om taengaha paek.
5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
Tekah hlang Maikah amah taengah pathen im pakhat om. Te dongah hnisui neh sithui te a saii tih a ca rhoek khui lamkah pakhat kut dongah a poem sak phoeiah amah kah khosoih laa khueh.
6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Te vaeng tue ah Israel he manghai a khueh pawt dongah hlang boeih loh a mik dongkaha thuem sak bangla a saii.
7 And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
Te vaengah Judah kho Bethlehem lamkah Judah koca cadong pakhat om tih anih khaw Levi la a om dongah te ah te pah van.
8 This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
Judah Bethlehem khopuei lamkah hlang te cet tih a pah nah tea toem tih a longpueia thuep hatah Ephraim tlang kah Maikah im la pawk.
9 “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
Te vaengah anih te Maikah loh, “Me lamkah lae na thoeng,” a ti nah hatah, “Kai he Judah Bethlehem lamkah Levi ni, te dongah pah nah te toem ham ka caeh dae he,” a ti nah.
10 “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
Te dongah anih te Maikah loh, “Kai taengah khosa mai lamtah kai hamlaa pa banghui neh khosoih lam khaw om mai. Nang te kamah loh kum khat ah caka laang, himbai phu, na thahuelnah khaw kam paek bitni,” a ti nah. Te dongah Levi te khaw pahoi kun.
11 and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
Levi khaw hlang neh khosak hama mulmet coeng dongah a capa pakhat bangla anih taengah cadong la a om pah.
12 Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
Levi kut te khaw Maikah loh a khueh pah coeng dongah cadong khaw anih kah khosoih laa om pah tih Maikah im ah kho a sak.
13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
Te daengah Maikah loh, “Levi he ka khosoih la om coeng tih kai hamla BOEIPA then tila ka ming coeng,” a ti.
