Judges 17
1 Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.
| در کوهستان افرایم مردی به نام میخا زندگی می‌کرد. |
2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.
| روزی او به مادرش گفت: «آن هزار و صد مثقال نقره‌ای را که فکر می‌کردی از تو دزدیده‌اند و من شنیدم که دزدش را نفرین می‌کردی، نزد من است، من آن را برداشته‌ام.» مادرش گفت: «چون تو اعتراف کردی، خداوند تو را برکت خواهد داد.» |
3 And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have made the silver holy to the Lord from me for my son, to make a pictured image and a metal image.
| پس میخا آن مقدار نقره را که دزدیده بود، به مادرش پس داد. مادرش گفت: «من این نقره را وقف خداوند می‌نمایم و از آن یک بت نقره‌ای برای تو تهیه می‌کنم تا این لعنت از تو دور شود.» |
4 So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a metal-worker who made a pictured image and a metal image from them: and it was in the house of Micah.
| پس مادرش دویست مثقال از آن نقره را گرفته، پیش زرگر برد و دستور داد با آن بُتی بسازد. بت ساخته شد و در خانهٔ میخا گذاشته شد. میخا در خانه‌اش علاوه بر بتها، ایفود نیز داشت. او یکی از پسرانش را به کاهنی بتخانهٔ خود تعیین نمود. |
5 And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons in the position of priest.
6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
| در آن زمان بنی‌اسرائیل پادشاهی نداشت و هر کس هر کاری را که دلش می‌خواست انجام می‌داد. |
7 Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.
| یک روز جوانی از قبیلهٔ لاوی که اهل بیت‌لحم یهودا بود شهر خود را ترک گفت تا جای مناسبی برای زندگی پیدا کند. در طول سفر به خانهٔ میخا در کوهستان افرایم رسید. |
8 And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.
9 And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.
| میخا از او پرسید: «اهل کجا هستی؟» او گفت: «من از قبیلهٔ لاوی و اهل بیت‌لحم یهودا هستم و می‌خواهم جای مناسبی برای سکونت پیدا کنم.» |
10 Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.
| میخا گفت: «اگر بخواهی می‌توانی پیش من بمانی و کاهن من باشی. سالیانه ده مثقال نقره، یک دست لباس و خوراک به تو خواهم داد.» آن لاوی جوان موافقت کرد و پیش او ماند. میخا او را چون یکی از پسرانش می‌دانست |
11 And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.
12 And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
| و وی را کاهن خود تعیین نمود و او در منزل میخا سکونت گزید. |
13 Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.
| میخا گفت: «حال که از قبیلهٔ لاوی کاهنی برای خود دارم، می‌دانم که خداوند مرا برکت خواهد داد.» |
