Judges 17
1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias.
Ήτο δε άνθρωπός τις εκ του όρους Εφραΐμ, και το όνομα αυτού Μιχαίας.
2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which you took of yourself, and [about which] you cursed me, and spoke in my ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed [be] my son of the Lord.
Και είπε προς την μητέρα αυτού, Τα χίλια εκατόν αργύρια, τα οποία αφηρέθησαν από σου, διά τα οποία και συ κατηράσθης, και ακόμη ελάλησας εις τα ώτα μου, ιδού, το αργύριον είναι εις εμέ· εγώ έλαβον αυτό. Η δε μήτηρ αυτού είπεν, Ευλογημένος να ήσαι, υιέ μου, παρά του Κυρίου.
3 And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten [image], and now I will restore it to you.
Και επέστρεψε τα χίλια και εκατόν αργύρια εις την μητέρα αυτού, και είπεν η μήτηρ αυτού, Αφιέρωμα αφιέρωσα το αργύριον εις τον Κύριον εκ της χειρός μου, υπέρ του υιού μου, διά να κάμη γλυπτόν και χωνευτόν· και τώρα θέλω επιστρέψει αυτό εις σε.
4 But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.
Αυτός δε επέστρεψε το αργύριον εις την μητέρα αυτού· η δε μήτηρ αυτού λαβούσα διακόσια αργύρια, έδωκεν αυτά εις τον χωνευτήν, όστις έκαμεν εξ αυτών γλυπτόν και χωνευτόν· και ήσαν εν τω οίκω του Μιχαία.
5 And the house of Michaias [was] to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.
Και ο άνθρωπος ο Μιχαίας είχεν οίκον Θεού και έκαμεν εφόδ και θεραφείμ· και καθιέρωσεν ένα εκ των υιών αυτού, και έγεινεν εις αυτόν ιερεύς.
6 And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Κατ' εκείνας τας ημέρας δεν ήτο βασιλεύς εν τω Ισραήλ· έκαστος έπραττεν ό, τι εφαίνετο εις αυτόν ορθόν.
7 And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he [was] a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
Και ήτο νέος τις εκ Βηθλεέμ Ιούδα, εκ της φυλής Ιούδα, όστις ήτο Λευΐτης και παρώκει εκεί.
8 And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey.
Και ανεχώρησεν ο άνθρωπος εκ της πόλεως Βηθλεέμ Ιούδα, διά να παροικήση όπου εύρη· και ήλθεν εις το όρος Εφραΐμ, έως του οίκου του Μιχαία, ακολουθών την οδόν αυτού.
9 And Michaias said to him, Whence come you? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.
Και είπε προς αυτόν ο Μιχαίας, Πόθεν έρχεσαι; Ο δε είπε προς αυτόν, Εγώ είμαι Λευΐτης εκ Βηθλεέμ Ιούδα και υπάγω να παροικήσω όπου εύρω.
10 And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and your living.
Και είπε προς αυτόν ο Μιχαίας, Κάθου μετ' εμού και γίνου εις εμέ πατήρ και ιερεύς, και εγώ θέλω σοι δίδει δέκα αργύρια κατ' έτος και στολήν και την τροφήν σου. Και ο Λευΐτης εισήλθε προς αυτόν.
11 And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
Και ευχαριστείτο ο Λευΐτης να κατοική μετά του ανθρώπου· και ο νέος ήτο εις αυτόν ως εις εκ των υιών αυτού.
12 And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.
Και καθιέρωσεν ο Μιχαίας τον Λευΐτην· και ο νέος έγεινεν εις αυτόν ιερεύς και έμενεν εν τω οίκω του Μιχαία.
13 And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
Τότε είπεν ο Μιχαίας, Τώρα γνωρίζω ότι ο Κύριος θέλει με αγαθοποιήσει, διότι έχω Λευΐτην διά ιερέα.
