Judges 17
1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Te vaengah Ephraim tlang lamkah hlang pakhat, a ming ah Mikhaiah te om.
2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred silver-pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah!
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 he restored the eleven hundred silver-pieces to his mother; and his mother said, I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will restore it to thee.
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 Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were 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 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became 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; every man 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 man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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 And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.
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 And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may 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 And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee yearly ten silver-pieces, and a suit of garments, and thy victuals. And 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 the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
Levi khaw hlang neh khosak hama mulmet coeng dongah a capa pakhat bangla anih taengah cadong la a om pah.
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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 said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest.
Te daengah Maikah loh, “Levi he ka khosoih la om coeng tih kai hamla BOEIPA then tila ka ming coeng,” a ti.
