Judges 17
1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
ここにエフライムの山の人にて名をミカとよべるものありしが
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!
その母に言けるは汝かつてその千百枚の銀を取れしことを吾が聞ところにて詛ひて語りしが視よその銀はわが手に在り我之を取るなりと母すなはちわが子よねがはくはヱホバ汝に祝福をたまへと言り
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.
彼千百枚の銀をその母にかへせしかば母いひけらくわれわが子のためにひとつの像を雕みひとつの像を鑄んためにその銀をわが手よりヱホバに納む然ばわれ今之を汝にかへすべしと
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.
ミカその銀を母にかへせしかば母その銀二百枚をとりて之を鑄物師にあたへてひとつの像をきざませひとつの像を鑄させたり其像はミカの家に在り
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.
このミカといふ人神の殿をもちをりエポデおよびテラピムを造りひとりの子を立ておのが祭司となせり
6 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
此ときにはイスラエルに王なかりければ人々おのれの目に是とみゆることをおこなへり
7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
ここにひとりの少者ありてベテレヘムユダに於てユダの族の中にをる彼はレビ人にしてかしこに寓居るなり
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.
この人居べきところをたづねてその邑ベテレヘムユダを去しが遂に旅してエフライムの山にゆきてミカの家にいたりしに
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].
ミカ之にいひけるは汝いづこよ來れるやと彼之にいふ我はベテレヘムユダのレビ人なるが居べきところをたづねに往くものなり
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.
ミカ之に言けるは汝われと偕に居りわがために父とも祭司ともなれよ然ばわれ年に銀十枚および衣服食物を汝にあたへんとレビ人すなはち入しが
11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
レビ人つひにその人と偕に居んことを肯ふ是においてその少者はかれの子の一人のごとくなりぬ
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
ミカ、レビ人なるこの少者をたてて祭司となしたればすなはちミカの家に居る
13 Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest.
ミカここにおいて言ふ今われ知るヱホバわれに恩惠をたまはんそはこのレビ人われの祭司となればなり
