Judges 17
1 A man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
A IA ma ka mauna o Eperaima he kanaka, o Mika kona inoa.
2 told his mother, “Those eleven hundred shekels of silver that were stolen from you and that I heard you curse—I've got the silver. I was the one who took it.” Then his mother said, “My son, the Lord bless you!”
I aku la ia i kona makuwahine, O kela mau apana kala, hookahi tausani, me ka haneri keu, i laweia, mai ou mai nei, ka mea au i kuamuamu ai, a i olelo mai ai hoi ma ko'u pepeiao, eia no ia'u ua kala la. Na'u no i lawe. I mai la kona makuwahine, E pomaikai ana oe ia Iehova, e kuu keiki.
3 He gave back to his mother the eleven hundred shekels of silver. His mother announced, “I'm completely dedicating this money to the Lord. I'm handing it over to my son to have an idol carved, an image made with molten silver. So now I return it to you.”
A hoihoi aku ia i ke tausani apana kala me ka haneri keu i kona makuwahine, alaila, olelo mai la kona makuwahine, Ua hoolaa loa aku au ia kala ia Iehova, mai ko'u lima aku, i mea na ka'u keiki, e hana aku ai i kii, a i kii hooheheeia; nolaila ea, e hoihoi aku au ia ia oe.
4 After he'd returned the silver to his mother she gave two hundred shekels to a silversmith who made it into a carved idol, an image made with molten silver. They were kept in Micah's house.
Aka, hoihoi hou ae la ia i ke kala i kona makuwahine. Lawe ae la kona makuwahine i elua haneri apana kala, a haawi aku la i ka mea hoohehee kala, nana no i hana i kii, a i kii hoi i hooheheeia. Aia no laua maloko o ka hale o Mika.
5 Micah had built a shrine for the idol. He also made an ephod and some household gods, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
He hale akua ko ua kanaka la o ko Mika, a hana iho la ia i epoda, a i terapima, a hoolaa ae la ia i kekahi o kana mau keikikane, a lilo ia i kahuna nona.
6 At that time Israel didn't have a king— everyone did what they themselves thought was the right thing to do.
Ia manawa, aole alii ma ka Iseraela. Hana no kela kanaka keia kanaka i ka mea i pono ma kona mau maka.
7 One young man, a Levite from the tribe of Judah had been living in Bethlehem in Judah,
He kanaka opiopio, mailoko mai o Betelehemaiuda, no ka ohana a Iuda, he mamo na Levi, a noho no ia malaila.
8 left Bethlehem to look for a different place to live. As he traveled through the hill country of Ephraim, he came to Micah's house.
Hele aku la ua kanaka la, mai ke kulanakauhale o Betelehemaiuda aku, e noho ma kahi e loaa ai, a i kona hele ana, hiki ae la ia i ka mauna o Eperaima, i ka hale o Mika.
9 “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “I'm looking for a place to live.”
I mai la o Mika ia ia, Mai hea mai oe i hele mai ai? I aku la ia, He Levi au, no Betelehemaiuda mai, a ke hele nei au e noho ma kahi e loaa'i.
10 “Come and stay here with me. You can be my ‘father’ and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of silver a year, plus your clothes and food.” So the Levite went inside
I mai la o Mika ia ia, E noho pu oe me au, i lilo oe i makua no'u, a i kahuna hoi, a e haawi aku au ia oe i umi apana kala ma ka makahiki, a i pa lole komo elua, a i ka ai no hoi; nolaila, komo aku la ua Levi nei iloko.
11 and agreed to stay with him. The young man became like a son to him.
Lealea ia Levi e noho pu me ua kanaka la, a ua like ia kanaka opiopio ia ia, me kekahi o kana mau keikikane.
12 Micah ordained the Levite as his own priest and he lived in Micah's house.
Hoolaa iho la o Mika i ka Levi, a lilo ua kanaka opiopio nei i kahuna nona, a noho iho la ma ka hale o Mika.
13 “I'm sure the Lord will bless me now, because I have a Levite as my priest,” Micah concluded.
Alaila, i ae la o Mika, Ua ike au, e hoopomaikai ana o Iehova ia'u, no ka mea, he Levi no ko'u kahuna.
