< Judges 17 >

1 And there was a man of the mountain of Ephraim, whose name was Michayhu.
Sie pacl ah oasr sie mwet pangpang Micah su muta fineol uh in acn Ephraim.
2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spokest of also in my ears, —behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son unto the Lord.
El fahk nu sin nina kial, “Ke mwet se pisrala sie tausin siofok ipin silver yurum ac, nga sifacna lohng ke kom tuh fahk kas in selnga lain mwet sac. Liye, pa inge mani sac. Nga pa srukak.” Na nina kial ah fahk, “Wen nutik, LEUM GOD Elan akinsewowoye kom.”
3 And he restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand, for my son, to make a graven and molten image; and now I will give it back unto thee.
Na ke Micah el akola in folokunla mani sac nu sin nina kial ah, na nina sac fahk, “Inge nga sifacna kisakin silver inge nu sin LEUM GOD, tuh kas in selnga nga tuh fahk ah in tia putati nu fin wen nutik. Silver inge fah nokomla sie ma sruloala orek ke sak.”
4 Yet he gave the money back unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the silversmith, who made thereof a graven and molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.
Na wen sac el folokonang ipin silver inge nu sin nina kial ah, ac nina sac eisla luofoko ipin silver ac sang nu sin sie mwet etu orekma ke silver, su taflela sie ma sruloala ke sie sak, ac sang silver in nokomla nufon, na utukla ma se inge nu in lohm sel Micah.
5 And the man Micah had a house of god, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Oasr nien alu se lal Micah sifacna. El tuh orala kutu ma sruloala, oayapa sie nuknuk lun mwet tol pangpang ephod, na el sulela sie sin mukul natul ah in mwet tol lal.
6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right in his own eyes.
In pacl se inge wangin tokosra lun mwet Israel. Kais sie mwet sifacna oru ma el nunku mu suwohs ye mutal sifacna.
7 And there was a young man out of Beth-lechem-judah of the family of Judah, but he was a Levite, and sojourned there.
In pacl sac pacna oasr sie mwet fusr ke sruf lal Levi su muta Bethlehem in acn Judah.
8 And the man departed from the city, from Beth-lechem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place]; and he came to the mountain of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he was pursuing his journey.
El som liki acn Bethlehem in suk sie pac acn elan muta we, na el tuku ac sun lohm sel Micah su oan infulan eol uh in acn Ephraim.
9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite from Beth-lechem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
Micah el siyuk sel, “Kom tuku ya me?” Na el topuk ac fahk, “Nga sie mwet Levi ac nga tuku liki Bethlehem in acn Judah. Nga suk sie acn tuh ngan muta we.”
10 And Micah said unto him, Remain with me, and become unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver for the year, and suitable apparel, and thy victuals. And the Levite went in.
Na Micah el fahk nu sel, “Fahsru muta yuruk. Nga lungse kom in oana sie papa nu sik ac mwet tol luk, ac nga fah moli nu sum ke ipin silver singoul ke yac se, oayapa sot nuknuk lom ac kite kom.”
11 And the Levite consented to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
Mwet fusr Levi sac el insese in muta yorol, ac Micah el oral oana in ma natul.
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and remained in the house of Micah.
Micah el sang tuh elan orekma in mwet tol nu sel, ac el muta in lohm sel Micah.
13 Then said Micah, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have obtained a Levite for priest.
Ac Micah el fahk, “Inge nga etu lah LEUM GOD El ac akinsewowoyeyu mweyen mwet Levi se pa mwet tol luk uh.”

< Judges 17 >