Judges 17
1 And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah,
Koro ne nitie ngʼat moro ma nyinge Mika mane oa e piny gode mar Efraim,
2 and he says to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which have been taken of yours, and [of which] you have sworn, and also spoken in my ears; behold, the silver [is] with me, I have taken it”; and his mother says, “Blessed [is] my son of YHWH.”
nowachone min mare niya, “Fedha ma pekne romo kilo apar gadek mane omayi kendo mane awinjo kikwongʼogo ngʼat mane okwale; an ema an kodgi.” Eka min mare nowachone niya, “Wuoda, mad Jehova Nyasaye gwedhi!”
3 And he gives back the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother says, “I had certainly sanctified the silver to YHWH, from my hand, for my son, to make a carved image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to you.”
Kane odwokone min mare fedha ma pekne romo kilo apar gadekgo, min-gi nowachone niya, “Achiwo fedha maga duto ne Jehova Nyasaye mondo mi wuoda olosgo kido mopa mar nyasaye, omiyo koro aduogonigo.”
4 And he gives back the money to his mother, and his mother takes two hundred pieces of silver, and gives them to a refiner, and he makes them a carved image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.
Omiyo nodwokone min mare fedha, kendo min-gi nokawo fedha ma pekne romo kilo ariyo gi nus mi ochiwogi ne jatheth, mane olosogi e kido mar nyasaye milamo. Kendo noketgi e od Mika.
5 As for the man Micah, he has a house of gods, and he makes an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrates the hand of one of his sons, and he is for a priest to him;
Koro ngʼatni ma nyinge ne Mika neni gikare mar lemo, kendo noloso law mayom mar dolo miluongo ni efod kod nyisechegi kendo noketo achiel kuom yawuote kaka jadolo.
6 in those days there is no king in Israel, each does that which is right in his own eyes.
E kindeno Israel ne onge ruoth; kendo ngʼato ka ngʼato ne timo kaka ohero.
7 And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner there.
Rawera ma ja-Lawi moa Bethlehem e piny Juda, mane osebedo kodak gi anywola jo-Juda,
8 And the man goes out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he finds, and comes to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, to work his way.
nowuok Bethlehem mondo omany kama onyalo dakie. Kane pod odhi nyime gi wuoth, nodhi e od Mika mantiere e piny gode mag Efraim.
9 And Micah says to him, “Where do you come from?” And he says to him, “I [am] a Levite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I find.”
Mika nopenje niya, “Ia kanye?” Nodwoke niya, “An ja-Lawi moa Bethlehem man Juda, kendo amanyo kama anyalo dakie.”
10 And Micah says to him, “Dwell with me, and be for a father and for a priest to me, and I give ten pieces of silver to you for the days, and a suit of garments, and your sustenance”; and the Levite goes [in].
Eka Mika nowachone niya, “Dag koda kendo ibed wuonwa kod jadolo, kendo abiro miyi fedha ma pekne romo robo mar kilo, gi lewni kod chiemo e higa.”
11 And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.
Omiyo ja-Lawino noyie dak kode, kendo wuowino ne chalone mana kaka achiel kuom yawuote.
12 And Micah consecrates the hand of the Levite, and the young man is for a priest to him, and he is in the house of Micah,
Eka Mika noketo ja-Lawino kendo wuowino nobedo jadolone kendo nodak e ode.
13 and Micah says, “Now I have known that YHWH does good to me, for the Levite has been for a priest to me.”
Kendo Mika nowacho niya, “Koro angʼeyo ni Jehova Nyasaye biro timona maber, nikech ja-Lawi osebedo jadolo mara.”
