Judges 17
1 And he was a man from [the] hill country of Ephraim and name his [was] Micaiah.
Pada masa itu, ada seorang laki-laki bernama Mika. Dia tinggal di daerah perbukitan Efraim.
2 And he said to mother his one thousand and one hundred the silver which it was taken to you (and you *Q(K)*) you cursed and also you said in ears my here! the silver [is] with me I I took it and she said mother his [be] blessed son my by Yahweh.
Suatu hari Mika berkata kepada ibunya, “Aku mendengar ketika Ibu mengutuk orang yang mencuri seribu seratus keping uang perak dari Ibu. Sebenarnya uang itu ada padaku. Akulah yang mengambilnya.” Lalu kata ibunya, “Anakku, semoga TUHAN memberkatimu!”
3 And he brought back [the] one thousand and one hundred the silver to mother his and she said mother his certainly I consecrate the silver to Yahweh from hand my for son my to make a carved image and a molten image and therefore I will return it to you.
Ketika Mika mengembalikan uang perak sebanyak seribu seratus keping itu kepada ibunya, berkatalah ibunya, “Sekarang aku menguduskan perak ini bagi TUHAN. Kita akan menggunakan perak ini untuk membuat patung dewa yang dipahat dari kayu dan dilapisi dengan perak. Patung dewa itu akan menjadi pelindung keluarga anakku.”
4 And he brought back the silver to mother his and she took mother his two hundred silver and she gave it to the silversmith and he made it a carved image and a molten image and it was in [the] house of Micaiah.
Sesudah Mika mengembalikan uang itu kepada ibunya, ibunya mengambil dua ratus keping dan memberikannya kepada tukang perak untuk dibuat menjadi patung dewa. Sesudah selesai, patung itu ditaruh di rumah Mika.
5 And the man Micah [belonged] to him a house of God and he made an ephod and teraphim and he filled [the] hand of one from sons his and he became of him a priest.
Mika sudah mempunyai kuil penyembahan dewa di rumahnya. Mika juga sudah membuat sebuah efod dan beberapa patung berhala pelindung keluarga yang lain. Dia melantik salah satu anak laki-lakinya menjadi imam untuk kuilnya itu.
6 In the days those there not [was] a king in Israel everyone the right in view his he did.
(Pada waktu itu, bangsa Israel tidak punya raja. Setiap orang melakukan apa yang benar di mata mereka masing-masing.)
7 And he was a young man from Beth-lehem Judah from [the] tribe of Judah and he [was] a Levite and he [was] sojourning there.
Suatu hari seorang pemuda yang sedang merantau tiba di rumah Mika di perbukitan Efraim. Dia berasal dari suku Lewi, tetapi selama ini sudah tinggal di kota Betlehem di wilayah Yehuda.
8 And he went the man from the city from Beth-lehem Judah to sojourn in where he will find and he came [the] hill country of Ephraim to [the] house of Micah to make journey his.
9 And he said to him Micah from where? do you come and he said to him [am] a Levite I from Beth-lehem Judah and I [am] going to sojourn in where I will find.
Mika bertanya kepada pemuda itu, “Dari mana asalmu?” Jawabnya, “Saya orang Lewi. Selama ini saya tinggal di Betlehem, di Yehuda. Sekarang saya sedang mencari tempat menetap.”
10 And he said to him Micah remain! with me and become of me a father and a priest and I I will give to you ten silver to the days and an order of garments and sustenance your and he went the Levite.
Lalu kata Mika kepadanya, “Tinggallah dengan saya di sini menjadi penasihat dan imam saya. Saya akan memberimu sepuluh keping uang perak setiap tahun, sepasang pakaian, dan makanan sehari-hari.”
11 And he was willing the Levite to dwell with the man and he was the young man to him like one from sons his.
Pemuda itu setuju untuk tinggal bersama Mika. Lama-kelamaan dia menjadi seperti anak Mika sendiri.
12 And he filled Micah [the] hand of the Levite and he became of him the young man a priest and he was in [the] house of Micah.
Mika menahbiskan pemuda itu menjadi imamnya, dan pemuda itu tinggal di rumahnya.
13 And he said Micah now I know that he will do good Yahweh to me for he has become of me the Levite a priest.
Kata Mika, “Sekarang aku yakin TUHAN akan memberkatiku, karena aku punya imam dari suku Lewi.”
