Judges 17

1 And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah,

١ وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ اسْمُهُ مِيخَا مُقِيماً فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

2 and he saith to his mother, 'The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and [of which] thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver [is] with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, 'Blessed [is] my son of Jehovah.'

٢ قَالَ هَذَا لأُمِّهِ: «إِنَّ الأَلْفَ وَالْمِئَةَ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً) الَّتِي سُرِقَتْ مِنْكِ، وَالَّتِي سَمِعْتُكِ تَلْعَنِينَ سَارِقَهَا، هِيَ مَعِي، وَأَنَا الَّذِي أَخَذْتُهَا». فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «لِيُبَارِكْكَ الرَّبُّ يَا وَلَدِي».

3 And he giveth back the eleven hundred silverlings to his mother, and his mother saith, 'I had certainly sanctified the silver to Jehovah, from my hand, for my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to thee.'

٣ فَرَدَّ لَهَا الأَلْفَ وَالْمِئَةَ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «سَأَهَبُ هَذَا الْمَالَ بِاسْمِكَ لِلرَّبِّ، لِنَنْحَتَ تِمْثَالاً وَنَصُوغَ مِنْهَا صَنَماً، وَهَا أَنَا أَرُدُّ لَكَ الْمَالَ».

4 And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

٤ وَأَعْطَتْ أُمُّهُ مِئَتَيْ قِطْعَةِ فِضَّةٍ لِلصَّائِغِ فَنَحَتَ وَصَاغَ لَهَا تِمْثَالَيْنِ، نُصِبَا فِي بَيْتِ مِيخَا.

5 As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

٥ إِذْ كَانَ مِيخَا قَدْ خَصَّصَ مَوْضِعاً فِي بَيْتِهِ لِيَكُونَ مَعْبَداً لِلآلِهَةِ. ثُمَّ صَنَعَ أَفُوداً وَتَرَافِيمَ، وَكَرَّسَ وَاحِداً مِنْ بَنِيهِ كَاهِناً لَهُ.

6 in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.

٦ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لإِسْرَائِيلَ مَلِكٌ، فَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَتَصَرَّفُ عَلَى هَوَاهُ.

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.

٧ وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ شَابٌّ لاوِيٌّ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ مُقِيماً بَيْنَ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا.

8 And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

٨ هَذَا هَاجَرَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ لِيَتَغَرَّبَ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَأَتَى إِلَى جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَرَّ فِي طَرِيقِهِ بِبَيْتِ مِيخَا.

9 And Micah saith to him, 'Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, 'A Levite [am] I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

٩ فَسَأَلَهُ مِيخَا: «مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا لاوِيٌّ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَنَا ذَاهِبٌ لأَتَغَرَّبَ حَيْثُمَا اتَّفَقَ».

10 And Micah saith to him, 'Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth [in].

١٠ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِيخَا: «أَقِمْ عِنْدِي وَكُنْ لِي مُرْشِداً وَكَاهِناً، وَأَنَا أُعْطِيكَ عَشْرَةَ شَوَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جِرَاماً) فِي السَّنَةِ وَحُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ فَضْلاً عَنِ الْقُوتِ». فَوَافَقَ اللّاوِيُّ عَلَى عَرْضِهِ،

11 And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

١١ وَرَضِيَ بِالإِقَامَةِ مَعَهُ. وَصَارَ اللّاوِيُّ أَثِيراً لَدَيْهِ كَأَحَدِ أَبْنَائِهِ.

12 And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

١٢ فَكَرَّسَ مِيخَا اللّاوِيَّ، فَأَصْبَحَ لَهُ كَاهِناً وَأَقَامَ فِي بَيْتِهِ.

13 and Micah saith, 'Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'

١٣ فَقَالَ مِيخَا: «الآنَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ رَاضٍ عَنِّي، لأَنَّ اللّاوِيَّ صَارَ لِي كَاهِناً».