Jij 17

1 Alò, te gen yon nonm nan peyi ti kolin Ephraïm yo ki te rele Mica.

Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.

2 Li te di a manman l: “Onz-mil pyès ajan ke yo te retire nan men ou yo, sou sila yo ou te bay madichon ke mwen te tande a, veye byen, ajan an avè m; se mwen ki te pran l.” Epi manman l te di: “Beni ou ye, fis mwen, pa SENYÈ a.”

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.

3 Konsa, li te retounen onz-san pyès ajan an bay manman l, e manman l te di: “Mwen dedye ajan an soti nan men mwen nèt bay SENYÈ a, pou fis mwen an, pou fè yon imaj taye ak yon imaj ki fonn; alò, pou sa, mwen va retounen yo ba ou.”

And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have made the silver holy to the Lord from me for my son, to make a pictured image and a metal image.

4 Konsa, lè li te fin retounen ajan an bay manman l, manman l te pran de-san pyès ajan an, li te bay yo a yon bòs fonn ajan, ki te fè avèk yo, yon imaj taye. Yo te rete lakay Mica.

So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a metal-worker who made a pictured image and a metal image from them: and it was in the house of Micah.

5 Epi nonm nan, Mica, te gen yon lye sakre, li te fè yon efòd avèk zidòl lakay yo, e li te konsakre youn nan fis li yo pou ta kapab sèvi kòm prèt li.

And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons in the position of priest.

6 Nan jou sa yo, pa t gen wa an Israël. Chak moun te fè sa ki te bon nan pwòp zye pa l.

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.

7 Alò, te gen yon jennonm ki te soti Bethléhem nan Juda, nan fanmi Juda a, ki te yon Levit. Li te rete la.

Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.

8 Konsa, nonm sa a te pati nan vil la, soti nan Bethléhem nan Juda pou ale rete nenpòt kote ke li ta kab twouve. Epi pandan li t ap fè vwayaj la, li te rive nan peyi ti kolin Ephraïm yo, vè lakay Mica.

And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

9 Mica te mande li: “Se kibò ou sòti?” Li te reponn li: “Mwen se yon Levit ki soti Bethléhem nan Juda, epi mwen pral rete nenpòt kote ke m twouve.”

And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.

10 Alò, Mica te di li: “Vin rete avè m pou vin yon papa ak yon prèt anvè mwen. Mwen va ba ou dis mòso ajan pa ane, yon vètman ak pran swen ou.” Konsa, Levit la te antre.

Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.

11 Levit la te vin antann avèk nonm nan e jennonm nan te vin pou li tankou youn nan fis li yo.

And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.

12 Alò, Mica te konsakre Levit la; jennonm nan de vin prèt li e li te rete lakay Mica.

And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

13 Konsa, Mica te di: “Koulye a, mwen konnen ke SENYÈ a va fè m reyisi; paske mwen gen yon Levit kòm prèt.”

Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.