Lunakanawai 17
1 A IA ma ka mauna o Eperaima he kanaka, o Mika kona inoa.
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2 I aku la ia i kona makuwahine, O kela mau apana kala, hookahi tausani, me ka haneri keu, i laweia, mai ou mai nei, ka mea au i kuamuamu ai, a i olelo mai ai hoi ma ko'u pepeiao, eia no ia'u ua kala la. Na'u no i lawe. I mai la kona makuwahine, E pomaikai ana oe ia Iehova, e kuu keiki.
He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May the LORD bless my son!”
3 A hoihoi aku ia i ke tausani apana kala me ka haneri keu i kona makuwahine, alaila, olelo mai la kona makuwahine, Ua hoolaa loa aku au ia kala ia Iehova, mai ko'u lima aku, i mea na ka'u keiki, e hana aku ai i kii, a i kii hooheheeia; nolaila ea, e hoihoi aku au ia ia oe.
He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”
4 Aka, hoihoi hou ae la ia i ke kala i kona makuwahine. Lawe ae la kona makuwahine i elua haneri apana kala, a haawi aku la i ka mea hoohehee kala, nana no i hana i kii, a i kii hoi i hooheheeia. Aia no laua maloko o ka hale o Mika.
When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah.
5 He hale akua ko ua kanaka la o ko Mika, a hana iho la ia i epoda, a i terapima, a hoolaa ae la ia i kekahi o kana mau keikikane, a lilo ia i kahuna nona.
The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6 Ia manawa, aole alii ma ka Iseraela. Hana no kela kanaka keia kanaka i ka mea i pono ma kona mau maka.
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 He kanaka opiopio, mailoko mai o Betelehemaiuda, no ka ohana a Iuda, he mamo na Levi, a noho no ia malaila.
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
8 Hele aku la ua kanaka la, mai ke kulanakauhale o Betelehemaiuda aku, e noho ma kahi e loaa ai, a i kona hele ana, hiki ae la ia i ka mauna o Eperaima, i ka hale o Mika.
The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
9 I mai la o Mika ia ia, Mai hea mai oe i hele mai ai? I aku la ia, He Levi au, no Betelehemaiuda mai, a ke hele nei au e noho ma kahi e loaa'i.
Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
10 I mai la o Mika ia ia, E noho pu oe me au, i lilo oe i makua no'u, a i kahuna hoi, a e haawi aku au ia oe i umi apana kala ma ka makahiki, a i pa lole komo elua, a i ka ai no hoi; nolaila, komo aku la ua Levi nei iloko.
Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.
11 Lealea ia Levi e noho pu me ua kanaka la, a ua like ia kanaka opiopio ia ia, me kekahi o kana mau keikikane.
The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12 Hoolaa iho la o Mika i ka Levi, a lilo ua kanaka opiopio nei i kahuna nona, a noho iho la ma ka hale o Mika.
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Alaila, i ae la o Mika, Ua ike au, e hoopomaikai ana o Iehova ia'u, no ka mea, he Levi no ko'u kahuna.
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”
