Hakim-hakim 17
1 Adalah seorang laki-laki bernama Mikha. Ia tinggal di daerah pegunungan di wilayah Efraim.
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias.
2 Pada suatu hari berkatalah ia kepada ibunya, "Ibu, ketika ibu kehilangan seribu seratus uang perak, saya dengar ibu mengutuki pencurinya. Ini, Bu, uangnya! Sayalah yang mencurinya." Ibunya menjawab, "Semoga engkau diberkati TUHAN, nak!"
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which you took of yourself, and [about which] you cursed me, and spoke in my ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed [be] my son of the Lord.
3 Mikha mengembalikan uang itu kepada ibunya, lalu ibunya berkata, "Supaya engkau, anakku, terlepas dari kutukan yang telah saya ucapkan itu, saya mempersembahkan perak ini kepada TUHAN untuk dipakai membuat patung kayu yang dilapisi perak. Jadi uang itu saya kembalikan kepadamu."
And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten [image], and now I will restore it to you.
4 Maka setelah Mikha mengembalikan uang itu kepada ibunya, ibunya itu mengambil dua ratus keping dari uang itu, dan memberikannya kepada seorang tukang perak. Lalu ia menyuruh tukang itu membuat sebuah patung kayu yang dilapis dengan perak itu. Kemudian patung itu ditaruh di rumah Mikha.
But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.
5 Mikha sendiri sudah mempunyai sebuah tempat penyembahan. Ia membuat beberapa patung berhala dan sehelai efod lalu mengangkat salah seorang anaknya yang laki-laki menjadi imam.
And the house of Michaias [was] to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.
6 Pada waktu itu bangsa Israel tidak mempunyai raja; setiap orang melakukan apa yang dianggapnya benar.
And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 Pada masa itu juga ada seorang pemuda dari suku Lewi. Dahulu ia tinggal di Betlehem di wilayah Yehuda.
And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he [was] a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
8 Tapi kini ia telah meninggalkan kota itu dan sedang berjalan mencari tempat tinggal yang lain. Di dalam perjalanannya itu ia tiba di rumah Mikha di daerah pegunungan wilayah Efraim.
And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey.
9 Mikha bertanya kepadanya, "Saudara orang mana?" Orang itu menjawab, "Saya orang Lewi dari Betlehem di Yehuda. Saya sedang mencari tempat tinggal."
And Michaias said to him, Whence come you? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.
10 Mikha berkata, "Tinggallah saja dengan saya di sini, supaya kau menjadi penasihat dan imam kami. Nanti saya memberi kepadamu sepuluh uang perak setiap tahun, dan juga pakaian serta makanan."
And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and your living.
11 Pemuda Lewi itu setuju, lalu ia diangkat oleh Mikha menjadi imamnya. Ia tinggal di rumah Mikha serta diperlakukan seperti anak kandung Mikha sendiri.
And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.
13 Maka kata Mikha, "Nah, sekarang saya yakin TUHAN akan berbuat baik kepada saya sebab sudah ada seorang Lewi yang menjadi imam bagi saya."
And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
