Hakim-hakim 17
1 Pada masa itu, ada seorang laki-laki bernama Mika. Dia tinggal di daerah perbukitan Efraim.
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.
2 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!”
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred [shekels] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst curse, and speak of also in my ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed [be thou] of the LORD, my son.
3 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.”
And when he had restored the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to thee.
4 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.
Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
5 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.
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6 (Pada waktu itu, bangsa Israel tidak punya raja. Setiap orang melakukan apa yang benar di mata mereka masing-masing.)
In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.
7 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.
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.
And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place]: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
9 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.”
And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I [am] a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
10 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.”
And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
11 Pemuda itu setuju untuk tinggal bersama Mika. Lama-kelamaan dia menjadi seperti anak Mika sendiri.
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12 Mika menahbiskan pemuda itu menjadi imamnya, dan pemuda itu tinggal di rumahnya.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Kata Mika, “Sekarang aku yakin TUHAN akan memberkatiku, karena aku punya imam dari suku Lewi.”
Then said Micah, Now I know that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for [my] priest.
