Mwet Nununku 17
1 Sie pacl ah oasr sie mwet pangpang Micah su muta fineol uh in acn Ephraim.
And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah,
2 El fahk nu sin nina kial, “Ke mwet se pisrala sie tausin siofok ipin silver yurum ac, nga sifacna lohng ke kom tuh fahk kas in selnga lain mwet sac. Liye, pa inge mani sac. Nga pa srukak.” Na nina kial ah fahk, “Wen nutik, LEUM GOD Elan akinsewowoye kom.”
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.'
3 Na ke Micah el akola in folokunla mani sac nu sin nina kial ah, na nina sac fahk, “Inge nga sifacna kisakin silver inge nu sin LEUM GOD, tuh kas in selnga nga tuh fahk ah in tia putati nu fin wen nutik. Silver inge fah nokomla sie ma sruloala orek ke sak.”
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.'
4 Na wen sac el folokonang ipin silver inge nu sin nina kial ah, ac nina sac eisla luofoko ipin silver ac sang nu sin sie mwet etu orekma ke silver, su taflela sie ma sruloala ke sie sak, ac sang silver in nokomla nufon, na utukla ma se inge nu in lohm sel Micah.
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.
5 Oasr nien alu se lal Micah sifacna. El tuh orala kutu ma sruloala, oayapa sie nuknuk lun mwet tol pangpang ephod, na el sulela sie sin mukul natul ah in mwet tol lal.
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;
6 In pacl se inge wangin tokosra lun mwet Israel. Kais sie mwet sifacna oru ma el nunku mu suwohs ye mutal sifacna.
in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.
7 In pacl sac pacna oasr sie mwet fusr ke sruf lal Levi su muta Bethlehem in acn Judah.
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.
8 El som liki acn Bethlehem in suk sie pac acn elan muta we, na el tuku ac sun lohm sel Micah su oan infulan eol uh in acn Ephraim.
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.
9 Micah el siyuk sel, “Kom tuku ya me?” Na el topuk ac fahk, “Nga sie mwet Levi ac nga tuku liki Bethlehem in acn Judah. Nga suk sie acn tuh ngan muta we.”
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.'
10 Na Micah el fahk nu sel, “Fahsru muta yuruk. Nga lungse kom in oana sie papa nu sik ac mwet tol luk, ac nga fah moli nu sum ke ipin silver singoul ke yac se, oayapa sot nuknuk lom ac kite kom.”
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].
11 Mwet fusr Levi sac el insese in muta yorol, ac Micah el oral oana in ma natul.
And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.
12 Micah el sang tuh elan orekma in mwet tol nu sel, ac el muta in lohm sel Micah.
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,
13 Ac Micah el fahk, “Inge nga etu lah LEUM GOD El ac akinsewowoyeyu mweyen mwet Levi se pa mwet tol luk uh.”
and Micah saith, 'Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'
