Vatongi 17
1 Zvino mumwe murume ainzi Mika aibva kunyika yezvikomo yaEfuremu
Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.
2 akati kuna mai vake, “Mashekeri aya esirivha chiuru nezana rimwe chete akatorwa kubva kwamuri andakanzwa muchituka munhu wacho akatora, sirivha yacho ndini ndinayo; ndini ndakaitora.” Ipapo mai vake vakati, “Jehovha ngaakuropafadze, mwanakomana wangu!”
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 Akati adzorera mashekeri esirivha chiuru nezana rimwe chete, kuna mai vake, ivo vakati, “Ndinotsaurira Jehovha sirivha yangu nomwoyo wose kuti mwanakomana wangu aite chifananidzo chakavezwa nomufananidzo wakaumbwa wesimbi. Ndichazoidzosera kwauri.”
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 Saka akadzosera sirivha kuna mai vake, uye mai vake vakatora mazana maviri amashekeri esirivha vakaapa kumupfuri wesirivha, akaita nawo mufananidzo wakavezwa nomufananidzo wakaumbwa. Uye zvakaiswa mumba maMika.
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 Zvino murume uyu Mika, akanga ane imba yavamwari, uye akaita efodhi nezvimwe zvifananidzo uye akagadza mumwe wavanakomana vake kuti ave muprista wake.
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 Mumazuva iwayo Israeri yakanga isina mambo; mumwe nomumwe akaita zvaaiona zvakamunakira.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
7 Zvino kwakanga kune jaya muRevhi aibva kuBheterehema muJudha, aigara mukati morudzi rwaJudha,
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 akabva muguta iroro achindotsvaka imwe nzvimbo yokugara. Ari munzira yake akasvika napaimba yaMika munyika yezvikomo yeEfuremu.
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 Mika akamubvunza akati, “Unobvepiko?” Iye akati, “Ndiri muRevhi anobva kuBheterehema muJudha, uye ndiri kutsvaka nzvimbo yokugara.”
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 Ipapo Mika akati kwaari, “Gara hako neni ugova baba vangu nomuprista wangu, uye ndichakupa mashekeri esirivha gumi pagore, nguo dzako dzokupfeka uye nezvokudya zvako.”
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 Saka muRevhi akabvuma kugara naye, uye jaya iri rakanga rakaita somumwe wavanakomana vake.
And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.
12 Ipapo Mika akagadza muRevhi, jaya rikava muprista wake akagara mumba make.
And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Uye Mika akati, “Zvino ndinoziva kuti Jehovha achandiitira zvakanaka, sezvo muRevhi uyu ava muprista wangu.”
Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.
