Jueces 17
1 Un hombre llamado Miqueas, de la región montañosa de Efraín
There was a man in the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Micah.
2 , le dijo a su madre: “Esos mil cien siclos de plata que te robaron y que te oí maldecir, yo tengo la plata. Yo fui quien la tomó”. Entonces su madre le dijo: “¡Hijo mío, que el Señor te bendiga!”
He said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you spoke a curse, and which I heard—look here! I have the silver with me. I stole it.” His mother said, “May Yahweh bless you, my son!”
3 Élle devolvió a su madre los mil cien siclos de plata. Su madre anunció: “Dedico este dinero por completo al Señor. Se lo voy a entregar a mi hijo para que haga tallar un ídolo, una imagen hecha con plata fundida. Así que ahora te lo devuelvo”.
He restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother and his mother said, “I set apart this silver to Yahweh, for my son to make carved and cast metal figures. So now, I restore it to you.”
4 Después de devolverle la plata a su madre, ella le dio doscientos siclos a un platero que los convirtió en un ídolo tallado, una imagen hecha con plata fundida. Los guardó en la casa de Miqueas.
When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a metal worker who made them into carved and cast metal figures, and they were placed in the house of Micah.
5 Miqueas hizo construir un santuario para el ídolo. También hizo un efod y algunos dioses domésticos, y ordenó a uno de sus hijos como sacerdote.
The man Micah had a house of idols and he made an ephod and household gods, and he hired one of his sons to become his priest.
6 En aquel tiempo Israel no tenía un rey: cada uno hacía lo que le parecía correcto.
In those days there was no king in Israel, and everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
7 Un joven, levita de la tribu de Judá, que vivía en Belén de Judá,
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah, who was a Levite. He stayed there to fulfill his duties.
8 se fue de Belén para buscar otro lugar donde vivir. Mientras viajaba por la región montañosa de Efraín, llegó a la casa de Miqueas.
The man left Bethlehem in Judah to go and find a place to live. As he journeyed, he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 “¿De dónde eres?” le preguntó Miqueas. “Soy un levita de Belén de Judá”, respondió el hombre. “Estoy buscando un lugar para vivir”.
Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” The man said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am traveling to find a place where I might live.”
10 “Ven y quédate aquí conmigo. Puedes ser mi ‘padre’ y sacerdote, y te daré diez siclos de plata al año, además de tu ropa y comida”. Así que el levita entró
Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your food.” So the Levite went into his house.
11 y aceptó quedarse con él. El joven se convirtió en un hijo para él.
The Levite was content to live with the man, and the young man became to Micah like one of his sons.
12 Miqueas ordenó al levita como su propio sacerdote y vivió en la casa de Miqueas.
Micah set apart the Levite for sacred duties, and the young man became his priest, and was in Micah's house.
13 “Estoy seguro de que el Señor me bendecirá ahora, porque tengo un levita como sacerdote”, concluyó Miqueas.
Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good for me, because this Levite has become my priest.”
