Jueces 17
1 Un hombre llamado Miqueas, de la región montañosa de Efraín
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose 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 eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May the LORD bless 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 eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will 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 silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was 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 gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became 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. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 Un joven, levita de la tribu de Judá, que vivía en Belén de Judá,
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
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 departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he travelled.
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 did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to 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, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.
11 y aceptó quedarse con él. El joven se convirtió en un hijo para él.
The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12 Miqueas ordenó al levita como su propio sacerdote y vivió en la casa de Miqueas.
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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 the LORD will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”
