Mga Hukom 17
1 May isang lalaki sa burol sa bansang Efraim, na ang pangalan ay Mica.
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias.
2 Sinabi niya sa kaniyang ina “Ang 1, 100 mga pirasong pilak na kinuha mula sa iyo, narinig ko ang tungkol sa sinabi mong isang sumpa, —tumingin dito! Nasa akin ang pilak. Ninakaw ko ito.” Sinabi ng kaniyang ina, “Pagpalain ka nawa ni Yahweh, aking anak!”
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which you took of yourself, and [about which] you cursed me, and spoke in my ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed [be] my son of the Lord.
3 Binalik niya ang 1, 100 pirasong pilak sa kaniyang ina at sinabi ng kaniyang ina, “Ibinukod ko ang pilak na ito kay Yahweh, para sa aking anak na lalaki para gumawa ng isang inukit na anyo ng kahoy at isang hinulmang anyo ng metal. Kaya ngayon, ibinabalik ko ito sa iyo.”
And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten [image], and now I will restore it to you.
4 Nang ibinalik niya ang pera sa kaniyang ina, kumuha ng dalawang daang pirasong pilak ang kaniyang ina at ibinigay sa isang manggagawa ng metal na nag-uukit ng anyo ng kahoy at isang hinulmang anyo ng metal. Nakalagay ito sa bahay ni Mica.
But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.
5 Mayroong mga diyus-diyosan ang lalaking si Mica sa kaniyang bahay at gumawa siya ng isang epod at sambahayan ng diyus-diyosan, at inihandog niya ang isa sa kaniyang mga anak na lalaki para maging kaniyang pari.
And the house of Michaias [was] to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.
6 Nang panahong iyon walang hari sa Israel, at ginagawa ng bawat isa kung ano ang sa paningin nila ay tama.
And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 Ngayon may isang binata sa Bethlehem ng Juda, sa pamilya ng Juda, na isang Levita. Nanatili siya roon para tapusin ang kaniyang mga tungkulin.
And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he [was] a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
8 Iniwan ng binata ang Bethlehem sa Juda para pumunta at maghanap ng lugar para matirahan. Sa kaniyang paglalakbay, nagtungo siya sa bahay ni Mica sa burol na bansang Efraim.
And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey.
9 Sinabi ni Mica sa kaniya, “Saan ka nanggaling?” Sinabi ng binata sa kaniya, “Ako ay isang Levita ng Bethlehem sa Juda, at naglalakbay ako para makahanap ng lugar na maaari kong matirahan.”
And Michaias said to him, Whence come you? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.
10 Sinabi sa kaniya ni Mica, “Mamuhay kasama ko at maging isang tagapayo at pari para sa akin. Bibigyan kita ng sampung mga pirasong pilak sa bawat taon, isang magarang mga kasuotan, at iyong pagkain.” Kaya nagtungo ang Levita sa kaniyang tahanan.
And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and your living.
11 Nakuntento ang Levita na manirahan sa kaniya, at naging isa sa mga anak na lalaki ni Mica ang binata.
And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12 Inilaan ni Mica ang Levita para sa banal na mga tungkulin, at naging pari niya ang binata, at nanirahan siya sa bahay ni Mica.
And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.
13 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Mica, “Ngayon alam kong may gagawing maganda para sa akin si Yahweh, dahil naging mga pari ko ang Levitang ito.”
And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
