Hâkimler 17
1 Efrayim'in dağlık bölgesinde Mika adında bir adam vardı.
In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.
2 Mika annesine, “Senden çalınan, lanetlediğini duyduğum bin yüz parça gümüş var ya, işte o gümüşler bende, onları ben çaldım” dedi. Annesi, “RAB seni kutsasın, oğlum!” dedi.
And he said to his mother, “The one thousand one hundred silver coins, which you had separated for yourself, and about which you had sworn in my hearing, behold, I have them, and they are with me.” And she answered him, “My son has been blessed by the Lord.”
3 Mika bin yüz parça gümüşü annesine geri verdi. Annesi, “Oğlumun bir oyma put, bir de dökme put yaptırabilmesi için gümüşün tamamını RAB'be adıyorum” dedi, “Gümüşü sana geri veriyorum.”
Therefore, he restored them to his mother. And she said to him: “I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord, so that my son would receive it from my hand, and would make a molten idol and a graven image. And now I deliver it to you.”
4 Gümüşü Mika'dan geri alan kadın, iki yüz parçasını ayırıp kuyumcuya verdi. Kuyumcu bundan bir oyma, bir de dökme put yaptı. Putlar Mika'nın evine götürüldü.
And when he restored these to his mother, she took two hundred of the silver coins, and she gave them to the silversmith, so that he might make from them a molten idol and a graven image. And it was in the house of Micah.
5 Mika'nın bir tapınma yeri vardı. Özel aile putları ve bir efod yaptırmış, oğullarından birini de kâhinliğe atamıştı.
And he also separated in it a little shrine for the god. And he made an ephod and theraphim, that is, a priestly garment and idols. And he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
6 O dönemde İsrail'de kral yoktu. Herkes kendince doğru olanı yapıyordu.
In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.
7 Yahuda'nın Beytlehem Kenti'nde, Yahudalı bir ailenin yanında geçici olarak yaşayan genç bir Levili vardı.
Also, there was another young man, from Bethlehem of Judah, one of his relatives. And he himself was a Levite, and he was living there.
8 Adam yerleşecek başka bir yer bulmak üzere Yahuda'nın Beytlehem Kenti'nden ayrıldı. Efrayim'in dağlık bölgesinden geçerken Mika'nın evine geldi.
Then, departing from the city of Bethlehem, he wished to sojourn wherever he would find it beneficial to himself. And when he had arrived at mount Ephraim, while making the journey, he also turned aside for a little while to the house of Micah.
9 Mika, “Nereden geliyorsun?” diye sorunca adam, “Yahuda'nın Beytlehem Kenti'nden geliyorum, Levili'yim, yerleşecek yer arıyorum” dedi.
And he was asked by him where he came from. And he responded: “I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah. And I am traveling so that I may live where I am able, if I perceive it to be useful to me.”
10 Mika, “Benimle kal” dedi, “Bana danışmanlık ve kâhinlik yap. Seni doyurur, yılda bir takım giysi, on parça da gümüş veririm.” Levili kabul etti.
And Micah said: “Stay with me. And you shall be to me like a parent and a priest. And I will give to you, each year, ten silver coins, and a double-layered garment, and whatever provisions are necessary.”
11 Mika ile kalmaya razı oldu. Mika da ona oğlu gibi davrandı.
He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like one of his sons.
12 Genç Levili'yi kâhinliğe atayarak evine aldı.
And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,
13 Mika, “Şimdi biliyorum ki, RAB bana iyi davranacak” dedi, “Çünkü bir Levili kâhinim var.”
saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”
