Atemmufo 17

1 Ɔbarima bi tenaa Efraim bepɔw asase so a na wɔfrɛ no Mika.

Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.

2 Da koro bi, ɔka kyerɛɛ ne na se, “Metee sɛ wodomee ɔkorɔmfo a owiaa wo nnwetɛbona kilogram du abien ne fa fii wo nkyɛn no. Nnwetɛbona no wɔ me nkyɛn. Me ara na mefae.” Ne na kae se, “Awurade nhyira wo, me ba.”

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 Ɔde nnwetɛbona kilogram du abien ne fa no maa ne na no, ne na no kae se, “Metew me nnwetɛbona yi ho ma Awurade. Mɛma wɔayɛ ohoni a wɔde dwetɛ agu. Mɛsan de ama wo.”

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 Enti ne na de nnwetɛbona ahannu kɔmaa dwetɛdwumfo na ɔde yɛɛ ohoni. Na wɔde sii Mika fi.

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 Mika yɛɛ nsɔre so na ɔyɛɛ asɔfotade ne ne fifo ahoni kaa ho. Ɛnna ɔhyɛɛ ne mmabarima no mu baako sɔfo.

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 Saa bere no na Israel nni ɔhene, nti na nnipa no yɛ nea wɔpɛ biara.

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.

7 Da bi, Lewini aberante bi a ofi Betlehem a ɛwɔ Yuda

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 beduu saa beae hɔ wɔ Efraim asase so a ɔrehwehwɛ baabi foforo atena. Ɛbae sɛ, ɔkɔsoɛɛ wɔ Mika fi.

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 bisaa no se, “Ɛhe na wufi?” Ɔno nso buae se, “Meyɛ Lewini a mifi Betlehem wɔ Yuda na merehwehwɛ baabi atena.”

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 Mika ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Wo ne me ntena ha, na wobɛyɛ agya ne ɔsɔfo ama me. Mɛma wo nnwetɛbona gram ɔha ne dunan afe biara; mɛma wo ntade ne aduan.”

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 Lewini no penee so na ɔbɛyɛɛ sɛ Mika mmabarima no mu baako.

And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.

12 Enti Mika hyɛɛ Lewini no sɔfo, na ɔtenaa Mika fi.

And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

13 Na Mika kae se, “Minim sɛ Awurade behyira me, efisɛ mewɔ Lewini a ɔresom sɛ me sɔfo.”

Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.