Atemmufo 17
1 Ɔbarima bi tenaa Efraim bepɔw asase so a na wɔfrɛ no Mika.
And there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was 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 unto his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of the LORD.
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 restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
4 Enti ne na de nnwetɛbona ahannu kɔmaa dwetɛdwumfo na ɔde yɛɛ ohoni. Na wɔde sii Mika fi.
And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: 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 an house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his 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 that which was right in his own eyes.
7 Da bi, Lewini aberante bi a ofi Betlehem a ɛwɔ Yuda
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8 beduu saa beae hɔ wɔ Efraim asase so a ɔrehwehwɛ baabi foforo atena. Ɛbae sɛ, ɔkɔsoɛɛ wɔ Mika fi.
And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place]: and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
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 unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a 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.”
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
11 Lewini no penee so na ɔbɛyɛɛ sɛ Mika mmabarima no mu baako.
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
12 Enti Mika hyɛɛ Lewini no sɔfo, na ɔtenaa Mika fi.
And Micah consecrated 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 said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
