Judges 17

1 Nígbà náà ni ọkùnrin kan tí orúkọ rẹ̀ ń jẹ́ Mika láti agbègbè òkè Efraimu

In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.

2 sọ fún ìyá rẹ̀ pé, “Ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀fà ṣékélì fàdákà èyí tí wọ́n jí mọ́ ọ lọ́wọ́, àti nípa èyí tí mo gbọ́ tí ìwọ ń ṣẹ́ èpè. Kíyèsi fàdákà náà wà ní ọ̀dọ̀ mi, èmi ni mo kó o.” Nígbà náà ni ìyá rẹ̀ dáhùn pé, “Kí Olúwa bùkún ọ ọmọ mi!”

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 Nígbà tí ó da ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀fà ṣékélì fàdákà náà padà fún ìyá rẹ̀, ìyá rẹ̀ dáhùn pé, “Èmi ti fi òtítọ́ inú ya sílífà náà sọ́tọ̀ sí Olúwa fún ọmọ mi láti fi dá ère dídá àti ère gbígbẹ́. Èmi yóò dá a padà fún ọ.”

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 Nítorí náà òun dá sílífà náà padà fún ìyá rẹ̀, ìyá rẹ̀ sì mú igba ṣékélì fàdákà, ó sì fún alágbẹ̀dẹ fàdákà ẹni tí ó fi wọ́n rọ ère fínfín àti ère dídà. Wọ́n sì kó wọn sí ilé Mika.

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 Ọkùnrin náà, Mika sì ní ojúbọ kan. Òun sì ra ẹ̀wù efodu kan, ó sì ṣe àwọn ère kan, ó sì fi ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ ọkùnrin ṣe àlùfáà rẹ̀.

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 Ní ọjọ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì àwọn ọmọ Israẹli kò ní ọba; olúkúlùkù ṣe bí ó ti rò pé ó tọ́ ní ojú ara rẹ́.

In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.

7 Ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin kan sì ti Bẹtilẹhẹmu ti Juda wá, tí í ṣe ìdílé Juda, ẹni tí í ṣe ẹ̀yà Lefi, òun sì ṣe àtìpó níbẹ̀,

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 ọkùnrin náà sì ti ìlú Bẹtilẹhẹmu ti Juda lọ, láti ṣe àtìpó ní ibikíbi tí ó bá rí. Ní ojú ọ̀nà àjò rẹ̀, ó dé ilẹ̀ Mika nínú àwọn ilẹ̀ òkè Efraimu.

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 bi í pé, “Níbo ni ó ti ń bọ̀?” Ó dáhùn pé, “Ọmọ Lefi ni mí láti Bẹtilẹhẹmu Juda, mo sì ń wá ibi tí èmi yóò máa gbé.”

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 sì sọ fún un wí pé, “Dúró lọ́dọ̀ mi kí ìwọ sì jẹ́ baba mi àti àlùfáà fún mi, èmi ó sì máa fún ọ ní ṣékélì mẹ́wàá fàdákà ní ọdọọdún, pẹ̀lú aṣọ àti oúnjẹ rẹ̀.”

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 Ọmọ Lefi náà sì gbà láti máa bá a gbé, ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin náà sì dàbí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀.

He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like one of his sons.

12 Nígbà náà ni Mika ya ará Lefi náà sí mímọ́, ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin náà sì di àlùfáà rẹ̀, ó sì ń gbé ilé rẹ̀.

And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,

13 Mika sì wí pé, “Báyìí, èmi mọ̀ pé Olúwa yóò ṣe mi ní oore nítorí pé mo ní ọmọ Lefi ní àlùfáà mi.”

saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”