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| [1]And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah, |
[1]There was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Michah, |
| [2]and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and [of which] thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver [is] with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, `Blessed [is] my son of Jehovah.' |
[2]And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, for the which thou cursest, and spakest it, even in mine hearing, behold, the silver is with me, I took it. Then his mother said, Blessed be my son of the Lord. |
| [3]And he giveth back the eleven hundred silverlings to his mother, and his mother saith, `I had certainly sanctified the silver to Jehovah, from my hand, for my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to thee.' |
[3]And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had dedicate the silver to the Lord of mine hand for my son, to make a graven and molten image. Now therefore I will give it thee again. |
| [4]And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah. |
[4]And when he had restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, which made thereof a graven and molten image, and it was in the house of Michah. |
| [5]As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest; |
[5]And this man Michah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who was his priest. |
| [6]in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth. |
[6]In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that, which was good in his own eyes. |
| [7]And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner there. |
[7]There was also a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah: who was a Levite, and sojourned there. |
| [8]And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way. |
[8]And the man departed out of the city, even out of Beth-lehem Judah, to dwell where he could find a place: and as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Michah |
| [9]And Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, `A Levite [am] I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.' |
[9]And Michah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And the Levite answered him, I come from Beth-lehem Judah, and go to dwell where I may find a place. |
| [10]And Micah saith to him, `Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth [in]. |
[10]Then Michah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by year, and a suit of apparel, and thy meat and drink. So the Levite went in. |
| [11]And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons. |
[11]And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man was unto him as one of his own sons. |
| [12]And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah, |
[12]And Michah consecrated the Levite, and the young man was his priest, and was in the house of Michah. |
| [13]and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.' |
[13]Then said Michah, Now I know that the Lord will be good unto me, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. |