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

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

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

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

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

1 以法莲山地有一个人， 名叫米迦。

2 他对自己的母亲说： "你那十二公斤银子被人拿去了， 关于这事你曾说了咒诅的话， 我也亲自听见了。看哪！ 那些银子在我这里， 是我拿去了。"他母亲说： "愿我儿蒙耶和华赐福。"

3 米迦就把那十二公斤银子归还给他母亲； 他母亲说： "我把这些银子从我手中分别为圣， 为我的儿子归给耶和华， 好做一个雕像， 一个铸像； 现在， 我要还给你。"

4 米迦把银子还给他母亲以后， 他母亲取出二千三百克银子交给银匠， 制造一个雕像和一个铸像， 都放在米迦的家里。

5 米迦这人有一间神庙， 又制造以弗得和家中的神像， 并且立了他的一个儿子作祭司。

6 在那些日子， 以色列中没有王， 各人都行自己看为对的事。

7 有一个犹大伯利恒的青年人， 是属犹大家族的； 他本是个利未人， 在那里寄居。

8 这人离开犹大的伯利恒城， 要找一个可以寄居的地方； 途中， 他到了以法莲山地， 米迦的家那里。

9 米迦问他： "你是从哪里来的？"他回答米迦： "我是个利未人， 是从犹大的伯利恒来的， 我来要找一个可以寄居的地方。"

10 米迦对他说： "你与我住在一起吧， 作我的师父和祭司； 我每年给你一百一十四克银子、一套衣服和食用。"利未人就进了米迦的家。

11 他同意与那人同住； 那人看待这青年人好像自己的一个儿子一样。

12 米迦立了这利未青年作他的祭司， 住在米迦的家里。

13 米迦说： "现在我知道耶和华必善待我， 因为有一个利未人作我的祭司。"