1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred silver-pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah!
3 And he restored the eleven hundred silver-pieces to his mother; and his mother said, I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will restore it to thee.
4 Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah.
5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8 And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find {a place}. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.
9 And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find {a place}.
10 And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee yearly ten silver-pieces, and a suit of garments, and thy victuals. And the Levite went in.
11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for 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。"