Juízes 17

Ngā Whakapakoko a Mika

1 Nā, i te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima tētahi tangata, ko Mika tōna ingoa. 2 Nā, ka mea ia ki tōna whaea, "Ko ngā hiriwa kotahi tekau mā tahi rau i tangohia rā i a koe, te mea i kanga rā koe, i kōrero ai hoki koe ki ōku taringa – nanā, kei ahau aua hiriwa; nāku i tango."

Nā, ka mea tōna whaea, "Mā Ihowā koe e manaaki, e tāku tama."

3 Nā, ka whakahokia e ia ngā hiriwa kotahi tekau mā tahi rau ki tōna whaea, ā, ka mea tōna whaea, "Ka whakatapua rawatia e ahau te hiriwa mā Ihowā, he mea nā tōku ringa mā tāku tama, hei hanga whakapakoko, he mea whaowhao, he mea whakarewa. Nā, me whakahoki atu e ahau ki a koe ināianei."

4 Nā, i tāna whakahokinga i te moni ki tōna whaea, ka tango tōna whaea i ngā pīhi hiriwa e rua rau, ā, hoatu ana ki te kaiwhakarewa, ā, nāna i hanga tētahi whakapakoko, whaowhao, me tētahi mea whakarewa. Nā, ka takoto aua mea ki te whare o Mika.

5 Nā, he whare atua tō taua tangata, tō Mika, i hangā anō he epora e ia, me ētahi terapimi, ā, i whakatohungatia hoki e ia tētahi o āna tama, ā, meinga ana hei tohunga māna. 6 I aua rā kāhore o Īharaira kīngi; ko tā rātou i mea ai ko ngā mea i tika ki te titiro a tēnei, a tēnei.

7 Nā, tērā tētahi taitama o Pēterehema Hūrā, o te hapū o Hūrā, he Rīwaiti, ā, i reira anō ia e noho ana. 8 Nā, ka haere atu taua tangata i te pā, i Pēterehema Hūrā, kia noho ki tāna wāhi e kite ai; ā, i a ia e haere ana, ka tae ia ki te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima, ki te whare o Mika.

9 Nā, ka mea a Mika ki a ia, "I haere mai koe i hea?"

Ā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "He Rīwaiti ahau nō Pēterehema Hūrā, ā, e haere ana ahau kia noho ki tāku wāhi e kite ai."

10 Nā, ka mea a Mika ki a ia, "E noho ki ahau, ā, hei matua koe mōku, hei tohunga hoki, ā, kia tekau ngā hiriwa e hoatu e ahau ki a koe i te tau, kia kotahi anō te whakaritenga kākahu, me te kai anō māu. Nā, ka tomo atu te Rīwaiti." 11 Ā, pai tonu te Rīwaiti kia noho ki taua tangata; ā, ka meinga taua taitamariki e ia kia rite ki tētahi o āna tama. 12 Nā, whakatohungatia ana e Mika taua Rīwaiti, ā, ka waiho taua taitama hei tohunga māna, ā, noho ana i roto i te whare o Mika. 13 Nā, ka mea a Mika, "Kātahi ahau ka mōhio ka atawhaitia ahau e Ihowā, ina hoki ka riro mai nei te Rīwaiti hei tohunga mōku."

1 And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 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 Jehovah. 3 And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 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 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he 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 that which was right in his own eyes.

7 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 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 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 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 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto 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 know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.