1 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim2 said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels "of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse —I have that silver with me; I took it." Then his mother said, "The LORD bless you, my son!"3 When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, "I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you."4 So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels "of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah's house.5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest.6 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.7 A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way "he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.9 Micah asked him, "Where are you from?" "I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah," he said, "and I'm looking for a place to stay."10 Then Micah said to him, "Live with me and be my father and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels "of silver a year, your clothes and your food."11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.12 Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.13 And Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest."

1 وكان رجل من جبل افرايم اسمه ميخا.2 فقال لامه ان الالف والمئة شاقل الفضة التي أخذت منك وانت لعنت وقلت ايضا في اذنيّ. هوذا الفضة معي انا اخذتها. فقالت امه مبارك انت من الرب يا ابني.3 فرد الالف والمئة شاقل الفضة لامه فقالت امه تقديسا قدست الفضة للرب من يدي لابني لعمل تمثال منحوت وتمثال مسبوك. فالآن اردها لك.4 فرد الفضّة لامه فاخذت امه مئتي شاقل فضة واعطتها للصائغ فعملها تمثالا منحوتا وتمثالا مسبوكا وكانا في بيت ميخا.5 وكان للرجل ميخا بيت للآلهة فعمل افودا وترافيم وملأ يد واحد من بنيه فصار له كاهنا.6 وفي تلك الايام لم يكن ملك في اسرائيل. كان كل واحد يعمل ما يحسن في عينيه7 وكان غلام من بيت لحم يهوذا من عشيرة يهوذا وهو لاوي متغرب هناك.8 فذهب الرجل من المدينة من بيت لحم يهوذا لكي يتغرب حيثما اتفق. فأتى الى جبل افرايم الى بيت ميخا وهو آخذ في طريقه.9 فقال له ميخا من اين اتيت. فقال له انا لاوي من بيت لحم يهوذا وانا ذاهب لكي اتغرب حيثما اتّفق.10 فقال له ميخا اقم عندي وكن لي ابا وكاهنا وانا اعطيك عشرة شواقل فضة في السنة وحلّة ثياب وقوتك. فذهب معه اللاوي.11 فرضي اللاوي بالاقامة مع الرجل وكان الغلام له كاحد بنيه.12 فملأ ميخا يد اللاوي وكان الغلام له كاهنا وكان في بيت ميخا.13 فقال ميخا الآن علمت ان الرب يحسن اليّ لانه صار لي اللاوي كاهنا