Juízes 17

Mica e os ídolos da sua casa

1 Havia um homem da região montanhosa de Efraim, cujo nome era Mica. 2 Ele disse a sua mãe: Os mil e cem siclos de prata que te foram tirados, por cuja causa praguejaste, e de que também falaste a mim, eis que está no meu poder; eu a tomei. Respondeu-lhe sua mãe: Bendito de Jeová seja meu filho! 3 Restituiu os mil e cem siclos de prata a sua mãe, que disse: Da minha mão solenemente dedico a prata a Jeová a favor de meu filho, *Êx 20.4,23;34.17para fazer uma imagem de escultura e de fundição; agora, ta darei de novo. 4 Quando ele restituiu a prata a sua mãe, tomou ela duzentos siclos de prata e deu-os ao ourives, o qual fez uma imagem de escultura e de fundição. A imagem ficou em casa de Mica, 5 que tinha uma capelinha de *Jz 18.24deuses; fez um *Jz 8.27;18.14éfode e *Gn 31.19terafins, e consagrou a um de seus filhos, *Nm 3.10o qual lhe serviu de sacerdote. 6 Naqueles dias, *Jz 18.1;19.1não havia rei em Israel; *Dt 12.8cada qual fazia o que bem lhe parecia.

O levita em casa de Mica

7 Havia um mancebo, vindo de *Jz 19.1;Rt 1.1-2;Mq 5.2;Mt 2.1Belém-Judá, da família de Judá, que era levita e habitava ali. 8 O homem partiu da cidade de Belém-Judá para ficar onde quer que achasse colocação. Seguindo o seu caminho, chegou à *Js 24.33região montanhosa de Efraim, à casa de Mica. 9 Perguntou-lhe Mica: Donde vens? Respondeu-lhe ele: Sou levita de Belém-Judá, e vou ficar onde quer que ache colocação. 10 Disse-lhe Mica: Fica comigo e serve-me de *Jz 18.19pai e de sacerdote; dar-te-ei cada ano dez siclos de prata, o vestuário e o sustento. Assim, o mancebo levita entrou, 11 e, concordando em ficar com o homem, foi-lhe como um de seus filhos. 12 Mica consagrou ao mancebo levita, *Nm 16.10;18.1-7que lhe serviu de sacerdote, e ficou em sua casa. 13 Então, disse Mica: Agora sei que Jeová me fará o bem, visto que tenho um levita por sacerdote.

1 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it."

His mother said, "May Yahweh bless my son!"

3 He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, "I most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you."

4 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah.

5 The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim,*17:5 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property. and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes. 7 There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there. 8 The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he traveled. 9 Micah said to him, "Where did you come from?"

He said to him, "I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live."

10 Micah said to him, "Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food." So the Levite went in. 11 The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons. 12 Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 13 Then Micah said, "Now I know that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest."