Livre des Juges 17

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Il y avait un homme de la montagne d'Ephraïm appelé Mikayehu.	1 In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.
2 Il dit à sa mère: "Les 1.100 sicles d'argent qu'on t'avait pris, et au sujet desquels tu avais prononcéune malédiction -- et même tu m'avais dit... eh bien, cet argent, le voici, c'est moi qui l'avais pris." Sa mère dit:"Que mon fils soit béni de Yahvé!"	2 And he said to his mother, “The one thousand one hundred silver coins, which you had separated for yourself, and about which you had sworn in my hearing, behold, I have them, and they are with me.” And she answered him, “My son has been blessed by the Lord.”
3 Il rendit les 1.100 sicles à sa mère, qui dit: "J'avais bien voué cet argent à Yahvé, de ma propre main,pour mon fils, pour faire une image taillée et une idole de métal fondu, mais maintenant je veux te le rendre."Mais il rendit l'argent à sa mère.	3 Therefore, he restored them to his mother. And she said to him: “I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord, so that my son would receive it from my hand, and would make a molten idol and a graven image. And now I deliver it to you.”
4 Alors sa mère prit 200 sicles d'argent et les remit au fondeur. Celui-ci en fit une image taillée (et uneidole de métal fondu) qui fut placée dans la maison de Mikayehu.	4 And when he restored these to his mother, she took two hundred of the silver coins, and she gave them to the silversmith, so that he might make from them a molten idol and a graven image. And it was in the house of Micah.
5 Cet homme, Mika, avait une maison de Dieu; il fit un éphod et des téraphim, et il donna l'investitureà l'un de ses fils qui devint son prêtre.	5 And he also separated in it a little shrine for the god. And he made an ephod and theraphim, that is, a priestly garment and idols. And he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
6 En ce temps-là il n'y avait pas de roi en Israël et chacun faisait ce qui lui plaisait.	6 In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.
7 Il y avait un jeune homme de Bethléem en Juda, du clan de Juda, qui était lévite et résidait là commeétranger.	7 Also, there was another young man, from Bethlehem of Judah, one of his relatives. And he himself was a Levite, and he was living there.
8 Cet homme quitta la ville de Bethléem en Juda, pour aller s'établir là où il pourrait. Au cours de sonvoyage, il arriva dans la montagne d'Ephraïm à la maison de Mika.	8 Then, departing from the city of Bethlehem, he wished to sojourn wherever he would find it beneficial to himself. And when he had arrived at mount Ephraim, while making the journey, he also turned aside for a little while to the house of Micah.
9 Mika lui demanda: "D'où viens-tu" -- "Je suis lévite de Bethléem en Juda, lui répondit l'autre. Jevoyage afin de m'établir là où je pourrai" --	9 And he was asked by him where he came from. And he responded: “I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah. And I am traveling so that I may live where I am able, if I perceive it to be useful to me.”
10 "Fixe-toi chez moi, lui dit Mika, sois pour moi un père et un prêtre et je te donnerai dix siclesd'argent par an, l'habillement et la nourriture."	10 And Micah said: “Stay with me. And you shall be to me like a parent and a priest. And I will give to you, each year, ten silver coins, and a double-layered garment, and whatever provisions are necessary.”
11 Le lévite consentit à se fixer chez cet homme et le jeune homme fut pour lui comme l'un de ses fils.	11 He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like one of his sons.
12 Mika donna l'investiture au lévite; le jeune homme devint son prêtre et il demeura dans la maisonde Mika.	12 And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,
13 "Et maintenant, dit Mika, je sais que Yahvé me fera du bien, puisque j'ai ce lévite pour prêtre."	13 saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”