Judges 17

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DIODATI
1 In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.	1 OR v’era un uomo della montagna di Efraim, il cui nome era Mica.
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.”	2 Ed esso disse a sua madre: I mille e cento sicli d’argento che ti erano stati tolti, per li quali tu scongiurasti con maledizioni, le quali eziandio tu proferisti in mia presenza; ecco, sono appresso di me; io li avea presi. E sua madre gli disse: Benedetto sia il mio figliuolo appo il Signore.
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.”	3 E, quando egli rendè i mille e cento sicli d’argento a sua madre, ella disse: Io avea del tutto consacrato questo argento al Signore, dispodestandomene per lo mio figliuolo, per farne una scultura, e una statua di getto; ora dunque io te lo renderò.
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.	4 Esso adunque rendè quell’argento a sua madre; ed ella ne prese dugento sicli, e li diede all’orafo; ed egli ne fece una scultura, e una statua di getto, che furono in casa di Mica.
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.	5 Quest’uomo Mica ebbe dunque un tempio, e fece un Efod, e degl’idoli; e consacrò uno de’ suoi figliuoli, il qual gli fu per sacerdote.
6 In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.	6 In quel tempo non v’era alcun re in Israele; ciascuno faceva ciò che gli parea bene
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.	7 Or un certo giovane di Bet-lehem di Giuda, che è della nazione di Giuda, il quale era Levita, ed era dimorato quivi,
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.	8 partitosi di quella città, cioè, di Bet-lehem di Giuda, per dimorare ovunque troverebbe luogo, e procedendo a suo cammino, giunse al monte di Efraim, alla casa di Mica.
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.”	9 E Mica gli disse: Onde vieni? E il Levita gli disse: Io son di Bet-lehem di Giuda, e vo a dimorare ovunque troverò luogo.
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.”	10 E Mica gli disse: Dimora meco, e siimi per padre, e per sacerdote; e io ti darò dieci sicli d’argento l’anno, e il tuo vestire ordinario, e il tuo nudrimento. E il Levita vi andò.
11 He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like one of his sons.	11 Così quel giovane Levita si convenne di dimorar con quell’uomo, il qual lo tenne come l’uno de’ suoi figliuoli.
12 And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,	12 E Mica consacrò quel Levita; e il giovane gli fu per sacerdote, e stette in casa di Mica.
13 saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”	13 E Mica disse: Ora conosco che il Signore mi farà del bene, poichè io ho un Levita per sacerdote