1 وكان رجل من جبل افرايم اسمه ميخا. | 1 There was a man in the mountain region of Ephraim whose name was Micah. |
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. | 2 He said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver over which you pronounced a curse in my hearing when they were taken from you, are in my possession. It was I who took them; so now I will restore them to you." |
3 فرد الالف والمئة شاقل الفضة لامه فقالت امه تقديسا قدست الفضة للرب من يدي لابني لعمل تمثال منحوت وتمثال مسبوك. فالآن اردها لك. | 3 When he restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she took two hundred of them and gave them to the silversmith, who made of them a carved idol overlaid with silver. |
4 فرد الفضّة لامه فاخذت امه مئتي شاقل فضة واعطتها للصائغ فعملها تمثالا منحوتا وتمثالا مسبوكا وكانا في بيت ميخا. | 4 Then his mother said, "May the LORD bless my son! I have consecrated the silver to the LORD as my gift in favor of my son, by making a carved idol overlaid with silver." It remained in the house of Micah. |
5 وكان للرجل ميخا بيت للآلهة فعمل افودا وترافيم وملأ يد واحد من بنيه فصار له كاهنا. | 5 Thus the layman Micah had a sanctuary. He also made an ephod and household idols, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. |
6 وفي تلك الايام لم يكن ملك في اسرائيل. كان كل واحد يعمل ما يحسن في عينيه | 6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what he thought best. |
7 وكان غلام من بيت لحم يهوذا من عشيرة يهوذا وهو لاوي متغرب هناك. | 7 There was a young Levite who had resided within the tribe of Judah at Bethlehem of Judah. |
8 فذهب الرجل من المدينة من بيت لحم يهوذا لكي يتغرب حيثما اتفق. فأتى الى جبل افرايم الى بيت ميخا وهو آخذ في طريقه. | 8 From that city he set out to find another place of residence. On his journey he came to the house of Micah in the mountain region of Ephraim. |
9 فقال له ميخا من اين اتيت. فقال له انا لاوي من بيت لحم يهوذا وانا ذاهب لكي اتغرب حيثما اتّفق. | 9 Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" He answered him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and am on my way to find some other place of residence." |
10 فقال له ميخا اقم عندي وكن لي ابا وكاهنا وانا اعطيك عشرة شواقل فضة في السنة وحلّة ثياب وقوتك. فذهب معه اللاوي. | 10 "Stay with me," Micah said to him. "Be father and priest to me, and I will give you ten silver shekels a year, a set of garments, and your food." |
11 فرضي اللاوي بالاقامة مع الرجل وكان الغلام له كاحد بنيه. | 11 So the young Levite decided to stay with the man, to whom he became as one of his own sons. |
12 فملأ ميخا يد اللاوي وكان الغلام له كاهنا وكان في بيت ميخا. | 12 Micah consecrated the young Levite, who became his priest, remaining in his house. |
13 فقال ميخا الآن علمت ان الرب يحسن اليّ لانه صار لي اللاوي كاهنا | 13 Therefore Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, since the Levite has become my priest." |