Giudici 17

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Eravi in quel tempo un certo uomo del monte di Ephraim, per nome Micha:	1 In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.
2 II quale disse a sua madre: Le mille e cento monete d'argento che tu avevi messo a parte, e riguardo alle quali tu facesti presente me giuramento, ecco che le ho io, e sono in mie mani. Ed ella gli rispose: Benedetto sia dal Signore il mio figliuolo.	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 Egli adunque le rendè a sua madre, la quale gli avea detto: Io ho consacrato con voto questo argento al Signore, affinchè il mio figliuolo lo riceva dalle mie mani e ne faccia un simulacro scolpito, e uno di getto: ed io ora lo do a te.	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 Quando adunque egli lo ebbe renduto a sua madre, ella ne prese dugento pezze d'argento, e le diede a un orefice, affinchè ne formasse un simulacro scolpito, e uno di getto, che fu messo in casa di Micha.	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 Il quale nella stessa casa separò una casetta pel dio, e fece un Ephod, e de' Teraphim, cioè un vestimento sacerdotale, e degl'idoli, e consacrò un de' suoi figliuoli, il quale fu il suo sacerdote.	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 In quel tempo non eravi re in Israele, ma ognuno faceva quello che gli pareva.	6 In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.
7 Eravi anche un altro giovinetto di Bethlehem di Giuda, e della stirpe di Giuda, il quale era Levita, e ivi abitava.	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 E partitosi dalla città di Bethlehem ebbe voglia di cangiar domicilio dovunque gli tornasse più in acconcio. E arrivato in viaggiando al monte Ephraim, ed essendo uscito un po' fuori di strada per andare a casa di Micha,	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 Fu interrogato da lui donde venisse. Ed egli rispose: Io son Levita di Bethlehem di Giuda, e vado a metter casa dove potrò, e dove vedrò che mi torni conto.	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 E Micha disse: Rimanti in casa mia, e sii mio padre e sacerdote: e ti darò ogni anno dieci pezze d'argento, e due vestiti, e il bisognevole pel vitto.	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 Quegli ne rimase d'accordo, e restò presso di lui, il quale lo trattò come uno dei suoi figliuoli.	11 He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like one of his sons.
12 E Io consacrò, e tenne quel ragazzo in casa come sacerdote:	12 And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,
13 Dicendo: Adesso io conosco, che Dio mi farà del bene, avendo io un sacerdote della stirpe di Levi.	13 saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”