Giudici 17

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Fuit vir quidam de monte Ephraim nomine Michas,	1 There was at that time a man of mount Ephraim whose name was Michas,
2 qui dixit matri suae: “ Mille centum argenteos, qui ablati sunt a te et super quibus, me audiente, maledicens iuraveras, ecce ego habeo; ego abstuli ”. Cui illa respondit: “ Benedictus filius meus Domino! ”.	2 Who said to his mother: The eleven hundred pieces of silver, which thou hadst put aside for thyself, and concerning which thou didst swear in my hearing, behold I have, and they are with me. And she said to him: Blessed be my son by the Lord.
3 Reddidit ergo eos matri suae, quae dixit ei: “ Consecravi et vovi argentum hoc Domino: de manu mea suscipiat pro filio meo, ut faciat sculptile atque conflatile. Et nunc trado illud tibi ”.	3 So he restored them to his mother, who said to him: I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord, that my son may receive it at my hand, and make a graven and a molten god, so now I deliver it to thee.
4 Reddiditque eos matri suae, quae tulit ducentos argenteos et dedit eos argentario, ut faceret ex eis sculptile atque conflatile, quod fuit in domo Michae,	4 And he restored them to his mother: and she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith, to make of them a graven and a molten god, which was in the house of Michas.
5 qui aediculam Dei habens fecit ephod ac theraphim implevitque unius filiorum suorum manum, et factus est ei sacerdos.	5 And he separated also therein a little temple for the god, and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly garment, and idols: and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
6 In diebus illis non erat rex in Israel, sed unusquisque, quod sibi rectum videbatur, hoc faciebat.	6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.
7 Fuit quoque adulescens de Bethlehem Iudae ex cognatione Iudae; eratque ipse Levites et habitabat ibi ut advena.	7 There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.
8 Egressusque de civitate Bethlehem peregrinari voluit ubicumque sibi commodum repperisset. Cumque iter faciens venisset in monte Ephraim usque ad domum Michae,	8 Now he went out from the city of Bethlehem, and desired to sojourn wheresoever he should find it convenient for him. And when he was come to mount Ephraim, as he was on his journey, and had turned aside a little into the house of Michas,
9 interrogatus est ab eo unde venisset. Qui respondit: “ Levita sum de Bethlehem Iudae et vado, ut habitem, ubi potuero et utile mihi esse perspexero ”.	9 He was asked by him whence he came. And he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda, and I am going to dwell where I can, and where I shall find a place to my advantage.
10 Dixitque Michas: “ Mane apud me et esto mihi parens ac sacerdos; daboque tibi per annos singulos decem argenteos ac vestium apparatum et quae ad victum sunt necessaria ”.	10 And Michas said: Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee every year ten pieces of silver, and a double suit of apparel, and thy victuals.
11 Acquievit et mansit apud hominem fuitque illi quasi unus de filiis.	11 He was content, and abode with the man, and was unto him as one of his sons.
12 Implevitque Michas manum eius et habuit puerum sacerdotem apud se,	12 And Michas filled his hand, and had the young man with him, for his priest, saying:
13 “ nunc scio, dicens, quod benefaciet mihi Dominus habenti levitici generis sacerdotem ”.	13 Now I know God will do me good, since I have a priest of the race of the Levites.