Giudici 17

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Fuit vir quidam de monte Ephraim nomine Michas,	1 There was a man in the mountain region of Ephraim whose name was Micah.
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 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 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 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 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 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 qui aediculam Dei habens fecit ephod ac theraphim implevitque unius filiorum suorum manum, et factus est ei sacerdos.	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 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; everyone did what he thought best.
7 Fuit quoque adulescens de Bethlehem Iudae ex cognatione Iudae; eratque ipse Levites et habitabat ibi ut advena.	7 There was a young Levite who had resided within the tribe of Judah at Bethlehem of Judah.
8 Egressusque de civitate Bethlehem peregrinari voluit ubicumque sibi commodum repperisset. Cumque iter faciens venisset in monte Ephraim usque ad domum Michae,	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 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 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 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 "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 Acquievit et mansit apud hominem fuitque illi quasi unus de filiis.	11 So the young Levite decided to stay with the man, to whom he became as one of his own sons.
12 Implevitque Michas manum eius et habuit puerum sacerdotem apud se,	12 Micah consecrated the young Levite, who became his priest, remaining in his house.
13 “ nunc scio, dicens, quod benefaciet mihi Dominus habenti levitici generis sacerdotem ”.	13 Therefore Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, since the Levite has become my priest."