Iudicum 17

Bibbia Vulgata Clementina	New Jerusalem Bible
¹ Fuit eo tempore vir quidam de monte Ephraim nomine Michas,	¹ In the highlands of Ephraim there was a man cal ed Micayehu.
² qui dixit matri suæ : Mille et centum argenteos, quos separaveras tibi, et super quibus me audiente juraveras, ecce ego habeo, et apud me sunt. Cui illa respondit : Benedictus filius meus Domino.	² He said to his mother, 'The eleven hundred silver shekels which were taken from you and concerningwhich you uttered a curse, having said in my hearing . . . Look, I have got that silver. I was the one who took it.'His mother said, 'May Yahweh bless my boy!'
³ Reddidit ergo eos matri suæ, quæ dixerat ei : Consecravi et vovi hoc argentum Domino, ut de manu mea suscipiat filius meus, et faciat sculptile atque conflatile : et nunc trado illud tibi.	³ He gave the eleven hundred shekels back to his mother, who said, 'I have indeed vowed to give thissilver to Yahweh for my son, to have a statue carved and an idol cast in metal, but now I should like to give itback to you.' He, however, returned the money to his mother.
⁴ Reddidit igitur eos matri suæ : quæ tulit ducentos argenteos, et dedit eos argentario, ut faceret ex eis sculptile atque conflatile, quod fuit in domo Michæ.	⁴ His mother then took two hundred silver shekels and gave them to the metalworker. With them, hecarved a statue (and cast an idol in metal) which was put in Micayehu's house.
⁵ Qui ædiculam quoque in ea deo separavit, et fecit ephod, et theraphim, id est, vestem sacerdotalem, et idola : implevitque unius filiorum suorum manum, et factus est ei sacerdos.	⁵ This man Micah owned a shrine; he made an ephod and some domestic images, and instal ed one ofhis sons to be his priest.
⁶ In diebus illis non erat rex in Israël, sed unusquisque quod sibi rectum videbatur, hoc faciebat.	⁶ In those days there was no king in Israel, and everyone did as he saw fit.
⁷ Fuit quoque alter adolescens de Bethlehem Juda, ex cognatione ejus : eratque ipse Levites, et habitabat ibi.	⁷ There was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah, who was a Levite and residedthere as a stranger.
⁸ Egressusque de civitate Bethlehem, peregrinari voluit ubicumque sibi commodum reperisset. Cumque venisset in montem Ephraim, iter faciens, et declinasset parumper in domum Michæ,	⁸ This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle wherever he could find a home. On his travelshe came to the highlands of Ephraim and to Micah's house.
⁹ interrogatus est ab eo unde venisset. Qui respondit : Levita sum de Bethlehem Juda, et vado ut habitem ubi potuero, et utile mihi esse perspexero.	⁹ Micah asked him, 'Where do you come from?' The other replied, 'I am a Levite from Bethlehem inJudah. I am travel ing, and am going to settle wherever I can find a home.'
¹⁰ Dixitque Michas : Mane apud me, et esto mihi parens ac sacerdos : daboque tibi per annos singulos decem argenteos, ac vestem duplicem, et quæ ad victum sunt necessaria.	¹⁰ Micah said to him, 'Stay here with me; be my father and priest and I shal give you ten silver shekelsa year, and clothing and food.'
¹¹ Acquievit, et mansit apud hominem, fuitque illi quasi unus de filiis.	¹¹ The Levite agreed to remain in the man's house, and the young man became like one of his sons tohim.
¹² Implevitque Michas manum ejus, et habuit puerum sacerdotem apud se :	¹² Micah installed the Levite; the young man became Micah's priest and stayed in his house.
¹³ Nunc scio, dicens, quod benefaciet mihi Deus habenti Levitici generis sacerdotem.	¹³ And Micah said, 'Now I know that Yahweh will treat me wel , since I have this Levite as priest.'