Livro dos Juízes 17

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Havia na montanha de Efraim um homem chamado Micas.	1 There was at that time a man of mount Ephraim whose name was Michas,
2 Ele disse {um dia} à sua mãe: Os mil e cem siclos de prata que te roubaram e pelos quais lançaste uma maldição aos meus ouvidos, esse dinheiro está em meu poder; fui eu que os roubei. Sua mãe respondeu: Abençoado seja o meu filho pelo Senhor!	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 Devolveu, pois, os mil e cem siclos de prata à sua mãe, que lhe disse: Da minha mão eu os consagro ao Senhor a favor de meu filho, para que se faça deles um ídolo fundido. Toma: ei-los aqui.	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 Micas entregou o dinheiro à sua mãe e ela tomou duzentos siclos de prata que mandou entregar ao fundidor. Fez o ourives com essa prata um ídolo fundido, que foi colocado na casa de Micas.	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 E Micas teve, assim, uma capela; mandou fazer um efod e uns terafim e consagrou um de seus filhos para servir-lhe de sacerdote.	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 Naquele tempo não havia rei em Israel, e cada um fazia o que lhe parecia melhor.	6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.
7 Ora, aconteceu que um adolescente de Belém de Judá, da tribo de Judá {o qual era levita, e morava ali},	7 There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.
8 partiu da cidade de Belém de Judá para procurar uma morada. Seguindo o seu caminho, chegou à montanha de Efraim, à casa de Micas.	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 De onde vens?, perguntou-lhe este. De Belém de Judá, respondeu o levita, e viajo em busca de um lugar onde me fixar.	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 Micas disse-lhe: Fica comigo. Serás para mim um pai e um sacerdote; dar-te-ei dez siclos de prata por ano, vestes suficientes e alimento.	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 O jovem levita condescendeu em habitar na casa daquele homem, que o tratou como um de seus filhos.	11 He was content, and abode with the man, and was unto him as one of his sons.
12 Micas pô-lo em suas funções e o jovem serviu-lhe de sacerdote, residindo em sua própria casa.	12 And Michas filled his hand, and had the young man with him, for his priest, saying:
13 Agora, disse Micas, estou seguro de que o Senhor me abençoará, tendo eu esse levita por sacerdote.	13 Now I know God will do me good, since I have a priest of the race of the Levites.