Livro dos Juízes 17

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Havia na montanha de Efraim um homem chamado Micas.	1 In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. Instead, each one did what 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 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 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 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 De onde vens?, perguntou-lhe este. De Belém de Judá, respondeu o levita, e viajo em busca de um lugar onde me fixar.	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 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 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 O jovem levita condescendeu em habitar na casa daquele homem, que o tratou como um de seus filhos.	11 He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like 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 Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,
13 Agora, disse Micas, estou seguro de que o Senhor me abençoará, tendo eu esse levita por sacerdote.	13 saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”