1 A nd there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ اسْمُهُ مِيخا.

2 A nd he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.

فَقالَ لِأُمِّهِ: «أتَذْكُرِينَ الألفَ وَالمِئَةَ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ الَّتِي سُرِقَتْ مِنْكِ، وَلَعَنْتِ سارِقَها؟ قَدْ سَمِعْتُكِ تَلعَنِينَ، وَها هِيَ الفِضَّةُ مَعِي، أنا أخَذَتُها. وَها أنا أرُدُّها إلَيكِ.» فَقالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «ابْنِي مُبارَكٌ مِنَ اللهِ!»

3 A nd when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

وَأعادَ الألفَ وَالمِئَةَ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ إلَى أُمِّهِ. فَقالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «ها أنا آخُذُ هَذِهِ الفِضَّةَ وَأُخَصِّصُها للهِ ، فَسأُعيدُها إلَى ابْنِي مِنْ أجلِ صُنْعِ تِمثالٍ مِنْ مَعدَنٍ مَسبُوكٍ.» فَرَدَّتِ الفِضَّةَ لِمِيخا.

4 Y et he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

لَكِنَّ مِيخا أعادَ الفِضَّةَ إلَى أُمِّهِ. فَأخَذَتْ مِئَتَي مِثْقالٍ مِنْها وَأعطَتْها لِصائِغِ الفِضَّةِ. فَسَبَكَ تِمثالاً وَغَشَّاهُ بِالفِضَّةِ. فَوَضَعْتْهُ أُمُّهُ فِي بَيْتِ مِيخا.

5 A nd the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

وَكانَ لِمِيخا هَيْكَلٌ لِلعِبادَةِ، وَصَنَعَ ثَوبَ كَهَنُوتٍ وَأوثاناً بَيْتِيَّةً. وَأعطَى مالاً لِأحَدِ أبنائِهِ، فَصارَ كاهِناً لَهُ.

6 I n those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، مَلِكٌ فِي إسْرائِيلَ، فَكانَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ يَفعَلُ حَسَبَ ما يَراهُ.

7 A nd there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

وَكانَ هُناكَ شابٌّ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ بَيتَ لَحْمَ مِنْ مِنْطَقَةِ يَهُوذا. وَهُوَ لاوِيٌّ مُتَغَرِّبٌ وَسَطَ عَشِيرَةِ يَهُوذا.

8 A nd the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

غادَرَ هَذا الشّابُ مَدِينَةَ بَيتَ لَحْمَ يَهُوذا، لِيَسْكُنَ حَيْثُ يَجِدُ لَهُ مَكاناً. فَذَهَبَ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ. وَفِي طَرِيقِهِ وَصَلَ إلَى بَيتِ مِيخا.

9 A nd Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

فَقالَ لَهُ مِيخا: «مِنْ أينَ أنْتَ؟» فَقالَ لَهُ: «أنا لاوِيٌّ مِنْ بَيْتَ لَحْمَ يَهُوذا، وَأنا مُرْتَحِلٌ لِكَي أسْتَقِرَّ حَيثُما أجِدُ مَكاناً.»

10 A nd Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

فَقالَ لَهُ مِيخا: «امْكُثْ عِندِي، وَكُنْ لِي أباً وَكاهِناً، وَسَأُعطِيكَ عَشْرَةَ مَثَاقِيلَ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ، عَدا مَلابِسِكَ وَطَعامِكَ.» فَمَكَثَ الَّلاوِي عِندَهُ.

11 A nd the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

وافَقَ الَّلاوِي عَلَى أنْ يَسْكُنَ عِنْدَ الرَّجُلِ، وَصارَ لِمِيخا كَأحَدِ أبْنائِهِ.

12 A nd Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

وَأعطَى مِيخا الَّلاوِيَ مالاً، فَصارَ الشّابُّ كاهِناً لَهُ، وَعاشَ فِي بَيتِ مِيخا.

13 T hen said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ مِيخا: «الآنَ تَأكَّدْتُ أنَّ اللهَ سَيَصْنَعُ مَعِي خَيْراً، فَقَدْ صارَ الَّلاوِيُّ كاهِناً لِي.»