1 و َكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ اسْمُهُ مِيخا.

And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

2 ف َقالَ 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!»

And 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.

3 و َأعادَ 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.

And 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.

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

Yet 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.

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

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

6 و َلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، مَلِكٌ فِي إسْرائِيلَ، فَكانَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ يَفعَلُ حَسَبَ ما يَراهُ.

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

7 و َكانَ هُناكَ شابٌّ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ بَيتَ لَحْمَ مِنْ مِنْطَقَةِ يَهُوذا. وَهُوَ لاوِيٌّ مُتَغَرِّبٌ وَسَطَ عَشِيرَةِ يَهُوذا.

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

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

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

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

And 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.

11 و افَقَ الَّلاوِي عَلَى أنْ يَسْكُنَ عِنْدَ الرَّجُلِ، وَصارَ لِمِيخا كَأحَدِ أبْنائِهِ.

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

12 و َأعطَى مِيخا الَّلاوِيَ مالاً، فَصارَ الشّابُّ كاهِناً لَهُ، وَعاشَ فِي بَيتِ مِيخا.

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

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

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