1 N ow there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ اسْمُهُ مِيخا.

2 A nd he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and on which you put a curse, even saying it in my ears—here is the silver with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “ May you be blessed by 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 S o when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, “I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son, to make a carved image and a molded image; now therefore, I will return it to you.”

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 T hus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded 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 T he man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he 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; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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

7 N ow there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.

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

8 T he man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of 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 to him, “Where do you come from?” So he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to find a place to stay.”

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

10 M icah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your sustenance.” 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 T hen the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became like one of his sons to him.

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

12 S o Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and lived in the house of Micah.

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

13 T hen Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!”

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