1 A nd there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name Micah,

Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

2 a nd he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, `Blessed my son of Jehovah.'

And 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!”

3 A nd he giveth back the eleven hundred silverlings to his mother, and his mother saith, `I had certainly sanctified the silver to Jehovah, from my hand, for my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to thee.'

So 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.”

4 A nd he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

Thus 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.

5 A s to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

6 i n those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

7 A nd there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he a Levite, and he a sojourner there.

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

8 A nd the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

The 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.

9 A nd Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, `A Levite I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

And 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.”

10 A nd Micah saith to him, `Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth.

Micah 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.

11 A nd the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

Then the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became like one of his sons to him.

12 A nd Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

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

13 a nd Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'

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