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

¹Bil je neki mož z Efraimskega gorovja, po imenu Miha.

²And 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.

²Ta reče materi svoji: Tistih tisoč in sto srebrnikov, ki so ti bili ukradeni in si zaradi njih izrekla kletev in to si govorila na moja ušesa – glej, tisto srebro je pri meni, jaz sem si ga vzel. In mati njegova reče: Blagoslovljen bodi, sin moj, od GOSPODA!

³And 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.

³In povrnil je tistih tisoč in sto srebrnikov materi svoji. In mati njegova reče: Posvetila sem res to srebro GOSPODU iz roke svoje za sina svojega, da se naredi rezana in ulita podoba; in zdaj ti ga povrnem.

⁴Yet 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.

⁴In povrnil je srebro materi svoji. Mati njegova pa vzame dvesto srebrnikov in jih da zlatarju, ki naredi iz njih rezano in ulito podobo; in ta je bila v Mihovi hiši.

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

⁵In Miha je imel hišo božjo in je napravil naramnik in hišne bogove in posvetil enega sinov svojih, da mu je bil duhovnik.

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

⁶V tistih dneh ni bilo kralja v Izraelu: vsakdo je delal, kar se mu je zdelo prav.

⁷And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

⁷In bil je mladenič iz Betlehema Judovega, rodovinske lasti Judove, ki je bil levit in je prebival ondi.

⁸And 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.

⁸Ta mož odide iz mesta, iz Betlehema Judovega, da se nastani, kjer dobi priliko. In ko potuje, pride na gorovje Efraimsko k hiši Mihovi.

⁹And 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.

⁹In Miha ga vpraša: Odkod greš? Odgovori mu: Levit sem iz Betlehema Judovega in potujem, da se nastanim, kjer dobim priliko.

¹⁰And 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.

¹⁰In Miha mu reče: Ostani pri meni in mi bodi oče in duhovnik, in dam ti na leto deset srebrnikov in obleko in živež tvoj. Levit torej vstopi

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

¹¹in privoli ostati pri možu; in mladenič mu je bil kakor eden sinov njegovih.

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

¹²In Miha je posvetil levita, da mu bodi duhovnik; in bival je v hiši Mihovi.Miha pa je rekel: Sedaj vem, da mi bo GOSPOD dobro storil, ker mi je levit za duhovnika.

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

¹³Miha pa je rekel: Sedaj vem, da mi bo GOSPOD dobro storil, ker mi je levit za duhovnika.