¹[Ny nanaovan'i Mika sarin-javatra hivavahana] Nisy lehilahy tany amin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima, Mika no anarany.

¹And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah,

²Ary hoy izy tamin'ny reniny: Ilay sekely volafotsy zato amby arivo nalaina taminao, izay nasianao ozona sady nolazainao teo anatrehako, indro, ato amiko ny vola; izaho no naka azy. Dia hoy ny reniny: Hotahin'i Jehovah anie ny zanako.

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

³Ary rehefa naveriny tamin'ny reniny ny sekely volafotsy zato amby arivo, dia hoy reniny: Atokako ho an'i Jehovah mihitsy ity vola avy amin'ny tanako ity ka hatolotro ho anao, ry zanako, hanaovana sarin-javatra voasokitra sy sarin-javatra an-idina, ary ankehitriny dia averiko ho aminao izy.[Na: Efa natokako]

³And 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.`

⁴Ary rehefa naveriny tamin-dreniny ny volafotsy, dia naka volafotsy roan-jato ny reniny, ka nomeny ny mpanao an-idina hataony sarin-javatra voasokitra sy sarin-javatra an-idina; dia natao tao an-tranon'i Mika izany.

⁴And 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.

⁵Ary nanana tranon'andriamanitra Mika sady efa nanao efoda sy terafima; ary ny zanany anankiray no natokany ka tonga mpisorony.[Heb. nofenoiny ny tànany]

⁵As 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;

⁶Tamin'izany andro izany tsy nisy mpanjaka tamin'ny Isiraely: fa samy nanao izay nataony ho marina avy ny olona rehetra.

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

⁷Ary nisy zatovo avy any Betlehema-joda, tamin'ny fokon'i Joda, ary Levita izy sady nivahiny tao.

⁷And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner there.

⁸Ary ralehilahy niala tao an-tanàna Betlehema-joda hivahiny any amin'izay azony hitoerana; ary nony nandeha izy, dia tonga tany amin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima tao an-tranon'i Mika.

⁸And 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.

⁹Ary hoy Mika taminy: Avy aiza moa ianao? Dia hoy kosa izy taminy: Levita avy any Betlehema-joda aho ka mandeha hivahiny eny amin'izay azoko hitoerana.

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

¹⁰Dia hoy Mika taminy: Mitoera atỳ amiko ianao, ary aoka ho raiko sy ho mpisoroko, dia homeko sekely folo volafotsy isan-taona sy fitafiana ary hanina. Dia niditra ilay Levita.

¹⁰And 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 [in].

¹¹Ary nanaiky hitoetra tao amin-dralehilahy ilay Levita, ka dia tonga tahaka ny zanany izy.

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

¹²Dia natokan'i Mika ilay Levita, ka dia tonga mpisorony izy ary nitoetra tao an-tranon'i Mika.Dia hoy Mika: Fantatro izao fa hanisy soa ahy Jehovah, satria manana ity Levita ity ho mpisoroko aho.

¹²And 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,

¹³Dia hoy Mika: Fantatro izao fa hanisy soa ahy Jehovah, satria manana ity Levita ity ho mpisoroko aho.

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