1एफ्राइमच्या डोंगराळ प्रदेशात मीखा नामक एक माणूस राहात होता.
1There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2तो एकदा आपल्या आईला म्हणाला, “तुझ्याजवळचे अठ्ठावीस पौंड रुपे कोणी तरी चोरले होते. आठवते ना? तू त्याला शापही दिला होतास. खंर तर ते मीच घेतले होते. माझ्याकडे ते आहे.” त्याची आई त्याला म्हणाली, “मुला, परमेश्वर तुझे भले करो.”
2He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” His mother said, “Blessed be my son of Yahweh.”
3मीखाने ते सर्व रुपे आपल्या आईला परत केले ती म्हणाली, “हे मी आता परमेश्वरालाच अर्पण करते. मी ते तुझ्या हवाली करते. तू देवाची एक मूर्ती करुन ती या चांदीने मढव तेव्हा आता हे रुपे तूच घे.”
3He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”
4पण त्याने ते न घेता आईलाच परत केले. तेव्हा तिने त्यातील पाच पौंड रुपे सोनाराला दिले. सोनाराने एक मूर्ती घडवून ती चांदीने मढवली. मूर्तीची प्रतिष्ठापना मीखाच्या घरात करण्यात आली.
4When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.
5त्याच्याकडे देवघर होते. त्याने एफोद आणि आणखी काही मूर्ती केल्या. आपल्या एका मुलाला पुरोहित म्हणून नेमले.
5The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6(त्याकाळी इस्राएलांवर राजा नव्हता तेव्हा प्रत्येकजण आपल्याला योग्य वाटेल तसे करीत असे.)
6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7बेथलहेम येथे यहूदा कुळामध्ये एक तरुण लेवी होता.
7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
8इतरत्र स्थायिक होण्याच्या विचाराने त्याने बेथलहेम सोडले. असाच प्रवास करत करत तो मीखाच्या घरी येऊन पोहोंचला. एफ्राइमच्या डोंगराळ प्रदेशातील मीखाच्या घरी तो आल्यावर
8The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
9मीखाने त्याला विचारले, “बाबा रे, तू कोण? कोठून आलास?” या तरुणाने उत्तर दिले, “मी यहूदा बेथलहेम येथील लेवी आहे. मी कोठेतरी आसरा शोधतोय”
9Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
10मीखा त्याला, “मग इथेच राहा. माझे वडील आणि माझे पुरोहित म्हणून सेवा कर. वर्षाला मी तुला चार औस रुपे तसेच अन्नावस्त्रही देईन.” त्या लेवीने मीखाचे म्हणणे मानले.
10Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.
11मीखाबरोबर राहण्यास त्याने होकार देला. मीखाच्या पोटच्या मुलापैकीच तो एक होऊन गेला.
11The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12मीखाने त्याच्यावर पौरोहित्य सोपवले. तेव्हा तो त्याप्रमाणे मीखाच्या घरी राहू लागला.
12Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13मीखा म्हणाला, “लेवी कुळातील माणूसच माझ्याकडे पुरोहित म्हणून असल्यामुळे परमेश्वर माझे कल्य करील.”
13Then Micah said, “Now know I that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite to my priest.”