¹A bol istý muž s vrchu Efraimovho, ktorému bolo meno Mícha.

¹And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

²Ten povedal svojej matke: Tých tisíc a sto šeklov striebra, ktoré ti vzali, a pre ktoré si ty kliala a vravela tak, že som to i ja počul, hľa, striebro je u mňa; ja som ho vzal: Vtedy povedala jeho matka: Nech je požehnaný môj syn Hospodinovi!

²And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah.

³A tak navrátil tisíc a sto šeklov striebra svojej matke. A jeho matka povedala: Zasvätiť zasväcujem to striebro Hospodinovi zo svojej ruky za svojho syna, spraviť rytý a liaty obraz, a tak ho teraz vraciam tebe.

³And he restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

⁴A tedy vrátil striebro svojej matke. A jeho matka vzala dvesto šeklov striebra a dala ho zlatníkovi, ktorý z neho spravil rytý a liaty obraz, a bolo to v dome Míchovom.

⁴And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.

⁵A tedy muž Mícha mal dom bohov a spravil efod a domácich bohov a naplnil ruku jedného zo svojich synov, vysvätil ho, a bol mu kňazom.

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

⁶V tých dňoch nebolo kráľa v Izraelovi; každý robil to, čo bolo správne v jeho očiach.

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

⁷A bol nejaký mládenec z Betlehema Júdovho, z čeľade Júdovej; bol to Levita a pohostínil tam.

⁷And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

⁸A človek odišiel z toho mesta, z Betlehema Júdovho, aby pohostínil tam, kde by našiel príhodné miesto. A tak prišiel na vrch Efraimov až po dom Míchov idúc svojou cestou.

⁸And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

⁹A Mícha mu povedal: Odkiaľ ideš? A on mu odpovedal: Som Levita z Betlehema Júdovho a idem pohostíniť tam, kde najdem príhodné miesto.

⁹And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].

¹⁰Na to mu povedal Mícha: Bývaj u mňa a buď mi za otca a za kňaza, a ja ti dám desať šeklov striebra na rok ako i potrebný odev a tvoju stravu. A Levita išiel.

¹⁰And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

¹¹Tak svolil Levita bývať s mužom, a mládenec mu bol ako jeden z jeho synov.

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

¹²A Mícha naplnil ruku Levitu, a mládenec mu bol za kňaza a bol v dome Míchovom.

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

¹³A Mícha povedal: Teraz viem, že mi Hospodin učiní dobre, pretože mám tohoto Levitu za kňaza.

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