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

¹There 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!

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.”

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

⁷There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived 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.

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.

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

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.”

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.

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.

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

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

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

¹²Micah 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 Micah said, “Now know I that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite to my priest.”