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

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

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!

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.`

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.

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.`

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.

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.

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.`

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

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].

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

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

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.

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,

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

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