¹Zvino kwakanga kuno murume panyika yamakomo yaEfuremu, wainzi Mika.

¹And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

²Iye akati kuna mai vake, Mashekeri aya esirivha ane gumi ramazana nezana rimwe amakabirwa, mukatuka mubi wazvo, mukataurawo izvozvo ini ndichizvinzwa, tarirai sirivha iyeyo iri kwandiri; ndini ndakaitora. Ipapo mai vake vakati, Mwanakomana wangu ngaaropafadzwe naJehovha!

²And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

³Akadzosera mashekeri esirivha ane gumi ramazana nezana rimwe kuna mai vake; mai vake vakati, Zvirokwazvo, sirivha iyi ndinoitsaurira Jehovha, kuti mwanakomana wangu aite nayo mufananidzo wakavezwa nomufananidzo wakaumbwa; naizvozvo zvino ndichakudzosera iyo.

³And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

⁴Zvino wakati adzosera mari iyo kuna mai vake, mai vake vakatora mashekeri esirivha ana mazana maviri, akaapa muumbi, iye akaita nawo mufananidzo wakavezwa nomufananidzo wakaumbwa; zvikagara mumba maMika.

⁴Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

⁵Zvino murume uyu Mika wakange ane imba yavamwari, akaita efodhi neterafimi, akagadza mumwe wavanakomana vake kuti ave mupristi wake.

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

⁶Pamazuva iwayo kwakanga kusina mambo pakati pavaIsiraeri; munhu mumwe nomumwe waiita sezvaakafunga kuti ndizvo zvakanaka.

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

⁷Zvino kwakanga kune jaya raibva Bheterehemu-judha, weimba yaJudha, waiva muRevhi, wakange agerepo.

⁷And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

⁸Murume uyu akabva paguta, paBheterehemu-judha, kundozvitsvakira nzvimbo yokugara; pakufamba kwake akasvika panyika yamakomo yaEfuremu paimba yaMika.

⁸And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

⁹Mika akati kwaari, Wabvepiko? Iye akati kwaari, Ndiri muRevhi weBheterehemu-judha, ndinotsvaka kwandingagara.

⁹And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

¹⁰Mika akati kwaari, Gara neni, uve baba vangu nomupristi wangu, ndikupe mashekeri esirivha ane gumi pagore nenguvo dzokupfeka nezvokudya zvako. Ipapo muRevhi akapinda.

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

¹¹MuRevhi akatenda kugara nomunhu uyu; jaya rikava somumwe wavanakomana vake.

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

¹²Mika akagadza muRevhi, jaya iro rikava mupristi wake, akagara mumba maMika.

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

¹³Zvino Mika akati, Ndinoziva kuti Jehovha uchandiitira zvakanaka, zvandava nomupristi wangu ari muRevhi.

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