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

¹And there was a man of the hill-country of 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 [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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

⁶In those days there was no king in Israel: 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 Beth-lehem-judah, 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, 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.

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 Beth-lehem-judah, 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 [pieces] 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 Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.