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 to his mother, The eleven hundred silver-pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of 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 silver-pieces to his mother; and his mother said, I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will restore it to 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.

⁴Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them 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 a 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; every man did what 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 Bethlehem-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 from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

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

⁹And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-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 to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee yearly ten silver-pieces, and a suit of garments, and thy victuals. And 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 to 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 I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest.