¹There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

¹Adalah seorang laki-laki bernama Mikha. Ia tinggal di daerah pegunungan di wilayah Efraim.

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.”

²Pada suatu hari berkatalah ia kepada ibunya, "Ibu, ketika ibu kehilangan seribu seratus uang perak, saya dengar ibu mengutuki pencurinya. Ini, Bu, uangnya! Sayalah yang mencurinya." Ibunya menjawab, "Semoga engkau diberkati TUHAN, nak!"

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.”

³Mikha mengembalikan uang itu kepada ibunya, lalu ibunya berkata, "Supaya engkau, anakku, terlepas dari kutukan yang telah saya ucapkan itu, saya mempersembahkan perak ini kepada TUHAN untuk dipakai membuat patung kayu yang dilapisi perak. Jadi uang itu saya kembalikan kepadamu."

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.

⁴Maka setelah Mikha mengembalikan uang itu kepada ibunya, ibunya itu mengambil dua ratus keping dari uang itu, dan memberikannya kepada seorang tukang perak. Lalu ia menyuruh tukang itu membuat sebuah patung kayu yang dilapis dengan perak itu. Kemudian patung itu ditaruh di rumah Mikha.

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.

⁵Mikha sendiri sudah mempunyai sebuah tempat penyembahan. Ia membuat beberapa patung berhala dan sehelai efod lalu mengangkat salah seorang anaknya yang laki-laki menjadi imam.

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

⁶Pada waktu itu bangsa Israel tidak mempunyai raja; setiap orang melakukan apa yang dianggapnya benar.

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

⁷Pada masa itu juga ada seorang pemuda dari suku Lewi. Dahulu ia tinggal di Betlehem di wilayah Yehuda.

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.

⁸Tapi kini ia telah meninggalkan kota itu dan sedang berjalan mencari tempat tinggal yang lain. Di dalam perjalanannya itu ia tiba di rumah Mikha di daerah pegunungan wilayah Efraim.

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.”

⁹Mikha bertanya kepadanya, "Saudara orang mana?" Orang itu menjawab, "Saya orang Lewi dari Betlehem di Yehuda. Saya sedang mencari tempat tinggal."

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.

¹⁰Mikha berkata, "Tinggallah saja dengan saya di sini, supaya kau menjadi penasihat dan imam kami. Nanti saya memberi kepadamu sepuluh uang perak setiap tahun, dan juga pakaian serta makanan."

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

¹¹Pemuda Lewi itu setuju, lalu ia diangkat oleh Mikha menjadi imamnya. Ia tinggal di rumah Mikha serta diperlakukan seperti anak kandung Mikha sendiri.

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

¹²(17:11)

¹³Then Micah said, “Now know I that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite to my priest.”

¹³Maka kata Mikha, "Nah, sekarang saya yakin TUHAN akan berbuat baik kepada saya sebab sudah ada seorang Lewi yang menjadi imam bagi saya."