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

¹Efraimo aukštumose gyveno vyras, vardu Mikajas.

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.”

²Jis tarė savo motinai: “Tu prakeikei tą, kuris paėmė iš tavęs tūkstantį šimtą sidabrinių. Tie pinigai yra pas mane. Aš juos paėmiau”. Jo motina tarė: “Viešpats telaimina tave, mano sūnau”.

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.”

³Kai jis sugrąžino motinai tūkstantį šimtą sidabrinių, motina tarė: “Aš visus tuos pinigus pašvenčiau Viešpačiui, kad mano sūnus, ėmęs juos iš mano rankos, padarytų drožtą ir lietą atvaizdą. Todėl dabar aš atiduosiu juos tau”.

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.

⁴Bet jis sugrąžino pinigus motinai. Ji paėmė du šimtus sidabrinių ir atidavė auksakaliui, kad iš jų padarytų drožtą ir lietą atvaizdą. Juos pastatė Mikajo namuose.

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.

⁵Mikajas įrengė savo namuose dievų šventyklą, padarė efodą ir terafimą ir paskyrė vieną iš savo sūnų kunigu.

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

⁶Tuo metu Izraelyje nebuvo karaliaus. Kiekvienas darė tai, kas jam atrodė teisinga.

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

⁷Judo Betliejuje buvo jaunas levitas, kuris ten gyveno.

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.

⁸Palikęs Judo Betliejų, jis ieškojo kitos vietos, tinkamos apsigyventi. Keliaudamas jis atėjo pas Mikają, kuris gyveno Efraimo aukštumose.

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.”

⁹Mikajas jo klausė: “Iš kur tu?” Tas atsakė: “Aš esu levitas iš Judo Betliejaus ir ieškau vietos apsigyventi”.

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.

¹⁰Mikajas jam atsakė: “Pasilik pas mane ir būk man tėvu ir kunigu. Aš tau duosiu metams dešimt sidabrinių, drabužius ir visą išlaikymą”.

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

¹¹Levitas sutiko apsigyventi pas jį. Jaunuolis buvo jam kaip sūnus.

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

¹²Mikajas paskyrė levitą kunigu, ir jaunuolis gyveno jo namuose.

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

¹³Mikajas sakė: “Dabar žinau, kad Viešpats darys man gera, nes turiu levitą kunigu”.