1There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
1 Ifraymu tondey laabo ra boro fo go no kaŋ maa Mika.
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.”
2 A ne nga nya se: «Nzarfu gude zambar fo da zango wo kaŋ i sambu ni se, kaŋ ay maa ni na laaliyaŋ sanni te i boŋ, ngey neeya. Nzarfo go ay do, ay no k'a sambu.» A nyaŋo ne: «Rabbi ma ni albarkandi, ay izo.»
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.”
3 A na nzarfu gude zambar fo da zango ye nga nya se. Nyaŋo mo ne: «Haciika ay jin ka nzarfo din no Rabbi se. I fun ay kambe ra zama ay izo wo ma himandi jabante da himandi kaŋ i ga soogu mo te. Sohõ binde, ay g'i yeti ni se.»
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.
4 Saaya kaŋ a na nzarfu yeti nyaŋo se, kala nyaŋo na nzarfu gude zangu hinka sambu ka no zam se, nga mo na himandiyaŋ te nd'ey, jabuyaŋ wane da sooguyaŋ wane. I go no mo Mika windo ra.
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.
5 Mika din gonda tooru fu. A na efod*, da fu-kaliyaŋ te. A na nga izey ra afo kambey toonandi zama a ma ciya nga se toorey alfaga.
6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
6 Jirbey din ra bonkooni kulu si no Israyla ra. Boro kulu ga te haŋ kaŋ ga saba nga bumbo diyaŋ gaa.
7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
7 Arwasu fo binde go Baytlahami, Yahudiya laabu wano ra, Yahuda dumo ra, nga mo Lawiti no. A go noodin yawtaray.
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.
8 Bora din binde fatta birno ra, kaŋ ga ti Baytlahami Yahudiya. A koy naaruyaŋ ka di hala nga ga du nangu fo kaŋ ga goro. A dirawo ra binde, kal a kaa Ifraymu tondey laabo ra, ka kaa hala Mika kwaara.
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.”
9 Mika ne a se: «Man no ni fun?» Bora ne a se: «Ay wo Lawi boro no, Baytlahami Yahudiya boro mo no. Ay goono ga koy ka yawtaray goray te no, naŋ kaŋ ay ga du nangu.»
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.
10 Mika ne a se: «Ma goro ay banda ka ciya ay se baaba da alfaga. Ay mo ga ni no nzarfu gude way jiiri kulu, da bankaaray da ŋwaari.» Kala Lawito furo.
11The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
11 Lawito yadda mo nga nda bora din ma goro care banda. Arwaso binde ciya a se danga a izey ra afo cine.
12Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
12 Mika na Lawito kambey toonandi mo, arwaso binde ciya a alfaga. A goro Mika windo ra.
13Then Micah said, “Now know I that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite to my priest.”
13 Waato din gaa no Mika ne: «Sohõ ay bay kaŋ Rabbi ga gomni te ay se, za kaŋ ay du Lawiti kaŋ ga te ay alfaga.»