1وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ اسْمُهُ مِيخَا.2فَقَالَ لأُمِّهِ، إِنَّ الأَلْفَ وَالْمِئَةَ شَاقِلِ الْفِضَّةِ الَّتِي أُخِذَتْ مِنْكِ، وَأَنْتِ لَعَنْتِ وَقُلْتِ أَيْضاً فِي أُذُنَيَّ. هُوَذَا الْفِضَّةُ مَعِي. أَنَا أَخَذْتُهَا. فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ، مُبَارَكٌ أَنْتَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ يَا ابْنِي.3فَرَدَّ الأَلْفَ وَالْمِئَةَ شَاقِلِ الْفِضَّةِ لأُمِّهِ. فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ، تَقْدِيساً قَدَّسْتُ الْفِضَّةَ لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ يَدِي لاِبْنِي لِعَمَلِ تِمْثَالٍ مَنْحُوتٍ وَتِمْثَالٍ مَسْبُوكٍ. فَالآنَ أَرُدُّهَا لَكَ.4فَرَدَّ الْفِضَّةَ، لأُمِّهِ فَأَخَذَتْ أُمُّهُ مِئَتَيْ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ وَأَعْطَتْهَا لِلصَّائِغِ فَعَمِلَهَا تِمْثَالاً مَنْحُوتاً وَتِمْثَالاً مَسْبُوكاً. وَكَانَا فِي بَيْتِ مِيخَا.5وَكَانَ لِلرَّجُلِ مِيخَا بَيْتٌ لِلآلِهَةِ، فَعَمِلَ أَفُوداً وَتَرَافِيمَ وَمَلأَ يَدَ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ بَنِيهِ فَصَارَ لَهُ كَاهِناً.6وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَلِكٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. كَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَعْمَلُ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ.7وَكَانَ غُلاَمٌ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ يَهُوذَا، وَهُوَ لاَوِيٌّ مُتَغَرِّبٌ هُنَاكَ.8فَذَهَبَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا لِيَتَغَرَّبَ حَيْثُمَا اتَّفَقَ. فَأَتَى إِلَى جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى بَيْتِ مِيخَا وَهُوَ آخِذٌ فِي طَرِيقِهِ.9فَقَالَ لَهُ مِيخَا، مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ، أَنَا لاَوِيٌّ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَنَا ذَاهِبٌ لأَتَغَرَّبَ حَيْثُمَا اتَّفَقَ.10فَقَالَ لَهُ مِيخَا، أَقِمْ عِنْدِي وَكُنْ لِي أَباً وَكَاهِناً، وَأَنَا أُعْطِيكَ عَشَرَةَ شَوَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ فِي السَّنَةِ، وَحُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ، وَقُوتَكَ. فَذَهَبَ مَعَهُ اللاَّوِيُّ.11فَرَضِيَ اللاَّوِيُّ بِالإِقَامَةِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ، وَكَانَ الْغُلاَمُ لَهُ كَأَحَدِ بَنِيهِ.12فَمَلأَ مِيخَا يَدَ اللاَّوِيِّ، وَكَانَ الْغُلاَمُ لَهُ كَاهِناً، وَكَانَ فِي بَيْتِ مِيخَا.13فَقَالَ مِيخَا، الآنَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُحْسِنُ إِلَيَّ لأَنَّهُ صَارَ لِيَ اللاَّوِيُّ كَاهِناً.
1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.3And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.4Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.7And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place : and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place .10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.12And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.13Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.