Judges 17

1 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

1 以法莲山区住了一个名叫米迦的人。

2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”

2 他对母亲说：“你那一千一百块银子被拿走了，你因此说了咒诅的话，我都听见了。看啊，银子在我这里，是我拿去的。”他母亲说：“我儿啊，愿耶和华赐福给你！”

3 And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”

3 米迦把一千一百块银子还给母亲。他母亲说：“我要为我儿把这些银子献给耶和华，用来雕刻、铸造神像。我会把银子交还给你。”

4 So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.

4 米迦把银子还给母亲后，他母亲拿出二百块银子交给银匠雕刻、铸造神像，放在米迦的房子里。

5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

5 米迦有一个神庙，他制造了一件以弗得和一些家庭神像，并指派他的一个儿子做祭司。

6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

6 那时，以色列没有王，人人各行其是。

7 And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

7 犹大的伯利恒住着一个年轻的利未人。

8 This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

8 他离开伯利恒想到别的地方居住，一路走到以法莲山区米迦的家。

9 “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”

9 米迦问他：“你从哪里来？”他回答说：“我是从犹大的伯利恒来的利未人，要找一个住的地方。”

10 “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in

10 米迦说：“你就住在我这里吧，做我的师父和祭司。我每年给你十块银子，还为你提供衣服和饮食。”利未人就进了米迦的家，

11 and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.

11 住了下来。米迦待他就像待自己的儿子一样。

12 Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

12 这样，米迦派他做祭司，让他住在自己家里。

13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

13 米迦说：“现在我有一个利未人做我的祭司，我知道耶和华一定会恩待我。”