اَلْقُضَاة 17

١ 1 وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ ٱسْمُهُ مِيخَا.

And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

٢ 2 فَقَالَ لِأُمِّهِ: «إِنَّ ٱلْأَلْفَ وَٱلْمِئَةَ شَاقِلِ ٱلْفِضَّةِ ٱلَّتِي أُخِذَتْ مِنْكِ، وَأَنْتِ لَعَنْتِ وَقُلْتِ أَيْضًا فِي أُذُنَيَّ. هُوَذَا ٱلْفِضَّةُ مَعِي. أَنَا أَخَذْتُهَا». فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «مُبَارَكٌ أَنْتَ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَا ٱبْنِي».

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me. I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son from Jehovah.

٣ 3 فَرَدَّ ٱلْأَلْفَ وَٱلْمِئَةَ شَاقِلِ ٱلْفِضَّةِ لِأُمِّهِ. فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «تَقْدِيسًا قَدَّسْتُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ يَدِي لِٱبْنِي لِعَمَلِ تِمْثَالٍ مَنْحُوتٍ وَتِمْثَالٍ مَسْبُوكٍ. فَٱلْآنَ أَرُدُّهَا لَكَ».

And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son to make a graven image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to thee.

٤ 4 فَرَدَّ ٱلْفِضَّةَ لِأُمِّهِ، فَأَخَذَتْ أُمُّهُ مِئَتَيْ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ وَأَعْطَتْهَا لِلصَّائِغِ فَعَمِلَهَا تِمْثَالًا مَنْحُوتًا وَتِمْثَالًا مَسْبُوكًا. وَكَانَا فِي بَيْتِ مِيخَا.

And when 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 a graven image and a molten image. And it was in the house of Micah.

٥ 5 وَكَانَ لِلرَّجُلِ مِيخَا بَيْتٌ لِلْآلِهَةِ، فَعَمِلَ أَفُودًا وَتَرَافِيمَ وَمَلَأَ يَدَ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ بَنِيهِ فَصَارَ لَهُ كَاهِنًا.

And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

٦ 6 وَفِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَلِكٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. كَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَعْمَلُ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ.

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

٧ 7 وَكَانَ غُلَامٌ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ يَهُوذَا، وَهُوَ لَاوِيٌّ مُتَغَرِّبٌ هُنَاكَ.

And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

٨ 8 فَذَهَبَ ٱلرَّجُلُ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا لِكَيْ يَتَغَرَّبَ حَيْثُمَا ٱتَّفَقَ. فَأَتَى إِلَى جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى بَيْتِ مِيخَا وَهُوَ آخِذٌ فِي طَرِيقِهِ.

And the man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place. And he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

٩ 9 فَقَالَ لَهُ مِيخَا: «مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتَ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَنَا لَاوِيٌّ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَنَا ذَاهِبٌ لِكَيْ أَتَغَرَّبَ حَيْثُمَا ٱتَّفَقَ».

And Micah said to him, From where come thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ لَهُ مِيخَا: «أَقِمْ عِنْدِي وَكُنْ لِي أَبًا وَكَاهِنًا، وَأَنَا أُعْطِيكَ عَشَرَةَ شَوَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ، وَحُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ، وَقُوتَكَ». فَذَهَبَ مَعَهُ ٱللَّاوِيُّ.

And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy food. So the Levite went in.

١١ 11 فَرَضِيَ ٱللَّاوِيُّ بِٱلْإِقَامَةِ مَعَ ٱلرَّجُلِ، وَكَانَ ٱلْغُلَامُ لَهُ كَأَحَدِ بَنِيهِ.

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

١٢ 12 فَمَلَأَ مِيخَا يَدَ ٱللَّاوِيِّ، وَكَانَ ٱلْغُلَامُ لَهُ كَاهِنًا، وَكَانَ فِي بَيْتِ مِيخَا.

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

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ مِيخَا: «ٱلْآنَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يُحْسِنُ إِلَيَّ، لِأَنَّهُ صَارَ لِيَ ٱللَّاوِيُّ كَاهِنًا».

Then Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest.