Judges 17

1 Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.

Bijaše u Efrajimovoj gori čovjek po imenu Mikajehu.

2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.

On reče majci: “Tisuću i sto srebrnih šekela što su ti ukradeni i zbog kojih si izustila kletvu - uši su je moje čule - taj je novac kod mene, ja sam ga uzeo.” Mati mu odgovori: “Jahve te blagoslovio, sine moj!”

3 And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have made the silver holy to the Lord from me for my son, to make a pictured image and a metal image.

I Mikajehu vrati joj tisuću i sto srebrnih šekela. A mati mu njegova reče: “Te sam novce posvetila Jahvi iz svoje ruke za tebe, sine moj, da se izdjela za to rezan ili ljeven idol. I evo, za to ih dajem.”

4 So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a metal-worker who made a pictured image and a metal image from them: and it was in the house of Micah.

Majka uze dvije stotine srebrnih šekela i dade ih zlataru. On načini od njih rezani i ljeveni idol koji postaviše u Mikajehuovoj novoj kući.

5 And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons in the position of priest.

On mu sagradi svetište, zatim načini efod i terafe te posveti jednoga od svojih sinova da mu bude svećenik.

6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.

U to vrijeme u Izraelu nije bilo kralja i svatko je radio po miloj volji.

7 Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.

Bijaše neki mladić iz Betlehema u Judi, iz Judina plemena; bio je levit i boravio je ondje kao došljak.

8 And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

Taj čovjek ode iz grada Betlehema u Judi da se nastani na kakvu prikladnu mjestu kao došljak. Putujući, dođe u Efrajimovu goru do Mikine kuće.

9 And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.

Mika ga upita: “Odakle dolaziš?” “Ja sam levit iz Judina Betlehema”, odgovori mu on, “i putujem da se negdje nastanim.”

10 Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.

“Ostani kod mene”, reče mu Mika, “i budi mi ocem i svećenikom, a ja ću ti davati deset srebrnih šekela na godinu, haljine i hranu.” I levit uđe.

11 And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.

Levit je pristao da ostane u njega, i mladić mu bijaše kao jedan od sinova.

12 And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

Mika posveti levita za svećenika; mladić je postao njegovim svećenikom i živio je u Mikinoj kući.

13 Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.

“Sad znam”, reče Mika, “da će mi Jahve učiniti dobro kad imam levita za svećenika.”