Judges 17

1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias.

Vivía un hombre en la montaña de Efraím que se llamaba Micas;

2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which you took of yourself, and [about which] you cursed me, and spoke in my ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed [be] my son of the Lord.

el cual dijo a su madre: “Los mil cien siclos de plata que te fueron robados, en cuya ocasión proferiste maldiciones, oyéndolas también yo, mira, ese dinero tengo yo; yo lo tomé.” Y le dijo su madre: “¡Bendito seas de Yahvé, hijo mío!”

3 And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten [image], and now I will restore it to you.

Devolvió entonces los mil cien siclos de plata a su madre. Y dijo su madre: “Yo de mi parte destino este dinero para Yahvé en favor de mi hijo, para que se haga una imagen, una estatua de fundición. Y así te lo devuelvo.”

4 But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.

Habiendo él devuelto el dinero a su madre tomó esta doscientos siclos de plata, y los dio al fundidor; el cual hizo una imagen, una estatua de fundición, que quedó en casa de Micas.

5 And the house of Michaias [was] to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.

Así un hombre como Micas tuvo una casa de Dios; pues hizo también un efod y unos terafim, y consagró a uno de sus hijos que le sirvió de sacerdote.

6 And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

En aquel tiempo no había rey en Israel, sino cada cual hacía lo que mejor le parecía.

7 And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he [was] a Levite, and he was sojourning there.

Había un joven de Betlehem de Judá, de la tribu de Judá, que era levita y habitaba allí como forastero.

8 And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey.

Este hombre partió de la ciudad de Betlehem de Judá, para hallar un lugar donde vivir, y en su viaje llegó a la montaña de Efraím, a casa de Micas.

9 And Michaias said to him, Whence come you? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.

Micas le preguntó: “¿De dónde vienes?” Le contestó: “Soy un levita de Betlehem de Judá, y voy de camino a fin de hallar un lugar dónde vivir.”

10 And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and your living.

Le dijo: “Quédate conmigo y sé mi padre y sacerdote. Te daré diez siclos de plata al año, vestido completo y comida.” El levita entró,

11 And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

y consintió en habitar con aquel hombre, para quien el joven era como uno de sus hijos.

12 And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.

Micas consagró al levita, y el joven vino a ser su sacerdote y se quedó en casa de Micas.

13 And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.

Entonces dijo Micas: “Ahora sé que Yahvé me bendecirá, porque tengo este levita por sacerdote.”