士17:1 以法莲山地有一个人，名叫米迦。
士17:1 Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.
士17:2 他对自己的母亲说：“你那十二公斤银子被人拿去了，关于这事你曾说了咒诅的话，我也亲自听见了。看哪！那些银子在我这里，是我拿去了。”他母亲说：“愿我儿蒙耶和华赐福。”
士17:2 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.
士17:3 米迦就把那十二公斤银子归还给他母亲；他母亲说：“我把这些银子从我手中分别为圣，为我的儿子归给耶和华，好做一个雕像，一个铸像；现在，我要还给你。”
士17:3 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.
士17:4 米迦把银子还给他母亲以后，他母亲取出二千三百克银子交给银匠，制造一个雕像和一个铸像，都放在米迦的家里。
士17:4 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.
士17:5 米迦这人有一间神庙，又制造以弗得和家中的神像，并且立了他的一个儿子作祭司。
士17:5 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.
士17:6 在那些日子，以色列中没有王，各人都行自己看为对的事。
士17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
士17:7 有一个犹大伯利恒的青年人，是属犹大家族的；他本是个利未人，在那里寄居。
士17:7 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.
士17:8 这人离开犹大的伯利恒城，要找一个可以寄居的地方；途中，他到了以法莲山地，米迦的家那里。
士17:8 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.
士17:9 米迦问他：“你是从哪里来的？”他回答米迦：“我是个利未人，是从犹大的伯利恒来的，我来要找一个可以寄居的地方。”
士17:9 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.
士17:10 米迦对他说：“你与我住在一起吧，作我的师父和祭司；我每年给你一百一十四克银子、一套衣服和食用。”利未人就进了米迦的家。
士17:10 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.
士17:11 他同意与那人同住；那人看待这青年人好像自己的一个儿子一样。
士17:11 And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.
士17:12 米迦立了这利未青年作他的祭司，住在米迦的家里。
士17:12 And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
士17:13 米迦说：“现在我知道耶和华必善待我，因为有一个利未人作我的祭司。”
士17:13 Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.