Judges, 17

1. In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.

1. Bijaše u Efrajimovoj gori èovjek po imenu Mikajehu.

2. And he said to his mother, “The one thousand one hundred silver coins, which you had separated for yourself, and about which you had sworn in my hearing, behold, I have them, and they are with me.” And she answered him, “My son has been blessed by the Lord.”

2. On reèe majci: "Tisuæu i sto srebrnih šekela što su ti ukradeni i zbog kojih si izustila kletvu - uši su je moje èule - taj je novac kod mene, ja sam ga uzeo." Mati mu odgovori: "Jahve te blagoslovio, sine moj!"

3. Therefore, he restored them to his mother. And she said to him: “I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord, so that my son would receive it from my hand, and would make a molten idol and a graven image. And now I deliver it to you.”

3. I Mikajehu vrati joj tisuæu i sto srebrnih šekela. A mati mu njegova reèe: "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. And when he restored these to his mother, she took two hundred of the silver coins, and she gave them to the silversmith, so that he might make from them a molten idol and a graven image. And it was in the house of Micah.

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

5. And he also separated in it a little shrine for the god. And he made an ephod and theraphim, that is, a priestly garment and idols. And he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.

5. On mu sagradi svetište, zatim naèini efod i terafe te posveti jednoga od svojih sinova da mu bude sveæenik.

6. In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.

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

7. Also, there was another young man, from Bethlehem of Judah, one of his relatives. And he himself was a Levite, and he was living there.

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

8. Then, departing from the city of Bethlehem, he wished to sojourn wherever he would find it beneficial to himself. And when he had arrived at mount Ephraim, while making the journey, he also turned aside for a little while to the house of Micah.

8. Taj èovjek ode iz grada Betlehema u Judi da se nastani na kakvu prikladnu mjestu kao došljak. Putujuæi, doðe u Efrajimovu goru do Mikine kuæe.

9. And he was asked by him where he came from. And he responded: “I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah. And I am traveling so that I may live where I am able, if I perceive it to be useful to me.”

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

10. And Micah said: “Stay with me. And you shall be to me like a parent and a priest. And I will give to you, each year, ten silver coins, and a double-layered garment, and whatever provisions are necessary.”

10. "Ostani kod mene", reèe mu Mika, "i budi mi ocem i sveæenikom, a ja æu ti davati deset srebrnih šekela na godinu, haljine i hranu." I levit uðe.

11. He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like one of his sons.

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

12. And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,

12. Mika posveti levita za sveæenika; mladiæ je postao njegovim sveæenikom i živio je u Mikinoj kuæi.

13. saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”

13. "Sad znam", reèe Mika, "da æe mi Jahve uèiniti dobro kad imam levita za sveæenika."