1以法蓮山區住了一個名叫米迦的人。2他對母親說：「你那一千一百塊銀子丟了，我還聽見你咒詛小偷。看啊，銀子在我這裡，是我拿去的。」他母親說：「我兒啊，願耶和華賜福給你！」3米迦把一千一百塊銀子還給母親。他母親說：「我要為你把這些銀子獻給耶和華，用來雕刻、鑄造神像。現在這銀子還是你的。」4米迦把銀子還給母親後，他母親拿出二百塊銀子交給銀匠雕刻、鑄造神像，放在米迦的房子裡。5米迦有一個神廟，他製造了一件以弗得和一些家庭神像，並指派他的一個兒子做祭司。6那時，以色列沒有王，人人各行其是。7猶大的伯利恆住著一個年輕的利未人。8他離開伯利恆想到別的地方居住，一路走到以法蓮山區米迦的家。9米迦問他：「你從哪裡來？」他回答說：「我是從猶大 伯利恆來的利未人，我要找一個住的地方。」10米迦說：「你就住在我這裡吧，做我的師父和祭司。我每年給你十塊銀子，還為你提供衣服和膳食。」利未人就進了米迦的家，11住了下來。米迦待他就像待自己的兒子一樣。12這樣，米迦派他做祭司，讓他住在自己家裡。13米迦說：「現在我有一個利未人做我的祭司，耶和華一定會賜福給我。」
English Standard Version
Micah and the Levite
1There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.2And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you 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 by the Lord.”3And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, “I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”4So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah.5And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained* one of his sons, who became his priest.6In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.7Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.8And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place. And as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.9And Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place.”10And Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living.” And the Levite went in.11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.12And Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.”
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