1Nas colinas de Efraim vivia um homem chamado Mica.2Um dia, disse para a mãe: “Aquelas 1100 peças de dinheiro que julgas terem sido roubadas, tendo amaldiçoado o ladrão, fui eu quem as tirou!” A mãe exclamou: “Que o SENHOR te abençoe, meu filho, por teres confessado tal coisa!”3E ele devolveu-lhe o dinheiro. “Eu quero dar este dinheiro ao SENHOR, para que seja contado a teu favor”, declarou ela. “Vou mandar esculpir uma imagem e cobri-la de prata.”4A mãe pegou então em 200 peças de dinheiro e levou-as a um ourives que fez um ídolo que ela colocou num nicho em sua casa.5Mica já tinha uma coleção de ídolos, além de um éfode e alguns terafins, e designou um dos seus próprios filhos como sacerdote.6Porque naqueles dias Israel não tinha rei, de forma que cada qual fazia o que melhor parecia aos seus olhos.7Entretanto, houve um levita da cidade de Belém de Judá8que chegou àquela região de Efraim, procurando um lugar onde se instalasse para viver. Aconteceu passar pela casa de Mica.9“Donde vens?”, perguntou-lhe Mica. “Sou levita, de Belém de Judá, e procuro um lugar para viver.”10“Fica aqui comigo. Serás o meu sacerdote e conselheiro. Dou-te 115 gramas de prata por ano, mais roupa para te vestires e a alimentação, além de um quarto.”12O jovem aceitou e ficou a viver com Mica. Este consagrou-o como seu sacerdote pessoal.13“Agora tenho a certeza de que o SENHOR me abençoará”, exclamou Mica, “porque tenho um levita como sacerdote!”
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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