Mga Hukom 17
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Diyus-diyosan ni Micas
17 Sa kaburulan ng Efraim ay may nakatirang isang tao na Micas ang pangalan. 2 Minsan, sinabi niya sa kanyang ina, “Nang mawala ang 1,100 ninyong pilak, narinig kong sinumpa ninyo ang nagnakaw. Ako po ang kumuha. Heto po, isinasauli ko na sa inyo.”
Pagkatanggap sa mga pilak, sinabi ng ina, “Pagpalain ka ni Yahweh, anak ko. 3 Ang mga pilak na ito'y inihahandog ko kay Yahweh upang gawing imahen para hindi mangyari sa aking anak ang sumpa.” “Kaya nga po ibinabalik ko sa inyo,” sagot ni Micas. 4 Nang ibalik ni Micas ang pilak ng kanyang ina, kinuha nito ang dalawandaang piraso at ibinigay sa isang platero upang gawing imahen. Pagkayari, inilagay niya ito sa bahay ni Micas.
5 Ang lalaking si Micas ay may sariling altar. Mayroon din siyang iba't ibang diyus-diyosan, at ginawa niyang pari ang isa sa kanyang mga anak na lalaki. 6 Nang(A) panahong iyon ay wala pang hari ang Israel; ginagawa ng bawat isa ang lahat ng kanilang magustuhan.
7 Samantala sa Bethlehem, Juda ay may isang kabataang Levita. 8 Isang araw, umalis ito at naghanap ng tirahan sa ibang lugar. Sa kanyang paglalakbay, napadaan siya sa bahay ni Micas sa kaburulan ng Efraim. 9 Tinanong siya ni Micas, “Tagasaan ka?”
“Ako po'y taga-Bethlehem, Juda at isang Levita. Naghahanap po ako ng matitirhan,” sagot niya.
10 Sinabi ni Micas, “Kung gayon, dito ka na. Gagawin kitang tagapayo at pari. Bibigyan kita ng sampung pirasong pilak taun-taon, bukod sa damit at pagkain.” 11 Pumayag ang Levita sa alok ni Micas at siya'y itinuring nitong parang tunay na anak. 12 Hinirang siya ni Micas bilang pari, at doon pinatira. 13 Sinabi ni Micas, “Ngayon, sigurado kong ako'y pagpapalain ni Yahweh sapagkat mayroon na akong isang paring Levita.”
Judges 17
English Standard Version
Micah and the Levite
17 There was a man of (A)the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And 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, (B)“Blessed be my son by the Lord.” 3 And 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 (C)a carved image and (D)a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.” 4 So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother (E)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. 5 And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made (F)an ephod and (G)household gods, and (H)ordained[a] one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 (I)In those days there was no king in Israel. (J)Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
7 Now there was a young man of (K)Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And 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 (L)the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. 9 And 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.” 10 And Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me (M)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. 11 And the Levite (N)was content to dwell with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. 12 And Micah (O)ordained the Levite, and the young man (P)became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.”
Footnotes
- Judges 17:5 Hebrew filled the hand of; also verse 12
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