Now there was a man from the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.
以法莲山地有一个人名叫米迦。

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and spoke it in my hearing — look, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed of Jehovah be my son!
他对母亲说，你那一千一百锭银子被人拿去，你因此口出咒诅，并且说给我听；看哪，这银子在我这里，是我拿去了。他母亲说，愿我儿蒙耶和华赐福！

And he returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I do consecrate the silver to Jehovah from my hand to my son to make a sculptured idol and a molten image. Now therefore I will return it to you.
米迦就把这一千一百锭银子还他母亲。他母亲说，我将这银子从我手中分别为圣归给耶和华，好给我儿子制作一个雕像，和一个铸像。现在我还是交给你。

And when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the founder, who made them into a sculptured idol and a molten image. And it was in the house of Micah.
米迦将银子还他母亲，他母亲将二百锭银子交给银匠，制作成一个雕像，和一个铸像；那像就在米迦的屋内。

And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons to become his priest.
米迦这人有了神堂，又制造以弗得和家中的神像，叫他一个儿子承接圣职作他的祭司。

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
那些日子，以色列中没有王，各人行自己眼中看为正的事。

And there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was a sojourner there.
犹大的伯利恒有一个少年人，是犹大族的利未人；他在那里寄居。

And the man left the city Bethlehem in Judah to dwell wherever he could find a place. And he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he made his way.
这人离开犹大的伯利恒城，要找一个可寄居的地方。他行路的时候，到了以法莲山地，走到米迦的家。

And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am traveling in order to dwell wherever I can find a place.
米迦对他说，你从哪里来？他说，我是利未人，从犹大的伯利恒来；我一路走来，要找一个可寄居的地方。

And Micah said to him, Stay with me, and be a father and a priest to me; and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and an array of clothing and your food. So the Levite went with him.
米迦说，你可以住在我这里，作我的父和祭司；我每年给你十锭银子、一套衣服和维生的食物。利未人就跟他去了。

And the Levite was content to stay with the man; and the young man was to him like one of his sons.
利未人情愿与那人同住；那人看这少年人如自己的儿子一样。

And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah.
米迦使这利未人承接圣职，这少年人就作他的祭司，住在他家里。

Then Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will prosper me, because the Levite has become my priest.
米迦说，现在我知道耶和华必以好处待我，因这利未人作了我的祭司。