¹Fuit eo tempore vir quidam de monte Ephraim nomine Michas,In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.

¹Fuit eo tempore vir quidam de monte Ephraim nomine Michas,In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.

²qui dixit matri suæ:And he said to his mother,Mille“The one thousand one hundred silver coins,et centum argenteos,which you had separated for yourself,quos separaveras tibi,and about which you had sworn in my hearing,et super quibus me audiente juraveras,behold,ecce ego habeo,I have them,et apud me sunt.and they are with me.”Cui illa respondit:And she answered him,Benedictus filius meus Domino.“My son has been blessed by the Lord.”

²qui dixit matri suæ:And he said to his mother,Mille“The one thousand one hundred silver coins,et centum argenteos,which you had separated for yourself,quos separaveras tibi,and about which you had sworn in my hearing,et super quibus me audiente juraveras,behold,ecce ego habeo,I have them,et apud me sunt.and they are with me.”Cui illa respondit:And she answered him,Benedictus filius meus Domino.“My son has been blessed by the Lord.”

³Reddidit ergo eos matri suæ,Therefore, he restored them to his mother.quæ dixerat ei:And she said to him:Consecravi et vovi hoc argentum Domino,“I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord,ut de manu mea suscipiat filius meus,so that my son would receive it from my hand,et faciat sculptile atque conflatile:and would make a molten idol and a graven image.et nunc trado illud tibi.And now I deliver it to you.”

³Reddidit ergo eos matri suæ,Therefore, he restored them to his mother.quæ dixerat ei:And she said to him:Consecravi et vovi hoc argentum Domino,“I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord,ut de manu mea suscipiat filius meus,so that my son would receive it from my hand,et faciat sculptile atque conflatile:and would make a molten idol and a graven image.et nunc trado illud tibi.And now I deliver it to you.”

⁴Reddidit igitur eos matri suæ:And when he restored these to his mother,quæ tulit ducentos argenteos,she took two hundred of the silver coins,et dedit eos argentario,and she gave them to the silversmith,ut faceret ex eis sculptile atque conflatile,so that he might make from them a molten idol and a graven image.quod fuit in domo Michæ.And it was in the house of Micah.

⁴Reddidit igitur eos matri suæ:And when he restored these to his mother,quæ tulit ducentos argenteos,she took two hundred of the silver coins,et dedit eos argentario,and she gave them to the silversmith,ut faceret ex eis sculptile atque conflatile,so that he might make from them a molten idol and a graven image.quod fuit in domo Michæ.And it was in the house of Micah.

⁵Qui ædiculam quoque in ea deo separavit,And he also separated in it a little shrine for the god.et fecit ephod,And he made an ephodet theraphim,and theraphim,id est,that is,vestem sacerdotalem,a priestly garmentet idola:and idols.implevitque unius filiorum suorum manum,And he filled the hand of one of his sons,et factus est ei sacerdos.and he became his priest.

⁵Qui ædiculam quoque in ea deo separavit,And he also separated in it a little shrine for the god.et fecit ephod,And he made an ephodet theraphim,and theraphim,id est,that is,vestem sacerdotalem,a priestly garmentet idola:and idols.implevitque unius filiorum suorum manum,And he filled the hand of one of his sons,et factus est ei sacerdos.and he became his priest.

⁶In diebus illis non erat rex in Israël,In those days, there was no king in Israel.sed unusquisque quod sibi rectum videbatur, hoc faciebat.Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.

⁶In diebus illis non erat rex in Israël,In those days, there was no king in Israel.sed unusquisque quod sibi rectum videbatur, hoc faciebat.Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.

⁷Fuit quoque alter adolescens de Bethlehem Juda,Also, there was another young man, from Bethlehem of Judah,ex cognatione ejus:one of his relatives.eratque ipse Levites,And he himself was a Levite,et habitabat ibi.and he was living there.

⁷Fuit quoque alter adolescens de Bethlehem Juda,Also, there was another young man, from Bethlehem of Judah,ex cognatione ejus:one of his relatives.eratque ipse Levites,And he himself was a Levite,et habitabat ibi.and he was living there.

⁸Egressusque de civitate Bethlehem,Then, departing from the city of Bethlehem,peregrinari voluit ubicumque sibi commodum reperisset.he wished to sojourn wherever he would find it beneficial to himself.Cumque venisset in montem Ephraim, iter faciens,And when he had arrived at mount Ephraim, while making the journey,et declinasset parumper in domum Michæ,he also turned aside for a little while to the house of Micah.

⁸Egressusque de civitate Bethlehem,Then, departing from the city of Bethlehem,peregrinari voluit ubicumque sibi commodum reperisset.he wished to sojourn wherever he would find it beneficial to himself.Cumque venisset in montem Ephraim, iter faciens,And when he had arrived at mount Ephraim, while making the journey,et declinasset parumper in domum Michæ,he also turned aside for a little while to the house of Micah.

⁹interrogatus est ab eo unde venisset.And he was asked by him where he came from.Qui respondit:And he responded:Levita sum de Bethlehem Juda,“I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah.et vado ut habitem ubi potuero,And I am traveling so that I may live where I am able,et utile mihi esse perspexero.if I perceive it to be useful to me.”

⁹interrogatus est ab eo unde venisset.And he was asked by him where he came from.Qui respondit:And he responded:Levita sum de Bethlehem Juda,“I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah.et vado ut habitem ubi potuero,And I am traveling so that I may live where I am able,et utile mihi esse perspexero.if I perceive it to be useful to me.”

¹⁰Dixitque Michas:And Micah said:Mane apud me,“Stay with me.et esto mihi parens ac sacerdos:And you shall be to me like a parent and a priest.daboque tibi per annos singulos decem argenteos,And I will give to you, each year, ten silver coins,ac vestem duplicem,and a double-layered garment,et quæ ad victum sunt necessaria.and whatever provisions are necessary.”

¹⁰Dixitque Michas:And Micah said:Mane apud me,“Stay with me.et esto mihi parens ac sacerdos:And you shall be to me like a parent and a priest.daboque tibi per annos singulos decem argenteos,And I will give to you, each year, ten silver coins,ac vestem duplicem,and a double-layered garment,et quæ ad victum sunt necessaria.and whatever provisions are necessary.”

¹¹Acquievit,He agreed,et mansit apud hominem,and he stayed with the man.fuitque illi quasi unus de filiis.And he was to him like one of his sons.

¹¹Acquievit,He agreed,et mansit apud hominem,and he stayed with the man.fuitque illi quasi unus de filiis.And he was to him like one of his sons.

¹²Implevitque Michas manum ejus,And Micah filled his hand,et habuit puerum sacerdotem apud se:and he had the young man with him as his priest,

¹²Implevitque Michas manum ejus,And Micah filled his hand,et habuit puerum sacerdotem apud se:and he had the young man with him as his priest,

¹³Nunc scio,saying:dicens,“Now I know that God will be good to me,quod benefaciet mihi Deus habenti Levitici generis sacerdotem.since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”

¹³Nunc scio,saying:dicens,“Now I know that God will be good to me,quod benefaciet mihi Deus habenti Levitici generis sacerdotem.since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”