17:1 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。
17:2 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!
17:3 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 an idol and a molten image. Now therefore I will return it to you.
17:4 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。
17:5 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。
17:6 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。
17:7 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。
17:8 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。
17:9 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，你从那里来？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。
17:10 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.