The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 fuit eo tempore vir quidam de monte Ephraim nomine Michas
1
There was a man of the hill country of E'phraim, whose name was Micah.
2 qui dixit matri suae mille centum argenteos quos separaveras tibi et super quibus me audiente iuraveras ecce ego habeo et apud me sunt cui illa respondit benedictus filius meus Domino
2
And he said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver which 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."
3 reddidit ergo eos matri suae quae dixerat ei consecravi et vovi argentum hoc Domino ut de manu mea suscipiat filius meus et faciat sculptile atque conflatile et nunc trado illud tibi
3
And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, "I consecrate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it to you."
4 reddidit igitur matri suae quae tulit ducentos argenteos et dedit eos argentario ut faceret ex eis sculptile atque conflatile quod fuit in domo Micha
4
So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.
5 qui aediculam quoque in ea Deo separavit et fecit ephod ac therafin id est vestem sacerdotalem et idola implevitque unius filiorum suorum manum et factus est ei sacerdos
5
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.
6 in diebus illis non erat rex in Israhel sed unusquisque quod sibi rectum videbatur hoc faciebat
6
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
7 fuit quoque alter adulescens de Bethleem Iuda et cognatione eius eratque ipse Levites et habitabat ibi
7
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
8 egressusque de civitate Bethleem peregrinari voluit ubicumque sibi commodum repperisset cumque venisset in monte Ephraim iter faciens et declinasset parumper in domum Micha
8
And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah, to live where he could find a place; and as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of E'phraim to the house of Micah.
9 interrogatus est ab eo unde venis qui respondit Levita sum de Bethleem Iuda et vado ut habitem ubi potuero et utile mihi esse perspexero
9
And Micah said to him, "From where do you come?" 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 mane inquit apud me et esto mihi parens ac sacerdos daboque tibi per annos singulos decem argenteos ac vestem duplicem et quae ad victum necessaria sunt
10
And 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 apparel, and your living."
11 adquievit et mansit apud hominem fuitque illi quasi unus de filiis
11
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
12 implevitque Micha manum eius et habuit apud se puerum sacerdotem
12
And Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 nunc scio dicens quod bene mihi faciat Deus habenti levitici generis sacerdotem
13
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."
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