And there was a man from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Micha.
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Judges (Alexandrinus A-text) 17
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καὶ εἶπεν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ χιλίους καὶ ἑκατὸν ἀργυρίου τοὺς λημφθέντας σοι καὶ ἐξώρκισας καὶ εἶπας ἐν τοῖς ὠσίν μου ἰδοὺ τὸ ἀργύριον παρ᾿ ἐμοί ἐγὼ ἔλαβον αὐτό καὶ εἶπεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ εὐλογημένος ὁ υἱός μου τῷ κυρίῳ
And he said to his mother, The thousand and one hundred of silver that were taken from you, and about which you uttered an oath and said in my ears, Behold, the silver is with me, I took it; and his mother said, Blessed be my son by the Lord.
καὶ ἀπέδωκεν τοὺς χιλίους καὶ ἑκατὸν τοῦ ἀργυρίου τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἁγιασμῷ ἡγίασα τὸ ἀργύριον τῷ κυρίῳ ἐκ τῆς χειρός μου κατὰ μόνας τοῦ ποιῆσαι γλυπτὸν καὶ χωνευτόν καὶ νῦν ἐπιστρέψω αὐτά σοι καὶ ἀποδώσω σοι αὐτό
And he returned the one thousand and one hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have consecrated the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will return it to you, and I will give it back to you.
καὶ ἀπέδωκεν τὸ ἀργύριον τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ διακοσίους τοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸ τῷ χωνευτῇ καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὸ γλυπτὸν καὶ χωνευτόν καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Μιχα
And he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred of the silver and gave it to the founder, and he made it a carved thing and a molten thing, and it was in the house of Micha.
καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ Μιχα αὐτῷ οἶκος θεοῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν εφουδ καὶ θεραφιν καὶ ἐνέπλησεν τὴν χεῖρα ἑνὸς τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ εἰς ἱερέα
And the man Micah had for himself a house of God, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became for him as a priest
In those days there was no king in Israel; each man was doing what was good in his own eyes.
καὶ ἐγένετο παιδάριον ἐκ Βηθλεεμ δήμου Ιουδα ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας Ιουδα καὶ αὐτὸς Λευίτης καὶ αὐτὸς παρῴκει ἐκεῖ
And there was a young boy from Bethlehem, a town of Judah, from the clan of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Ιουδα ἐκ Βηθλεεμ παροικεῖν οὗ ἐὰν εὕρῃ καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὄρος Εφραιμ ἕως οἴκου Μιχα τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ
And the man departed from the city of Judah, from Bethlehem, to sojourn where he might find, and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, to make his way.
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Μιχα πόθεν ἔρχῃ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Λευίτης ἐγώ εἰμι ἐκ Βηθλεεμ Ιουδα καὶ ἐγὼ πορεύομαι παροικεῖν οὗ ἐὰν εὕρω
And Michah said to him, From where do you come? And the Levite said to him, I am from Bethlehem of Judah, and I am going to sojourn wherever I may find.
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Μιχα κάθου μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ γενοῦ μοι εἰς πατέρα καὶ εἰς ἱερέα καὶ ἐγὼ δώσω σοι δέκα ἀργυρίου εἰς ἡμέρας καὶ ζεῦγος ἱματίων καὶ τὰ πρὸς τὸ ζῆν σου καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ Λευίτης
And Micah said to him, Dwell with me and become to me for a father and for a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver for days, and a pair of garments, and the things for your living. And the Levite went.
And he began to sojourn with the man, and the young man became to him as one of his sons.
καὶ ἐνέπλησεν Μιχα τὴν χεῖρα τοῦ Λευίτου καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ τὸ παιδάριον εἰς ἱερέα καὶ ἦν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Μιχα
And Micah filled the hand of the Levite, and the young man became for him a priest, and he was in the house of Micah
And Micha said, Now I know that the Lord has done me good, because the Levite has become to me a priest.