17–БОБ
Михонинг бутлари
1 Эфрайим қирларида Михо деган бир одам яшарди. 2 Бир куни у онасига шундай деди:
— Она, эсингиздами, 1100 бўлак кумушни ўғирлатиб қўйган эдингиз. Ўшанда ўғрини олдимда қарғагансиз. Мана, ўша кумушингиз. Уни мен олгандим.
Шунда онаси:
— Илойим барака топгин, ўғлим! — деди.
3 Михо 1100 бўлак кумушни онасига қайтариб берди. Онаси эса:
— Мен бу кумушни бош–кўзингдан хайр–садақа қилиб, Эгамга бағишлайман, — деди, — ундан қуйма ва ўйма бутлар ясаттираман. Ўша кумуш ўзингга қайтиб келади, ўғлим.
4 Михо қайтариб берган кумуш бўлакларининг 200 тасини онаси заргарга берди. Заргар бут ясаб, уни кумуш билан қоплади . Тайёр бўлган бут Михонинг уйига ўрнатилди. 5 Михонинг бир саждагоҳи бор эди. У руҳонийлар киядиган махсус либос тиктириб, яна бир нечта хонаки санамлар ясаттирди, сўнг ўғилларидан бирини ўзининг саждагоҳига руҳоний қилиб тайинлади. 6 Ўша даврда Исроилда шоҳ йўқ эди. Ҳар бир одам билганини қилар эди.
7 Яҳудо ҳудудидаги Байтлаҳм шаҳрида бир ёш леви яшарди. 8 Бу одам ўзига бошқа жойдан бошпана топмоқчи бўлиб, Байтлаҳмни тарк этди. У йўл юриб, Эфрайим қирларидаги Михонинг уйига келиб қолди.
9 — Қаерликсан, ўғлим? — деб сўради ундан Михо.
— Мен Яҳудодаги Байтлаҳмдан келган левиман, — деб жавоб берди у. — Ўзимга бошпана қидириб юрибман.
10 — Кел, меникида тура қол, — деди Михо. — Менинг маслаҳатчим ҳамда руҳонийим бўл. Мен эса ҳар йили сенга ўн бўлакдан кумуш тўлаб, кийим–кечагинг билан егулигингни бераман.
11-12 Леви Михоникида туришга рози бўлди. Михо уни руҳоний қилиб тайинлади. Леви Михоникида яшаб юрди ва Михога худди ўғлидай бўлиб қолди. 13 Шунда Михо деди: “Мана энди Эгам менга барака беришини биламан, чунки левининг ўзи менга руҳоний бўлиб хизмат қиляпти.”
1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 ¶ And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place . 10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
