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17:1
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以法莲山地有一个人名叫米迦。
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And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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17:2
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他对母亲说：「你那一千一百舍客勒银子被人拿去，你因此咒诅，并且告诉了我。看哪，这银子在我这里，是我拿去了。」他母亲说：「我儿啊，愿耶和华赐福与你！」
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And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah.
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17:3
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米迦就把这一千一百舍客勒银子还他母亲。他母亲说：「我分出这银子来为你献给耶和华，好雕刻一个像，铸成一个像。现在我还是交给你。」
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And he restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
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17:4
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米迦将银子还他母亲，他母亲将二百舍客勒银子交给银匠，雕刻一个像，铸成一个像，安置在米迦的屋内。
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And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.
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17:5
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这米迦有了神堂，又制造以弗得和家中的神像，分派他一个儿子作祭司。
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And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
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17:6
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那时以色列中没有王，各人任意而行。
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In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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17:7
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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。
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And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
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17:8
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这人离开犹大的伯利恒城，要找一个可住的地方。行路的时候，到了以法莲山地，走到米迦的家。
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And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
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17:9
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米迦问他说：「你从那里来？」他回答说：「从犹大的伯利恒来。我是利未人，要找一个可住的地方。」
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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].
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17:10
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米迦说：「你可以住在我这里，我以你为父、为祭司。我每年给你十舍客勒银子，一套衣服和度日的食物。」利未人就进了他的家。
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And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
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17:11
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利未人情愿与那人同住；那人看这少年人如自己的儿子一样。
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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17:12
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米迦分派这少年的利未人作祭司，他就住在米迦的家里。
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And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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17:13
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米迦说：「现在我知道耶和华必赐福与我，因我有一个利未人作祭司。」
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Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
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