Lunakanawai 17
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1A IA ma ka mauna o Eperaima he kanaka, o Mika kona inoa.
1Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2I aku la ia i kona makuwahine, O kela mau apana kala, hookahi tausani, me ka haneri keu, i laweia, mai ou mai nei, ka mea au i kuamuamu ai, a i olelo mai ai hoi ma ko'u pepeiao, eia no ia'u ua kala la. Na'u no i lawe. I mai la kona makuwahine, E pomaikai ana oe ia Iehova, e kuu keiki.
2And 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 the LORD.'
3A hoihoi aku ia i ke tausani apana kala me ka haneri keu i kona makuwahine, alaila, olelo mai la kona makuwahine, Ua hoolaa loa aku au ia kala ia Iehova, mai ko'u lima aku, i mea na ka'u keiki, e hana aku ai i kii, a i kii hooheheeia; nolaila ea, e hoihoi aku au ia ia oe.
3And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said: 'I verily dedicate 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.'
4Aka, hoihoi hou ae la ia i ke kala i kona makuwahine. Lawe ae la kona makuwahine i elua haneri apana kala, a haawi aku la i ka mea hoohehee kala, nana no i hana i kii, a i kii hoi i hooheheeia. Aia no laua maloko o ka hale o Mika.
4And 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.
5He hale akua ko ua kanaka la o ko Mika, a hana iho la ia i epoda, a i terapima, a hoolaa ae la ia i kekahi o kana mau keikikane, a lilo ia i kahuna nona.
5And the man Micah had a house of God, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6Ia manawa, aole alii ma ka Iseraela. Hana no kela kanaka keia kanaka i ka mea i pono ma kona mau maka.
6In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7He kanaka opiopio, mailoko mai o Betelehemaiuda, no ka ohana a Iuda, he mamo na Levi, a noho no ia malaila.
7And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah — in the family of Judah — who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8Hele aku la ua kanaka la, mai ke kulanakauhale o Betelehemaiuda aku, e noho ma kahi e loaa ai, a i kona hele ana, hiki ae la ia i ka mauna o Eperaima, i ka hale o Mika.
8And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem in 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.
9I mai la o Mika ia ia, Mai hea mai oe i hele mai ai? I aku la ia, He Levi au, no Betelehemaiuda mai, a ke hele nei au e noho ma kahi e loaa'i.
9And Micah said unto him: 'Whence comest thou?' And he said unto him: 'I am a Levite of Beth-lehem in Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.'
10I mai la o Mika ia ia, E noho pu oe me au, i lilo oe i makua no'u, a i kahuna hoi, a e haawi aku au ia oe i umi apana kala ma ka makahiki, a i pa lole komo elua, a i ka ai no hoi; nolaila, komo aku la ua Levi nei iloko.
10And 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.
11Lealea ia Levi e noho pu me ua kanaka la, a ua like ia kanaka opiopio ia ia, me kekahi o kana mau keikikane.
11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
12Hoolaa iho la o Mika i ka Levi, a lilo ua kanaka opiopio nei i kahuna nona, a noho iho la ma ka hale o Mika.
12And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13Alaila, i ae la o Mika, Ua ike au, e hoopomaikai ana o Iehova ia'u, no ka mea, he Levi no ko'u kahuna.
13Then said Micah: 'Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.'
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