Judges 士师记17
英语课
17Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
2said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse-I have that silver with me; I took it." Then his mother said, "The LORD bless you, my son!"
3When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, "I solemnly consecrate 1 my silver to the LORD for my son to make a carved image and a cast idol 2. I will give it back to you."
4So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into the image and the idol. And they were put in Micah's house.
5Now this man Micah had a shrine 3, and he made an ephod and some idols 4 and installed one of his sons as his priest.
6In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.
7A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan 5 of Judah,
8left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9Micah asked him, "Where are you from?" "I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah," he said, "and I'm looking for a place to stay."
10Then Micah said to him, "Live with me and be my father and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food."
11So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man was to him like one of his sons.
12Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
13And Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest."
2said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse-I have that silver with me; I took it." Then his mother said, "The LORD bless you, my son!"
3When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, "I solemnly consecrate 1 my silver to the LORD for my son to make a carved image and a cast idol 2. I will give it back to you."
4So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into the image and the idol. And they were put in Micah's house.
5Now this man Micah had a shrine 3, and he made an ephod and some idols 4 and installed one of his sons as his priest.
6In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.
7A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan 5 of Judah,
8left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9Micah asked him, "Where are you from?" "I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah," he said, "and I'm looking for a place to stay."
10Then Micah said to him, "Live with me and be my father and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food."
11So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man was to him like one of his sons.
12Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
13And Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest."
1 consecrate
v.使圣化，奉…为神圣；尊崇；奉献
- Consecrate your life to the church.把你的生命奉献给教堂吧。
- The priest promised God he would consecrate his life to helping the poor.牧师对上帝允诺他将献身帮助穷人。
2 idol
n.偶像，红人，宠儿
- As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
- Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
3 shrine
n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣
- The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
- They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。