Judges 17
1 Kwakukhona umuntu kwelezintaba kwa-Efrayimi ogama lakhe kunguMikha.
2 Wathi kunina: “Izinhlamvu zesiliva eziyi-1 100 ezathathwa kuwe, waqalekisa ngenxa yazo, ngikuzwa; uyabona-ke, lelo siliva likimi, yimi engalithatha.” Unina wathi: “Sengathi indodana yami ingabusiswa nguSimakade!”
3 Wazibuyisela kunina izinhlamvu zakhe zesiliva eziyi-1 100; unina wathi: “Leli siliva elisesandleni sami ngiyalingcwelisa kuSimakade ukuze indodana yami yenze isithombe esibaziweyo nesibunjiweyo, ngakho-ke manje ngilibuyisela kuwe.”
4 Walibuyisela isiliva kunina, unina wathatha izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingama-200, wazinika umkhandisiliva, owenza ngazo isithombe esibaziweyo, nesibunjiweyo, sabekwa endlini kaMikha.
5 Leyo ndoda enguMikha yayinendlu enonkulunkulu, yenza ingubo yamahlombe netherafimi, yabeka enye yamadodana ayo ukuba ibe ngumphristi wayo.
6 Ngalezo zinsuku kwakungekho nkosi kwa-Israyeli; yilowo nalowo muntu wayenza lokho ayekubona kulungile emehlweni akhe.
7 Kwakukhona insizwa eBhethlehema kwaJuda, ingeyesizwana sakwaJuda. YayingumLevi, igogobele lapho.
8 Leyo ndoda yawushiya umuzi iBhethlehema kwaJuda, ukuba iyohlala lapho yayingathola khona indawo. Yahamba yaze yafika endlini kaMikha kwelezintaba kwa-Efrayimi.
9 UMikha wathi kuyo: “Uvelaphi, na?” Yaphendula yathi: “NgingumLevi waseBhethlehema kwaJuda, ngihamba ngicinga lapho ngingathola khona indawo.”
10 UMikha wayesethi kuyo: “Hlala nami, ube ngubaba nomphristi wami, ngizokunika izinhlamvu zesiliva ezilishumi ngonyaka, nesembatho, nokudla.” UmLevi wahlala.
11 UmLevi wavuma ukuhlala nalowo muntu, leyo nsizwa yaba kuye njengenye yamadodana akhe.
12 UMikha wambeka umLevi, leyo nsizwa yaba ngumphristi wakhe, yahlala emzini kaMikha.
13 UMikha wayesethi: “Manje sengiyazi ukuthi uSimakade uzongenzela okuhle, ngoba senginomLevi ongumphristi wami.”