Mika Asiya Kulambira Atate
Mika akuvomereza kuti anaba siliva wa amayi ake; iwo akumudalitsa ndi kupatulira silivayo kwa Atate wathu — mwa kupangitsa nawo mafano. Iye akumanga kachisi, akudzoza mwana wake, akulemba ntchito Mlevi woyendayenda, ndipo akuganiza kuti Atate wathu ayenera kumukomera mtima. Aliyense ankachita zimene zinali zabwino pamaso pake.
17 1Panali munthu wochokera ku dziko la mapiri la Efuraimu, dzina lake Mika. 2Iye anawuza amayi ake, nati, “Ndalama za siliva 1,100 zimene zinatengedwa kwa inu, zimene munazitemberera—ndinakumvani mukunena—taonani, ndalamazo ndili nazo ine; ndinazitenga.” Amayi ake anati, “Atate wathu amdalitse mwana wanga.”
3Choncho iye anabwezera amayi ake ndalama za siliva 1,100, ndipo iwo anati, “Ndapatula ndithu siliva iyi kwa Atate wathu ndi dzanja langa, chifukwa cha mwana wanga, kuti ndipange chifanizo chosema ndi fano losungunula. Tsopano ndikubwezera kwa iwe.”
4Iye anabwezera siliva kwa amayi ake; iwo anatenga ndalama 200 nazipereka kwa mmisiri wa siliva, amene anapanga chifanizo chosema ndi fano losungunula; ndipo zinali m'nyumba ya Mika.
5Munthu uyu Mika anali ndi kachisi, napanga efodi ndi mafano apanyumba, naika mmodzi wa ana ake aamuna kukhala wansembe wake. 6Masiku amenewo Israeli analibe mfumu; munthu aliyense anachita chimene chinali chabwino pamaso pake. 7Panali mnyamata wa ku Betelehemu wa ku Yuda, wa mbumba ya Yuda, iye anali Mlevi, nakhala kumeneko. 8Munthu uyu anachoka ku Betelehemu wa ku Yuda kukafuna malo ena okhala, ndipo pa ulendo wake, anafika ku dziko la mapiri la Efuraimu, ku nyumba ya Mika. 9Mika anamfunsa, nati, “Ukuchokera kuti?” Iye anati, “Ndine Mlevi wa ku Betelehemu wa ku Yuda; ndikufuna malo okhala.”
10Mika anati, “Khala ndi ine; ukhale atate wanga ndi wansembe wanga, ndipo ndidzakupatsa ndalama za siliva khumi pa chaka, zovala, ndi chakudya chako.” Choncho Mlevi analowa. 11Mlevi anavomera kukhala ndi munthuyo, ndipo mnyamatayo anakhala kwa iye ngati mmodzi wa ana ake. 12Mika anaika Mlevi, ndipo mnyamatayo anakhala wansembe wake, nakhala m'nyumba ya Mika. 13Mika anati, “Tsopano ndadziwa kuti Atate wathu adzandichitira zabwino, chifukwa ndili ndi Mlevi kukhala wansembe wanga.” a a v13 Mika akutsimikiza kuti Atate wathu adzamdalitsa chifukwa walemba ntchito Mlevi kuti azisamalira mafano ake—ichi ndi chisoni cha kutchula dzina la Atate pa kulambira kopangidwa ndi ife tokha.
