UMika Ushiya Ukukhonzwa kukaBaba
UMika uvuma ukuthi weba isiliva likanina; yena uyambusisa futhi alinikezele kuBaba wethu — ngokwenza ngalo izithombe. Wakha indawo yokukhonza, agcobe indodana yakhe, aqashe umLevi ozulazulayo, futhi aphethe ngokuthi uBaba wethu kumele ukuba uyamthanda. Wonke umuntu wenza okulungile emehlweni akhe.
17 1Kwakukhona indoda yezwe elinezintaba lakwa-Efrayimi, egama layo lalinguMika. 2Wathi kunina: “Lezo zinhlamvu zesiliva eziyinkulungwane nekhulu ezathathwa kuwe, owaziqalekisayo—ngakuzwa ukukusho—bheka, isiliva nginalo; yimi engalithatha.” Unina wathi: “Sengathi uBaba wethu angayibusisa indodana yami.”
3Ngakho wazibuyisela kunina izinhlamvu zesiliva eziyinkulungwane nekhulu, wathi: “Nginikela ngokuzimisela ngaleli siliva kuBaba wethu ngesandla sami, ngenxa yendodana yami, ukuze kwenziwe isithombe esibaziweyo nesithombe esincibilikisiweyo. Manje ngiyalibuyisela kuwe.”
4Wasibuyisela kunina isiliva; yena wathatha izinhlamvu ezingamakhulu amabili wazinika umkhandi wesiliva, owenza isithombe esibaziweyo nesithombe esincibilikisiweyo; sema endlini kaMika.
5Le ndoda uMika yayinendlu yokukhonzela, yenza i-efodi nezithombe zasekhaya, yabeka omunye wamadodana ayo ukuba abe ngumpristi wayo. 6Ngalezo zinsuku kwakungekho nkosi kwa-Israyeli; wonke umuntu wayenza lokho okwakulungile emehlweni akhe. 7Kwakukhona insizwa yaseBhetlehema lakwaJuda, eyosendo lwakwaJuda, eyayingumLevi, ihlala khona. 8Le ndoda yasuka eBhetlehema lakwaJuda iyofuna enye indawo yokuhlala, ithi isahamba, yafika ezweni elinezintaba lakwa-Efrayimi, endlini kaMika. 9UMika wabuza: “Uvelaphi?” Yena wathi: “NgingumLevi waseBhetlehema lakwaJuda; ngifuna indawo yokuhlala.”
10UMika wathi: “Hlala nami; ube ngubaba kimi nompristi, ngizakukunika izinhlamvu zesiliva eziyishumi ngonyaka, izingubo zokugqoka, nokudla kwakho.” Ngakho umLevi wangena. 11UmLevi wavuma ukuhlala naleyo ndoda, insizwa yaba kuyo njengomunye wamadodana ayo. 12UMika wambeka umLevi, insizwa yaba ngumpristi wakhe, yahlala endlini kaMika. 13UMika wathi: “Manje sengiyazi ukuthi uBaba wethu uzakungenzela okuhle, ngoba nginomLevi ongumpristi wami.” a a v13 UMika uqinisekile ukuthi uBaba wethu uzakumbusisa ngoba uqashe umLevi ukuba anakekele izithombe zakhe—lolu usizi lokuzibizela igama likaBaba enkonzweni esiyenza thina ngokwethu.
