< ميخا 3 >

وَقُلْتُ اسْمَعُوا يَا رُؤَسَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ وَيَاقُضَاةَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَلا يَنْبَغِي لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الْحَقَّ؟ ١ 1
And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know judgment?
أَنْتُمْ يَا مَنْ تُبْغِضُونَ الْخَيْرَ وَتُحِبُّونَ الشَّرَّ، وَتَسْلُخُونَ جُلُودَ شَعْبِي وَتُجَرِّدُونَ لُحُومَهُمْ عَنْ عِظَامِهِمْ. ٢ 2
who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
الَّذِينَ تَأْكُلُونَ لُحُومَ شَعْبِي، وَتَسْلُخُونَ جُلُودَهُمْ عَنْهُمْ وَتُهَشِّمُونَ عِظَامَهُمْ، وَتُقَطِّعُونَهُمْ كَمَا يُقَطَّعُ اللَّحْمُ فِي الْقِدْرِ، أَوْ كَاللَّحْمِ الْمُعَدِّ لِلْمِقْلَى. ٣ 3
who also eat the flesh of my people; and they flay their skin from off them, and break their bones: yea, they chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
ثُمَّ حِينَ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِالرَّبِّ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُ وَيَحْجُبُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ بِسَبَبِ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ. ٤ 4
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not answer them: yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ بِشَأْنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَ شَعْبَهُ، الَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «سَلامٌ» لِمَنْ يُعْطِيهِمْ طَعَاماً، وَيُعْلِنُونَ الْحَرْبَ عَلَى مَنْ لَا يُلْقِمُ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ. ٥ 5
Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:
لِذَلِكَ يَطْغَى عَلَيْكُمْ لَيْلٌ خَالٍ مِنَ الرُّؤْيَا، وَظَلامٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِرَافَةٍ، وَتَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَيُظْلِمُ عَلَيْهِمِ النَّهَارُ. ٦ 6
Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
يَعْتَرِي الرَّائِينَ الْخِزْيُ وَيَنْتَابُ الْعَرَّافِينَ الْخَجَلُ، وَيُغَطُّونَ جَمِيعُهُمْ شِفَاهَهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَنَالُونَ جَوَاباً مِنَ الرَّبِّ. ٧ 7
And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips: for there is no answer of God.
أَمَّا أَنَا، فَإِنِّي مُمْتَلِئٌ بِقُوَّةِ رُوحِ الرَّبِّ وَبِالْحَقِّ وَالْعِزَّةِ، لأُعْلِنَ لِنَسْلِ يَعْقُوبَ مَعَاصِيَهُ وَلإِسْرَائِيلَ خَطِيئَتَهُ. ٨ 8
But I truly am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
اسْتَمِعُوا هَذَا يَا رُؤَسَاءَ بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ وَقُضَاةَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يَكْرَهُونَ الْعَدْلَ وَيُحَرِّفُونَ الْحَقَّ. ٩ 9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
الَّذِينَ يَبْنُونَ صِهْيَوْنَ بِالدَّمِ وَأُورُشَلِيمَ بِالظُّلْمِ. ١٠ 10
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
إِذْ يَحْكُمُ رُؤَسَاؤُهَا بِالرِّشْوَةِ، وَكَهَنَتُهَا يُعَلِّمُونَ بِالأُجْرَةِ وَيَتَعَاطَى أَنْبِيَاؤُهَا الْعِرَافَةَ لِقَاءَ الْمَالِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَدَّعُونَ الاتِّكَالَ عَلَى اللهِ قَائِلِينَ: «أَلَيْسَ الرَّبُّ فِي وَسَطِنَا؟ لِذَلِكَ لَنْ يُصِيبَنَا مَكْرُوهٌ». ١١ 11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
لِهَذَا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ سَتُحْرَثُ صِهْيَوْنُ كَالْحَقْلِ وَتُصْبِحُ أُورُشَلِيمُ كَوْمَةً مِنَ الْخَرَائِبِ، وَجَبَلُ الْهَيْكَلِ مُرْتَفَعاً تَنْمُو عَلَيْهِ أَشْجَارُ الْغَابِ. ١٢ 12
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

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