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1 我曾經說過:「雅各伯的首領,以色列家的官吏,請你們傾聽! 認識正義,豈不是你們分內的事﹖」
And Y seide, Ye princis of Jacob, and duykis of the hous of Israel, here. Whether it be not youre for to knowe doom, whiche haten good,
2 然而他們惡善好惡,從平民身上剝下他們的皮,從骨頭上剔下他們的肉。
and louen yuele? Whiche violentli taken awei the skynnes of hem fro aboue hem, and the fleisch of hem fro aboue the bonys of hem.
3 他們吞食我百姓的肉,剝去他們的皮,折斷他們的骨頭,將他們切成碎塊,如釜中的肉,如鼎中的肉。
Whiche eeten the fleisch of my puple, and hiliden the skyn of hem fro aboue; and broken togidere the boonys of hem, and kittiden togidere as in a cawdroun, and as fleisch in the myddil of a pot.
4 當他們呼求上主時,上主決不俯聽他們;反要掩面不理他們,因為他們行了窮凶極惡的事。
Thanne thei schulen crie to the Lord, and he schal not here hem; and he schal hide hise face fro hem in that tyme, as thei diden wickidli in her fyndingis.
5 論及迷我百姓的先知,上主這樣說:當他們的牙齒有咀嚼的東西時,他們便呼喊:「和平。」但凡不將食物送到他們口上的,他們便宣佈「戰爭。」
The Lord God seith these thingis on the profetis that disseyuen my puple, and biten with her teeth, and prechen pees; and if ony man yyueth not in the mouth of hem ony thing, thei halewen batel on hym.
6 因此,為你們只有黑夜而沒有神視,只有黑暗而沒有神諭;太陽必為先知而沒落,白畫必為他們而變為黑暗。
Therfor niyt schal be to you for visioun, or profesie, and derknessis to you for dyuynacioun; and sunne schal go doun on the profetis, and the dai schal be maad derk on hem.
7 先知必將抱愧,巫士必將蒙羞,他們都要掩住自己的鬍鬚,因為沒有天主的答覆。
And thei schulen be confoundid that seen visiouns, and dyuynours schulen be confoundid, and alle schulen hile her cheris, for it is not the answer of God.
8 至於我,我因上主的神而充滿 力量、正義和勇氣,向雅各伯指出她的邪惡,向以色列說明她的罪過。
Netheles Y am fillid with strengthe of Spirit of the Lord, and in doom and vertu, that Y schewe to Jacob his greet trespas, and to Israel his synne.
9 雅各伯家的領袖,以色列家的官吏,請你們傾聽這事! 你們憎惡正義,曲解一切正理;
Here these thingis, ye princes of the hous of Jacob, and domesmen of the hous of Israel, whiche wlaten dom, and peruerten alle riyt thingis;
whiche bilden Sion in bloodis, and Jerusalem in wickidnesse.
11 她火首領為賄賂而審判,司祭為薪俸而設教,先知為銀錢而占卜,尚依賴上主說:「上主不是在我們中間嗎﹖災禍決不會臨在我們身上! 」
Princes therof demyden for yiftis, and prestis therof tauyten for hire, and profetis therof dyuyneden for money; and on the Lord thei restiden, and seiden, Whether the Lord is not in the myddil of us? yuelis schulen not come on vs.
12 因此,為了你的緣故,熙雍必被耕耘有如一塊地.耶路撒冷必成為一堆廢墟,聖殿山必成為叢林中的一個丘陵。
For this thing bi cause of you, Sion as a feeld schal be erid; and Jerusalem schal be as an heep of stoonys, and the hil of the temple schal be in to hiye thingis of woodis.