弥迦书 5
1 成群的民哪，现在你要聚集成队； 因为仇敌围攻我们， 要用杖击打以色列审判者的脸。
Gather your troops together, Jerusalem! An enemy is besieging us. They will strike Israel's leader on the cheek with a rod.
2 伯利恒的以法他啊， 你在犹大诸城中为小， 将来必有一位从你那里出来， 在以色列中为我作掌权的； 他的根源从亘古，从太初就有。
But from you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, (though you are only a small place in Judah), will come a ruler of Israel to do my will. His existence is from the ages of eternity past.
3 耶和华必将以色列人交付敌人， 直等那生产的妇人生下子来。 那时掌权者其余的弟兄 必归到以色列人那里。
So the Lord will give up on them until the woman in labor has given birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the people of Israel.
4 他必起来，倚靠耶和华的大能， 并耶和华—他 神之名的威严， 牧养他的羊群。 他们要安然居住； 因为他必日见尊大，直到地极。
He will stand up and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. They will live in safety because his greatness is recognized all over the world.
5 这位必作我们的平安。 当亚述人进入我们的地境， 践踏宫殿的时候， 我们就立起七个牧者， 八个首领攻击他。
He will be our source of peace when the Assyrians invade our land and destroy our fortresses. Then we will appoint many strong leaders,
6 他们必用刀剑毁坏亚述地 和宁录地的关口。 亚述人进入我们的地境践踏的时候， 他必拯救我们。
and they will rule Assyria with their swords, the land of Nimrod with drawn swords. He shall rescue us from the Assyrians when they invade our land, marching across our borders.
7 雅各余剩的人必在多国的民中， 如从耶和华那里降下的露水， 又如甘霖降在草上； 不仗赖人力，也不等候世人之功。
Then those who are left of the people of Jacob shall be in the center of many nations, like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which wait for no one, and which no one can delay.
8 雅各余剩的人必在多国多民中， 如林间百兽中的狮子， 又如少壮狮子在羊群中。 他若经过就必践踏撕裂， 无人搭救。
Those who are left of the people of Jacob shall be among many nations, in the center of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the wild animals of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, clawing and tearing as it passes through, with no one to come to the rescue.
9 愿你的手举起，高过敌人！ 愿你的仇敌都被剪除！
Lift your hand in triumph against your enemies; all of them will be destroyed.
10 耶和华说：到那日， 我必从你中间剪除马匹， 毁坏车辆，
On that day, says the Lord, I will kill your horses and break your chariots.
11 也必从你国中除灭城邑， 拆毁一切的保障，
I will tear down your city walls and demolish your fortresses.
12 又必除掉你手中的邪术； 你那里也不再有占卜的。
I will stop the witchcraft you practice; there will be no more fortune-tellers for you.
13 我必从你中间除灭雕刻的偶像和柱像， 你就不再跪拜自己手所造的。
I will smash down the idols and stone pillars that stand among you: you shall not bow down and worship idols that you make with your own hands any more.
14 我必从你中间拔出木偶， 又毁灭你的城邑。
I will pull up the Asherah poles that you have and destroy your pagan places.
15 我也必在怒气和忿怒中向那不听从的列国施报。
In anger and fury I will execute vengeance on those nations that do not obey me.
