弥迦书 6
1 以色列人哪，当听耶和华的话！ 要起来向山岭争辩， 使冈陵听你的话。
Pay attention to what Yahweh says [to you Israeli people]: “Stand up [in court] and state what you are accusing [me] about. And allow the hills and mountains to hear what you will say.
2 山岭和地永久的根基啊， 要听耶和华争辩的话！ 因为耶和华要与他的百姓争辩， 与以色列争论。
[But then] you mountains must [also] listen [carefully] [DOU] to what I, Yahweh, am complaining [about my people]. I have something to say about what [DOU] my Israeli people are doing that displeases me.
3 我的百姓啊，我向你做了什么呢？ 我在什么事上使你厌烦？ 你可以对我证明。
My people, what have I done to [cause trouble for] you [RHQ]? What have I done to cause you to experience difficulties? Answer me!
4 我曾将你从埃及地领出来， 从作奴仆之家救赎你； 我也差遣摩西、亚伦，和米利暗在你前面行。
I [did great things for your ancestors]; I brought them out of Egypt; I rescued them from that land where they were slaves. I sent Moses to [lead] them, and [his older brother] Aaron and [his older sister] Miriam.
5 我的百姓啊，你们当追念摩押王巴勒所设的谋 和比珥的儿子巴兰回答他的话， 并你们从什亭到吉甲所遇见的事， 好使你们知道耶和华公义的作为。
My people, think about when Balak, the king of Moab, requested Beor’s son Balaam [to curse your ancestors], and think about what Balaam replied. Think about [how your ancestors crossed the Jordan River miraculously while] they were traveling from Acacia to Gilgal. [Think about those things in order] that you may know that [I], Yahweh, do what is right.”
6 我朝见耶和华， 在至高 神面前跪拜，当献上什么呢？ 岂可献一岁的牛犊为燔祭吗？
[The Israeli people ask, ] “What shall we bring to Yahweh [who lives in] heaven when we come to him and bow down before him? Should we bring calves that are a year-old that will be offerings that will be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar]?
7 耶和华岂喜悦千千的公羊， 或是万万的油河吗？ 我岂可为自己的罪过献我的长子吗？ 为心中的罪恶献我身所生的吗？
Will Yahweh be pleased [if we offer to him] 1,000 rams and 10,000 streams of [olive] oil? Should we offer our firstborn children [to be sacrifices] to pay for the sins that we have committed [DOU]?”
8 世人哪，耶和华已指示你何为善。 他向你所要的是什么呢？ 只要你行公义，好怜悯， 存谦卑的心，与你的 神同行。
[No, because] he has shown each of us what is good [to do]; he has shown [RHQ] us what he requires each of us [to do]: He wants us to do what is just/fair and to love and to be merciful [to others], and [he wants us] to live humbly [while we fellowship] with him, our God.
9 耶和华向这城呼叫， 智慧人必敬畏他的名。 你们当听是谁派定刑杖的惩罚。
“I am Yahweh, so if you are wise, you should revere me. I am calling out to [you people of] Jerusalem, ‘The armies [MET] that will destroy your city are coming, so pay careful attention to me, the one who is causing them to punish you with my rod.
10 恶人家中不仍有非义之财 和可恶的小升斗吗？
Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you wicked people filled your homes with valuable things that you acquired by cheating [others]? Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you used false measures [when you bought and sold things]? Those are things that I hate.
11 我若用不公道的天平和囊中诡诈的法码， 岂可算为清洁呢？
[Do you think] that [RHQ] I should say nothing about people who use scales that do not weigh correctly, and who use weights that are not accurate?
12 城里的富户满行强暴； 其中的居民也说谎言， 口中的舌头是诡诈的。
The rich people among you always act violently [to get money from poor people]. All of the people [in Jerusalem] are liars, and they [SYN] always deceive people.
13 因此，我击打你， 使你的伤痕甚重， 使你因你的罪恶荒凉。
Therefore, I have [already] begun to get rid of you, to ruin you because of the sins that you have committed.
14 你要吃，却吃不饱； 你的虚弱必显在你中间。 你必挪去，却不得救护； 所救护的，我必交给刀剑。
[Soon] you will eat food, but you will not have enough to satisfy you; your stomachs will [still feel as though they are] empty. You will try to save up [money], but you will not be able to save anything, because I will send your enemies to take it from you in wars [MTY].
15 你必撒种，却不得收割； 踹橄榄，却不得油抹身； 踹葡萄，却不得酒喝。
You will plant [seeds], but you will not harvest [anything]. You will press olives, but [others], not you, will use the [olive] oil. You will trample on grapes [and make wine from the juice], but [others], not you, will drink the wine.
16 因为你守暗利的恶规， 行亚哈家一切所行的， 顺从他们的计谋； 因此，我必使你荒凉， 使你的居民令人嗤笑， 你们也必担当我民的羞辱。
[Those things will happen to you because] you obey [only] the wicked laws of [King] Omri, and [you do the terrible things that wicked King] Ahab and his descendants commanded. So, I will destroy your [country], and I will cause your people to be despised; people [of other nations] will insult you.’”
