< 弥迦书 7 >
1 哀哉!我好像夏天的果子已被收尽, 又像摘了葡萄所剩下的, 没有一挂可吃的; 我心羡慕初熟的无花果。
Woe is me! I live where the summer fruits are gathered, And the vintage is gleaned; There is no cluster to eat; I long for the first-ripe fig.
2 地上虔诚人灭尽; 世间没有正直人; 各人埋伏,要杀人流血, 都用网罗猎取弟兄。
The good man is perished from the land, And there is none upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every one hunteth his brother with a net.
3 他们双手作恶; 君王徇情面,审判官要贿赂; 位分大的吐出恶意, 都彼此结联行恶。
Their hands are diligent for evil; The prince asketh a bribe, And the judge decideth for money! The great man giveth judgment according to his desire; They conspire to pervert justice.
4 他们最好的,不过是蒺藜; 最正直的,不过是荆棘篱笆。 你守望者说,降罚的日子已经来到。 他们必扰乱不安。
The best of them is like a brier; The most upright of them is sharper than a thorn-hedge. The day of recompense, announced by thy watchmen, cometh; Then shall come their perplexity.
5 不要倚赖邻舍; 不要信靠密友。 要守住你的口; 不要向你怀中的妻提说。
Trust ye not in a friend! Put no confidence in a guide! From her that lieth in thy bosom Keep the doors of thy mouth!
6 因为,儿子藐视父亲; 女儿抗拒母亲; 媳妇抗拒婆婆; 人的仇敌就是自己家里的人。
For the son dishonoreth his father, The daughter riseth up against her mother, And the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; The inmates of a man's house are his foes.
7 至于我,我要仰望耶和华, 要等候那救我的 神; 我的 神必应允我。
I will look to Jehovah; I will hope in the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.
8 我的仇敌啊,不要向我夸耀。 我虽跌倒,却要起来; 我虽坐在黑暗里, 耶和华却作我的光。
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy! Though I have fallen, I shall arise; Though I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be my light.
9 我要忍受耶和华的恼怒; 因我得罪了他, 直等他为我辨屈,为我伸冤。 他必领我到光明中; 我必得见他的公义。
I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, Because I have sinned against him, Until he maintain my cause, and execute judgment for me, Until he bring me to the light, And I behold his mercy.
10 那时我的仇敌, 就是曾对我说“耶和华—你 神在哪里”的, 他一看见这事就被羞愧遮盖。 我必亲眼见他遭报; 他必被践踏,如同街上的泥土。
She that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her, That said to me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall gaze upon her; Soon shall she be trodden down, as the mire of the streets.
11 以色列啊,日子必到, 你的墙垣必重修; 到那日,你的境界必开展。
The day cometh when thy walls are to be built; In that day shall the decree be far removed.
12 当那日,人必从亚述, 从埃及的城邑, 从埃及到大河, 从这海到那海, 从这山到那山, 都归到你这里。
In that day shall they come to thee From Assyria, and the cities of Egypt, And from Egypt to the river, From sea to sea, from mountain to mountain.
13 然而,这地因居民的缘故, 又因他们行事的结果,必然荒凉。
But first the land shall be desolate on account of its inhabitants, For the fruit of their doings.
14 求耶和华在迦密山的树林中, 用你的杖牧放你独居的民, 就是你产业的羊群。 求你容他们在巴珊和基列得食物,像古时一样。
Feed thy people with thy crook, The flock of thine inheritance, That dwell solitarily in the forest in the midst of Carmel! Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15 耶和华说: 我要把奇事显给他们看, 好像出埃及地的时候一样。
As in the day when thou camest from Egypt, So will I show thee wonders.
16 列国看见这事就必为自己的势力惭愧; 他们必用手捂口,掩耳不听。
The nations shall see, and be ashamed of all their might: They shall lay their hands upon their mouths; Their ears shall be deaf.
17 他们必舔土如蛇, 又如土中腹行的物, 战战兢兢地出他们的营寨。 他们必战惧投降耶和华, 也必因我们的 神而惧怕。
They shall lick the dust like the serpent; Like the creeping things of the earth, they shall come trembling from their strongholds; To Jehovah our God shall they come with awe, And shall fear on account of thee.
18 神啊,有何神像你,赦免罪孽, 饶恕你产业之余民的罪过, 不永远怀怒,喜爱施恩?
Who is a God like thee, that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by transgression, In the remnant of his inheritance? He retaineth not his anger forever, For he delighteth in mercy.
19 必再怜悯我们, 将我们的罪孽踏在脚下, 又将我们的一切罪投于深海。
He will again have compassion on us, He will blot out our iniquities; Yea, thou wilt cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
20 你必按古时起誓应许我们列祖的话, 向雅各发诚实, 向亚伯拉罕施慈爱。
Thou wilt show faithfulness to Jacob, And mercy to Abraham, Which thou swarest to our fathers from the days of old.