彌迦書 5
1 成群的民哪，現在你要聚集成隊； 因為仇敵圍攻我們， 要用杖擊打以色列審判者的臉。
Now gather thyself together, O daughter of troops, A siege he hath laid against us, With a rod they smite on the cheek the judge of Israel.
2 伯利恆的以法他啊， 你在猶大諸城中為小， 將來必有一位從你那裏出來， 在以色列中為我作掌權的； 他的根源從亙古，從太初就有。
And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth — to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth [are] of old, From the days of antiquity.
3 耶和華必將以色列人交付敵人， 直等那生產的婦人生下子來。 那時掌權者其餘的弟兄 必歸到以色列人那裏。
Therefore he doth give them out till the time She who bringeth forth hath brought forth, And the remnant of his brethren return to the sons of Israel.
4 他必起來，倚靠耶和華的大能， 並耶和華－他上帝之名的威嚴， 牧養他的羊群。 他們要安然居住； 因為他必日見尊大，直到地極。
And he hath stood and delighted in the strength of Jehovah, In the excellency of the name of Jehovah his God, And they have remained, For now he is great unto the ends of earth.
5 這位必作我們的平安。 當亞述人進入我們的地境， 踐踏宮殿的時候， 我們就立起七個牧者， 八個首領攻擊他。
And this [one] hath been peace, Asshur! when he doth come into our land, And when he doth tread in our palaces, We have raised against him seven shepherds, And eight anointed of man.
6 他們必用刀劍毀壞亞述地 和寧錄地的關口。 亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏的時候， 他必拯救我們。
And they have afflicted the land of Asshur with the sword, And the land of Nimrod at its openings, And he hath delivered from Asshur when he doth come into our land, And when he treadeth in our borders.
7 雅各餘剩的人必在多國的民中， 如從耶和華那裏降下的露水， 又如甘霖降在草上； 不仗賴人力，也不等候世人之功。
And the remnant of Jacob hath been in the midst of many peoples, As dew from Jehovah — as showers on the herb, That waiteth not for man, nor stayeth for the sons of men.
8 雅各餘剩的人必在多國多民中， 如林間百獸中的獅子， 又如少壯獅子在羊群中。 他若經過就必踐踏撕裂， 無人搭救。
Yea, the remnant of Jacob hath been among nations, In the midst of many peoples, As a lion among beasts of a forest, As a young lion among ranks of a flock, Which if it hath passed through, Hath both trodden down and hath torn, And there is no deliverer.
9 願你的手舉起，高過敵人！ 願你的仇敵都被剪除！
High is thy hand above thine adversaries, And all thine enemies are cut off.
10 耶和華說：到那日， 我必從你中間剪除馬匹， 毀壞車輛，
And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have cut off thy horses from thy midst, And I have destroyed thy chariots,
11 也必從你國中除滅城邑， 拆毀一切的保障，
And I have cut off the cities of thy land, And I have thrown down all thy fortresses,
12 又必除掉你手中的邪術； 你那裏也不再有占卜的。
And have cut off sorcerers out of thy hand, And observers of clouds thou hast none.
13 我必從你中間除滅雕刻的偶像和柱像， 你就不再跪拜自己手所造的。
And I have cut off thy graven images, And thy standing-pillars out of thy midst, And thou dost not bow thyself any more To the work of thy hands.
14 我必從你中間拔出木偶， 又毀滅你的城邑。
And I have plucked up thy shrines out of thy midst, And I have destroyed thine enemies.
15 我也必在怒氣和忿怒中向那不聽從的列國施報。
And I have done vengeance in anger and in fury, With the nations who have not hearkened!
