< 彌迦書 7 >

1 哀哉!我好像夏天的果子已被收盡, 又像摘了葡萄所剩下的, 沒有一掛可吃的; 我心羨慕初熟的無花果。
Wo to me, for Y am maad as he that gaderith in heruest rasyns of grapis; there is no clustre for to ete; my soule desiride figis ripe bifore othere.
2 地上虔誠人滅盡; 世間沒有正直人; 各人埋伏,要殺人流血, 都用網羅獵取弟兄。
The hooli perischide fro erthe, and riytful is not in men; alle aspien, ether setten tresoun, in blood, a man huntith his brother to deth.
3 他們雙手作惡; 君王徇情面,審判官要賄賂; 位分大的吐出惡意, 都彼此結聯行惡。
The yuel of her hondis thei seien good; the prince axith, and the domesman is in yeldyng; and a greet man spak the desir of his soule, and thei sturbliden togidere it.
4 他們最好的,不過是蒺藜; 最正直的,不過是荊棘籬笆。 你守望者說,降罰的日子已經來到。 他們必擾亂不安。
He that is best in hem, is as a paluyre; and he that is riytful, is as a thorn of hegge. The dai of thi biholdyng, thi visityng cometh, now schal be distriyng of hem.
5 不要倚賴鄰舍; 不要信靠密友。 要守住你的口; 不要向你懷中的妻提說。
Nyle ye bileue to a frend, and nyle ye truste in a duyk; fro hir that slepith in thi bosum, kepe thou closyngis of thi mouth.
6 因為,兒子藐視父親; 女兒抗拒母親; 媳婦抗拒婆婆; 人的仇敵就是自己家裏的人。
For the sone doith wrong to the fadir, and the douyter schal rise ayens hir modir, and the wijf of the sone ayens the modir of hir hosebonde; the enemyes of a man ben the homeli, ether houshold meynee, of hym.
7 至於我,我要仰望耶和華, 要等候那救我的上帝; 我的上帝必應允我。
Forsothe Y schal biholde to the Lord, Y schal abide God my sauyour; the Lord my God schal here me.
8 我的仇敵啊,不要向我誇耀。 我雖跌倒,卻要起來; 我雖坐在黑暗裏, 耶和華卻作我的光。
Thou, myn enemye, be not glad on me, for Y felle doun, Y schal rise; whanne Y sitte in derknessis, the Lord is my liyt.
9 我要忍受耶和華的惱怒; 因我得罪了他, 直等他為我辨屈,為我伸冤。 他必領我到光明中; 我必得見他的公義。
Y schal bere wraththe of the Lord, for Y haue synned to hym, til he deme my cause, and make my doom; he schal lede out me in to liyt, Y schal se riytwisnesse of hym.
10 那時我的仇敵, 就是曾對我說「耶和華-你上帝在哪裏」的, 他一看見這事就被羞愧遮蓋。 我必親眼見他遭報; 他必被踐踏,如同街上的泥土。
And myn enemye schal biholde me, and sche schal be hilid with confusioun, which seith to me, Where is thi Lord God? Myn iyen schulen se hir, now sche schal be in to defoulyng, as clei of stretis.
11 以色列啊,日子必到, 你的牆垣必重修; 到那日,你的境界必開展。
Dai schal come, that thi wallis be bildid; in that dai lawe schal be maad afer.
12 當那日,人必從亞述, 從埃及的城邑, 從埃及到大河, 從這海到那海, 從這山到那山, 都歸到你這裏。
In that dai and Assur schal come til to thee, and `til to stronge citees, and fro stronge citees til to flood; and to see fro see, and to hil fro hil.
13 然而,這地因居民的緣故, 又因他們行事的結果,必然荒涼。
And erthe schal be in to desolacioun for her dwelleris, and for fruyt of the thouytis of hem.
14 求耶和華在迦密山的樹林中, 用你的杖牧放你獨居的民, 就是你產業的羊群。 求你容他們在巴珊和基列得食物,像古時一樣。
Fede thou thi puple in thi yerde, the floc of thin eritage, that dwellen aloone in wielde wode; in the myddil of Carmel thei schulen be fed of Basan and of Galaad,
15 耶和華說: 我要把奇事顯給他們看, 好像出埃及地的時候一樣。
bi elde daies, bi daies of thi goyng out of the lond of Egipt. Y schal schewe to hym wondurful thingis;
16 列國看見這事就必為自己的勢力慚愧; 他們必用手摀口,掩耳不聽。
hethene men schulen se, and thei schulen be confoundid on al her strengthe; thei schulen putte hondis on her mouth, the eris of hem schulen be deef;
17 他們必舔土如蛇, 又如土中腹行的物, 戰戰兢兢地出他們的營寨。 他們必戰懼投降耶和華, 也必因我們的上帝而懼怕。
thei schulen licke dust as a serpent; as crepynge thingis of erthe thei schulen be disturblid of her housis; thei schulen not desire oure Lord God, and thei schulen drede thee.
18 上帝啊,有何神像你,赦免罪孽, 饒恕你產業之餘民的罪過, 不永遠懷怒,喜愛施恩?
God, who is lijk thee, that doist awei wickidnesse, and berist ouer the synne of relifs of thin eritage? He shal no more sende in his stronge veniaunce, for he is willynge merci; he schal turne ayen,
19 必再憐憫我們, 將我們的罪孽踏在腳下, 又將我們的一切罪投於深海。
and haue merci on vs. He schal put doun oure wickidnessis, and schal caste fer in to depnesse of the see alle oure synnes.
20 你必按古時起誓應許我們列祖的話, 向雅各發誠實, 向亞伯拉罕施慈愛。
Thou schalt yyue treuthe to Jacob, merci to Abraham, whiche thou sworist to oure fadris fro elde daies.

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