Mihej 7
1 Teško meni! Postao sam kao žetelac ljeti, kao trgač poslije jematve: nema bobice grožđa da je pozobljem, nema smokve ranke za kojom žudim!
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fruit.
2 Vjernici su iščezli iz zemlje: nijednog pravednika među ljudima! Svi vrebaju za krvoprolićem, svaki svome bratu mrežu postavlja.
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3 Njihove ruke za zlo su sposobne: glavar traži dar, sudac sudi prema poklonu, velikaš po svome hiru odlučuje.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
4 I najbolji među njima je kao trn, najpravedniji kao drača živica. Iskušenje njihovo danas sa Sjevera dolazi, dolazi ura strave njihove.
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity.
5 Ne pouzdavajte se u bližnjega, ne vjerujte u prijatelja; pred onom koja s tobom dijeli postelju pazi da usta ne otvoriš.
Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.
6 Jer sin svoga oca zlostavlja, kćerka na majku ustaje, snaha na svoju svekrvu, svakome je dušmanin njegov ukućanin.
For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
7 A ja, prema Jahvi ja sam zagledan, čekam na Boga koji spasava, Bog moj mene će uslišati.
Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8 Ne raduj se mome zlu, dušmanko moja, ako sam pao, ustat ću; ako boravim u tminama, Jahve je svjetlost moja.
Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.
9 Moram podnositi srdžbu Jahvinu, jer sam protiv njega sagriješio, sve dok on ne prosudi spor moj i izrekne pravdu; izvest će me na svjetlost, gledat ću pravednost njegovu.
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
10 Kada ga moja dušmanka ugleda, od stida će se pokriti ona koja mi je govorila: “Gdje je on, Jahve, tvoj Bog?” Moje će se oči naslađivati kad je ugledam: ona će biti zgažena kao blato na putu.
Then she that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said to me, Where is the LORD your God? my eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
11 Dolazi dan kad će se sazidati tvoji bedemi! Toga dana nadaleko će se prostirati tvoje granice!
In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
12 Toga dana dolazit će k tebi od zemlje asirske do Egipta, od Tira do Rijeke, od mora do mora, od gore do gore.
In that day also he shall come even to you from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13 Zemlja će postat' pustinja zbog stanovnika svojih, zbog djela njihovih.
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
14 Pasi svoj narod svojom palicom, stado svoje baštine, koje osamljeno živi u šikarju, usred plodnih voćnjaka. Neka pase u Bašanu i Gileadu, kao u davne dane!
Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the middle of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15 Kao u dane kad si izašao iz Egipta, pokaži nam čudesa!
According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show to him marvelous things.
16 Narodi će ih vidjeti i bit će posramljeni uza svu silu svoju; stavit će ruku na usta i uši će im oglušiti.
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand on their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
17 Lizat će prašinu kao zmija, kao gmazovi koji gmižu po zemlji. Izići će dršćući iz svojih jazbina, prestravljeni i ustrašeni pred tobom.
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of you.
18 Tko je Bog kao ti koji prašta krivnju, koji grijeh oprašta i prelazi preko prekršaja Ostatka baštine svoje, koji ne ustraje dovijeka u svome gnjevu, nego uživa u pomilovanju?
Who is a God like to you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger for ever, because he delights in mercy.
19 Još jednom, imaj milosti za nas! Satri naše opačine, baci na dno mora sve grijehe naše!
He will turn again, he will have compassion on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Udijeli Jakovu vjernost svoju, dobrotu svoju Abrahamu, kako si se zakleo ocima našim od dana iskonskih.
You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
