Mikas 2
1 Ve dem, som optænke Uret og forberede ondt paa deres Leje; naar det bliver lyst om Morgenen, udføre de det; thi det staar i deres Hænders Magt.
Woe [to] those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the morning light they do it, For their hand is—to God.
2 Og de have Begærlighed efter Agre og rane dem, efter Huse og tage dem; og de øve Vold imod Manden og hans Hus, imod ham og hans Arv.
And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.
3 Derfor, saa siger Herren: Se, jeg tænker ondt over denne Slægt, fra hvilket I ikke skulle kunne unddrage eders Hals, og ikke skulle I gaa stoltelig, thi det bliver en ond Tid.
Therefore, thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am devising against this family calamity, From which you do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for it [is] a time of evil.
4 Paa denne Dag skal man istemme en Sang over eder, og man klager et Klagemaal; det er forbi, siger man, rent ødelagte ere vi, mit Folks Lod bortskifter han; hvorledes unddrager han mig den! til den frafaldne uddeler han vore Agre.
In that day [one] takes up for you an allegory, And he has wailed a wailing of woe, He has said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He changes, How He moves toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportions.
5 Derfor skal du ingen have, som skal kaste Maalesnoren ud til Lod i Herrens Menighed.
Therefore, you have no caster of a line by lot In the assembly of YHWH.
6 „I maa ikke profetere‟, saa profetere de; profetere de ikke for disse, vilde Skændsel ikke vige.
You do not prophesy—they prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It does not remove shame.
7 Og du, som er kaldet Jakobs Hus! mon Herren er hurtig til Vrede? eller mon dette er hans Gerninger? Mon ikke mine Ord gøre vel imod den, som vandrer oprigtigt?
[Those] named the house of Jacob: Has the Spirit of YHWH been shortened? Are these His doings? Do My words not benefit the people that are walking uprightly?
8 Men alt fra i Gaar rejser mit Folk sig som en Fjende; Kappen, der er over Kjortelen, trække I af dem, som gaa forbi i Tryghed, og som ere afvante fra Strid.
And recently My people raise up as an enemy, You strip off the honorable ornament from the outer garment, From the confident passers by, You who are turning back from war.
9 Mit Folks Kvinder uddrive I af Huset, som var deres Lyst; fra hendes spæde Børn tage I min Prydelse for bestandigt.
The women of My people you cast out from its delightful house, From its sucklings you take away My honor for all time.
10 Gører eder rede, og drager bort, thi dette er ikke Hvilestedet formedelst Urenhed, som bringer Fordærvelse, og det er en gruelig Fordærvelse.
Rise and go, for this [is] not the rest, Because of uncleanness it corrupts, And corruption is powerful.
11 Hvis en Mand, der vandrede med Vind og Løgn, falskelig sagde: Jeg vil profetere for dig om at faa Vin og stærk Drik, saa vilde han være en Profet for dette Folk.
If one is going [with] the wind, And [with] falsehood has lied: I prophesy to you of wine, and of strong drink, He has been the prophet of this people!
12 Samle, ja, samle vil jeg dig, Jakob! saa mange du er, sanke, ja, sanke, det overblevne af Israel sammen, bringe dem til Hobe ligesom Bozras Faar; som en Hjord paa sin Græsgang skulle de buldre af Mennesker.
I surely gather you, O Jacob, all of you, I surely bring together the remnant of Israel, Together I set it as the flock of Bozrah, As a drove in the midst of its pasture, It makes a noise because of man.
13 Der skal opstaa een, som bryder igennem i Spidsen for dem, de skulle bryde igennem og drage ind ad Porten og gaa ud ad den; og deres Konge skal drage frem i Spidsen for dem, og Herren er fremmest foran dem.
The breaker has gone up before them, They have broken through, Indeed, they pass through the gate, Indeed, they go out through it, And their king passes on before them, And YHWH at their head!”
