Mikas 3
1 Og jeg sagde: Hører dog, I Jakobs Øverster og Israels Hus's Dommere! burde I ikke kende Retten?
And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?
2 De hade det gode og elske det onde; de rive deres Hud af dem og deres Kød af deres Ben.
You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;
3 Det er dem, som æde mit Folks Kød og drage deres Hud af dem og bryde deres Ben, og de brede dem ud som i en Gryde og som Kød midt i en Kedel.
Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.
4 Da skulle de raabe til Herren, og han skal ikke bønhøre dem; men han skal skjule sit Ansigt for dem paa den Tid, eftersom de have gjort ilde i deres Idrætter.
Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.
5 Saa siger Herren imod Profeterne, som forvilde mit Folk, og som, naar de faa noget at bide med deres Tænder, forkynde Fred, men naar nogen intet giver dem for deres Mund, da prædike de Krig imod ham:
This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.
6 Derfor skal det blive Nat for eder, uden Syner, og Mørke for eder; uden Spaadom; og Solen skal gaa ned over Profeterne, og Dagen skal blive sort over dem.
For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
7 Og Seerne skulle beskæmmes og Spaamændene blive til Skamme, og de skulle skjule Skægget over Munden alle sammen; thi der er intet Svar fra Gud.
And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.
8 Men jeg er derimod fuld af Kraft, Herrens Aand, og af Ret og Styrke til at kundgøre Jakob hans Overtrædelse og Israel hans Synd.
But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.
9 Hører dog dette, I Jakobs Hus's Øverster og Israels Hus's Dommere! I, som afsky Ret og gøre det lige kroget!
Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.
10 Hver, som bygger Zion med Blod og Jerusalem med Uretfærdighed!
They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.
11 Dens Øverster dømmes for Skænk, og dens Præster lære for Betaling, og dens Profeter spaa for Penge; dog forlade de sig fast paa Herren, sigende: Er ikke Herren midt iblandt os? der skal ikke komme Ulykker over os.
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
12 Derfor, for eders Skyld, skal Zion pløjes som en Ager og Jerusalem blive til Stenhobe og Husets Bjerg til Skovhøje.
For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.
