Mikas 3

1 Og jeg sagde: Hører dog, I Jakobs Øverster og Israels Hus's Dommere! burde I ikke kende Retten?

And I say, 'Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?

2 De hade det gode og elske det onde; de rive deres Hud af dem og deres Kød af deres Ben.

Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off 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.

And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread [them] out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.

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 do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

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:

Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried 'Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.

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.

Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

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 ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O 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.

And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, 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!

Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

10 Hver, som bygger Zion med Blod og Jerusalem med Uretfærdighed!

Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.

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.

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, 'Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'

12 Derfor, for eders Skyld, skal Zion pløjes som en Ager og Jerusalem blive til Stenhobe og Husets Bjerg til Skovhøje.

Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house [is] for high places of a forest!