Mikas 5

1 Nu, flok dig sammen, du Flokkens Datter! en Belejring retter man imod os; med Kæppen slaar man Israels Dommer paa Kinden.

Now you will give yourselves deep wounds for grief; they will put up a wall round us: they will give the judge of Israel a blow on the face with a rod.

2 Og nu, Bethlehem Efrata, liden til at være iblandt Judas Tusinder! af dig skal udgaa mig een til at være Hersker over Israel, og hans Udgange ere fra fordum, fra Evigheds Dage.

And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.

3 Derfor skal han hengive dem indtil den Tid, da hun, som skal føde, har født; og de overblevne af hans Brødre skulle vende tilbage til Israels Børn.

For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.

4 Og han skal staa og vogte i Herrens Kraft, i Herrens sin Guds Navns Højhed; og de skulle fæste Bo, thi nu skal han være stor indtil Jordens Ender.

And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

5 Og han skal være Fred; naar Assur kommer i vort Land, og naar han betræder vore Paladser, saa ville vi rejse imod ham syv Hyrder og otte Folkefyrster.

And this will be our peace: when the Assyrian comes into our country and his feet are in our land, then we will put up against him seven keepers of the flocks and eight chiefs among men.

6 Og de skulle vogte Assurs Land med Sværdet og Nimrods Land i dets Porte; og han skal frelse fra Assur, naar denne kommer i vort Land og betræder vor Grænse.

And they will make waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the edge of the sword: he will give us salvation from the Assyrian when he comes into our country, when his feet come inside the limit of our land.

7 Og det overblevne af Jakob skal være midt iblandt mange Folk som en Dug fra Herren, som Regndraaber paa Urter, hvilken ikke bier efter nogen og ikke venter paa Menneskens Børn.

And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.

8 Og det overblevne af Jakob skal være iblandt Hedningerne midt iblandt mange Folk som en Løve iblandt Dyrene i Skoven, som en ung Løve iblandt Faarehjorde, hvilken, naar den gaar forbi, træder ned og river bort, og der er ingen, som redder.

And the rest of Jacob will be among the nations, in the middle of the mass of peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the woods, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep: if he goes through, they will be crushed under foot and pulled to bits, and there will be no saviour.

9 Ophøjet være din Haand over dine Modstandere, og alle dine Fjender vorde udryddede.

Your hand is lifted up against those who are against you, and all your haters will be cut off.

10 Og det skal ske paa denne Dag, siger Herren, da vil jeg udrydde dine Heste af din Midte, og jeg vil ødelægge dine Vogne.

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that I will take away your horses from you, and will give your war-carriages to destruction:

11 Og jeg vil udrydde Stæderne i dit Land og nedbryde alle dine Fæstninger.

I will have the towns of your land cut off and all your strong places pulled down:

12 Og jeg vil udrydde Trolddomskunster af din Haand, og ingen Tegnsudlæggere skulle være hos dig.

I will put an end to your use of secret arts, and you will have no more readers of signs:

13 Og jeg vil udrydde dine udskaarne Billeder og dine Billedstøtter af din Midte, og du skal ikke ydermere tilbede dine Hænders Gerning.

And I will have your images and your pillars cut off from you; and you will no longer give worship to the work of your hands.

14 Og jeg vil oprive dine Astartebilleder af din Midte og ødelægge dine Stæder.

I will have your Asherahs pulled up from among you: and I will send destruction on your images.

15 Men i Vrede og Harme vil jeg tage Hævn over de Hedninger, som ikke have villet høre.

And my punishment will be effected on the nations with such burning wrath as they have not had word of.