Mikas 6
1 Hører dog, hvad Herren siger: Gør dig rede, tag Trætten op over for Bjergene, og lad Højene høre din Røst!
Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.
2 Hører, I Bjerge! Herrens Trætte, og I uforanderlige, I Jordens Grundpiller! thi Herren har Trætte med sit Folk, og med Israel gaar han i Rette.
Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord has a cause against his people, and he will take it up with Israel.
3 Mit Folk! hvad har jeg gjort dig, og hvormed har jeg voldet dig Møje? svar mig!
O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.
4 Thi jeg førte dig op fra Ægyptens Land, og fra Trælles Hus udløste jeg dig, og jeg sendte for dit Ansigt Mose, Aron og Maria.
For I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 Mit Folk! kom dog i Hu, hvad Raad Balak, Kongen af Moab, havde oplagt, og hvad Svar Bileam, Beors Søn, gav ham, og hvad der skete fra Sittim indtil Gilgal, for at du maa kende Herrens retfærdige Gerninger.
O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord.
6 Hvormed skal jeg komme Herren i Møde og bøje mig for Højhedens Gud? mon jeg skal komme ham i Møde med Brændofre med aarsgamle Kalve?
With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
7 Mon Herren vil have Behag i Tusinder af Vædre, i ti Tusinder af Oliebække? mon jeg skal give min førstefødte for min Overtrædelse, min Livsfrugt som Syndoffer for min Sjæl?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 Han har kundgjort dig, o Menneske! hvad godt er, og hvad Herren kræver af dig: Kun det at gøre Ret og at elske Miskundhed og at vandre ydmygelig med din Gud.
He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.
9 Herrens Røst raaber til Staden — og dit Navn ser efter Visdom —; hører Riset! og hvo har beskikket det?
The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.
10 Mon der i den ugudeliges Hus endnu er ugudeliges Skatte og en knap Efa, over hvilken der hviler Forbandelse?
Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?
11 Mon man kan være ren med Ugudeligheds Vægtskaale, og med en Pose, hvori der er Falskheds Vægtlodder?
Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
12 Thi Rigmændene der ere fulde af Uretfærdighed, og Indbyggerne der tale Løgn, og deres Tunge er Falskhed i deres Mund!
For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.
13 Saa vil da ogsaa jeg slaa dig smerteligt, idet jeg ødelægger dig for dine Synders Skyld.
So I have made a start with your punishment; I have made you waste because of your sins.
14 Du skal æde og ikke mættes, og din Hunger skal blive i dit Indre; og bringer du noget til Side, skal du ikke frelse det, og hvad du frelser, vil jeg overgive til Sværdet.
You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.
15 Du skal saa og ikke høste; du skal presse Oliven, men ikke salve dig med Olie, og Most, men ikke drikke Vin.
You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.
16 Og man holder omhyggeligt ved Omris Skikke og al Akabs Hus's Gerning, og I vandre i deres Raad, paa det jeg skal gøre dig til en Forfærdelse og Indbyggerne der til en Spot, og mit Folks Forsmædelse skulle I bære.
For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.
