Mikas 3
1 Da sagde jeg: Hør dog, I Jakobs Høvdinger, I Dommere af Israels Hus! Kan Kendskab til Ret ej ventes af eder,
And I said: Hear, O ye princes of Jacob, and ye chiefs of the house of Israel: Is it not your part to know judgment,
2 I, som hader det gode og elsker det onde, I, som flaar Huden af Folk og Kødet af deres Ben,
You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones?
3 æder mit Folks Kød og flænger dem Huden af Kroppen, sønderbryder deres Ben og breder dem som Kød i en Gryde, som Suppekød i en Kedel?
Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin from off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.
4 Engang skal de raabe til HERREN, han lader dem uden Svar; da skjuler han sit Aasyn for dem, fordi deres Gerninger er onde.
Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices.
5 Saa siger HERREN om Profeterne, de, som vildleder mit Folk, de, som raaber om Fred, naar kun de faar noget at tygge, men ypper Krig med den, der intet giver dem i Munden:
Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something into their mouth, they prepare war against him.
6 Derfor skal I opleve Nat uden Syner, Mørke, som ej bringer Spaadom; Solen skal gaa ned for Profeterne, Dagen skal sortne for dem.
Therefore night shall be to you instead of vision, and darkness to you instead of divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be darkened over them.
7 Til Skamme skal Seeren blive, blues skal de, som spaar; alle skal tilhylle Skægget, thi Svar er der ikke fra Gud.
And they shall be confounded that see visions, and the diviners shall be confounded: and they shall all cover their faces, because there is no answer of God.
8 Jeg derimod er ved HERRENS Aand fuld af Styrke, af Ret og af Kraft til at forkynde Jakob dets Brøde, Israel, hvad det har syndet.
But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord, with judgment, and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness, and to Israel his sin.
9 Hør det, I Jakobs Huses Høvdinger, I Dommere af Israels Hus, I, som afskyr Ret og gør alt, som er lige, kroget,
Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment, and pervert all that is right.
10 som bygger Zion med Blod og Jerusalem med Uret.
You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 Dets Høvdinger dømmer for Gave, dets Præster kender Ret for Løn; dets Profeter spaar for Sølv og støtter sig dog til HERREN: »Er HERREN ej i vor Midte? Over os kommer intet ondt.«
Her princes have judged for bribes, and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
12 For eders Skyld skal derfor Zion pløjes som en Mark, Jerusalem blive til Grushobe, Tempelbjerget til Krathøj.
Therefore, because of you, Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a heap of stones, and the mountain of the temple as the high places of the forests.
