Mikas 5
1 Riv nu Saar i din Hud! De har opkastet en Vold imod os; med Stokken slaar de Israels Hersker paa Kinden.
Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
2 Og du, du Betlehem-Efrata, liden til at være blandt Judas Tusinder! Af dig skal udgaa mig een til at være Hersker i Israel. Hans Udspring er fra fordum, fra Evigheds Dage.
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
3 Derfor giver han dem hen, saa længe til hun, som skal føde, føder, og Resten af hans Brødre vender hjem til Israeliterne.
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
4 Han skal staa og vogte i HERRENS Kraft, i HERREN sin Guds høje Navn. De skal bo trygt, thi nu skal hans Storhed naa Jordens Grænser.
And he shall stand, and shall feed [his flock] in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
5 Og han skal være Fred. Naar Assur trænger ind i vort Land, og naar han træder ind i vore Borge, stiller vi syv Hyrder imod ham og otte fyrstelige Mænd,
And this [man] shall be [our] peace: when the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
6 som skal vogte Assurs Land med Sværd og Nimrods Land med Klinge. Og han skal fri os fra Assur, naar han trænger ind i vort Land, træder ind paa vore Enemærker.
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.
7 Da bliver Jakobs Rest i de mange Folkeslags Midte som Dug, der kommer fra HERREN, som Regnens Draaber paa Græs, der ikke venter paa nogen eller bier paa Menneskens Børn.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from the LORD, as showers upon the grass; that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
8 Da bliver Jakobs Rest blandt Folkene i de mange Folkeslags Midte som en Løve blandt Skovens Dyr, en Ungløve blandt Faarehjorde, der nedtramper, naar den gaar frem, og sønderriver redningsløst.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
9 Din Haand skal være over dine Uvenner, alle dine Fjender ryddes bort.
Let thine hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.
10 Paa hin Dag, lyder det fra HERREN, udrydder jeg Hestene af dig, dine Stridsvogne gør jeg til intet,
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:
11 rydder Byerne bort i dit Land, river alle dine Fæstninger ned,
and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds:
12 rydder Trolddommen bort af din Haand, Tegntydere faar du ej mer;
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:
13 jeg rydder dine Billeder bort, Stenstøtterne bort af din Midte og du skal ikke mer tilbede dine Hænders Værk.
and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
14 Jeg udrydder dine Asjerer og lægger dine Afguder øde;
and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee: and I will destroy thy cities.
15 i Vrede og Harme tager jeg Hævn over Folk, som ikke vil høre.
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations which hearkened not.
