Micha 4
1 Op het einde der dagen zal de berg van Jahweh’s tempel Boven de toppen der bergen staan, zich verheffen boven de heuvels; De volkeren stromen er heen, Talloze naties maken zich op.
Yahweh [says that] some day his temple will be on top of a mountain, and that mountain will be the most important [MET] one on the earth; it will be [as though it is] higher than all the hills, and huge groups of people from all over the world will come there [to worship].
2 Komt, zeggen ze, trekken wij naar de berg van Jahweh, Naar het huis van Jakobs God; Hij zal ons zijn wegen doen kennen, Wij zullen zijn paden betreden! Want uit Sion komt de wet, Uit Jerusalem Jahweh’s woord;
[People from] many nations will say [to each other], “Let’s go to the mountain where Yahweh is, to the temple where we can worship the God whom Jacob [worshiped]. There God will teach us how he wants us to conduct our lives, and we will do what he wants us to do.” Zion [Hill] is the place where he will teach [people]; and [people will go] out from Jerusalem [to tell others] his messages.
3 Hij zal tussen talrijke volken scheidsrechter zijn, En recht verschaffen aan verre, machtige naties. Dan smeden ze hun zwaarden tot ploegijzers om, En hun lansen tot sikkels; Geen volk trekt zijn zwaard meer tegen een ander, En niemand oefent zich voor de strijd.
Yahweh will settle disputes between many people, and he will [also] settle disputes between powerful nations that are far away. Then people will hammer their swords to cause them to become plow blades, and [hammer] their spears to cause them to become pruning knives. [Armies of] nations will no [longer] fight against [armies of other] nations, and they will no longer train [men how to fight] in wars.
4 Dan zal iedereen rusten Onder zijn wijnstok en vijg, En niemand schrikt ze meer op. Ja, de mond van Jahweh der heirscharen heeft het gezegd!
Everyone will sit [peacefully] under his own grapevines, and under his own fig trees; no one will cause them to be afraid. [That is what will surely happen] because the Commander of the armies of angels has said it.
5 Zeker, alle volken wandelen, Elk in de naam van zijn god; Maar wij zullen wandelen in de Naam van Jahweh, Onzen God voor altijd en eeuwig!
Many [HYP] [of the people of other] nations will worship [IDM] their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever.
6 Op die dag: is de godsspraak van Jahweh, Breng Ik de kreupelen samen En de verstrooiden bijeen, Allen, die Ik heb geteisterd.
Yahweh says, “There will soon be a time when I will gather the people whom I have punished, who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries), all those whom [I have caused to] suffer much.
7 Dan maak Ik de kreupelen tot een Rest, De verstrooiden tot een machtig volk; En Jahweh zal hun Koning zijn Op de Sionsberg van nu af tot in eeuwigheid!
My people who did not die while they were exiled will become a strong nation [again]. Then [I], Yahweh, will be their king, and I will rule from Jerusalem forever.
8 En gij, Toren der Kudde, Heuvel van de dochter van Sion: Tot u keert de heerschappij van vroeger terug, Het koningschap van Jerusalems dochter!
As for you people of Jerusalem [MET], you who [guard all of my people] like [MET] [a shepherd guards his sheep] from a tower, you [who live on] Zion [Hill], will have great power again. You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously.
9 Waarom nu zo bitter geschreid? Hebt ge dan geen koning meer, Of is uw raadsman verdwenen, Dochter van Sion, als een barende vrouw;
[So] why [RHQ] are you wailing now? Is it because you have no king? Have all your wise people died? You are groaning loudly like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
10 Krimp van weeën ineen, Dochter van Sion, als een barende vrouw; Want nu moet ge de stad verlaten, Op het veld gaan wonen. Ja, ge zult naar Babel gaan, Maar daar zult ge worden verlost; Daar zal Jahweh u bevrijden Uit de greep van uw vijanden.
[Well], you people of Jerusalem should writhe and groan like [SIM] a woman who is having birth pains, because now you must leave this city, and [while you are traveling], you will set up tents in open fields [at night]; you will go to [live in] Babylon. [But while you are] there, [I], Yahweh, will rescue you; I will free you from the power/control [MTY] of your enemies.
11 Thans staan machtige volken Tezamen tegen u op; Ze zeggen: Sion worde onteerd Onze ogen zullen zich aan haar verlustigen.
Now [the armies of] many nations have gathered to attack you. They are saying, ‘Jerusalem must be destroyed! We want to see this city [when it becomes ruins]!’
12 Maar zij begrijpen niets Van Jahweh’s plannen, Zijn bedoeling vatten zij niet: Waarom Hij ze als schoven op de dorsvloer verzamelt.
But they do not know what [I], Yahweh, think, and they do not understand what I plan: I will gather them [and punish them] like [SIM] [farmers] thresh grain on the ground.
13 Ga dorsen, dochter van Sion; Ik zal uw hoorn van ijzer maken, Uw hoeven van koper, en vele volken zult ge verpletteren; Ge zult hun buit aan Jahweh wijden, Hun rijkdom aan den Heer van heel de aarde.
So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish [MET] [the nations who oppose you]. I will cause you [to be very strong], [as if] [MET] you had horns made of iron, [as if] [MET] you had hoofs made of bronze; and you will crush many nations. And [then you will take] from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken [from other countries], and you will dedicate those things to [me, the one who is] the Lord of all [the people on] the earth.”
