Micah 7
1 Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. My soul desires the first ripe fig.
Vae mihi, quia factus sum sicut qui colligit in autumno racemos vindemiae: non est botrus ad comedendum, praecoquas ficus desideravit anima mea.
2 The devout man has perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood. They hunt every man his brother with a net.
Periit sanctus de terra, et rectus in hominibus non est: omnes in sanguine insidiantur, vir fratrem suum ad mortem venatur.
3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge asks for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
Malum manuum suarum dicunt bonum: princeps postulat, et iudex in reddendo est: et magnus locutus est desiderium animae suae, et conturbaverunt eam.
4 The best of them is as a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, has come. Now shall be their perplexity.
Qui optimus in eis est, quasi paliurus: et qui rectus, quasi spina de sepe. Dies speculationis tuae, visitatio tua venit: nunc erit vastitas eorum.
5 Trust ye not in a neighbor. Put ye not confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her who lies in thy bosom.
Nolite credere amico: et nolite confidere in duce: ab ea, quae dormit in sinu tuo, custodi claustra oris tui.
6 For the son dishonors the father. The daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Quia filius contumeliam facit patri, et filia consurgit adversus matrem suam, nurus adversus socrum suam: et inimici hominis domestici eius.
7 But as for me, I will look to Jehovah. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Ego autem ad Dominum aspiciam, expectabo Deum salvatorem meum: audiet me Deus meus.
8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy. When I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light to me.
Ne laeteris inimica mea super me, quia cecidi: consurgam, cum sedero in tenebris, Dominus lux mea est.
9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Iram Domini portabo, quoniam peccavi ei, donec causam meam iudicet, et faciat iudicium meum: educet me in lucem, videbo iustitiam eius.
10 Then my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is Jehovah thy God? My eyes shall see my desire upon her. Now she shall be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Et aspiciet inimica mea, et operietur confusione, quae dicit ad me: Ubi est Dominus Deus tuus? Oculi mei videbunt in eam: nunc erit in conculcationem ut lutum platearum.
11 A day for building thy walls! In that day the decree shall be far removed.
Dies, ut aedificentur maceriae tuae: in die illa longe fiet lex.
12 In that day they shall come to thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.
In die illa usque ad te veniet Assur, et usque ad civitates munitas: et a civitatibus munitis usque ad flumen, et ad mare de mari, et ad montem de monte.
13 Yet the land shall be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Et terra erit in desolationem propter habitatores suos, et propter fructum cogitationum eorum.
14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily in the forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Pasce populum tuum in virga tua, gregem hereditatis tuae habitantes solos in saltu, in medio Carmeli: pascentur Basan et Galaad iuxta dies antiquos.
15 As in the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt I will show marvelous things to them.
Secundum dies egressionis tuae de Terra Aegypti ostendam ei mirabilia.
16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might. They shall lay their hand upon their mouth. Their ears shall be deaf.
Videbunt gentes, et confundentur super omni fortitudine sua: ponent manum super os, aures eorum surdae erunt.
17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places. They shall come with fear to Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
Lingent pulverem sicut serpentes, velut reptilia terrae turbabuntur de aedibus suis: Dominum Deum nostrum desiderabunt, et timebunt te.
18 Who is a God like to thee, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
Quis Deus similis tui, qui aufers iniquitatem, et transis peccatum reliquiarum hereditatis tuae? non immittet ultra furorem suum, quoniam volens misericordiam est.
19 He will again have compassion upon us. He will tread our iniquities under foot, and thou will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Revertetur, et miserebitur nostri: deponet iniquitates nostras, et proiiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra.
20 Thou will perform the truth to Jacob, and the loving kindness to Abraham, which thou have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
Dabis veritatem Iacob, misericordiam Abraham: quae iurasti patribus nostris a diebus antiquis.
