< Micah 1 >

1 The LORD’s word that came to Micah of Morasheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
هَذِهِ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها إِلَى مِيخَا الْمُورَشْتِيِّ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حُكْمِ يُوثَامَ وَآحَازَ وَحَزَقِيَّا مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا، بِشَأْنِ السَّامِرَةِ وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.١
2 Hear, you peoples, all of you! Listen, O earth, and all that is therein. Let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
اسْمَعُوا يَا جَمِيعَ الشُّعُوبِ، وَأَصْغِي أَيَّتُهَا الأَرْضُ وَكُلُّ مَنْ فِيهَا، وَلْيَكُنِ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ هَيْكَلِهِ الْمُقَدَّسِ شَاهِداً عَلَيْكُمْ.٢
3 For behold, the LORD comes out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
انْظُرُوا: هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ خَارِجٌ مِنْ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاهُ. هُوَذَا يَنْزِلُ لِيَطَأَ مَشَارِفَ الأَرْضِ،٣
4 The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.
فَتَذُوبُ الْجِبَالُ مِنْ تَحْتِ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَتَتَصَدَّعُ الْوِدْيَانُ كَالشَّمْعِ أَمَامَ النَّارِ، كَالْمِيَاهِ الْمُنْصَبَّةِ فِي الْمُنْخَفَضَاتِ.٤
5 “All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Is not it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are not they Jerusalem?
مِنْ أَجْلِ آثَامِ يَعْقُوبَ وَمِنْ أَجْلِ خَطَايَا بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَمَا هُوَ ذَنْبُ يَعْقُوبَ؟ أَلَيْسَ هُوَ أَصْنَامَ السَّامِرَةِ؟ وَمَا هِيَ خَطِيئَةُ يَهُوذَا؟ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ أَوْثَانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ؟٥
6 Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.
لِذَلِكَ سَأَجْعَلُ السَّامِرَةَ كَوْمَةَ حِجَارَةٍ فِي الْحَقْلِ وَمَغْرَساً لِلْكُرُومِ، وَأَقْذِفُ بِحِجَارَتِهَا إِلَى الْوَادِي، وَأُعَرِّي أَسَاسَاتِهَا.٦
7 All her idols will be beaten to pieces, all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and I will destroy all her images; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.”
فَتَتَحَطَّمُ كُلُّ أَصْنَامِهَا، وَتُحْرَقُ كُلُّ تَقْدِمَاتِ زِنَاهَا بِالنَّارِ، وَأُدَمِّرُ جَمِيعَ تَمَاثِيلِهَا لأَنَّهَا جَمَعَتْهَا مِنْ أُجْرَةِ زَانِيَةٍ، وَإِلَى زَانِيَةٍ يَكُونُ مَآلُهَا.٧
8 For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the ostriches.
لِهَذَا أَنُوحُ وَأُوَلْوِلُ وَأَمْشِي حَافِياً عُرْيَاناً، وَأُعْوِلُ كَبَنَاتِ آوَى، وَأَنْتَحِبُ كَالنَّعَامِ.٨
9 For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
لأَنَّ جُرُوحَ السَّامِرَةِ لَنْ تَنْدَمِلَ، وَهِيَ لابُدَّ أَنْ تُصِيبَ يَهُوذَا، هَا هِيَ قَدْ بَلَغَتْ أَبْوَابَ شَعْبِي أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ.٩
10 Do not tell it in Gath. Do not weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.
لَا تُخْبِرُوا فِي جَتَّ، وَلا تَبْكُوا فِي عَكَّاءَ. عَفِّرُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ بِالتُّرَابِ فِي بَيْتِ عَفْرَةَ.١٠
11 Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan will not come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.
اخْرُجُوا يَا أَهْلَ شَافِيرَ عَرَايَا مُجَلَّلِينَ بِالْعَارِ، وَلْيَمْكُثْ سُكَّانُ صَانَانَ فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ خَجَلاً. وَعِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُونَ عَوِيلَ أَهْلِ هَأَيْصِلَ تُدْرِكُونَ أَنَّهَا قَدْ سَقَطَتْ وَلا مَلْجَأَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا.١١
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
لَشَدَّ مَا انْتَظَرَ أَهْلُ مَارُوثَ الْخَيْرَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ الشَّرَّ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى بَابِ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ.١٢
13 Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
شُدُّوا الْخَيْلَ إِلَى الْمَرْكَبَاتِ يَا سُكَّانَ لاخِيشَ، لأَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ أَوَّلَ مَنِ ارْتَكَبَ الْخَطِيئَةَ بَيْنَ مُدُنِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَفِيكُمْ قَدْ وُجِدَتْ آثَامُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.١٣
14 Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
لِهَذَا تَحْمِلُونَ هَدَايَا وَدَاعٍ إِلَى مُورَشَةِ جَتَّ، وَتُصْبِحُ مَدِينَةُ أَكْزِيبَ خِدْعَةً لِمُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.١٤
15 I will yet bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
وَأَبْعَثُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِقَاهِرٍ يَا أَهْلَ مَرِيشَةَ، فَيَهْرُبُ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ نُبَلاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مَغَارَةِ عَدُلَّامَ.١٥
16 Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, for they have gone into captivity from you!
احْلِقُوا رُؤُوسَكُمْ وَجُزُّوا شُعُورَكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَبْنَاءِ مَسَرَّتِكُمْ. اجْعَلُوا رُؤُوسَكُمْ صَلْعَاءَ كَرَأْسِ النَّسْرِ، لأَنَّهُمْ سَيُؤْخَذُونَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى السَّبْيِ.١٦

< Micah 1 >