Micah 3

1 And I sayd, Heare, I pray you, O heads of Iaakob, and yee princes of the house of Israel: should not ye knowe iudgement?

١ وَقُلْتُ اسْمَعُوا يَا رُؤَسَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ وَيَاقُضَاةَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَلا يَنْبَغِي لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الْحَقَّ؟

2 But they hate the good, and loue the euill: they plucke off their skinnes from them, and their flesh from their bones.

٢ أَنْتُمْ يَا مَنْ تُبْغِضُونَ الْخَيْرَ وَتُحِبُّونَ الشَّرَّ، وَتَسْلُخُونَ جُلُودَ شَعْبِي وَتُجَرِّدُونَ لُحُومَهُمْ عَنْ عِظَامِهِمْ.

3 And they eate also the flesh of my people, and flay off their skinne from them, and they breake their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

٣ الَّذِينَ تَأْكُلُونَ لُحُومَ شَعْبِي، وَتَسْلُخُونَ جُلُودَهُمْ عَنْهُمْ وَتُهَشِّمُونَ عِظَامَهُمْ، وَتُقَطِّعُونَهُمْ كَمَا يُقَطَّعُ اللَّحْمُ فِي الْقِدْرِ، أَوْ كَاللَّحْمِ الْمُعَدِّ لِلْمِقْلَى.

4 Then shall they crye vnto the Lord, but he will not heare them: he wil euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.

٤ ثُمَّ حِينَ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِالرَّبِّ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُ وَيَحْجُبُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ بِسَبَبِ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ.

5 Thus saith the Lord, Concerning the prophets that deceiue my people, and bite them with their teeth, and cry peace, but if a man put not into their mouthes, they prepare warre against him,

٥ وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ بِشَأْنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَ شَعْبَهُ، الَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «سَلامٌ» لِمَنْ يُعْطِيهِمْ طَعَاماً، وَيُعْلِنُونَ الْحَرْبَ عَلَى مَنْ لَا يُلْقِمُ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ.

6 Therefore night shalbe vnto you for a vision, and darkenesse shalbe vnto you for a diuination, and the sunne shall goe downe ouer the prophets, and the day shalbe darke ouer them.

٦ لِذَلِكَ يَطْغَى عَلَيْكُمْ لَيْلٌ خَالٍ مِنَ الرُّؤْيَا، وَظَلامٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِرَافَةٍ، وَتَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَيُظْلِمُ عَلَيْهِمِ النَّهَارُ.

7 Then shall the Seers bee ashamed, and the southsayers confounded: yea, they shall all couer their lippes, for they haue none answere of God.

٧ يَعْتَرِي الرَّائِينَ الْخِزْيُ وَيَنْتَابُ الْعَرَّافِينَ الْخَجَلُ، وَيُغَطُّونَ جَمِيعُهُمْ شِفَاهَهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَنَالُونَ جَوَاباً مِنَ الرَّبِّ.

8 Yet notwithstanding I am full of power by the Spirite of the Lord, and of iudgement, and of strength to declare vnto Iaakob his transgression, and to Israel his sinne.

٨ أَمَّا أَنَا، فَإِنِّي مُمْتَلِئٌ بِقُوَّةِ رُوحِ الرَّبِّ وَبِالْحَقِّ وَالْعِزَّةِ، لأُعْلِنَ لِنَسْلِ يَعْقُوبَ مَعَاصِيَهُ وَلإِسْرَائِيلَ خَطِيئَتَهُ.

9 Heare this, I pray you, ye heades of the house of Iaakob, and princes of the house of Israel: they abhorre iudgement, and peruert all equitie.

٩ اسْتَمِعُوا هَذَا يَا رُؤَسَاءَ بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ وَقُضَاةَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يَكْرَهُونَ الْعَدْلَ وَيُحَرِّفُونَ الْحَقَّ.

10 They build vp Zion with blood, and Ierusalem with iniquitie.

١٠ الَّذِينَ يَبْنُونَ صِهْيَوْنَ بِالدَّمِ وَأُورُشَلِيمَ بِالظُّلْمِ.

11 The heads thereof iudge for rewardes, and the Priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophets thereof prophecie for money: yet wil they leane vpon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.

١١ إِذْ يَحْكُمُ رُؤَسَاؤُهَا بِالرِّشْوَةِ، وَكَهَنَتُهَا يُعَلِّمُونَ بِالأُجْرَةِ وَيَتَعَاطَى أَنْبِيَاؤُهَا الْعِرَافَةَ لِقَاءَ الْمَالِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَدَّعُونَ الاتِّكَالَ عَلَى اللهِ قَائِلِينَ: «أَلَيْسَ الرَّبُّ فِي وَسَطِنَا؟ لِذَلِكَ لَنْ يُصِيبَنَا مَكْرُوهٌ».

12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake bee plowed as a field, and Ierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house, as the hye places of the forest.

١٢ لِهَذَا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ سَتُحْرَثُ صِهْيَوْنُ كَالْحَقْلِ وَتُصْبِحُ أُورُشَلِيمُ كَوْمَةً مِنَ الْخَرَائِبِ، وَجَبَلُ الْهَيْكَلِ مُرْتَفَعاً تَنْمُو عَلَيْهِ أَشْجَارُ الْغَابِ.