< Micah 6 >

1 Hearken ye nowe what the Lord sayth, Arise thou, and contende before the mountaines, and let the hilles heare thy voyce.
اسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: انْهَضْ وَأَعْلِنْ دَعْوَاكَ أَمَامَ الْجِبَالِ، وَلْتَكُنِ الأَكَامُ شَاهِدَةً عَلَى كَلامِكَ.١
2 Heare ye, O mountaynes, the Lordes quarel, and ye mightie foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a quarell against his people, and he will pleade with Israel.
اسْتَمِعِي يَا جِبَالُ إِلَى شَكْوَى الرَّبِّ، وَأَصْغِي يَا أُسُسَ الأَرْضِ الثَّابِتَةِ، فَإِنَّ لَدَى الرَّبِّ شَكْوَى عَلَى شَعْبِهِ وَهُوَ يُحَاكِمُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.٢
3 O my people, what haue I done vnto thee? or wherin haue I grieued thee? testifie against me.
بِمَاذَا أَسَأْتُ إِلَيْكَ يَا شَعْبِي وَبِمَا ضَايَقْتُكَ؟ أَجِبْنِي.٣
4 Surely I brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of seruants, and I haue sent before thee, Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
لَقَدْ أَخْرَجْتُكَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَافْتَدَيْتُكَ مِنْ بَيْتِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَأَرْسَلْتُ أَمَامَكَ مُوسَى وَهرُونَ وَمَرْيَمَ٤
5 O my people, remember nowe what Balak King of Moab had deuised, and what Balaam the sonne of Beor answered him, from Shittim vnto Gilgal, that ye may knowe the righteousnes of the Lord.
اذْكُرْ يَا شَعْبِي مَا تَآمَرَ بِهِ عَلَيْكَ بَالاقُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ، وَمَا أَجَابَهُ بِهِ بَلْعَامُ بنُ بَعُورَ. وَاذْكُرْ مَا أَحْسَنْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ فِي رِحْلَتِكَ مِنْ شِطِّيمَ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ لِكَيْ تُدْرِكَ عَدْلَ الرَّبِّ.٥
6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde?
يَا رَبُّ: بِمَاذَا أَتَقَدَّمُ عِنْدَمَا أَمْثُلُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ وَأَسْجُدُ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ الْعَلِيِّ؟ هَلْ أَتَقَدَّمُ مِنْهُ بِمُحْرَقَاتٍ وَبِعُجُولٍ حَوْلِيَّةٍ؟٦
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule?
هَلْ يُسَرُّ الرَّبُّ بِأُلُوفِ أَنْهَارِ زَيْتٍ؟ هَلْ أُقَرِّبُ بِكْرِي فِدَاءَ إِثْمِي وَثَمَرَةَ جَسَدِي تَكْفِيراً عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ نَفْسِي؟٧
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.
لَقَدْ أَوْضَحَ لَكَ الرَّبُّ أَيُّهَا الإِنْسَانُ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ. وَمَاذَا يَبْتَغِي مِنْكَ سِوَى أَنْ تَتَوَخَّى الْعَدْلَ، وَتُحِبَّ الرَّحْمَةَ، وَتَسْلُكَ مُتَوَاضِعاً مَعَ إِلَهِكَ؟٨
9 The Lordes voyce cryeth vnto the citie, and the man of wisedome shall see thy name: Heare the rodde, and who hath appoynted it.
صَوْتُ الرَّبِّ يُنَادِي فِي أَرْجَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَمِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ أَنْ يُتَّقَى اسْمُكَ. اسْتَمِعُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَعْضَاءَ مَجْلِسِهَا:٩
10 Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?
فِي بُيُوتِ الأَشْرَارِ كُنُوزٌ مَسْرُوقَةٌ ومَوَازِينُ مَغْشُوشَةٌ.١٠
11 Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
فَكَيْفَ أُبْرِىءُ ذَا الْمَعَايِيرِ الْمَغْشُوشَةِ، صَاحِبَ كِيسِ الْمَوَازِينِ النَّاقِصَةِ؟١١
12 For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.
قَدِ امْتَلأَ أَثْرِيَاءُ الْمَدِينَةِ ظُلْماً، وَنَطَقَ سُكَّانُهَا بِالْكَذِبِ وَأَلْسِنَةُ الغِشِّ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ١٢
13 Therefore also will I make thee sicke in smiting thee, and in making thee desolate, because of thy sinnes.
لِذَلِكَ شَرَعْتُ فِي تَدْمِيرِكِ لأَجْعَلَكِ خَرَاباً مِنْ أَجْلِ خَطَايَاكِ.١٣
14 Thou shalt eate and not be satisfied, and thy casting downe shall be in the mids of thee, and thou shalt take holde, but shalt not deliuer: and that which thou deliuerest, will I giue vp to the sworde.
سَتَأْكُلِينَ وَلا تَشْبَعِينَ، وَيَظَلُّ جَوْفُكِ خَاوِياً. وَمَا تَدَّخِرِينَهُ تَعْجَزِينَ عَنِ الاحْتِفَاظِ بِهِ. لأَنِّي أَدْفَعُهُ لِلسَّيْفِ.١٤
15 Thou shalt sowe, but not reape: thou shalt treade the oliues, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oyle, and make sweete wine, but shalt not drinke wine.
تَزْرَعِينَ وَلا تَحْصُدِينَ. تَعْصُرِينَ الزَّيْتُونَ وَلا تَدَّهِنِي بِزَيْتِهِ، وَتَعْصُرِينَ الْعِنَبَ وَلا تَشْرَبِينَ مِنْ خَمْرِهِ.١٥
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the maner of the house of Ahab, and ye walke in their counsels, that I should make thee waste, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall beare the reproche of my people.
لأَنَّكِ قَدْ مَارَسْتِ فَرَائِضَ عُمْرِي، وَنَهَجْتِ عَلَى غِرَارِ آخْابَ، وَسَلَكْتِ فِي مَشُورَاتِهِمْ. لِذَلِكَ أَجْعَلُكِ خَرَاباً، وَشَعْبَكِ مَثَارَ سُخْرِيَةٍ، وَتُقَاسُونَ مِنِ احْتِقَارِ الأُمَمِ.١٦

< Micah 6 >