Micah 3
1 And I said: Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?
Da sagde jeg: Hør dog, I Jakobs Høvdinger, I Dommere af Israels Hus! Kan Kendskab til Ret ej ventes af eder,
2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who rob their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
I, som hader det gode og elsker det onde, I, som flaar Huden af Folk og Kødet af deres Ben,
3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones; yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
æder mit Folks Kød og flænger dem Huden af Kroppen, sønderbryder deres Ben og breder dem som Kød i en Gryde, som Suppekød i en Kedel?
4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but He will not answer them; yea, He will hide His face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
Engang skal de raabe til HERREN, han lader dem uden Svar; da skjuler han sit Aasyn for dem, fordi deres Gerninger er onde.
5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that cry: 'Peace', when their teeth have any thing to bite; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:
Saa siger HERREN om Profeterne, de, som vildleder mit Folk, de, som raaber om Fred, naar kun de faar noget at tygge, men ypper Krig med den, der intet giver dem i Munden:
6 Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
Derfor skal I opleve Nat uden Syner, Mørke, som ej bringer Spaadom; Solen skal gaa ned for Profeterne, Dagen skal sortne for dem.
7 And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their upper lips; for there shall be no answer of God.
Til Skamme skal Seeren blive, blues skal de, som spaar; alle skal tilhylle Skægget, thi Svar er der ikke fra Gud.
8 But I truly am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of justice, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Jeg derimod er ved HERRENS Aand fuld af Styrke, af Ret og af Kraft til at forkynde Jakob dets Brøde, Israel, hvad det har syndet.
9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity;
Hør det, I Jakobs Huses Høvdinger, I Dommere af Israels Hus, I, som afskyr Ret og gør alt, som er lige, kroget,
10 That build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
som bygger Zion med Blod og Jerusalem med Uret.
11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say: 'Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us'?
Dets Høvdinger dømmer for Gave, dets Præster kender Ret for Løn; dets Profeter spaar for Sølv og støtter sig dog til HERREN: »Er HERREN ej i vor Midte? Over os kommer intet ondt.«
12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
For eders Skyld skal derfor Zion pløjes som en Mark, Jerusalem blive til Grushobe, Tempelbjerget til Krathøj.
