< Michaeas 1 >

1 And the word of the Lord came to Michaeas the son of Morasthi, in the days of Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, concerning what he saw regarding 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 [these] words, you people; and let the earth give heed, and all that are in it: and the Lord God shall be among you for a testimony, the Lord out of his holy habitation.
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 forth out of his place, and will come down, and will go upon the high places of the earth.
انْظُرُوا: هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ خَارِجٌ مِنْ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاهُ. هُوَذَا يَنْزِلُ لِيَطَأَ مَشَارِفَ الأَرْضِ،٣
4 And the mountains shall be shaken under him, and the valleys shall melt like wax before the fire, and as water rushing down a declivity.
فَتَذُوبُ الْجِبَالُ مِنْ تَحْتِ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَتَتَصَدَّعُ الْوِدْيَانُ كَالشَّمْعِ أَمَامَ النَّارِ، كَالْمِيَاهِ الْمُنْصَبَّةِ فِي الْمُنْخَفَضَاتِ.٤
5 All these [calamities are] for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not Samaria? and what is the sin of the house of Juda? [is it] not 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 [as] a store-house of the fruits of the field, and [as] a planting of a vineyard: and I will utterly demolish her stones, and I will expose her foundations.
لِذَلِكَ سَأَجْعَلُ السَّامِرَةَ كَوْمَةَ حِجَارَةٍ فِي الْحَقْلِ وَمَغْرَساً لِلْكُرُومِ، وَأَقْذِفُ بِحِجَارَتِهَا إِلَى الْوَادِي، وَأُعَرِّي أَسَاسَاتِهَا.٦
7 And they shall cut in pieces all the graven images, and all that she has hired they shall burn with fire, and I will utterly destroy all her idols: because she has gathered of the hires of fornication, and of the hires of fornication has she amassed [wealth].
فَتَتَحَطَّمُ كُلُّ أَصْنَامِهَا، وَتُحْرَقُ كُلُّ تَقْدِمَاتِ زِنَاهَا بِالنَّارِ، وَأُدَمِّرُ جَمِيعَ تَمَاثِيلِهَا لأَنَّهَا جَمَعَتْهَا مِنْ أُجْرَةِ زَانِيَةٍ، وَإِلَى زَانِيَةٍ يَكُونُ مَآلُهَا.٧
8 Therefore shall she lament and wail, she shall go barefooted, and [being] naked she shall make lamentation as [that] of serpents, and mourning as of the daughters of sirens.
لِهَذَا أَنُوحُ وَأُوَلْوِلُ وَأَمْشِي حَافِياً عُرْيَاناً، وَأُعْوِلُ كَبَنَاتِ آوَى، وَأَنْتَحِبُ كَالنَّعَامِ.٨
9 For her plague has become grievous; for it has come even to Juda; and has reached 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 You that are in Geth, exalt not yourselves, and you Enakim, do not rebuild from [the ruins of] the house in derision: sprinkle dust [in the place of] your laughter.
لَا تُخْبِرُوا فِي جَتَّ، وَلا تَبْكُوا فِي عَكَّاءَ. عَفِّرُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ بِالتُّرَابِ فِي بَيْتِ عَفْرَةَ.١٠
11 The inhabitant of Sennaar, fairly inhabiting her cities, came not forth to mourn for the house next to her: she shall receive of you the stroke of grief.
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 Who has begun [to act] for good to her that dwells in sorrow? for calamities have come down from the Lord upon the gates of Jerusalem,
لَشَدَّ مَا انْتَظَرَ أَهْلُ مَارُوثَ الْخَيْرَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ الشَّرَّ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى بَابِ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ.١٢
13 [even] a sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachis, she is the leader of sin to the daughter of Sion: for in you were found the transgressions of Israel.
شُدُّوا الْخَيْلَ إِلَى الْمَرْكَبَاتِ يَا سُكَّانَ لاخِيشَ، لأَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ أَوَّلَ مَنِ ارْتَكَبَ الْخَطِيئَةَ بَيْنَ مُدُنِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَفِيكُمْ قَدْ وُجِدَتْ آثَامُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.١٣
14 Therefore shall he cause men to be sent forth as far as the inheritance of Geth, [even] vain houses; they are become vanity to the kings of Israel;
لِهَذَا تَحْمِلُونَ هَدَايَا وَدَاعٍ إِلَى مُورَشَةِ جَتَّ، وَتُصْبِحُ مَدِينَةُ أَكْزِيبَ خِدْعَةً لِمُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.١٤
15 until they bring the heirs, O inhabitant of Lachis: the inheritance shall reach to Odollam, [even] the glory of the daughter of Israel.
وَأَبْعَثُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِقَاهِرٍ يَا أَهْلَ مَرِيشَةَ، فَيَهْرُبُ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ نُبَلاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مَغَارَةِ عَدُلَّامَ.١٥
16 Shave your hair, and make yourself bald for your delicate children; increase your widowhood as an eagle; for [your people] are gone into captivity from you.
احْلِقُوا رُؤُوسَكُمْ وَجُزُّوا شُعُورَكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَبْنَاءِ مَسَرَّتِكُمْ. اجْعَلُوا رُؤُوسَكُمْ صَلْعَاءَ كَرَأْسِ النَّسْرِ، لأَنَّهُمْ سَيُؤْخَذُونَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى السَّبْيِ.١٦

< Michaeas 1 >