Micah 3

1 And I say, “Now hear, O heads of Jacob, And you judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?

我曾經說過：「雅各伯的首領，以色列家的官吏，請你們傾聽! 認識正義，豈不是你們分內的事﹖」

2 You who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,

然而他們惡善好惡，從平民身上剝下他們的皮，從骨頭上剔下他們的肉。

3 And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stripped, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread [them] out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a cauldron.”

他們吞食我百姓的肉，剝去他們的皮，折斷他們的骨頭，將他們切成碎塊，如釜中的肉，如鼎中的肉。

4 Then they cry to YHWH, And He does not answer them, And hides His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

當他們呼求上主時，上主決不俯聽他們；反要掩面不理他們，因為他們行了窮凶極惡的事。

5 Thus said YHWH concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried “Peace,” And he who does not give to their mouth, They have sanctified against him war:

論及迷我百姓的先知，上主這樣說：當他們的牙齒有咀嚼的東西時，他們便呼喊：「和平。」但凡不將食物送到他們口上的，他們便宣佈「戰爭。」

6 “Therefore you have a night without vision, And you have darkness without divination, And the sun has gone in on the prophets, And the day has been black over them.

因此，為你們只有黑夜而沒有神視，只有黑暗而沒有神諭；太陽必為先知而沒落，白畫必為他們而變為黑暗。

7 And the seers have been ashamed, And the diviners have been confounded, And all of them have covered their lip, For there is no answer, O God.”

先知必將抱愧，巫士必將蒙羞，他們都要掩住自己的鬍鬚，因為沒有天主的答覆。

8 And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of YHWH, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.

至於我，我因上主的神而充滿 力量、正義和勇氣，向雅各伯指出她的邪惡，向以色列說明她的罪過。

9 Now hear this, O heads of the house of Jacob, And you judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And pervert all uprightness.

雅各伯家的領袖，以色列家的官吏，請你們傾聽這事! 你們憎惡正義，曲解一切正理；

10 Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.

你們以血債建設耶路撒冷。

11 Her heads judge for a bribe, And her priests teach for hire, And her prophets divine for silver, And on YHWH they lean, saying, “Is not YHWH in our midst? Evil does not come in on us.”

她火首領為賄賂而審判，司祭為薪俸而設教，先知為銀錢而占卜，尚依賴上主說：「上主不是在我們中間嗎﹖災禍決不會臨在我們身上! 」

12 Therefore, for your sake, Zion is plowed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house [is] for high places of a forest!

因此，為了你的緣故，熙雍必被耕耘有如一塊地．耶路撒冷必成為一堆廢墟，聖殿山必成為叢林中的一個丘陵。