< Micah 6 >
1 Now hear that which YHWH is saying: “Rise—strive with the mountains, And cause the hills to hear your voice.
以色列人哪,當聽耶和華的話! 要起來向山嶺爭辯, 使岡陵聽你的話。
2 Hear, O mountains, the strife of YHWH, You strong ones—foundations of earth! For a strife [is] to YHWH, with His people, And with Israel He reasons.
山嶺和地永久的根基啊, 要聽耶和華爭辯的話! 因為耶和華要與他的百姓爭辯, 與以色列爭論。
3 O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me.
我的百姓啊,我向你做了甚麼呢? 我在甚麼事上使你厭煩? 你可以對我證明。
4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I have ransomed you from the house of servants, And I send Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you.
我曾將你從埃及地領出來, 從作奴僕之家救贖你; 我也差遣摩西、亞倫,和米利暗在你前面行。
5 O My people, please remember What Balak king of Moab counseled, What Balaam son of Beor answered him (From Shittim to Gilgal), In order to know the righteous acts of YHWH.”
我的百姓啊,你們當追念摩押王巴勒所設的謀 和比珥的兒子巴蘭回答他的話, 並你們從什亭到吉甲所遇見的事, 好使你們知道耶和華公義的作為。
6 With what do I come before YHWH? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves—sons of a year?
我朝見耶和華, 在至高上帝面前跪拜,當獻上甚麼呢? 豈可獻一歲的牛犢為燔祭嗎?
7 Is YHWH pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my firstborn [for] my transgression? The fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?
耶和華豈喜悅千千的公羊, 或是萬萬的油河嗎? 我豈可為自己的罪過獻我的長子嗎? 為心中的罪惡獻我身所生的嗎?
8 He has declared to you, O man, what [is] good; Indeed, what is YHWH requiring of you, Except—to do judgment, and love kindness, And to walk lowly with your God?
世人哪,耶和華已指示你何為善。 他向你所要的是甚麼呢? 只要你行公義,好憐憫, 存謙卑的心,與你的上帝同行。
9 A voice of YHWH calls to the city, And wisdom fears Your Name, “Hear the rod, and Him who appointed it.
耶和華向這城呼叫, 智慧人必敬畏他的名。 你們當聽是誰派定刑杖的懲罰。
10 Are there yet [in] the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred meager ephah?
惡人家中不仍有非義之財 和可惡的小升斗嗎?
11 Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
我若用不公道的天平和囊中詭詐的法碼, 豈可算為清潔呢?
12 Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
城裏的富戶滿行強暴; 其中的居民也說謊言, 口中的舌頭是詭詐的。
13 And I also, I have begun to strike you, To make desolate, because of your sins.
因此,我擊打你, 使你的傷痕甚重, 使你因你的罪惡荒涼。
14 You eat, and you are not satisfied, And your pit [is] in your midst, And you remove, and do not deliver, And that which you deliver, I give to a sword.
你要吃,卻吃不飽; 你的虛弱必顯在你中間。 你必挪去,卻不得救護; 所救護的,我必交給刀劍。
15 You sow, and you do not reap, You tread the olive, And you do not pour out oil, And new wine—and you do not drink wine.
你必撒種,卻不得收割; 踹橄欖,卻不得油抹身; 踹葡萄,卻不得酒喝。
16 And the statutes of Omri are kept habitually, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And you walk in their counsels, For My giving you for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And you bear the reproach of My people!”
因為你守暗利的惡規, 行亞哈家一切所行的, 順從他們的計謀; 因此,我必使你荒涼, 使你的居民令人嗤笑, 你們也必擔當我民的羞辱。