< Micah 1 >

1 The word of Yahweh which came unto Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, —of which he had vision concerning Samaria, and Jerusalem: —
猶大不約堂、阿哈次和希則克雅年間,上主的話傳給摩勒舍特人米該亞;以下如果他關於撒馬黎雅和耶路撒冷所見的聖視:
2 Hear ye peoples, all of you, Hearken, O earth and the fulness thereof, —and let My Lord Yahweh be among you for a witness, My Lord out of his holy temple.
眾民族,你們請聽! 大地和充乎其間的萬物,你們側耳傾聽! 吾主上主要作証反抗你們,吾主已離開了衪的聖殿。
3 For lo! Yahweh, coming forth out of his place, —that he may descend, and march along upon the high places of the earth.
看,上主已離開自己的居所下降,踏著大地高處前行。
4 Then shall the mountains be melted beneath him, and, the valleys, be cleft, —as wax before the fire, as waters poured out in a steep place.
在衪腳下,諸山銷鎔,諸谷分裂,有如蠟在火前,有如冰瀉斜坡。
5 For the transgression of Jacob, is all this, and for the sin of the house of Israel, —Whose is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria’s? And whose is the sin of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
這一切都是因為雅各伯的邪惡,猶大家的罪過。雅各伯的邪惡是什麼﹖不就是撒馬黎雅﹖猶大的罪過是什麼﹖不就是耶路撒冷﹖
6 Therefore will I make of Samaria a heap in a field, the plantings in a vineyard, —and I will pour down, into the valley, her stones, and, her foundations, will I lay bare;
我必要使撒馬黎雅變為田野中的廢墟,化為栽植葡萄的園地;我要把她的石頭投入山谷,暴露她的基礎。
7 And, all her images, shall be beaten in pieces, and, all her rewards for unchastity, shall be burned in the fire, and, all her idols, will I make a desolation, —for, out of the reward of unchastity, she gathered [them], and, unto the reward of unchastity, shall they return.
她的一切雕像必被打碎;她的一切淫資必被火燒盡;她的一切偶像,我必使之變為廢物,因為偶像是聚合娼妓淫資做成的,將再轉為娼妓的淫資。
8 For this cause, will I lament and howl, I will go stript and bare, —I will make a lamentation, like the wild dogs, and a mourning, like ostriches.
為此,我要哀號悲鳴,我要赤足裸體而行;哀號若豺狼,悲鳴如駝鳥;
9 For dangerous are her wounds, —for she hath come as far as Judah, she hath reached as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem.
因為撒馬黎雅的創傷無法醫治,且已廷及猶大,逼近我的門口,直達耶路撒冷。
10 In Gath, do not tell, in Accho, do not weep, —in Beth-l’aphrah, roll yourselves in dust.
你們在加達不要歡樂,在隨苛要慟哭,在貝特敖斐勒,要輾轉於灰塵之中。
11 Pass thou over (for you), thou inhabitress of Shaphir, of disgraceful disclosure, —the inhabitress of Zaanan, hath not gone forth, at the lamentation of Beth-ezel, shall he take from you his station,
沙非爾的居民! 人已向你吹起了號角;匝南的居民,不要走出自己的城! 在貝特厄責耳有了哭訴,因為人從你們手中奪去了立足之地。
12 Though the inhabitress of Maroth waited for blessing, —yet there came down calamity from Yahweh, to the gate of Jerusalem.
災禍已由上主降於耶路撒冷門前,瑪洛特的居民還怎能希望幸福﹖
13 Bind the chariot to the steed, O inhabitress of Lachish, —the beginning of sin, was she to the daughter of Zion, for, in thee, have been found the transgressions of Israel.
拉基士的居民,你們要以快馬駕車! 你們是熙雍子女犯罪的開端,因為在你們中間找出以色列罪惡的根源。
14 Therefore, shalt thou give a dismission, against Moresheth-gath, —The houses of Achzib, served for a deception to the kings of Israel.
摩勒舍特加特! 人要給你送來臨別的贈品;阿革齊布家為以色列君王,是一條變幻無常的溪流。
15 The time shall yet be when, the heir, I will bring unto thee, O inhabitress of Mareshah, —as far as Adullam, shall enter the glory of Israel.
瑪勒沙的居民,征服者還要來你們這裏;的確,以色列的光榮阿杜蘭將要消逝!
16 Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair, for the children of thy pleasures, —enlarge thy baldness, like a vulture, for they are exiled from thee.
熙雍女子! 妳應為了妳所愛的子女剃頭削髮,並要徹底使妳的頭光禿,有如一隻兀鷹,因為你們已由妳面前被擄去充軍。

< Micah 1 >