Micah 2
1 Terrible things will happen to you who lie awake at night, planning to do wicked things. You get up at dawn, and you do those things, [as soon as] you are able to do them.
Celakalah orang-orang yang merancang kedurjanaan dan yang merencanakan kejahatan di tempat tidurnya; yang melakukannya di waktu fajar, sebab hal itu ada dalam kekuasaannya;
2 You want fields [that belong to other people], so you seize them; you also take their houses. You cheat people to get their homes, taking away the property that belongs to their families.
yang apabila menginginkan ladang-ladang, mereka merampasnya, dan rumah-rumah, mereka menyerobotnya; yang menindas orang dengan rumahnya, manusia dengan milik pusakanya!
3 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: “I will cause you people to experience disasters, and you will not be able to escape [MTY] from them. You will no [longer] walk around proudly, because when those things happen, it will be a time of much trouble for you.
Sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN: Sesungguhnya, Aku merancang malapetaka terhadap kaum ini, dan kamu tidak dapat menghindarkan lehermu dari padanya; kamu tidak dapat lagi berjalan angkuh, sebab waktu itu adalah waktu yang mencelakakan.
4 At that time, [your enemies] will make fun of you; they will ridicule you by singing this sad song about you: ‘We are completely ruined; Yahweh is taking our land/fields from us, and he will give it to those who will capture us.’”
Pada hari itu orang akan melontarkan sindiran tentang kamu dan akan memperdengarkan suatu ratapan dan akan berkata: "Kita telah dihancurluluhkan! Bagian warisan bangsaku telah diukur dengan tali, dan tidak ada orang yang mengembalikannya, ladang-ladang kita dibagikan kepada orang-orang yang menawan kita."
5 So [when it is the time for the land to be given back to you] people who belong to Yahweh, there will be no one [MTY] who will be able to (cast lots/throw marked stones) to determine which land belongs to whom.
Sebab itu tidak akan ada bagimu orang yang melontarkan tali dengan undian di dalam jemaah TUHAN.
6 The people [who heard me say that] replied to me, “Do not prophesy such things! Do not say that [Yahweh] is going to humiliate us [by causing us to experience disasters]!”
"Janganlah ucapkan nubuat," kata mereka itu, "orang tidak mengucapkan nubuat seperti itu! Noda tidak akan menimpa kita."
7 But you people [MTY] of Israel should not [RHQ] talk like that! The Spirit of Yahweh will certainly not [RHQ] be patient [with people who say such things]! People who continually do things that are righteous will certainly [RHQ] like/appreciate what I say.
Bolehkah hal itu dikatakan, keturunan Yakub? Apakah TUHAN kurang sabar? Atau seperti inikah tindakan-Nya? Bukankah firman-Ku baik terhadap orang yang benar kelakuannya?
8 [But Yahweh says], “[Recently] my people have been acting toward me like an enemy. When soldiers return from fighting [against their enemies], you [rich people refuse to return the coats of those poor soldiers who have borrowed money from you] [and given you their coats to guarantee that they will pay back the money that they borrowed from you]. [It is as though] you are waiting to forcefully take their coats off their backs!
Tetapi kamulah yang bangkit sebagai musuh terhadap umat-Ku. Kamu merebut jubah dari orang-orang yang suka damai, dari orang-orang yang berjalan lewat dengan tenteram, yang tidak cenderung kepada perang.
9 You have forced women to leave their nice homes, and you have stolen from their children forever the (blessings/good things) that I wanted to give them.
Para isteri di antara umat-Ku kamu halau dari rumah kesayangannya, dari bayi-bayinya kamu mengambil untuk selama-lamanya, semarak yang telah Kuberikan kepada mereka.
10 [So] get up and leave [here]! This is not a place where you can rest [and be safe/protected], because you have (defiled it/caused it to be a place that I hate); it will be completely destroyed.
Bangkitlah dan pergilah, sebab ini bukan tempat perhentian bagimu! Oleh karena kenajisan maka kamu akan dibinasakan dengan kebinasaan yang tidak terpulihkan.
11 [You people want] a prophet who will lie to you, saying ‘I will preach [that you should drink] plenty of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks!’ That is the [kind of] prophet who [would please] you.”
Seandainya seseorang datang mereka-reka yang hampa dan dusta: "Aku bernubuat kepadamu tentang anggur dan arak," maka dialah yang patut menjadi orang yang bernubuat terhadap bangsa ini!
12 “[But some day], you descendants of Jacob, you Israeli people who have survived, I will bring you back [from (exile/other countries)], I will gather you together like [SIM] [a shepherd gathers his] sheep from the pasture into a pen [DOU]; there will be many of you in your land/country.
Dengan sungguh-sungguh Aku akan mengumpulkan engkau seluruhnya, hai Yakub, dengan sungguh-sungguh Aku akan menghimpunkan sisa orang Israel; Aku akan menyatukannya seperti kambing domba dalam kandang, seperti kawanan binatang di tengah-tengah padangnya, sehingga ramai dengan manusia!
13 Your leader will enable them to leave the countries where they have been exiled; he will lead them out of the gates [of their enemies’ cities], [back to your own country]. Your king will lead them; [it is I], Yahweh, who will be their king!”
Penerobos akan maju di depan mereka; mereka akan menerobos dan berjalan melewati pintu gerbang dan akan keluar dari situ. Raja mereka akan berjalan terus di depan mereka, TUHAN sendiri di kepala barisan mereka!
