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.
Ve dem som tenker ut urett og emner på ondt mens de ligger på sitt leie! Så snart morgenen gryr, setter de det i verk, fordi det står i deres makt.
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.
De attrår marker og røver dem, de attrår hus og tar dem, de gjør vold mot mannen og hans hus, mot bonden og hans arvelodd.
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.
Derfor sier Herren så: Se, jeg tenker ut ondt over denne slekt, ulykker som I ikke skal kunne ryste av eders hals, og I skal ikke kunne gå med høireist hode; for det blir en ond tid.
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.’”
På den dag skal folk istemme en spottevise over eder og synge en klagesang. De skal si: Det er forbi, vi er rent ødelagt; mitt folks arvelodd skifter han ut til andre, se, hvorledes han tar den fra mig! Til frafalne deler han ut våre jorder.
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.
Derfor skal du ingen ha som drar målesnor over nogen jordlodd i Herrens menighet.
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]!”
Prek ikke! Så preker de. De må ikke preke om slikt, det blir ingen ende på skjellsord.
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.
Hvilket ord, du Jakobs hus! Mon Herren er snar til vrede? Eller er det således han pleier å gå frem? Er ikke mine ord gode mot den som vandrer ærlig?
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!
Men for lenge siden har mitt folk reist sig som min fiende; I drar kappen av folk som går trygge forbi og er fredelig sinnede - så de bare har kjortelen igjen.
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.
Mitt folks kvinner driver I ut av de hjem som var deres lyst; fra deres små barn tar I for alltid bort den pryd jeg har gitt dem.
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.
Stå op og dra bort! For her er ikke eders hvilested, for eders urenhets skyld, som volder fordervelse, svær fordervelse.
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.”
Om nogen kom med munnsvær og svik og løi og sa: Jeg vil preke for dig om vin og om sterk drikk - han skulde være en predikant for dette folk.
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.
Jeg vil samle dig, Jakob, samle eder så mange som I er; sanke sammen vil jeg det som er igjen av Israel, jeg vil føre dem sammen som får i en kve, som en hjord til sitt beite, så det larmer av mennesker.
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!”
Veibryteren går foran dem, de bryter igjennem og drar frem gjennem porten og går ut av den; deres konge drar frem foran dem, og Herren i spissen for dem.
