Micah 3
1 Then I said, “You Israeli [MTY] leaders, listen [to what I say]! You should certainly [RHQ] know what things are right [to do] [and what things are wrong],
| وَقُلْتُ اسْمَعُوا يَا رُؤَسَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ وَيَاقُضَاةَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَلا يَنْبَغِي لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الْحَقَّ؟ | ١ |
2 but you hate what is good and you love what is evil. [You act like butchers]: [it is as though] you strip the skin off my people and [tear] the flesh from their bones.
| أَنْتُمْ يَا مَنْ تُبْغِضُونَ الْخَيْرَ وَتُحِبُّونَ الشَّرَّ، وَتَسْلُخُونَ جُلُودَ شَعْبِي وَتُجَرِّدُونَ لُحُومَهُمْ عَنْ عِظَامِهِمْ. | ٢ |
3 [It is as though] you chop them into pieces like [SIM] meat [to be cooked] in a pot.
| الَّذِينَ تَأْكُلُونَ لُحُومَ شَعْبِي، وَتَسْلُخُونَ جُلُودَهُمْ عَنْهُمْ وَتُهَشِّمُونَ عِظَامَهُمْ، وَتُقَطِّعُونَهُمْ كَمَا يُقَطَّعُ اللَّحْمُ فِي الْقِدْرِ، أَوْ كَاللَّحْمِ الْمُعَدِّ لِلْمِقْلَى. | ٣ |
4 Then, [when you have troubles], you plead to Yahweh [to help you], but he will not answer you. At that time, he will turn away from you because of the evil things that you have done.”
| ثُمَّ حِينَ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِالرَّبِّ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُ وَيَحْجُبُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ بِسَبَبِ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ. | ٤ |
5 This is what Yahweh says about your [false] prophets who are deceiving the people: “If someone gives them food, those prophets say that things will go well for him. But they declare war against anyone who does not give them food.
| وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ بِشَأْنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَ شَعْبَهُ، الَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «سَلامٌ» لِمَنْ يُعْطِيهِمْ طَعَاماً، وَيُعْلِنُونَ الْحَرْبَ عَلَى مَنْ لَا يُلْقِمُ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ. | ٥ |
6 So [now it is as though] [MET] night will descend on you prophets; you will not receive any [more] visions. [It is as though] [MET] the sun will set for you; the time [when you are greatly honored] will end.
| لِذَلِكَ يَطْغَى عَلَيْكُمْ لَيْلٌ خَالٍ مِنَ الرُّؤْيَا، وَظَلامٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِرَافَةٍ، وَتَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَيُظْلِمُ عَلَيْهِمِ النَّهَارُ. | ٦ |
7 [Then] you (seers/people who predict what will happen in the future) [DOU] will be disgraced; you will cover your faces [because you will be ashamed], because when you ask me [what will happen], there will be no answer from me.”
| يَعْتَرِي الرَّائِينَ الْخِزْيُ وَيَنْتَابُ الْعَرَّافِينَ الْخَجَلُ، وَيُغَطُّونَ جَمِيعُهُمْ شِفَاهَهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَنَالُونَ جَوَاباً مِنَ الرَّبِّ. | ٧ |
8 But as for me, I am full of [God’s] power, [power] from the Spirit of Yahweh. I am courageous and strong to declare to the Israeli people [MTY, DOU] that they have sinned and rebelled [against Yahweh].
| أَمَّا أَنَا، فَإِنِّي مُمْتَلِئٌ بِقُوَّةِ رُوحِ الرَّبِّ وَبِالْحَقِّ وَالْعِزَّةِ، لأُعْلِنَ لِنَسْلِ يَعْقُوبَ مَعَاصِيَهُ وَلإِسْرَائِيلَ خَطِيئَتَهُ. | ٨ |
9 You leaders of the people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this! You hate [it when people do] what is just; and [when people say] what is true, you distort it, [saying it is false].
| اسْتَمِعُوا هَذَا يَا رُؤَسَاءَ بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ وَقُضَاةَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يَكْرَهُونَ الْعَدْلَ وَيُحَرِّفُونَ الْحَقَّ. | ٩ |
10 [It is as though] you are building [houses in] Jerusalem on foundations that consist of murdering people and doing what is corrupt.
| الَّذِينَ يَبْنُونَ صِهْيَوْنَ بِالدَّمِ وَأُورُشَلِيمَ بِالظُّلْمِ. | ١٠ |
11 Your leaders make [favorable] decisions [only if they receive] bribes. Your priests teach people only if [those people] pay them [well]. Your [false] prophets require people to pay them to tell people what will happen [to them] in the future. Those prophets say, “Yahweh is telling us [what we should say], and [we say that] we will not experience any disasters.”
| إِذْ يَحْكُمُ رُؤَسَاؤُهَا بِالرِّشْوَةِ، وَكَهَنَتُهَا يُعَلِّمُونَ بِالأُجْرَةِ وَيَتَعَاطَى أَنْبِيَاؤُهَا الْعِرَافَةَ لِقَاءَ الْمَالِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَدَّعُونَ الاتِّكَالَ عَلَى اللهِ قَائِلِينَ: «أَلَيْسَ الرَّبُّ فِي وَسَطِنَا؟ لِذَلِكَ لَنْ يُصِيبَنَا مَكْرُوهٌ». | ١١ |
12 Because of what you [leaders do], Zion [Hill] will be plowed like a field; it will become a heap of ruins/rubble; the top of the hill, where the temple is [now], will be covered with bushes.
| لِهَذَا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ سَتُحْرَثُ صِهْيَوْنُ كَالْحَقْلِ وَتُصْبِحُ أُورُشَلِيمُ كَوْمَةً مِنَ الْخَرَائِبِ، وَجَبَلُ الْهَيْكَلِ مُرْتَفَعاً تَنْمُو عَلَيْهِ أَشْجَارُ الْغَابِ. | ١٢ |
