Micah 4
1 Yahweh [says that] some day his temple will be on top of a mountain, and that mountain will be the most important [MET] one on the earth; it will be [as though it is] higher than all the hills, and huge groups of people from all over the world will come there [to worship].
Aikojen lopussa on Herran temppelin vuori seisova vahvana, ylimmäisenä vuorista, ja se on oleva korkein kukkuloista, ja sinne virtaavat kansat.
2 [People from] many nations will say [to each other], “Let’s go to the mountain where Yahweh is, to the temple where we can worship the God whom Jacob [worshiped]. There God will teach us how he wants us to conduct our lives, and we will do what he wants us to do.” Zion [Hill] is the place where he will teach [people]; and [people will go] out from Jerusalem [to tell others] his messages.
Monet pakanakansat lähtevät liikkeelle sanoen: "Tulkaa, nouskaamme Herran vuorelle, Jaakobin Jumalan temppeliin, että hän opettaisi meille teitänsä ja me vaeltaisimme hänen polkujansa; sillä Siionista lähtee laki, Jerusalemista Herran sana."
3 Yahweh will settle disputes between many people, and he will [also] settle disputes between powerful nations that are far away. Then people will hammer their swords to cause them to become plow blades, and [hammer] their spears to cause them to become pruning knives. [Armies of] nations will no [longer] fight against [armies of other] nations, and they will no longer train [men how to fight] in wars.
Ja hän tuomitsee monien kansojen kesken, säätää oikeutta väkeville pakanakansoille, kaukaisiin maihin saakka. Niin he takovat miekkansa vantaiksi ja keihäänsä vesureiksi; kansa ei nosta miekkaa kansaa vastaan, eivätkä he enää opettele sotimaan.
4 Everyone will sit [peacefully] under his own grapevines, and under his own fig trees; no one will cause them to be afraid. [That is what will surely happen] because the Commander of the armies of angels has said it.
He istuvat kukin oman viinipuunsa ja viikunapuunsa alla kenenkään peljättämättä. Sillä Herran Sebaotin suu on puhunut.
5 Many [HYP] [of the people of other] nations will worship [IDM] their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever.
Sillä kaikki kansat vaeltavat jumalansa nimessä kukin, mutta me vaellamme Herran, meidän Jumalamme, nimessä aina ja iankaikkisesti.
6 Yahweh says, “There will soon be a time when I will gather the people whom I have punished, who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries), all those whom [I have caused to] suffer much.
Sinä päivänä, sanoo Herra, minä tahdon koota ontuvat ja kerätä hajalleen-ajetut ja ne, joille minä olin tuottanut onnettomuutta.
7 My people who did not die while they were exiled will become a strong nation [again]. Then [I], Yahweh, will be their king, and I will rule from Jerusalem forever.
Minä teen ontuvista talteenjäävät ja kauasjoutuneista väkevän kansan. Ja Herra on oleva heidän kuninkaansa Siionin vuorella siitä alkaen ja iankaikkisesti.
8 As for you people of Jerusalem [MET], you who [guard all of my people] like [MET] [a shepherd guards his sheep] from a tower, you [who live on] Zion [Hill], will have great power again. You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously.
Ja sinä Karjatorni, tytär Siionin kukkula! Sinun luoksesi on tuleva, on saapuva entinen hallitus, tytär Jerusalemia vallinnut kuninkuus.
9 [So] why [RHQ] are you wailing now? Is it because you have no king? Have all your wise people died? You are groaning loudly like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
Ja nyt-miksi sinä ääneen vaikeroit? Eikö sinulla ole kuningasta, onko sinun neuvonantajasi kadonnut, koska kipu on vallannut sinut niinkuin synnyttäväisen?
10 [Well], you people of Jerusalem should writhe and groan like [SIM] a woman who is having birth pains, because now you must leave this city, and [while you are traveling], you will set up tents in open fields [at night]; you will go to [live in] Babylon. [But while you are] there, [I], Yahweh, will rescue you; I will free you from the power/control [MTY] of your enemies.
Vääntelehdi vain kouristuksissasi, tytär Siion, niinkuin synnyttäjä, sillä nyt sinun on lähdettävä ulos kaupungista ja asuttava kedolla ja mentävä Baabeliin asti: siellä sinut pelastetaan; siellä lunastaa sinut Herra vihamiestesi käsistä.
11 Now [the armies of] many nations have gathered to attack you. They are saying, ‘Jerusalem must be destroyed! We want to see this city [when it becomes ruins]!’
Nyt kokoontuu sinua vastaan paljon pakanoita, jotka sanovat: "Se saastutettakoon; katselkoot meidän silmämme iloksensa Siionia!"
12 But they do not know what [I], Yahweh, think, and they do not understand what I plan: I will gather them [and punish them] like [SIM] [farmers] thresh grain on the ground.
Mutta he eivät tunne Herran aivoituksia eivätkä ymmärrä hänen neuvoansa, sillä hän kokoaa heidät niinkuin lyhteet puimatantereelle.
13 So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish [MET] [the nations who oppose you]. I will cause you [to be very strong], [as if] [MET] you had horns made of iron, [as if] [MET] you had hoofs made of bronze; and you will crush many nations. And [then you will take] from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken [from other countries], and you will dedicate those things to [me, the one who is] the Lord of all [the people on] the earth.”
Nouse ja pui, tytär Siion, sillä minä annan sinulle rautasarvet ja vaskisorkat minä sinulle annan, ja sinä survot murskaksi monet kansat. Ja minä vihin Herralle, tuhon omaksi, heidän väärän voittonsa, kaiken maan Herralle heidän rikkautensa.
