Micah 7
1 I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like [SIM] someone who is hungry, [who searches for fruit to pick] after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat.
Ve mig! Det är mig, såsom när frukten är insamlad om sommaren, eller såsom när efterskörden efter vinbärgningen är slut och ingen druvklase mer finnes att äta, intet förstlingsfikon av dem jag hade haft lust till.
2 [All] the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. [The people who are left] are all murderers [MTY]; [it is as though] everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.
De fromma äro försvunna ur landet, och ingen redlig man finnes bland människorna. Alla ligga de på lur efter blod; envar vill fånga den andre i sitt nät.
3 They [all] use both hands to do what is evil. [Government] officials and judges [all] ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together [about how to get it done].
Till att främja det onda äro deras händer redo: fursten begär gåvor, och domaren står efter vinning; den mäktige kräver öppet vad honom lyster; så bedriva de vrånghet.
4 [Even] the best people are [as worthless] [SIM] as briers; the people [who are considered by others to be] [IRO] the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes. But, [Yahweh] will soon judge them; now is the time that he will punish people, a time when they will be [very] confused [because of being defeated].
Den bäste ibland dem är såsom ett törnsnår, den redligaste värre än en taggig häck. Men när dina siares dag är inne, ja, när hemsökelsen når dig, då skall bestörtning komma ibland dem.
5 [So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
Man får icke tro på någon vän, icke lita på någon förtrogen; för henne som vilar i din famn måste du vakta din muns dörrar.
6 Boys will despise their fathers, and girls will defy their mothers. Women will defy their mothers-in-law. Your enemies will be those who live in your own houses.
Ty sonen föraktar sin fader, dottern sätter sig upp mot sin moder, sonhustrun mot sin svärmoder, och envar har sitt eget husfolk till fiender.
7 As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
Men jag vill skåda efter HERREN, jag vill hoppas på min frälsnings Gud; min Gud skall höra mig.
8 You who are our enemies, do not gloat/rejoice about [what has happened to] us, [because even] if we have experienced disasters, [those disasters will end and] we will be restored. [Even] if [it is as though] we are sitting in the darkness, Yahweh will be our light.
Glädjens icke över mig, I mina fiender. Om jag än har fallit, skall jag dock stå upp igen; om jag än sitter i mörkret, är dock HERREN mitt ljus.
9 We must be patient while Yahweh punishes us because we have sinned against him. But later, [it will be as though] he will go to court and defend us, and he will make sure that the judge makes a right decision about us. [It will be as though] he will bring us out into the light, and we will see it when he rescues us.
Eftersom jag har syndat mot HERREN, vill jag bära hans vrede, till dess att han utför min sak och skaffar mig rätt, till dess att han för mig ut i ljuset, så att jag med lust får se på hans rättfärdighet.
10 Our enemies will [also] see that, and they will be disgraced because they [ridiculed us], saying “Why is [RHQ] Yahweh, that God of yours, [not helping you]?” But with our own eyes we will see them when they are defeated; we will see them trampled like [SIM] mud in the streets.
När mina fiender se det, skola de höljas med skam, desamma som säga till mig: "Var är nu HERREN, din Gud?" Mina ögon skola se med lust på dem; ty då skola de bliva nedtrampade såsom orenlighet på gatan.
11 [You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
En dag skall komma, då dina murar skola byggas upp; på den dagen skola dina gränser sträcka sig vida.
12 [People from many countries will come to honor you]: people from Assyria and from [near] the [Euphrates] River [in the east] and from Egypt [in the south], from distant seas, and from many mountains.
På den dagen skall man komma till dig både från Assur och från Egyptens städer, ja från Egypten och ända ifrån floden, och från hav till hav, och från berg till berg.
13 But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
Men eljest skall jorden bliva en ödemark för sina inbyggares skull; det skall vara deras gärningars frukt.
14 Yahweh, protect your people like [MET] [a shepherd protects his sheep] by using his walking stick; lead your people [MET] whom you have chosen to belong to you. [Even though some of them] live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead [regions] that they possessed long ago.
Vakta med din stav ditt folk, din arvedels hjord, så att den får hava sin avskilda boning i skogen på Karmel; låt den gå i bet i Basan och i Gilead, likasom under forna dagar.
15 [Yahweh says/replies], “[Yes], I will perform miracles for you like the miracles that I performed when I rescued your [ancestors] from [being slaves in] Egypt.”
Ja, likasom i de dagar då du drog ut ur Egyptens land skall jag låta dem se underbara ting.
16 [People from many] nations will see [what Yahweh does for you], and they will be ashamed because they do not have any power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears [because they will be very amazed because of what Yahweh does], [and they will not be able to say anything or hear anything].
Hedningarna skola se det och komma på skam med all sin makt. De skola nödgas lägga handen på munnen, deras öron skola vara bedövade.
17 [Being very humiliated, ] they will crawl on the ground [MTY] like [SIM] snakes. They will come out of their homes trembling, and stand revering Yahweh our God. They will be very afraid of him, and will tremble in front of him.
De skola slicka stoftet såsom ormar; lika maskar som kräla på jorden skola de med bävan övergiva sina borgar. Med förskräckelse skola de söka HERREN, vår Gud; Ja, för dig skola de frukta.
18 [Yahweh], there is no [RHQ] God like you; you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy [to show us] that you faithfully love [us].
Vem är en sådan Gud som du? -- du som förlåter kvarlevan av din arvedel dess missgärning och tillgiver den dess överträdelse, du som icke behåller vrede evinnerligen, ty du har lust till nåd,
19 You will again act kindly/compassionately toward us. You will get rid of [the scroll on which you have written] the sins that we have committed [as though you were] trampling it under your feet or throwing it into the deep ocean.
och du skall åter förbarma dig över oss och trampa våra missgärningar under fötterna. Ja, du skall kasta alla deras synder i havets djup.
20 You will show that you faithfully [do what you promised for us] and faithfully love us, just like you solemnly promised long ago to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob that you would do.
Du skall bevisa trofasthet mot Jakob och nåd mot Abraham, såsom du med ed har lovat våra fäder i forntidens dagar.
