Micah 7

1 Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard. There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.

١ وَيْلٌ لِي، فَقَدْ صِرْتُ كَرَجُلٍ جَائِعٍ جَاءَ يَبْحَثُ عَنْ جَنْيِ الصَّيْفِ وَبَقَايَا قِطَافِ الْعِنَبِ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ عُنْقُوداً لِلأَكْلِ وَلا شَيْئاً مِنْ بَاكُورَةِ التِّينِ مِمَّا تَشْتَهِيهِ نَفْسِي.

2 The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

٢ قَدْ بَادَ الصَّالِحُ مِنْ الأَرْضِ وَاخْتَفَى الْمُسْتَقِيمُ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ. جَمِيعُهُمْ يَكْمِنُونَ لِسَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يَقْتَنِصُ أَخَاهُ.

3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

٣ تَجِدُّ أَيْدِيهُمْ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ، وَيَسْعَى الرَّئِيسُ وَالْقَاضِي وَرَاءَ الرِّشْوَةِ، وَيُمْلِي الْعَظِيمُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَهْوَاءَ نَفْسِهِ، فَيَتَآمَرُونَ جَمِيعاً عَلَى الْحَقِّ.

4 The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.

٤ أَفْضَلُهُمْ مِثْلُ الْعَوْسَجِ، وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ اسْتِقَامَةً أَسْوَأُ مِنْ سِيَاجِ الشَّوْكِ. وَهَا يَوْمُ عِقَابِكُمُ الَّذِي أَنْذَرَ بِهِ أَنْبِيَاؤُكُمْ قَدْ وَافَى. عِنْدَئِذٍ يَعْتَرِيكُمُ الارْتِبَاكُ.

5 Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

٥ لَا تَأْتَمِنْ جَارَكَ وَلا تَثِقْ بِصَدِيقٍ، وَاحْتَرِسْ مِمَّا تَنْطِقُ بِهِ شَفَتَاكَ مِمَّنَ تَرْقُدُ فِي حِضْنِكَ.

6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

٦ فَإِنَّ الابْنَ يَسْتَخِفُّ بِأَبِيهِ وَالابْنَةُ تَتَمَرَّدُ عَلَى أُمِّهَا، وَالْكَنَّةُ عَلَى حَمَاتِهَا، وَأَعْدَاءُ الإِنْسَانِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ.

7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

٧ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَرْتَقِبُ الرَّبَّ وَأَنْتَظِرُ إِلَهَ خَلاصِي فَيَسْمَعُنِي إِلَهِي.

8 Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.

٨ لَا تَشْمَتِي بِي يَا عَدُوَّتِي، لأَنِّي إِنْ سَقَطْتُ أَقُومُ، وَإِنْ جَلَسْتُ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ نُوراً لِي.

9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.

٩ إِنِّي أَخْطَأْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ لِذَلِكَ أَتَحَمَّلُ غَضَبَهُ، إِلَى أَنْ يُدَافِعَ عَنِّي وَيُثْبِتَ اسْتِقَامَتِي، فَيُخْرِجُنِي إِلَى النُّورِ لأُشَاهِدَ عَدْلَهُ.

10 Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.

١٠ عِنْدَئِذٍ تَرَى ذَلِكَ عَدُوَّتِي فَيَعْتَرِيهَا الْخِزْيُ إِذْ قَالَتْ لِي: «أَيْنَ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكِ؟» سَتَشْهَدُهَا عَيْنَايَ تُدَاسُ كَطِينِ الشَّوَارِعِ وَالأَزِقَّةِ.

11 A day to build your walls! In that day, he will extend your boundary.

١١ هَا قَدْ أَقْبَلَ يَوْمُ بِنَاءِ أَسْوَارِ مَدِينَتِكِ. فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَتَّسِعُ تُخُومُكِ.

12 In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.

١٢ وَيَتَقَاطَرُ إِلَيْكِ شَعْبُكِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، مِنْ أَشُّورَ وَمِنْ مُدُنِ مِصْرَ حَتَّى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ؛ مِنْ بَحْرٍ إِلَى بَحْرٍ؛ وَمِنْ جَبَلٍ إِلَى جَبَلٍ.

13 Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

١٣ غَيْرَ أَنَّ الأَرْضَ تَكُونُ مُوْحِشَةً بِسَبَبِ سَيِّئَاتِ سُكَّانِهَا.

14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest. Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land, in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

١٤ ارْعَ يَا رَبُّ شَعْبَكَ بِعَصَاكَ، فَهُمْ قَطِيعُ مِيرَاثِكَ الرَّابِضُونَ وَحْدَهُمْ فِي الْغَابَةِ فِي وَسَطِ الْكَرْمَلِ. قُدْهُمْ إِلَى بَاشَانَ وَجِلْعَادَ لِيَتَمَتَّعُوا بِخِصْبِ أَرْضِهِمَا كَالْعَهْدِ بِهِمْ فِي أَيَّامِ الْقِدَمِ.

15 “As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.”

١٥ وَيُجِيبُ الرَّبُّ: سَأُرِيهِمْ مُعْجِزَاتٍ كَمَا فَعَلْتُ فِي أَيَّامِ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ.

16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

١٦ فَتَرَى الأُمَمُ وَيَخْزَوْنَ مِنْ قُوَّتِهِمْ وَيَضَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُصَابُ آذَانُهُمْ بِالصَّمَمِ.

17 They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to the LORD our God, and will be afraid because of you.

١٧ وَيَلْحَسُونَ التُّرَابَ كَالْحَيَّةِ وَيَنْسَلُّونَ مِنْ حُصُونِهِمْ مُرْتَعِبِينَ كَزَوَاحِفِ الأَرْضِ، وَيَرْجِعُونَ بِخَوْفٍ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا مُرْتَعِبِينَ مِنْكَ.

18 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

١٨ إِيُّ إِلَهٍ مِثْلُكَ يَصْفَحُ عَنِ الإِثْمِ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ مَعْصِيَةِ بَقِيَّةِ مِيرَاثِهِ؟ لَا يَحْتَفِظُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ بِغَضَبِهِ لأَنَّهُ يُسَرُّ بِالرَّحْمَةِ.

19 He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

١٩ يَعُودُ يَرْحَمُنَا وَيَطَأُ ذُنُوبَنَا بِقَدَمَيْهِ، وَيَطْرَحُ مَعَاصِيَنَا إِلَى أَعْمَاقِ الْبَحْرِ.

20 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

٢٠ أَنْتَ تُبْدِي أَمَانَةً لِذُرِّيَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ، وَرَحْمَةً لِنَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، كَمَا حَلَفْتَ لأَجْدَادِنَا مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ.