Μιχαίας 7

1 Ουαί εις εμέ, διότι είμαι ως επικαρπολογία θέρους, ως επιφυλλίς τρυγητού δεν υπάρχει βότρυς διά να φάγη τις η ψυχή μου επεθύμησε τας απαρχάς των καρπών.

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.

2 Ο όσιος απωλέσθη εκ της γης και ο ευθύς δεν υπάρχει μεταξύ των ανθρώπων πάντες ενεδρεύουσι διά αίμα κυνηγούσιν έκαστος τον αδελφόν αυτού.

[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.

3 Εις το να κακοποιώσιν ετοιμάζουσι τας χείρας αυτών ο άρχων απαιτεί και ο κριτής κρίνει επί μισθώ· και ο μεγάλος προφέρει την πονηράν αυτού επιθυμίαν, την οποίαν συμπεριστρεφόμενοι εκπληρούσιν.

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].

4 Ο καλήτερος αυτών είναι ως άκανθα· ο ευθύς οξύτερος φραγμού ακανθώδους· η ημέρα των φυλάκων σου, η επίσκεψίς σου έφθασε· τώρα θέλει είσθαι η αμηχανία αυτών.

[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].

5 Μη εμπιστεύεσθε εις φίλον, μη θαρρείτε εις οικείον· φύλαττε τας θύρας του στόματός σου από της συγκαθευδούσης εν τω κόλπω σου·

[So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!

6 διότι ο υιός περιφρονεί τον πατέρα, η θυγάτηρ επανίσταται κατά της μητρός αυτής, η νύμφη κατά της πενθεράς αυτής· οι εχθροί του ανθρώπου είναι οι άνθρωποι της εαυτού οικίας.

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.

7 Εγώ δε θέλω επιβλέψει επί Κύριον· θέλω προσμείνει τον Θεόν της σωτηρίας μου· ο Θεός μου θέλει μου εισακούσει.

As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].

8 Μη ευφραίνου εις εμέ, η εχθρά μου· αν και έπεσα, θέλω σηκωθή· αν και εκάθησα εν σκότει, ο Κύριος θέλει είσθαι φως εις εμέ.

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.

9 Θέλω υποφέρει την οργήν του Κυρίου, διότι ημάρτησα εις αυτόν, εωσού διαδικάση την δίκην μου και κάμη την κρίσιν μου· θέλει με εξάξει εις το φως, θέλω ιδεί την δικαιοσύνην αυτού.

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.

10 Και θέλει ιδεί η εχθρά μου, και αισχύνη θέλει περικαλύψει αυτήν, ήτις λέγει προς εμέ, Που είναι Κύριος ο Θεός σου; οι οφθαλμοί μου θέλουσιν ιδεί αυτήν· τώρα θέλει είσθαι εις καταπάτημα ως ο πηλός των οδών.

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.

11 Καθ' ην ημέραν τα τείχη σου μέλλουσι να κτισθώσι, την ημέραν εκείνην θέλει διαδοθή εις μακράν το πρόσταγμα.

[You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.

12 Την ημέραν εκείνην θέλουσιν ελθεί έως εις σε από της Ασσυρίας και των πόλεων της Αιγύπτου και από της Αιγύπτου έως του ποταμού και από θαλάσσης έως θαλάσσης και από όρους έως όρους.

[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.

13 Και η γη θέλει ερημωθή εξ αιτίας των κατοικούντων αυτήν, διά τον καρπόν των πράξεων αυτών.

But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.

14 Ποίμαινε τον λαόν σου εν τη ράβδω σου, το ποίμνιον της κληρονομίας σου, το οποίον κατοικεί μεμονωμένον εν τω δάσει, εν μέσω του Καρμήλου· ας νέμωνται την Βασάν και την Γαλαάδ καθώς εν ταις αρχαίαις ημέραις.

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.

15 Καθώς εν ταις ημέραις της εξόδου σου εκ γης Αιγύπτου θέλω δείξει εις αυτόν θαυμάσια.

[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.”

16 Τα έθνη θέλουσιν ιδεί και θέλουσι καταισχυνθή διά πάσαν την ισχύν αυτών· θέλουσιν επιθέσει την χείρα επί το στόμα, τα ώτα αυτών θέλουσι κωφωθή.

[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].

17 Θέλουσι γλείφει το χώμα ως όφεις, ως τα ερπετά της γης θέλουσι σύρεσθαι από των τρυπών αυτών· θέλουσιν εκπλαγή εις Κύριον τον Θεόν ημών και θέλουσι φοβηθή από σου.

[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.

18 Τις Θεός όμοιός σου, συγχωρών ανομίαν και παραβλέπων την παράβασιν του υπολοίπου της κληρονομίας αυτού; δεν φυλάττει την οργήν αυτού διαπαντός, διότι αυτός αρέσκεται εις το έλεος.

[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].

19 Θέλει επιστρέψει, θέλει ευσπλαγχνισθή ημάς, θέλει καταστρέψει τας ανομίας ημών· και θέλεις ρίψει πάσας τας αμαρτίας αυτών εις τα βάθη της θαλάσσης.

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.

20 Θέλεις εκτελέσει αλήθειαν εις τον Ιακώβ, έλεος εις τον Αβραάμ, καθώς ώμοσας εις τους πατέρας ημών από των αρχαίων ημερών.

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.