< Mikeás 7 >
1 Jaj nékem, mert olyanná lettem, mint a letakarított mező, mint a megszedett szőlő: egy enni való gerezd sem maradott; pedig zsengére vágyott a lelkem!
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 Elveszett e földről a kegyes, és igaz sincs az emberek között. Mindnyájan vér után ólálkodnak, kiki hálóval vadássza atyjafiát.
[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 Gonoszságra készek a kezek, hogy jól vigyék véghez; a fejedelem követelőzik, és a biró fizetésre vár; a főember is maga mondja el lelke kívánságát, és összeszövik azt.
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 A ki jó közöttök, olyan mint a tüske, az igaz olyan, mint a tövisbokor. A te őrállóidnak napja, a te megítélésed eljött; most következik el az ő zűrzavaruk.
[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 Ne higyjetek a barátnak; ne bízzatok a tanácsadóban; az öledben ülő előtt is zárd be szádnak ajtaját.
[So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
6 Mert a fiú bolondnak tartja atyját, a leány anyja ellen támad, a meny az ő napára; az embernek saját háznépe az ellensége.
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 De én az Úrra nézek, várom az én szabadításom Istenét; meghallgat engem az én Istenem!
As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
8 Ne örülj, én ellenségem! Elestem ugyan, de felkelek, mert ha még a setétségben ülnék is, az Úr az én világosságom!
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 Az Úr haragját hordozom, mert vétkeztem ellene; mindaddig, a míg leperli peremet és meghozza ítéletemet. Kivisz engem a világosságra, meglátom az ő igazságát.
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 De meglátja ellenségem is és szégyen borítja el, a ki ezt mondja nékem: Hol az Úr, a te Istened? Meglátják őt az én szemeim, hogy ímé széttapostatik, mint az utcza-sár.
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 Falaid megépítésének napja! e napon távol lesz a törvény!
[You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
12 Azon a napon eljőnek hozzád Assiriából és Égyiptom városaiból; Égyiptomtól a folyamig, tengertől tengerig és hegytől hegyig.
[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 És pusztává lesz a föld az ő lakói miatt, az ő cselekedeteik gyümölcséért.
But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
14 Legeltesd népedet a te vessződdel, a te örökségednek nyáját, a mely magánosan lakozik az erdőben, a Kármel közepén. Legeljenek Básánban és Gileádban, mint a hajdankor napjain!
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 Mint az Égyiptom földéről kijövetelednek idején, láttatok vele csodadolgokat.
[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 Látják ezt a pogányok és megszégyenülnek minden erejökkel. Kezöket szájokra teszik, füleik megsiketülnek;
[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 Nyalják a port, mint a kígyó, mint a föld férgei; reszketve jőnek rejtekeikből; remegve folyamodnak az Úrhoz, a mi Istenünkhöz, és félnek tetőled!
[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 Kicsoda olyan Isten, mint te, a ki megbocsátja a bűnt és elengedi öröksége maradékának vétkét?! Nem tartja meg haragját örökké, mert gyönyörködik az irgalmasságban!
[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 Hozzánk térvén, könyörül rajtunk; eltapodja álnokságainkat. Bizony a tenger mélységébe veted minden bűnünket!
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 Hűséget mutatsz a Jákóbnak, irgalmasságot Ábrahámnak, a mint megesküdtél atyáinknak még az ősidőkben.
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.