Micha Propheta 7
1 Væ mihi, quia factus sum sicut qui colligit in autumno racemos vindemiæ: non est botrus ad comedendum, præcoquas ficus desideravit anima mea.
My woe [is] to me, For I have been as gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit has my soul desired.
2 Periit sanctus de terra, et rectus in hominibus non est: omnes in sanguine insidiantur, vir fratrem suum ad mortem venatur.
The kind have perished out of the land, And upright among men—there are none, All of them lie in wait for blood, They each hunt his brother [with] a net.
3 Malum manuum suarum dicunt bonum: princeps postulat, et iudex in reddendo est: et magnus locutus est desiderium animæ suæ, et conturbaverunt eam.
On the evil [are] both hands to do [it] well, The prince is asking—also the judge—for repayment, And the great—he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
4 Qui optimus in eis est, quasi paliurus: et qui rectus, quasi spina de sepe. Dies speculationis tuæ, visitatio tua venit: nunc erit vastitas eorum.
Their best one [is] as a brier, The upright one—than a thorn-hedge, The day of your watchmen—Your visitation—has come. Now is their perplexity.
5 Nolite credere amico: et nolite confidere in duce: ab ea, quæ dormit in sinu tuo, custodi claustra oris tui.
Do not believe in a friend, Do not trust in a leader, From her who is lying in your bosom keep the openings of your mouth.
6 Quia filius contumeliam facit patri, et filia consurgit adversus matrem suam, nurus adversus socrum suam: et inimici hominis domestici eius.
For a son is dishonoring a father, A daughter has stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each [are] the men of his house.
7 Ego autem ad Dominum aspiciam, exspectabo Deum salvatorem meum: audiet me Deus meus.
And I—in YHWH I watch, I wait for the God of my salvation, My God hears me.
8 Ne læteris inimica mea super me, quia cecidi: consurgam, cum sedero in tenebris, Dominus lux mea est.
You do not rejoice over me, O my enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness YHWH is a light to me.
9 Iram Domini portabo, quoniam peccavi ei, donec causam meam iudicet, et faciat iudicium meum: educet me in lucem, videbo iustitiam eius.
I bear the indignation of YHWH, For I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my cause, And has executed my judgment, He brings me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.
10 Et aspiciet inimica mea, et operietur confusione, quæ dicit ad me: Ubi est Dominus Deus tuus? Oculi mei videbunt in eam: nunc erit in conculcationem ut lutum platearum.
And my enemy sees, And shame covers her, Who says to me, “Where [is] your God YHWH?” My eyes look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.
11 Dies, ut ædificentur maceriæ tuæ: in die illa longe fiet lex.
The day to build your walls! That day—removed is the limit.
12 In die illa et usque ad te veniet de Assur, et usque ad civitates munitas: et a civitatibus munitis usque ad flumen, et ad mare de mari, et ad montem de monte.
That day—even to you it comes in, From Asshur and the cities of the fortress, And from the fortress even to the river, And from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.
13 Et terra erit in desolationem propter habitatores suos, et propter fructum cogitationum eorum.
And the land has been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.
14 Pasce populum tuum in virga tua, gregem hereditatis tuæ habitantes solos in saltu, in medio Carmeli: pascentur Basan et Galaad iuxta dies antiquos.
Rule Your people with Your rod, The flock of Your inheritance, Dwelling alone [in] a forest in the midst of Carmel, They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.
15 Secundum dies egressionis tuæ de Terra Ægypti ostendam ei mirabilia.
“According to the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I show it wonderful things.”
16 Videbunt gentes, et confundentur super omni fortitudine sua: ponent manum super os, aures eorum surdæ erunt.
Nations see, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.
17 Lingent pulverem sicut serpentes, velut reptilia terræ perturbabuntur in ædibus suis: Dominum Deum nostrum formidabunt, et timebunt te.
They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, They are afraid of our God YHWH, Indeed, they are afraid of You.
18 Quis Deus similis tui, qui aufers iniquitatem, et transis peccatum reliquiarum hereditatis tuæ? non immittet ultra furorem suum, quoniam volens misericordiam est.
Who [is] a God like You? Taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He has not retained His anger forever, Because He delights [in] kindness.
19 Revertetur, et miserebitur nostri: deponet iniquitates nostras, et proiiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra.
He turns back, He pities us, He subdues our iniquities, And You cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Dabis veritatem Iacob, misericordiam Abraham: quæ iurasti patribus nostris a diebus antiquis.
You give truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That You have sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!
