Micha Propheta 3

1 Et dixi: Audite princeps Iacob, et duces domus Israel: Numquid non vestrum est scire iudicium,

And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?

2 qui odio habetis bonum, et diligitis malum: qui violenter tollitis pelles eorum desuper eis, et carnem eorum desuper ossibus eorum?

You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;

3 Qui comederunt carnem populi mei, et pellem eorum desuper excoriaverunt: et ossa eorum confregerunt, et conciderunt sicut in lebete, et quasi carnem in medio ollae.

Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.

4 Tunc clamabunt ad Dominum, et non exaudiet eos: et abscondet faciem suam ab eis in tempore illo, sicut nequiter egerunt in adinventionibus suis.

Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.

5 Haec dicit Dominus super prophetas, qui seducunt populum meum: qui mordent dentibus suis, et praedicant pacem: et si quis non dederit in ore eorum quippiam, sanctificant super eum praelium.

This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

6 Propterea nox vobis pro visione erit, et tenebrae vobis pro divinatione: et occumbet sol super prophetas, et obtenebrabitur super eos dies.

For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.

7 Et confundentur qui vident visiones, et confundentur divini: et operient omnes vultos suos, quia non est responsum Dei.

And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.

8 Verumtamen ego repletus sum fortitudine spiritus Domini, iudicio, et virtute: ut annunciem Iacob scelus suum, et Israel peccatum suum.

But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.

9 Audite hoc principes domus Iacob, et iudices domus Israel: qui abominamini iudicium, et omnia recta pervertitis.

Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.

10 Qui aedificatis Sion in sanguinibus, et Ierusalem in iniquitate.

They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.

11 Principes eius in muneribus iudicabant, et sacerdotes eius in mercede docebant, et prophetae eius in pecunia divinabant: et super Dominum requiescebant, dicentes: Numquid non Dominus in medio nostrum? non venient super nos mala.

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

12 Propter hoc, causa vestri, Sion quasi ager arabitur, et Ierusalem quasi acervus lapidum erit, et mons templi in excelsa silvarum.

For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.