Micha Propheta 3

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

Then I said, “You Israeli [MTY] leaders, listen [to what I say]! You should certainly [RHQ] know what things are right [to do] [and what things are wrong],

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

but you hate what is good and you love what is evil. [You act like butchers]: [it is as though] you strip the skin off my people and [tear] the 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.

[It is as though] you chop them into pieces like [SIM] meat [to be cooked] in a 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, [when you have troubles], you plead to Yahweh [to help you], but he will not answer you. At that time, he will turn away from you because of the evil things that you have done.”

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 Yahweh says about your [false] prophets who are deceiving the people: “If someone gives them food, those prophets say that things will go well for him. But they declare war against anyone who does not give them food.

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

So [now it is as though] [MET] night will descend on you prophets; you will not receive any [more] visions. [It is as though] [MET] the sun will set for you; the time [when you are greatly honored] will end.

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

[Then] you (seers/people who predict what will happen in the future) [DOU] will be disgraced; you will cover your faces [because you will be ashamed], because when you ask me [what will happen], there will be no answer from me.”

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

But as for me, I am full of [God’s] power, [power] from the Spirit of Yahweh. I am courageous and strong to declare to the Israeli people [MTY, DOU] that they have sinned and rebelled [against Yahweh].

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

You leaders of the people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this! You hate [it when people do] what is just; and [when people say] what is true, you distort it, [saying it is false].

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

[It is as though] you are building [houses in] Jerusalem on foundations that consist of murdering people and doing what is corrupt.

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.

Your leaders make [favorable] decisions [only if they receive] bribes. Your priests teach people only if [those people] pay them [well]. Your [false] prophets require people to pay them to tell people what will happen [to them] in the future. Those prophets say, “Yahweh is telling us [what we should say], and [we say that] we will not experience any disasters.”

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

Because of what you [leaders do], Zion [Hill] will be plowed like a field; it will become a heap of ruins/rubble; the top of the hill, where the temple is [now], will be covered with bushes.