Micha Propheta 6
1 Audite quae Dominus loquitur: Surge, contende iudicio adversum montes, et audiant colles vocem tuam.
Listen to what the Lord is saying. Stand up and plead your case. Let the mountains and the hills hear your voice.
2 Audiant montes iudicium Domini, et fortia fundamenta terrae: quia iudicium Domini cum populo suo, et cum Israel diiudicabitur.
And now, mountains, hear the Lord's argument. Listen, everlasting foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a case against his people. He will bring charges against Israel.
3 Popule meus quid feci tibi, aut quid molestus fui tibi? responde mihi.
My people, what have I done to you? What is it that I have done to make you tired of me?
4 Quia eduxi te de Terra Aegypti, et de domo servientium liberavi te: et misi ante faciem tuam Moysen, et Aaron, et Mariam?
For I brought you out of the land of Egypt and rescued you from slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.
5 Popule meus memento quaeso quid cogitaverit contra te Balach rex Moab, et quid responderit ei Balaam filius Beor, de Setim usque ad Galgalam, ut cognosceres iustitias Domini.
My people, remember what Balak, king of Moab, planned to do, and what Balaam, son of Beor, told him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, so you could know all the good things the Lord does.
6 Quid dignum offeram Domino? curvabo genu Deo excelso? numquid offeram ei holocaustomata, et vitulos anniculos?
What should I take with me when I approach the Lord, when I bow down before the God of heaven? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
7 Numquid placari potest Dominus in millibus arietum, aut in multis millibus hircorum pinguium? numquid dabo primogenitum meum pro scelere meo fructum ventris mei pro peccato animae meae?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I sacrifice my firstborn child for my rebellion, my own flesh and blood for the sins I have committed?
8 Indicabo tibi o homo quid sit bonum, et quid Dominus requirat a te: Utique facere iudicium, et diligere misericordiam, et solicitum ambulare cum Deo tuo.
The Lord has told you what is good, and what the Lord asks from you: to do what is right, to love kindness, and to walk in humility with your God.
9 Vox Domini ad civitatem clamat, et salus erit timentibus nomen eius: Audite tribus, et quis approbabit illud?
The voice of the Lord calls to the city—to respect your name is to be wise—pay attention to the rod and who summoned it.
10 Adhuc ignis in domo impii thesauri iniquitatis, et mensura minor irae plena.
Are there still ill-gotten gains in the houses of the wicked? Are they still using dishonest measures in selling grain?
11 Numquid iustificabo stateram impiam, et saccelli pondera dolosa?
How can I accept those who use unfair scales and dishonest weights?
12 In quibus divites eius repleti sunt iniquitate, et habitantes in ea loquebantur mendacium, et lingua eorum fraudulenta in ore eorum.
Your rich people make money by using violence; they tell lies and practice deceit.
13 Et ego ergo coepi percutere te perditione super peccatis tuis.
So I will strike you to make you ill; I will ruin you because of your sins.
14 Tu comedes, et non saturaberis: et humiliatio tua in medio tui: et apprehendes, et non salvabis: et quos salvaveris, in gladium dabo.
You will eat, but never be satisfied; inside you will still feel hungry. Even though you try to save money, what you save won't be worth anything because I will give it to the sword.
15 Tu seminabis, et non metes: tu calcabis olivam, et non ungeris oleo: et mustum, et non bibes vinum.
You will sow, but you won't reap; you will press your olives, but not use the oil; you will make your wine, but drink none of it.
16 Et custodisti praecepta Amri, et omne opus domus Achab: et ambulasti in voluptatibus eorum, ut darem te in perditionem, et habitantes in ea in sibilum et opprobrium populi mei portabitis.
You have kept the laws of Omri, and adopted all the practices of the house of Ahab, you have followed their ways. So I will make your country desolate and the people who live there an object of scorn; you will bear the shame of my people.
