Micha Propheta 6
1 Audite quae Dominus loquitur: Surge, contende iudicio adversum montes, et audiant colles vocem tuam.
Now listen to what Yahweh says, “Arise and state your case before the mountains; let the hills hear your voice.
2 Audiant montes iudicium Domini, et fortia fundamenta terrae: quia iudicium Domini cum populo suo, et cum Israel diiudicabitur.
Listen to Yahweh's lawsuit, you mountains, and you enduring foundations of the earth. For Yahweh has a lawsuit with his people, and he will fight in court against Israel.”
3 Popule meus quid feci tibi, aut quid molestus fui tibi? responde mihi.
“My people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Testify against 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 up out of the land of Egypt and rescued you out of the house of bondage. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to 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 devised, and how Balaam son of Beor answered him as you went from Shittim to Gilgal, so you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”
6 Quid dignum offeram Domino? curvabo genu Deo excelso? numquid offeram ei holocaustomata, et vitulos anniculos?
What should I bring to Yahweh, as I bow down to the high God? Should I come to 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 Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for my own sin?
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.
He has told you, man, what is good, and what Yahweh requires from you: Act justly, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.
9 Vox Domini ad civitatem clamat, et salus erit timentibus nomen eius: Audite tribus, et quis approbabit illud?
The voice of Yahweh is making a proclamation to the city— even now wisdom acknowledges your name: “Pay attention to the rod, and to the one who has put it in place.
10 Adhuc ignis in domo impii thesauri iniquitatis, et mensura minor irae plena.
There is wealth in the houses of the wicked that is dishonest, and false measures that are abominable.
11 Numquid iustificabo stateram impiam, et saccelli pondera dolosa?
Should I consider a person to be innocent if he uses fraudulent scales, with a bag of deceptive weights?
12 In quibus divites eius repleti sunt iniquitate, et habitantes in ea loquebantur mendacium, et lingua eorum fraudulenta in ore eorum.
The rich men are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue in their mouth is deceitful.
13 Et ego ergo coepi percutere te perditione super peccatis tuis.
Therefore I will strike you with a terrible blow, and I will make you desolate 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 not be satisfied; your emptiness will remain inside you. You will store goods away but not save, and what you do save I will give 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 not reap; you will tread the olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will press grapes but drink no wine.
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.
The regulations made by Omri have been kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab. You walk by their advice. So I will make you, city, a ruin, and you inhabitants an object of hissing, and you will bear the reproach of my people.”
