Mika 1
1 Dette er Herrens ord som kom til Mika fra Moreset i de dager da Jotam, Akas og Esekias var konger i Juda, det som han skuet om Samaria og Jerusalem.
[I am] Micah. I am from [the town of] Moresheth [in Judah]. Yahweh gave me these [messages in] visions about Samaria and Jerusalem during the time when Jotham, [and then] Ahaz, and [then] Hezekiah, were the kings of Judah.
2 Hør, I folk, alle sammen! Gi akt, du jord med alt som på dig er! Og Herren, Israels Gud, være vidne mot eder, Herren fra sitt hellige tempel!
You people everywhere on the earth, pay attention to this [DOU]! Yahweh our God is accusing you from his holy temple [in heaven].
3 For se, Herren går ut fra sin bolig; han stiger ned og farer frem over jordens høider.
He will come down [from heaven] and walk on the tops of the highest mountains.
4 Fjellene smelter under ham, og dalene revner - som voks for ilden, som vann når det øses ut over et stup.
[It will be as though] the mountains will melt under his [feet] like [SIM] wax [melts] in front of a fire, and like [SIM] water [disappears] when it rushes/flows down into a valley.
5 For Jakobs frafall skjer alt dette, for de synder Israels hus har gjort. Hvem er ophavet til Jakobs frafall? Mon ikke Samaria? Og hvem til Judas offerhauger? Mon ikke Jerusalem?
Those things will happen because of the terrible sins [DOU] that the people [MTY] of Israel, [the descendants of] Jacob, have committed. But it was [RHQ] [the people of] Samaria [city who persuaded all the people of] Israel to sin, and it was [RHQ] because the people of Jerusalem [set up altars to worship their gods] that [the other people of] Judah [were persuaded to worship idols on] their hilltops.
6 Så vil jeg da gjøre Samaria til en grusdynge på marken, til et sted for vindyrkning, og jeg vil velte dets stener ned i dalen og avdekke dets grunnvoller.
So Yahweh will cause Samaria to become a heap [of rubble/ruins]; [it will be only] a field for planting vineyards. He will cause the stones of its [buildings] to roll down into the valley, and the foundations [of the buildings] will be uncovered.
7 Og alle dets utskårne billeder skal sønderslås, og alle dets horegaver brennes op med ild, og alle dets avgudsbilleder vil jeg ødelegge; for av horelønn har det samlet dem, og til horelønn skal de atter bli.
All the idols in Samaria will be smashed, and the gifts [given to prostitutes at the temples of their idols] will be destroyed in a fire. And because people paid prostitutes there, [their enemies will take away those idols and sell them] to get money to pay to prostitutes [in other countries].
8 Over dette vil jeg klage og hyle, jeg vil gå barbent og naken; jeg vil opløfte klageskrik som sjakalene og jamre mig som strutsene.
Because [Samaria will be destroyed], I will weep and wail. I will walk around (barefoot/without any sandals on my feet) and naked. I will howl like a jackal/wolf and screech like an owl,
9 For dets sår er ulægelige; for ulykken er kommet like til Juda, den har nådd like til mitt folks port, til Jerusalem.
because Samaria will be completely destroyed [MET]; nothing can save that city. But the same thing will happen to Judah! [It is as though the enemy army] has [already] reached the city gates of Jerusalem, [the main city where] my people [live].
10 Forkynn det ikke i Gat, gråt ikke der! I Bet-Leafra velter jeg mig i støvet.
Do not tell that to [our enemies] in Gath [city in Philistia]! Do not cry, [lest the people there find out what is happening]! [Instead, just] roll in the dirt in Beth-Leaphrah [because the name of that town means ‘house of dust].’
11 Dra bort, I Sjafirs innbyggere, i nakenhet og vanære! Sa'anans innbyggere våger sig ikke ut. Bet-Haesels klageskrik gjør det umulig for eder å bli der.
You people who live in Shaphir [town, whose name means ‘beautiful],’ naked and ashamed, you will be taken [to another country]. [You people in] Beth-Ezel [town] should mourn, [because] no one from Zaanan [town, whose name means ‘one who goes out],’ will go out to help you.
12 For Marots innbyggere vrir sig i smerte over sin tapte lykke; for ulykke er faret ned fra Herren, like til Jerusalems port.
[The name of] Maroth [town sounds like ‘bitterness];’ everyone there is anxiously waiting for good things to happen to them, but good things will not happen to them; instead, terrible things are about to happen to them, and it will soon happen at the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Spenn traveren for vognen, I innbyggere av Lakis! Syndens ophav var du for Sions datter, for hos dig blev Israels overtredelser funnet.
You people of Lachish [city, whose name sounds like ‘team],’ hitch your horses to pull the chariots [in which you can ride to flee from your enemies]. The Israeli people rebelled against Yahweh, and you (imitated them/did the same evil things that they did), and that caused the people of Jerusalem [IDM] to start sinning, too.
14 Derfor skal du gi avkall på Moreset-Gat; husene i Aksib blir som en sviktende bekk for Israels konger.
[You people of Judah], send a farewell gift to [the people] of Moresheth [town], [because their enemies will soon destroy it]. [The name of the town Aczib means ‘deception],’ and the kings of Israel [will soon find out that the people of that town] will deceive them.
15 Ennu en gang skal jeg la eder få en eiermann, I Maresas innbyggere! Til Adullam skal Israels stormenn komme.
[The name of your town of] Mareshah [means ‘conqueror],’ and Yahweh will [soon] send someone to conquer your town. [It will be necessary for] the great/glorious leaders of Israel to go [and hide in the cave at] Adullam [city].
16 Gjør dig skallet, klipp håret vekk for dine barns skyld, de som var din lyst! Gjør ditt hode så skallet som gribbens, for de er ført bort fra dig.
[You people of Judah], shave your heads [while you will be mourning], because your children whom you love will [soon] be (exiled/forced to leave you and go to another country).
