Mika 2
1 Ve dem som tenker ut urett og emner på ondt mens de ligger på sitt leie! Så snart morgenen gryr, setter de det i verk, fordi det står i deres makt.
Terrible things will happen to you who lie awake at night, planning to do wicked things. You get up at dawn, and you do those things, [as soon as] you are able to do them.
2 De attrår marker og røver dem, de attrår hus og tar dem, de gjør vold mot mannen og hans hus, mot bonden og hans arvelodd.
You want fields [that belong to other people], so you seize them; you also take their houses. You cheat people to get their homes, taking away the property that belongs to their families.
3 Derfor sier Herren så: Se, jeg tenker ut ondt over denne slekt, ulykker som I ikke skal kunne ryste av eders hals, og I skal ikke kunne gå med høireist hode; for det blir en ond tid.
Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: “I will cause you people to experience disasters, and you will not be able to escape [MTY] from them. You will no [longer] walk around proudly, because when those things happen, it will be a time of much trouble for you.
4 På den dag skal folk istemme en spottevise over eder og synge en klagesang. De skal si: Det er forbi, vi er rent ødelagt; mitt folks arvelodd skifter han ut til andre, se, hvorledes han tar den fra mig! Til frafalne deler han ut våre jorder.
At that time, [your enemies] will make fun of you; they will ridicule you by singing this sad song about you: ‘We are completely ruined; Yahweh is taking our land/fields from us, and he will give it to those who will capture us.’”
5 Derfor skal du ingen ha som drar målesnor over nogen jordlodd i Herrens menighet.
So [when it is the time for the land to be given back to you] people who belong to Yahweh, there will be no one [MTY] who will be able to (cast lots/throw marked stones) to determine which land belongs to whom.
6 Prek ikke! Så preker de. De må ikke preke om slikt, det blir ingen ende på skjellsord.
The people [who heard me say that] replied to me, “Do not prophesy such things! Do not say that [Yahweh] is going to humiliate us [by causing us to experience disasters]!”
7 Hvilket ord, du Jakobs hus! Mon Herren er snar til vrede? Eller er det således han pleier å gå frem? Er ikke mine ord gode mot den som vandrer ærlig?
But you people [MTY] of Israel should not [RHQ] talk like that! The Spirit of Yahweh will certainly not [RHQ] be patient [with people who say such things]! People who continually do things that are righteous will certainly [RHQ] like/appreciate what I say.
8 Men for lenge siden har mitt folk reist sig som min fiende; I drar kappen av folk som går trygge forbi og er fredelig sinnede - så de bare har kjortelen igjen.
[But Yahweh says], “[Recently] my people have been acting toward me like an enemy. When soldiers return from fighting [against their enemies], you [rich people refuse to return the coats of those poor soldiers who have borrowed money from you] [and given you their coats to guarantee that they will pay back the money that they borrowed from you]. [It is as though] you are waiting to forcefully take their coats off their backs!
9 Mitt folks kvinner driver I ut av de hjem som var deres lyst; fra deres små barn tar I for alltid bort den pryd jeg har gitt dem.
You have forced women to leave their nice homes, and you have stolen from their children forever the (blessings/good things) that I wanted to give them.
10 Stå op og dra bort! For her er ikke eders hvilested, for eders urenhets skyld, som volder fordervelse, svær fordervelse.
[So] get up and leave [here]! This is not a place where you can rest [and be safe/protected], because you have (defiled it/caused it to be a place that I hate); it will be completely destroyed.
11 Om nogen kom med munnsvær og svik og løi og sa: Jeg vil preke for dig om vin og om sterk drikk - han skulde være en predikant for dette folk.
[You people want] a prophet who will lie to you, saying ‘I will preach [that you should drink] plenty of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks!’ That is the [kind of] prophet who [would please] you.”
12 Jeg vil samle dig, Jakob, samle eder så mange som I er; sanke sammen vil jeg det som er igjen av Israel, jeg vil føre dem sammen som får i en kve, som en hjord til sitt beite, så det larmer av mennesker.
“[But some day], you descendants of Jacob, you Israeli people who have survived, I will bring you back [from (exile/other countries)], I will gather you together like [SIM] [a shepherd gathers his] sheep from the pasture into a pen [DOU]; there will be many of you in your land/country.
13 Veibryteren går foran dem, de bryter igjennem og drar frem gjennem porten og går ut av den; deres konge drar frem foran dem, og Herren i spissen for dem.
Your leader will enable them to leave the countries where they have been exiled; he will lead them out of the gates [of their enemies’ cities], [back to your own country]. Your king will lead them; [it is I], Yahweh, who will be their king!”
