Mihej 1
1 Rijeè Gospodnja koja doðe Miheju Moreseæaninu za vremena Joatama, Ahaza i Jezekije, careva Judinijeh, što vidje za Samariju i za Jerusalim.
[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 Èujte, svi narodi, slušaj, zemljo i što je na njoj, i Gospod Bog da vam je svjedok, Gospod iz svete crkve svoje.
You people everywhere on the earth, pay attention to this [DOU]! Yahweh our God is accusing you from his holy temple [in heaven].
3 Jer, gle, Gospod izlazi iz mjesta svojega, i siæi æe, i hodiæe po visinama zemaljskim.
He will come down [from heaven] and walk on the tops of the highest mountains.
4 I gore æe se rastopiti pred njim, i doline æe se rasjesti, kao vosak od ognja i kao voda što teèe niz strmen.
[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 Sve je to za zloèinstvo Jakovljevo i za grijehe doma Izrailjeva. Koje je zloèinstvo Jakovljevo? nije li Samarija? koje su visine Judine? nije li Jerusalim?
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 Zato æu uèiniti od Samarije gomilu u polju da se sade vinogradi, i pobacaæu kamenje njezino u dolinu i otkriæu joj temelje.
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 I svi rezani likovi njezini razbiæe se, i svi æe se darovi njezini sažeæi ognjem, i sve æu idole njezine potrti, jer od plate kurvarske nakupi, i opet æe biti plata kurvarska.
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 Zato æu plakati i ridati; hodiæu svuèen i go; plakaæu kao zmajevi i tužiæu kao sove.
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 Jer joj se rane ne mogu iscijeliti, doðoše do Jude, dopriješe do vrata mojega naroda, do Jerusalima.
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 Ne javljajte u Gatu, ne plaèite; u Vit-Afri valjaj se po prahu.
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 Izidi, stanovnice Safirska, s golom sramotom; stanovnica Sananska neæe izaæi; žalost Vet-ezilska neæe vam dati stanka.
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 Jer stanovnica Marotska tuži za svojim dobrom. Jer siðe zlo od Gospoda do vrata Jerusalimskih.
[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 Upregni brze konje u kola, stanovnice Lahiska, koja si poèetak grijehu kæeri Sionskoj, jer se u tebi naðoše zloèinstva Izrailjeva.
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 Zato pošlji dare Moresetu Gatskom; domovi Ahsivski prevariæe careve Izrailjeve.
[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 Još æu ti dovesti našljednika, stanovnice Mariska; doæi æe do Odolama, slave Izrailjeve.
[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 Naèini se æelava i ostrizi se za milom djecom svojom; raširi æelu svoju kao orao, jer se vode od tebe u ropstvo.
[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).
