Mika 2
1 Ve dem som fara efter att göra skada, och hafva ondt för händer uti sina sänger, att de det om morgonen, då ljust varder, fullkomna skola; ty de äro herrar.
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 rifva åkrar till sig, och taga hus, hvilka de vilja; alltså bedrifva de våld med hvars och ens hus, och med hvars och ens arf.
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 Derföre säger Herren alltså: Si, jag tänker något ondt öfver detta slägte, der I edran hals icke skolen undandraga, och icke gå så stolte; ty det skall vara 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 tiden skall man sjunga ena viso om eder, och klaga: Det är ute: skall man säga: Vi äre förstörde; mins folks land tär en främmande herra. När skall han äter skifta oss åkrarna till, som han oss borttagit hafver?
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 Ja väl, I skolen ingen del behålla uti Herrans 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 De säga: Man skall intet predika: ty sådana predikan kommer oss intet vid; vi varde intet så till skam.
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 Jacobs hus tröster sig alltså: Menar du, att Herrans Ande är så all borto? Skulle han detta vilja göra? Det är sant, mitt tal är ljufligit dem frommom.
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 mitt folk skickar sig så, att jag deras fiende vara; måste; ty de röfva både kjortel och mantel af dem som säkre gå lika som uti ett örlig.
[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 I drifven mins folks qvinnor ifrå sin lustiga hus, och borttagen allstädes min prydelse ifrå deras unga barn.
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 Derföre står upp, I måsten edar väg; I skolen här intet blifva. För deras afguderis skull måste de svårliga förderfvade varda.
[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 Fore jag med drafvel, och vore en lögnpredikare, och predikade huru de dricka och svälja skulle, det vore en Prophet för detta 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 Men jag vill församla dig, Jacob, allan samman, och låta de qvarblefna i Israel tillhopakomma. Jag vill hafva dem tillhopa, såsom en hjord uti ett fårahus, och så som en hjord uti sina hyddo; så att det skall gny af menniskom.
“[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 Hjelten skall för dem slå sig igenom; de skola slå sig igenom, och gå ut och in genom porten; och deras Konung skall gå för dem, och Herren främst.
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!”
