Mika 7
1 Ack! det går mig lika som enom, den der efterhemtar i en vingård, der man inga vindrufvor finner till att äta, och ville dock gerna hafva den bästa fruktena.
I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like [SIM] someone who is hungry, [who searches for fruit to pick] after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat.
2 Gode män äro borto i desso lande och de rättfärdige äro intet mer ibland folket. De fara alle efter att utgjuta blod; hvar och en jagar den andra, att han skall förderfva honom;
[All] the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. [The people who are left] are all murderers [MTY]; [it is as though] everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.
3 Och mena, att de göra der väl utinnan, när de ondt göra. Hvad Försten vill, det säger domaren, på det han skall göm honom en tjenst igen. De väldige tala efter sin egen vilja, till att göra skada, och vrängat hvart de vilja.
They [all] use both hands to do what is evil. [Government] officials and judges [all] ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together [about how to get it done].
4 Den aldrabäste ibland dem är såsom törne, och den aldraredeligaste såsom tistel; men då dina predikares dag kommer, när du skall hemsökt varda, så skola de icke veta hvart de skola.
[Even] the best people are [as worthless] [SIM] as briers; the people [who are considered by others to be] [IRO] the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes. But, [Yahweh] will soon judge them; now is the time that he will punish people, a time when they will be [very] confused [because of being defeated].
5 Ingen tro sinom nästa; ingen förlåte sig uppå Förstan. Förvara dins muns dörr för henne, som sofver på dinom arm.
[So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
6 Ty sonen föraktar fadren; dottren sätter sig upp emot modrena; sonahustrun är emot sin sväro, och menniskones fiender äro hennes eget husfolk.
Boys will despise their fathers, and girls will defy their mothers. Women will defy their mothers-in-law. Your enemies will be those who live in your own houses.
7 Men jag vill se efter Herran, och vänta efter Gud, min Frälsare. Min Gud skall höra mig.
As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
8 Fröjda dig intet, min fiendska, att jag nedre ligger; jag skall låter uppkomma; och om jag sitter i mörkret, så är dock Herren mitt ljus.
You who are our enemies, do not gloat/rejoice about [what has happened to] us, [because even] if we have experienced disasters, [those disasters will end and] we will be restored. [Even] if [it is as though] we are sitting in the darkness, Yahweh will be our light.
9 Jag vill bära Herrans vrede, ty jag hafver syndat emot honom, tilldess han uträttar mina sak, och skaffar mig rätt. Han skall föra mig uti ljuset, så att jag skall se mina lust uppå hans nåd.
We must be patient while Yahweh punishes us because we have sinned against him. But later, [it will be as though] he will go to court and defend us, and he will make sure that the judge makes a right decision about us. [It will be as though] he will bring us out into the light, and we will see it when he rescues us.
10 Min fiendska måste det se, och bestå med allo skam, den nu till mig säger: Hvar är Herren din Gud? Min ögon skola set att hon, såsom en träck på gatomen, förtrampad varder.
Our enemies will [also] see that, and they will be disgraced because they [ridiculed us], saying “Why is [RHQ] Yahweh, that God of yours, [not helping you]?” But with our own eyes we will see them when they are defeated; we will see them trampled like [SIM] mud in the streets.
11 På den tiden skola dille murar uppbyggde varda, och Guds ord vida utkomma.
[You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
12 Och uti samma tidenom skola de af Assur, och de af de fasta städer komma till dig, ifrå de fasta städer allt intill flodena; ifrå det ena hafvet intill det andra, ifrå det ena berget intill det andra.
[People from many countries will come to honor you]: people from Assyria and from [near] the [Euphrates] River [in the east] and from Egypt [in the south], from distant seas, and from many mountains.
13 Ty landet skall öde varda för sina inbyggares skull, och för deras gerningars frukts skull.
But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
14 Men regera du ditt folk med dinom staf, din arfvedels hjord, både de som bo uti skogenom allena, och på åkermarkene; lät dem födas i Hasan och Gilead, såsom af ålder.
Yahweh, protect your people like [MET] [a shepherd protects his sheep] by using his walking stick; lead your people [MET] whom you have chosen to belong to you. [Even though some of them] live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead [regions] that they possessed long ago.
15 Jag skall låta dem se under, lika som på den tid då de drogo utur Egypti land;
[Yahweh says/replies], “[Yes], I will perform miracles for you like the miracles that I performed when I rescued your [ancestors] from [being slaves in] Egypt.”
16 Att Hedningarna skola det se, och alle deras väldige skämma sig, och lägga handena på sin mun, och tillhålla sin öron.
[People from many] nations will see [what Yahweh does for you], and they will be ashamed because they do not have any power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears [because they will be very amazed because of what Yahweh does], [and they will not be able to say anything or hear anything].
17 De skola sleka stoft såsom ormar, och darra såsom matkar på jordene uti sin hål; de skola frukta sig för Herranom vårom Gud, och förskräckas för dig.
[Being very humiliated, ] they will crawl on the ground [MTY] like [SIM] snakes. They will come out of their homes trembling, and stand revering Yahweh our God. They will be very afraid of him, and will tremble in front of him.
18 Ho är en sådana Gud, som du äst; den der synder förlåter, och tillgifver dinom igenlefda arfvedel deras misshandel? Den icke behåller sina vrede evinnerliga; ty han är barmhertig.
[Yahweh], there is no [RHQ] God like you; you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy [to show us] that you faithfully love [us].
19 Han skall ännu förbarma sig öfver oss, slå våra missgerningar neder, och kasta alla våra synder uti hafsens djup.
You will again act kindly/compassionately toward us. You will get rid of [the scroll on which you have written] the sins that we have committed [as though you were] trampling it under your feet or throwing it into the deep ocean.
20 Du skall hålla Jacob trohet, och Abraham den nåd, som du våra fäder i förtiden svorit hafver.
You will show that you faithfully [do what you promised for us] and faithfully love us, just like you solemnly promised long ago to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob that you would do.
