Micha Propheta 7
1 Væ mihi, quia factus sum sicut qui colligit in autumno racemos vindemiæ: non est botrus ad comedendum, præcoquas ficus desideravit anima mea.
My woe [is] to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul.
2 Periit sanctus de terra, et rectus in hominibus non est: omnes in sanguine insidiantur, vir fratrem suum ad mortem venatur.
Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men — there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt [with] a net.
3 Malum manuum suarum dicunt bonum: princeps postulat, et iudex in reddendo est: et magnus locutus est desiderium animæ suæ, et conturbaverunt eam.
On the evil [are] both hands to do [it] well, The prince is asking — also the judge — for recompence, And the great — he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
4 Qui optimus in eis est, quasi paliurus: et qui rectus, quasi spina de sepe. Dies speculationis tuæ, visitatio tua venit: nunc erit vastitas eorum.
Their best one [is] as a brier, The upright one — than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen — Thy visitation — hath come. Now is their perplexity.
5 Nolite credere amico: et nolite confidere in duce: ab ea, quæ dormit in sinu tuo, custodi claustra oris tui.
Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.
6 Quia filius contumeliam facit patri, et filia consurgit adversus matrem suam, nurus adversus socrum suam: et inimici hominis domestici eius.
For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each [are] the men of his house.
7 Ego autem ad Dominum aspiciam, exspectabo Deum salvatorem meum: audiet me Deus meus.
And I — in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.
8 Ne læteris inimica mea super me, quia cecidi: consurgam, cum sedero in tenebris, Dominus lux mea est.
Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.
9 Iram Domini portabo, quoniam peccavi ei, donec causam meam iudicet, et faciat iudicium meum: educet me in lucem, videbo iustitiam eius.
The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.
10 Et aspiciet inimica mea, et operietur confusione, quæ dicit ad me: Ubi est Dominus Deus tuus? Oculi mei videbunt in eam: nunc erit in conculcationem ut lutum platearum.
And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame, Who saith unto me, 'Where [is] Jehovah thy God?' Mine eyes do look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.
11 Dies, ut ædificentur maceriæ tuæ: in die illa longe fiet lex.
The day to build thy walls! That day — removed is the limit.
12 In die illa et usque ad te veniet de Assur, et usque ad civitates munitas: et a civitatibus munitis usque ad flumen, et ad mare de mari, et ad montem de monte.
That day — even unto thee it doth come in, From Asshur and the cities of the fortress, And from the fortress even unto the river, And from sea to sea, and mount to mount.
13 Et terra erit in desolationem propter habitatores suos, et propter fructum cogitationum eorum.
And the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.
14 Pasce populum tuum in virga tua, gregem hereditatis tuæ habitantes solos in saltu, in medio Carmeli: pascentur Basan et Galaad iuxta dies antiquos.
Rule Thou Thy people with Thy rod, The flock of Thine inheritance, Dwelling alone [in] a forest in the midst of Carmel, They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.
15 Secundum dies egressionis tuæ de Terra Ægypti ostendam ei mirabilia.
According to the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I do shew it wonderful things.
16 Videbunt gentes, et confundentur super omni fortitudine sua: ponent manum super os, aures eorum surdæ erunt.
See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.
17 Lingent pulverem sicut serpentes, velut reptilia terræ perturbabuntur in ædibus suis: Dominum Deum nostrum formidabunt, et timebunt te.
They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee.
18 Quis Deus similis tui, qui aufers iniquitatem, et transis peccatum reliquiarum hereditatis tuæ? non immittet ultra furorem suum, quoniam volens misericordiam est.
Who [is] a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He — He delighteth [in] kindness.
19 Revertetur, et miserebitur nostri: deponet iniquitates nostras, et proiiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra.
He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.
20 Dabis veritatem Iacob, misericordiam Abraham: quæ iurasti patribus nostris a diebus antiquis.
Thou givest truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!
