Mikas 3
1 Og jeg sagde: Hører dog, I Jakobs Øverster og Israels Hus's Dommere! burde I ikke kende Retten?
I also said: ‘Listen now, leaders of Jacob, judges of the house of Israel. Is it not your duty to know what is the right?
2 De hade det gode og elske det onde; de rive deres Hud af dem og deres Kød af deres Ben.
Haters of that which is good and lovers of evil!
3 Det er dem, som æde mit Folks Kød og drage deres Hud af dem og bryde deres Ben, og de brede dem ud som i en Gryde og som Kød midt i en Kedel.
‘They devour the flesh of my people, and their hide they strip from off them, and break in pieces and serve up their bones, like meat in a pot or the cooking pan!
4 Da skulle de raabe til Herren, og han skal ikke bønhøre dem; men han skal skjule sit Ansigt for dem paa den Tid, eftersom de have gjort ilde i deres Idrætter.
‘Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not pay attention to them. He will hide his face from them at that time because they have committed such crimes.’
5 Saa siger Herren imod Profeterne, som forvilde mit Folk, og som, naar de faa noget at bide med deres Tænder, forkynde Fred, men naar nogen intet giver dem for deres Mund, da prædike de Krig imod ham:
Therefore the Lord says: ‘To the prophets who lead my people astray, who when they have food between their teeth declare peace, but against one who puts nothing in their mouths, they proclaim an open war!
6 Derfor skal det blive Nat for eder, uden Syner, og Mørke for eder; uden Spaadom; og Solen skal gaa ned over Profeterne, og Dagen skal blive sort over dem.
‘Night will overtake you so that you have no vision, and darkness so that there will be no divination, and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
7 Og Seerne skulle beskæmmes og Spaamændene blive til Skamme, og de skulle skjule Skægget over Munden alle sammen; thi der er intet Svar fra Gud.
‘The seers will be ashamed, and the diviners will turn pale, all of them will cover their mouths. For there will be no answer from God.
8 Men jeg er derimod fuld af Kraft, Herrens Aand, og af Ret og Styrke til at kundgøre Jakob hans Overtrædelse og Israel hans Synd.
‘But I, on the contrary am full of power, and the sense of justice and strength, to make known to Jacob his crime, and to Israel his sin.
9 Hører dog dette, I Jakobs Hus's Øverster og Israels Hus's Dommere! I, som afsky Ret og gøre det lige kroget!
‘Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob, judges of the house of Israel, you who spurn justice, and make all that is straight crooked,
10 Hver, som bygger Zion med Blod og Jerusalem med Uretfærdighed!
who build Zion with acts of bloodshed, and Jerusalem with crime.
11 Dens Øverster dømmes for Skænk, og dens Præster lære for Betaling, og dens Profeter spaa for Penge; dog forlade de sig fast paa Herren, sigende: Er ikke Herren midt iblandt os? der skal ikke komme Ulykker over os.
‘The leaders render judgment for a bribe, and her priests give oracles for a reward, and her prophets divine for silver. Yet they claim to rely on the Lord, “The Lord”, they say, “is in our midst. Evil cannot overtake us.”
12 Derfor, for eders Skyld, skal Zion pløjes som en Ager og Jerusalem blive til Stenhobe og Husets Bjerg til Skovhøje.
‘Therefore for your sakes Zion will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the temple mount a wooded height.’
