< Micah 2 >

1 Wo to you, that thenken vnprofitable thing, and worchen yuele in youre beddis; in the morewtid liyt thei don it, for the hond of hem is ayenus God.
禍哉,那些在床上圖謀罪孽、造作奸惡的! 天一發亮,因手有能力就行出來了。
2 Thei coueitiden feeldis, and tooken violentli; and rauyschiden housis, and falsli calengiden a man and his hous, a man and his eritage.
他們貪圖田地就佔據, 貪圖房屋便奪取; 他們欺壓人,霸佔房屋和產業。
3 Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y thenke on this meynee yuel, fro which ye schulen not take awei youre neckis; and ye schulen not walke proude, for the worste tyme is.
所以耶和華如此說: 我籌劃災禍降與這族; 這禍在你們的頸項上不能解脫; 你們也不能昂首而行, 因為這時勢是惡的。
4 In that dai a parable schal be takun on you, and a song schal be songun with swetnesse of men, seiynge, Bi robbyng we ben distried; a part of my puple is chaungid; hou schal he go awei fro me, whanne he turneth ayen that schal departe youre cuntreis?
到那日,必有人向你們提起悲慘的哀歌, 譏刺說:我們全然敗落了! 耶和華將我們的分轉歸別人, 何竟使這分離開我們? 他將我們的田地分給悖逆的人。
5 For this thing `noon schal be to thee sendynge a litil corde of sort in cumpeny of the Lord.
所以在耶和華的會中, 你必沒有人拈鬮拉準繩。
6 A! thou Israel, speke ye not spekyng; it schal not droppe on these men, confusioun schal not catche,
他們說:你們不可說預言; 不可向這些人說預言, 不住地羞辱我們。
7 seith the hous of Jacob. Whether the Spirit of the Lord is abreggid, either siche ben the thouytis of hym? Whether my wordis ben not gode, with hym that goith riytli?
雅各家啊,豈可說耶和華的心不忍耐嗎? 這些事是他所行的嗎? 我-耶和華的言語豈不是與行動正直的人有益嗎?
8 And ayenward my puple roos togidere in to an aduersarie; ye token awei the mantil aboue the coote, and ye turneden in to batel hem that wenten sympli.
然而,近來我的民興起如仇敵, 從那些安然經過不願打仗之人身上剝去外衣。
9 Ye castiden the wymmen of my puple out of the hous of her delices; fro the litle children of hem ye token awei myn heriyng with outen ende.
你們將我民中的婦人從安樂家中趕出, 又將我的榮耀從她們的小孩子盡行奪去。
10 Rise ye, and go, for here ye han not reste; for the vnclennesse therof it schal be corrupt with the worst rot.
你們起來去吧! 這不是你們安息之所; 因為污穢使人毀滅, 而且大大毀滅。
11 Y wolde that Y were not a man hauynge spirit, and rathere Y spak a leesyng. Y schal droppe to thee in to wyn, and in to drunkenesse; and this puple schal be, on whom it is droppid.
若有人心存虛假,用謊言說: 我要向你們預言得清酒和濃酒。 那人就必作這民的先知。
12 With gaderyng Y schal gadere Jacob; Y schal lede togidere thee al in to oon, the relifs of Israel. Y schal put hym togidere, as a floc in folde; as scheep in the myddil of fooldis thei schulen make noise, of multitude of men.
雅各家啊,我必要聚集你們, 必要招聚以色列剩下的人, 安置在一處,如波斯拉的羊, 又如草場上的羊群; 因為人數眾多就必大大喧嘩。
13 For he schal stie schewynge weie bifore hem; thei schulen departe, and passe the yate, and schulen go out therbi; and the kyng of hem schal passe bifore hem, and the Lord in the heed of hem.
開路的在他們前面上去; 他們直闖過城門,從城門出去。 他們的王在前面行; 耶和華引導他們。

< Micah 2 >