< Micah 3 >

1 And Y seide, Ye princis of Jacob, and duykis of the hous of Israel, here. Whether it be not youre for to knowe doom, whiche haten good,
我說:雅各的首領, 以色列家的官長啊,你們要聽! 你們不當知道公平嗎?
2 and louen yuele? Whiche violentli taken awei the skynnes of hem fro aboue hem, and the fleisch of hem fro aboue the bonys of hem.
你們惡善好惡, 從人身上剝皮, 從人骨頭上剔肉,
3 Whiche eeten the fleisch of my puple, and hiliden the skyn of hem fro aboue; and broken togidere the boonys of hem, and kittiden togidere as in a cawdroun, and as fleisch in the myddil of a pot.
吃我民的肉, 剝他們的皮, 打折他們的骨頭, 分成塊子像要下鍋, 又像釜中的肉。
4 Thanne thei schulen crie to the Lord, and he schal not here hem; and he schal hide hise face fro hem in that tyme, as thei diden wickidli in her fyndingis.
到了遭災的時候, 這些人必哀求耶和華, 他卻不應允他們。 那時他必照他們所行的惡事向他們掩面。
5 The Lord God seith these thingis on the profetis that disseyuen my puple, and biten with her teeth, and prechen pees; and if ony man yyueth not in the mouth of hem ony thing, thei halewen batel on hym.
論到使我民走差路的先知- 他們牙齒有所嚼的, 他們就呼喊說:平安了! 凡不供給他們吃的, 他們就預備攻擊他- 耶和華如此說:
6 Therfor niyt schal be to you for visioun, or profesie, and derknessis to you for dyuynacioun; and sunne schal go doun on the profetis, and the dai schal be maad derk on hem.
你們必遭遇黑夜,以致不見異象; 又必遭遇幽暗,以致不能占卜。 日頭必向你們沉落, 白晝變為黑暗。
7 And thei schulen be confoundid that seen visiouns, and dyuynours schulen be confoundid, and alle schulen hile her cheris, for it is not the answer of God.
先見必抱愧, 占卜的必蒙羞, 都必摀着嘴唇, 因為上帝不應允他們。
8 Netheles Y am fillid with strengthe of Spirit of the Lord, and in doom and vertu, that Y schewe to Jacob his greet trespas, and to Israel his synne.
至於我,我藉耶和華的靈, 滿有力量、公平、才能, 可以向雅各說明他的過犯, 向以色列指出他的罪惡。
9 Here these thingis, ye princes of the hous of Jacob, and domesmen of the hous of Israel, whiche wlaten dom, and peruerten alle riyt thingis;
雅各家的首領、以色列家的官長啊, 當聽我的話! 你們厭惡公平, 在一切事上屈枉正直;
10 whiche bilden Sion in bloodis, and Jerusalem in wickidnesse.
以人血建立錫安, 以罪孽建造耶路撒冷。
11 Princes therof demyden for yiftis, and prestis therof tauyten for hire, and profetis therof dyuyneden for money; and on the Lord thei restiden, and seiden, Whether the Lord is not in the myddil of us? yuelis schulen not come on vs.
首領為賄賂行審判; 祭司為雇價施訓誨; 先知為銀錢行占卜。 他們卻倚賴耶和華,說: 耶和華不是在我們中間嗎? 災禍必不臨到我們。
12 For this thing bi cause of you, Sion as a feeld schal be erid; and Jerusalem schal be as an heep of stoonys, and the hil of the temple schal be in to hiye thingis of woodis.
所以因你們的緣故, 錫安必被耕種像一塊田, 耶路撒冷必變為亂堆; 這殿的山必像叢林的高處。

< Micah 3 >