< Micah 2 >

1 Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds, —in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand.
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 Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away, —and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance.
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 Therefore, —Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! devising, against this family, a calamity, —from which ye shall not remove your neck, neither shall ye walk loftily, for, a time of calamity, shall it be.
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 day, shall one take up against you a by-word, and lament a lamentable lamentation, saying—we are made, utterly desolate, the portion of my people, he passeth to others, —How doth he set me aside! To an apostate, our fields, doth he apportion.
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 Therefore, shalt thou have none to throw a measuring-line by lot, —in the convocation of Yahweh.
所以在耶和華的會中, 你必沒有人拈鬮拉準繩。
6 Do not sputter—So they sputter! They must not sputter as to these things, Must he not put away reproaches?
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 O thou who art said to be the house of Jacob, Is the spirit of Yahweh, impatient? Or are, these, his doings? Are not, his words, pleasant to him who is upright in his walk?
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 But, against my people, as an enemy, he setteth himself, from off the robe, they tear away, the cloak, —from such as are passing by with confidence, as men averse from war.
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 The wives of my people, ye do even drive out, each from the house of her darlings, —from over her children, ye do take away mine ornament, as long as life shall last.
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 Arise ye and depart, for, this, is not the place of rest, —Because it is defiled, it shall make desolate with a desolation that is ruthless.
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 If there be a man, who goeth after wind, and, falsehood, hath woven, [saying] —I will discourse to thee, concerning wine and strong drink, then shall he become a fountain of discourse unto this people.
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 I will, surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee, I will, surely gather, the remnant of Israel, at once, will I make them like sheep in distress, —Like a flock in the midst of its pasture, shall they hum with 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 One making a breach, hath gone up, before them, they have broken in, and passed through, and, by the gate, have departed, —and their king, hath passed through, before them, with, Yahweh, at their head!
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 >