< Micah 4 >

1 And in the laste of daies the hil of the hous of the Lord schal be maad redi in the cop of hillis, and hiy ouer smale hillis. And puplis schulen flete to him, and many puplis schulen haaste,
到末日,上主火聖殿山必要矗立在群山之上,超乎一切山岳,萬民都要向它湧來;
2 and shulen seie, Come ye, stie we til to the hil of the Lord, and to the hous of God of Jacob; and he schal teche vs of hise weies, and we schulen go in hise pathis. For lawe schal go out fro Syon, and the word of the Lord fro Jerusalem;
將有許多民族前來說:「來,我們攀登上主的聖山,往雅各伯天主的殿裏去! 衪必指示我們衪的道路,教給我們循行衪的途徑,因為法律將出自熙雍,上主將出自熙雍,上主的話將出自耶路撒冷。」
3 and he schal deme bitwixe many puplis, and schal chastise stronge folkis til in to fer. And thei schulen bete togidere her swerdis in to scharis, and her speris in to picoisis; a folc schal not take swerd ayens folc, and thei schulen no more lerne for to fiyte.
衪將統治萬民,遠處的強國宣佈定案;他們必要把自己的刀劍鑄成鋤頭,將自己的槍矛製成鐮刀;民族與民族不再持刀相向,人也不再學習武鬥;
4 And a man schal sitte vndur his vyneyerd, and vndur his fige tree; and ther schal not be that schal make aferd, for the mouth of the Lord of oostis spak.
各人只坐在自家葡萄樹和無花果樹下,無人來驚擾,因為萬軍的上主親口說了。
5 For alle puplis schulen go, ech man in the name of his Lord God; but we schulen walke in the name of oure Lord God in to the world, and ouer.
雖然萬民各奉自己神祗之名而生活,但是我們卻永遠奉上主我們天主之名而生活。
6 In that dai, seith the Lord, Y schal gadere the haltynge, and Y schal gadere hir that Y castide awei, and whom Y turmentide Y schal coumforte.
到那一日,──上主的斷語──我要聚集跛行的人,集合被驅散和我所磨難的人;
7 And Y schal putte the haltynge in to relifs, ether remenauntis, and hir that trauelide, in a strong folc. And the Lord schal regne on hem in the hil of Sion, fro this now and til in to with outen ende.
我必使跛行的人成為遺民,使離散的人成為強大的民族。從今以後,我,上主要在熙雍山上作他們的君王,以至永遠。
8 And thou, `derk tour of the floc of the douyter of Sion, `til to thee he schal come, and the first power schal come, the rewme of the douytir of Jerusalem.
你這羊群的守望台,熙雍女子的高崗,昔日的王權必再歸於你,耶路撒冷女子的王國必再臨。
9 Now whi art thou drawun togidere with mournyng? whether a kyng is not to thee, ether thi counselour perischide? for sorowe hath take thee, as a womman trauelinge of child.
現在你為什麼高呼﹖難道你們中間沒有了君王,或者妳的參議已喪亡,令妳痛苦,像臨產的婦女﹖
10 Thou douyter of Sion, make sorewe, and haaste, as a womman trauelynge of child; for now thou schalt go out of the citee, and schalt dwelle in cuntree, and schalt come `til to Babiloyne; there thou schalt be delyuered, there the Lord schal ayen bie thee, fro the hond of thin enemyes.
熙雍女子,妳應輾轉呻吟,像個臨產的婦女,因為現在妳應出城,住在田野,並且要到巴比倫去,在那裏你將獲救;在那裏,上主你的的天主,要從仇敵中把妳贖回。
11 And now many folkis ben gaderid on thee, whiche seien, Be it stonyd, and oure iye biholde in to Sion.
現在許多異族集合起來攻擊妳說:「願她赤身裸體,願我們親眼見到熙雍滅亡! 」
12 Forsothe thei knewen not the thouytis of the Lord, and vndurstoden not the councel of hym, for he gaderide hem as the hei of feeld.
但是他們不知道上主的心意,不明白衪的策略,原來是上主集合了他們,如把禾梱收在禾場上一樣。
13 Rise thou, douyter of Sion, and threische, for Y schal putte thin horn of irun, and Y schal putte thi nailis brasun; and thou schalt make lesse, ether waste, many puplis, and schalt sle to the Lord the raueyns of hem, and the strengthe of hem to the Lord of al erthe.
熙雍女子,起來打場吧! 因為我要使妳們的角變成鐵角,使妳的蹄變成銅蹄,使妳踏碎許多民族;妳將他們的戰利品奉獻給上主,將他們的財寶o石全地的主宰。

< Micah 4 >