Micha Propheta 7
1 Væ mihi, quia factus sum sicut qui colligit in autumno racemos vindemiæ: non est botrus ad comedendum, præcoquas ficus desideravit anima mea.
Woe is me! I have become like the gathering of summer fruit, and like the grapes that have been gleaned; there is no grape cluster to eat, no ripe early fig that my soul desires.
2 Periit sanctus de terra, et rectus in hominibus non est: omnes in sanguine insidiantur, vir fratrem suum ad mortem venatur.
Faithful people have disappeared from the land; there is no upright person in all mankind. They all lie in wait to shed blood; each one hunts his own brother with a net.
3 Malum manuum suarum dicunt bonum: princeps postulat, et iudex in reddendo est: et magnus locutus est desiderium animæ suæ, et conturbaverunt eam.
Their hands are very good at doing harm: the ruler asks for money, the judge is ready for bribes, and the powerful man is saying to others what he wants to obtain. Thus they plot together.
4 Qui optimus in eis est, quasi paliurus: et qui rectus, quasi spina de sepe. Dies speculationis tuæ, visitatio tua venit: nunc erit vastitas eorum.
The best of them is like a brier, the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. It is the day foretold by your watchmen, the day of your punishment. Now is the time of their confusion.
5 Nolite credere amico: et nolite confidere in duce: ab ea, quæ dormit in sinu tuo, custodi claustra oris tui.
Do not trust any neighbor; put no confidence in any friend. Be careful about what you say even to the woman who lies in your arms.
6 Quia filius contumeliam facit patri, et filia consurgit adversus matrem suam, nurus adversus socrum suam: et inimici hominis domestici eius.
For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the people of his own house.
7 Ego autem ad Dominum aspiciam, exspectabo Deum salvatorem meum: audiet me Deus meus.
But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
8 Ne læteris inimica mea super me, quia cecidi: consurgam, cum sedero in tenebris, Dominus lux mea est.
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy. After I fall, I will rise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light for me.
9 Iram Domini portabo, quoniam peccavi ei, donec causam meam iudicet, et faciat iudicium meum: educet me in lucem, videbo iustitiam eius.
Because I sinned against Yahweh, I will bear his rage until he pleads my cause, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me to the light, and I will see him rescue me in his justice.
10 Et aspiciet inimica mea, et operietur confusione, quæ dicit ad me: Ubi est Dominus Deus tuus? Oculi mei videbunt in eam: nunc erit in conculcationem ut lutum platearum.
Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover the one who said to me, “Where is Yahweh your God?” My eyes will look at her; she will be trampled down like the mud in the streets.
11 Dies, ut ædificentur maceriæ tuæ: in die illa longe fiet lex.
A day to build your walls will come; on that day the boundaries will be extended very far.
12 In die illa et usque ad te veniet de Assur, et usque ad civitates munitas: et a civitatibus munitis usque ad flumen, et ad mare de mari, et ad montem de monte.
On that day your people will come to you, from Assyria and the cities in Egypt, from Egypt to the River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13 Et terra erit in desolationem propter habitatores suos, et propter fructum cogitationum eorum.
But the land will be desolate because of the people who are living there, because of the fruit of their actions.
14 Pasce populum tuum in virga tua, gregem hereditatis tuæ habitantes solos in saltu, in medio Carmeli: pascentur Basan et Galaad iuxta dies antiquos.
Shepherd your people with your rod, the flock of your inheritance. They live alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the old days.
15 Secundum dies egressionis tuæ de Terra Ægypti ostendam ei mirabilia.
As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them wonders.
16 Videbunt gentes, et confundentur super omni fortitudine sua: ponent manum super os, aures eorum surdæ erunt.
The nations will see and be ashamed of all their power. They will put their hands on their mouths; their ears will be deaf.
17 Lingent pulverem sicut serpentes, velut reptilia terræ perturbabuntur in ædibus suis: Dominum Deum nostrum formidabunt, et timebunt te.
They will lick the dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the earth. They will come out of their dens with fear; they will come with fear to you, Yahweh our God, and they will be afraid because of you.
18 Quis Deus similis tui, qui aufers iniquitatem, et transis peccatum reliquiarum hereditatis tuæ? non immittet ultra furorem suum, quoniam volens misericordiam est.
Who is a God like you— who takes away sin, who passes over the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? He does not keep his anger forever, because he delights in his covenant faithfulness.
19 Revertetur, et miserebitur nostri: deponet iniquitates nostras, et proiiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra.
You will again have compassion on us; you will trample our iniquities under your feet. You will throw all our sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Dabis veritatem Iacob, misericordiam Abraham: quæ iurasti patribus nostris a diebus antiquis.
You will give truth to Jacob and covenant faithfulness to Abraham, as you swore to our ancestors in ancient days.
