1 ¶ Woe unto those that devise iniquity and fabricate evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they put it into effect because they have power in their hands.

ضِيقٌ لَكُمْ أيُّها المُخَطِّطُونَ لِلشَّرِّ وَأنتُمْ تَستَلقُونَ عَلَى أسِرَّتِكُمْ، وَعِندَ أوَّلِ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ تُنَفِّذُونَهُ، لِأنَّكُمْ تَملِكُونَ القُدرَةَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

2 A nd they coveted fields and stole them, and houses and took them away; so they oppressed the man and his house, even the man and his heritage.

تُرِيدُونَ حُقُولَ الآخَرِينَ، فَتَأخُذُونَها. تُرِيدُونَ بُيُوتَ الآخَرِينَ فَتُصادِرُونَها. وَتَظلِمُونَ إنساناً وَتَأخُذُونَ بَيتَهُ، فَتَأخُذُونَ الرَّجُلَ وَما وَرِثَهُ.

3 T herefore thus hath the LORD said; Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily; for the time shall be evil.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ لَكُمْ: «أنا أُخَطِّطُ لِكارِثَةٍ تُصيبُ هَذِهِ العائِلَةِ، وَقُيُودٍ لَنْ تَستَطِيعُوا تَحْرِيرَ رِقابِكُمْ مِنها. لَنْ تَسِيرُوا بِفَخرٍ فِيما بَعدُ، لِأنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ وَقتَ ضِيقٍ وَشَرٍّ لَكُمْ.

4 I n that time shall one take up a saying against you and lament with a doleful lamentation and say, We have been utterly destroyed; he has changed the portion of my people; how has he taken our fields! He has given and divided our fields unto others.

«فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيُعَيِّرُونَكُمْ بِأُغنِيَةٍ ساخِرَةٍ، وَبِمَرثاةٍ مُرَّةٍ: «قَدْ دُمِّرْنا تَدْميراً! أرْضُنا اُعطِيَتْ لِغَيرِنا. كَيفَ أخَذَها مِنَّا؟ قَسَّمَ حُقُولَنا عَلَى أعدائِنا!

5 T herefore thou shalt have no one to cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

«لِذَلِكَ لَنْ يَكُونَ لَدَيكَ فِيما بَعدُ مَنْ يُقَسِّمُ الأرْضَ بِالقُرعَةِ بَينَ شَعبِ اللهِ.» مِيخا يُطالبُ بالصّمت

6 ¶ Do not prophesy, they say to those that prophesy: Do not prophesy unto them that they are to understand shame.

يَقُولُ الشَّعبُ لِميخا: «لا تُلْقِ عَلَينا الخُطَبَ! لا تَتَحَدَّثْ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ. فَلَنْ يَأتيَ عَلَينا ذُلٌّ وَلا خِزْيٌّ!»

7 O thou that calls thyself the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD shortened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walks uprightly?

فَقالَ مِيخا: «يا بَيتَ يَعْقُوبَ، أما نَفَدَ صَبرُ اللهِ عَلَيكُمْ؟ أليسَ هُوَ غاضِباً عَلَى أعمالِكُمْ؟ لَوْ عِشْتُمْ بِاستِقامَةٍ، لَكَلَّمْتُكُمْ حَسَناً.

8 H e who yesterday was my people is risen up as an enemy; ye pull off the robe with the garment from those that pass by as those who return from war.

لَكِنَّكُمْ عادَيتُمْ شَعبِي. أنتُمْ تَسلِبُونَ حَتَّى أردِيَةَ العابِرِينَ بِأمانٍ، العائِدِينَ مِنَ الحَرْب.

9 Y e have cast the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their children ye have taken away my continual praise.

وَتَطرُدُونَ نِساءَ شَعبِي مِنْ بُيُوتِهِنَّ المُرِيحَةِ، وَتَنزِعُونَ مِنَ الأطفالِ إلَى الأبَدِ المَجدَ الَّذِي أعطَيتُهُ لَهُمْ.

10 A rise and depart, for this is not your rest because it is polluted; it has become corrupted and with a great corruption.

قُومُوا وَاذْهَبُوا مِنْ هُنا، لِأنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَرْتاحُوا هُنا. بِسَبَبِ نَجاسَتِكُمْ سَتُدَمَّرُونَ، وَسَيَكُونُ دَمارُكُمْ شَدِيداً.

11 I f there is one walking in the spirit of falsehood, he shall lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

إنْ أتَى شَخصٌ فِيهِ رُوحُ كَذِبٍ، وَقالَ: ‹سَتَأتي أيّامٌ فِيها الكَثيرُ مِنَ النَّبيذِ وَالمُسكِرِ!› يَكُونُ هُوَ المُعَلِّمَ المُفَضَّلَ لِمِثلِ هَذا الشَّعبِ! جَمعُ اللهِ لِشَعبِه

12 ¶ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah as the flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

«سَأجمَعُكُمْ جَمِيعاً يا بَنِي يَعقُوبَ، سَأجمَعُ النّاجِينَ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. سَأجمَعُهُمْ كَخِرافٍ فِي حَظِيرَةٍ، كَقَطِيعٍ فِي وَسَطِ مَرْعاهِ المُسَيَّجِ. سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ ضَجِيجٌ مِنْ كَثرَةِ النّاسِ.

13 T he breaker shall go up before them; they shall break through and pass through the gate and go out by it; and their king shall pass before them, the LORD at the head of them.

الَّذِي سَيَختَرِقُ السِّياجَ سَيَسِيرُ أمامَهُمْ. وَهُمْ سَيَتَقَدَّمُونَ وَيَخرُجُونَ مِنَ البَوّابَةِ. يَسِيرُ مَلِكُهُمْ أمامَهُمْ، وَيَكُونُ اللهُ قائِداً لَهُمْ.»