彌迦書

第2章

1 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 他們貪圖田地就強奪[take them by violence],貪圖房屋便取去[take them away];他們[so]欺壓人,霸佔房屋和產業。

3 所以耶和華如此說:看哪[Behold],我籌劃災禍降與這族;這禍在你們的頸項上不能解脫;你們也不能狂傲[haughtily]而行,因為這時勢是惡的。

4 到那日,必有人向你們提起比喻[parable]和悲慘的哀歌,並說[and say]:我們全然敗落了;耶和華將我們的分轉歸別人;[he]何竟使這分離開[me]他轉而將我們的田地分給人[turning away he hath divided our fields]

5 所以在耶和華的會中,你必沒有人按籤[by lot]拉準繩。

6 他們對說預言的[say they to them that prophesy]說:你們不可說預言;不可向這些人說預言,免得自招羞愧[that they shall not take shame]

7 你名為雅各家的啊[O thou that art named the house of Jacob]耶和華的心靈豈是狹窄[is the spirit of the LORD straitened]?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 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 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 你們起來去吧。這不是你們安息之所;因為地已污穢[it is polluted]使你毀滅[it shall destroy you],而且大大毀滅。

11 若有人靈裏[in the spirit]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 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,又如羊圈中[in the midst of their fold]的羊群;因為人數眾多就必大大喧嘩。

13 開路的[breaker]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

Chapter 2

1 WOE to those who devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! They rise up early every morning and practice what they have devised; then they lift up their hands toward God to pray.

2 They covet fields and houses, and seize them by force; they oppress a man, taking away from him his possessions and his inheritance.

3 Therefore thus says the LORD God: Behold, against this people do I devise a disaster from which you shall not lift up your necks, neither shall you walk haughtily; for this is an evil time.

4 In that day shall one take up a proverb against you, and lament with a wailing melody, and say, The robber has plundered us; the portion of my people he has divided with a measuring line; there is none to restore our fields with the measuring line.

5 Therefore you shall have none that shall measure by the measuring line and divide by casting the lots in the congregation of the LORD.

6 Shed not tears, and weep not over these things,

7 That the shame which is spoken against the house of Jacob may not overtake you; for the spirit of the LORD is angry at these devices; behold, my words are good to him who walked uprightly.

8 My people stood up like a thief against his own peace; you strip the skin from the poor that they may lose their hope; you invite war.

9 The women of my people you have driven out from their pleasant houses; from their children you have taken away the glory for ever.

10 Arise and go away; for this is no place for your rest, because the pollution will bring destruction, and the destruction will be grievous.

11 When a man walks in the spirit of falsehood and deception, overwhelmed with wine and drunkenness, he does so because of the anguish of this people.

12 I will surely gather you, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely bring you together, O remnant of Israel; I will keep them like sheep when they are in danger, like a flock in the midst of their fold, which are protected from thieves.

13 The pathbreaker is come up before them; they have made a breach and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it; and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD at the head of them.

彌迦書

第2章

Micah

Chapter 2

1 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。

1 WOE to those who devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! They rise up early every morning and practice what they have devised; then they lift up their hands toward God to pray.

2 他們貪圖田地就強奪[take them by violence],貪圖房屋便取去[take them away];他們[so]欺壓人,霸佔房屋和產業。

2 They covet fields and houses, and seize them by force; they oppress a man, taking away from him his possessions and his inheritance.

3 所以耶和華如此說:看哪[Behold],我籌劃災禍降與這族;這禍在你們的頸項上不能解脫;你們也不能狂傲[haughtily]而行,因為這時勢是惡的。

3 Therefore thus says the LORD God: Behold, against this people do I devise a disaster from which you shall not lift up your necks, neither shall you walk haughtily; for this is an evil time.

4 到那日,必有人向你們提起比喻[parable]和悲慘的哀歌,並說[and say]:我們全然敗落了;耶和華將我們的分轉歸別人;[he]何竟使這分離開[me]他轉而將我們的田地分給人[turning away he hath divided our fields]

4 In that day shall one take up a proverb against you, and lament with a wailing melody, and say, The robber has plundered us; the portion of my people he has divided with a measuring line; there is none to restore our fields with the measuring line.

5 所以在耶和華的會中,你必沒有人按籤[by lot]拉準繩。

5 Therefore you shall have none that shall measure by the measuring line and divide by casting the lots in the congregation of the LORD.

6 他們對說預言的[say they to them that prophesy]說:你們不可說預言;不可向這些人說預言,免得自招羞愧[that they shall not take shame]

6 Shed not tears, and weep not over these things,

7 你名為雅各家的啊[O thou that art named the house of Jacob]耶和華的心靈豈是狹窄[is the spirit of the LORD straitened]?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?

7 That the shame which is spoken against the house of Jacob may not overtake you; for the spirit of the LORD is angry at these devices; behold, my words are good to him who walked uprightly.

8 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。

8 My people stood up like a thief against his own peace; you strip the skin from the poor that they may lose their hope; you invite war.

9 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。

9 The women of my people you have driven out from their pleasant houses; from their children you have taken away the glory for ever.

10 你們起來去吧。這不是你們安息之所;因為地已污穢[it is polluted]使你毀滅[it shall destroy you],而且大大毀滅。

10 Arise and go away; for this is no place for your rest, because the pollution will bring destruction, and the destruction will be grievous.

11 若有人靈裏[in the spirit]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。

11 When a man walks in the spirit of falsehood and deception, overwhelmed with wine and drunkenness, he does so because of the anguish of this people.

12 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,又如羊圈中[in the midst of their fold]的羊群;因為人數眾多就必大大喧嘩。

12 I will surely gather you, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely bring you together, O remnant of Israel; I will keep them like sheep when they are in danger, like a flock in the midst of their fold, which are protected from thieves.

13 開路的[breaker]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。

13 The pathbreaker is come up before them; they have made a breach and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it; and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD at the head of them.