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欺壓人的有禍了

那些在床上圖謀不義,

並且行惡的人有禍了!

因為他們的手有力量,

天一亮,就作出來了。

他們要田地,就去搶奪;

想要房屋,就去強取。

他們欺壓人和他的家眷,

取人和人的產業。

因此耶和華這樣說:

看哪!我策劃災禍攻擊這家族,

你們無法縮起頸項避開這災禍。

你們不能昂首而行(“昂首而行”或譯:“高視闊步”);

因為這是個災難的時代。

到那日,必有人作歌諷刺你們,

唱悲傷的哀歌,說:

“我們徹底被毀滅了,

我子民分內的產業,他竟轉給別人了;

他怎可從我這裡挪去,

把我們的田地分給擄掠我們的人(“分給擄掠我們的人”或譯:“分給背道的人”)!”

因此你在耶和華的會眾中,

必沒有抽籤拉準繩的人了。

攻擊先知的話

有人預言說:“你們不要說預言;

人不可預言這些事;

羞恥不會臨到我們。”

雅各家啊!人怎可說:

“耶和華的心著急(“耶和華的心著急”直譯作“耶和華的靈是短的嗎”),不能忍耐呢?

這些是他的作為嗎?”

我耶和華的話對行事正直的人不是有益的嗎?

你們卻像仇敵一樣,起來攻擊我的子民(“你們卻像仇敵一樣,起來攻擊我的子民”或譯:“然而,我的子民竟興起來像仇敵一樣”);

你們竟從安詳過路的人身上剝去衣服,

從不願作戰的人身上剝去外衣。

你們把我民中的婦女趕逐,

離開歡樂的家園;

你們把我的尊榮,從她們的嬰孩身上奪去,

直到永遠。

10 起來,走吧!

這不是你們安息之地;

你們因為不潔淨的緣故,

必被毀滅,

是不可挽救的毀滅。

11 若有人隨從虛假的心,

撒謊說:

“我要向你們說清酒和烈酒的預言。”

那人就是這民的預言家了。

復興雅各家的應許

12 雅各家啊!我必召集你們所有的人,

聚集以色列的餘民;

我要把他們安置在一起,

像羊在羊圈裡,

像群羊遠離了人,在草場上喧嘩。

13 開路的人領先上去;

他們開路,闖門進入,又從門裡出來;

他們的王在他們面前走過,

耶和華領導他們。

Human Plans and God’s Plans

Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil(A) on their beds!(B)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.
They covet fields(C) and seize them,(D)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud(E) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.(F)

Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster(G) against this people,
    from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,(H)
    for it will be a time of calamity.
In that day people will ridicule you;
    they will taunt you with this mournful song:
‘We are utterly ruined;(I)
    my people’s possession is divided up.(J)
He takes it from me!
    He assigns our fields to traitors.’”

Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord
    to divide the land(K) by lot.(L)

False Prophets

“Do not prophesy,” their prophets say.
    “Do not prophesy about these things;
    disgrace(M) will not overtake us.(N)
You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
    “Does the Lord become[a] impatient?
    Does he do such things?”

“Do not my words do good(O)
    to the one whose ways are upright?(P)
Lately my people have risen up
    like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
    from those who pass by without a care,
    like men returning from battle.
You drive the women of my people
    from their pleasant homes.(Q)
You take away my blessing
    from their children forever.
10 Get up, go away!
    For this is not your resting place,(R)
because it is defiled,(S)
    it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
11 If a liar and deceiver(T) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’(U)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!(V)

Deliverance Promised

12 “I will surely gather all of you, Jacob;
    I will surely bring together the remnant(W) of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
    like a flock in its pasture;
    the place will throng with people.(X)
13 The One who breaks open the way will go up before(Y) them;
    they will break through the gate(Z) and go out.
Their King will pass through before them,
    the Lord at their head.”

Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord

The Evil Plans of People

How terrible it will be for people who plan wickedness.
    They lie on their beds and make evil plans.
When the morning light comes, they do the things they planned.
    They do them just because they have the power to do so.
They want fields; so they take them.
    They want houses; so they take them.
They cheat a man and take his house.
    They cheat a man and take his property.

That is why the Lord says:

“Look, I am planning trouble against such people.
    You won’t be able to save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,
    because it will be a terrible time.
At that time people will make fun of you.
    They will sing this sad song about you:
‘We are completely ruined.
    The Lord has taken away our land.
Yes, he has taken our land away from us.
    He has divided our fields among our enemies!’”
So you will have no land for people to measure.
    They will not throw lots to divide the land among the Lord’s people.

Micah Is Asked Not to Prophesy

People say, “Don’t prophesy to us!
    Don’t say those bad things about us!
    Nothing like that will happen to us!”
But I must say this, people of Jacob.
    The Lord is becoming angry about what you have done.
If you lived right,
    I could say nice words to you.
But recently, my people have become my enemy.
    You take the coats from people who pass by.
They think they are safe.
    But you rob them
as if they were prisoners of war.
You’ve forced the women of my people
    from their nice houses.
You’ve taken my glory
    from their children forever.
10 Get up and leave.
    This is not your promised place of rest anymore.
You have made this place unclean.
    It is doomed to destruction.
11 But you people want a false prophet
    who will tell you nothing but lies.
You want one who promises to prophesy good things for you
    if you give him wine and beer.
    He’s just the prophet for you.

The Lord Promises to Rescue His People

12 “Yes, people of Jacob, I will bring all of you together.
    I will bring together all those left alive in Israel.
I’ll put them together like sheep in a pen,
    like a flock in its pasture.
    Then the place will be filled with many people.
13 Someone will open the way and lead the people out.
    The people will break through the gate and leave the city where they were held captive.
Their king will go out in front of them.
    The Lord will lead his people.”