弥迦书 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
耶和华的应许
5 耶路撒冷的居民[a]啊，
现在你们要调集军队！
敌人正四面围攻我们，
要用杖击打以色列首领的脸颊。
2 以法他的伯利恒啊，
你在犹大各城中毫不起眼，
但将有一位从你那里出来，
为我统治以色列；
祂的根源自亘古，来自太初。
3 耶和华要将以色列人交给他们的敌人，
直到那临盆的妇人生下儿子。
那时，祂流亡的弟兄将重返他们的以色列同胞那里。
4 祂要挺身而起，
倚靠耶和华的能力，
奉祂上帝耶和华的威名牧养祂的群羊。
他们将安然居住，
因为那时祂必受尊崇，直达地极。
5 祂必给他们带来平安！
亚述人侵略我们的国土、践踏我们的宫殿时，
我们将选立七位牧者和八位首领抗击他们。
6 他们要用刀剑统治亚述，统治宁录地区。
亚述人侵入我们国境、践踏我们疆土时，
祂必拯救我们。
7 雅各余剩的子孙将在万民中像从耶和华那里降下的雨露，
又像洒在草上的甘霖。
他们不依靠人，
不冀望于世人。
8 在各国各民中，
雅各余剩的子孙犹如林间百兽中的狮子，
又像闯入羊群的猛狮，
将猎物扑倒撕碎，
无人能搭救。
9 愿你们伸手战胜仇敌！
愿你们的仇敌都被铲除！
10 耶和华说：
“到那日，
我要消灭你们的战马，
毁坏你们的战车。
11 我要摧毁你们境内的城邑，
拆除你们所有的堡垒。
12 我要除掉你们手中的巫术，
使你们那里不再有占卜的。
13 我要从你们中间除去雕刻的神像和神柱，
使你们不再跪拜自己所造的。
14 我要从你们中间铲除亚舍拉神像，
毁灭你们的偶像。
15 我要在烈怒中报应那些不听从我的国家。”
Footnotes
- 5:1 “耶路撒冷的居民”希伯来文是“被围攻的女子”。
Micah 5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 5
1 [a]But you, Bethlehem-Ephrathah(A)
least among the clans of Judah,
From you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel;
Whose origin is from of old,
from ancient times.
2 Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time
when she who is to give birth has borne,[b]
Then the rest of his kindred shall return
to the children of Israel.(B)
3 He shall take his place as shepherd
by the strength of the Lord,
by the majestic name of the Lord, his God;
And they shall dwell securely, for now his greatness
shall reach to the ends of the earth:
4 he shall be peace.[c]
If Assyria invades our country
and treads upon our land,
We shall raise against it seven shepherds,
eight of royal standing;
5 They shall tend the land of Assyria with the sword,
and the land of Nimrod[d] with the drawn sword;
They will deliver us from Assyria,
when it invades our land,
when it treads upon our borders.
6 The remnant of Jacob shall be
in the midst of many peoples,
Like dew coming from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
Which wait for no one,
delay for no human being.
7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations,
in the midst of many peoples,
Like a lion among beasts of the forest,
like a young lion among flocks of sheep;
When it passes through it tramples;
it tears and no one can rescue.
8 Your hand shall be lifted above your foes,
and all your enemies shall be cut down.
9 [e]On that day—oracle of the Lord—
I will destroy the horses from your midst
and ruin your chariots;
10 I will destroy the cities of your land
and tear down all your fortresses.
11 I will destroy the sorcery you practice,
and there shall no longer be soothsayers among you.
12 I will destroy your carved figures
and the sacred stones[f] from your midst;
And you shall no longer worship
the works of your hands.(C)
13 I will tear out the asherahs from your midst,
and destroy your cities.
14 I will wreak vengeance in anger and wrath
upon the nations that have not listened.
Footnotes
- 5:1–6 Salvation will come through a “messiah,” an anointed ruler. The Book of Micah shares with Isaiah the expectation that God will deliver Israel through a king in the line of David. Bethlehem-Ephrathah is the home of the Davidic line.
- 5:2 These words are sometimes understood as a reference to Isaiah’s Emmanuel oracle, given some thirty years earlier (Is 7:14). The Gospel of Matthew reports that the chief priests and scribes cite this passage as the ancient promise of a messiah in the line of David to be born in Bethlehem (Mt 2:5–6).
- 5:4 Peace: he will not only symbolize but also bring about harmony and wholeness.
- 5:5 Nimrod: the legendary ancestor of the Mesopotamians; cf. Gn 10:10–12.
- 5:9–13 The Lord will destroy all those features of the nation’s life that have stood between the people and their God. These false supports include horses, chariots, fortifications, and forbidden practices such as sorcery and idolatry.
- 5:12–13 Sacred stones…asherahs: the Hebrew asherah is a sacred pole. All forms of idolatry (standing stones and sacred poles were part of forbidden cult practices) were violations of Israel’s covenant with the Lord.
Micah 5
New Life Version
5 “Now gather yourselves into armies, people of Israel. They are all around us with their army. They will hit the judge of Israel on the face.
God’s Chosen One Will Come from Bethlehem
2 “Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are too little to be among the family groups of Judah. But from you One will come who will rule for Me in Israel. His coming was planned long ago, from the beginning.” 3 He will give them up until the time when the woman in pain gives birth to a child. Then the rest of His brothers will return to the people of Israel. 4 And He will come and feed His flock in the strength of the Lord, in the great power of the name of the Lord His God. His people will live there and be safe, because at that time He will be great to the ends of the earth. 5 And He will be their peace.
Those Who Fight Israel Are Judged
When the Assyrian comes into our land and crushes under foot our strong-places, we will fight against him with seven shepherds and eight leaders. 6 They will rule the land of Assyria, the land of Nimrod, with the sword. And He will take us from the Assyrians when they come into our country and crush under foot our land.
7 Then the people who are left of Jacob will be among many people like water on the ground in the early morning from the Lord, like rain on the grass, which does not wait for man. 8 Those who are left of Jacob will be among the nations, among many people, like a lion among the animals in the woods, like a young lion among flocks of sheep. When he passes through, he crushes them and tears them to pieces, and there is no one to help them. 9 Your hand will be lifted up against those who hate you, and all of them will be destroyed.
10 “In that day,” says the Lord, “I will destroy your horses and your war-wagons from among you. 11 I will destroy the cities of your land and tear down all your strong-places. 12 I will put an end to your witchcraft, and you will not have people telling your future any more. 13 I will destroy your false gods and your pillars of worship, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands. 14 I will pull up your wooden, female goddesses Asherah, and destroy your cities. 15 And in My anger I will punish the nations that have not obeyed.”
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