弥迦书 7
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
先知哀歎義人絕跡
7 我有禍了！
因為我好像夏天採摘的果子，又像摘剩的葡萄，
沒有一掛可吃的，
也沒有我心所想望早熟的無花果。
2 虔敬的人從地上滅絕了，
人間也沒有正直的人，
人人都埋伏著要流人的血，
各人都用網羅獵取自己的兄弟。
3 他們雙手善於作惡，
官長和審判官都要求報酬；
達官貴人說出心裡的慾望；
他們歪曲了一切。
4 他們中最好的，也不過像荊棘，
最正直的，也不過是有刺的籬笆。
你的守望者所預言的日子，
和你被鑒察的時候，已經來到；
現在他們必要慌亂不安。
5 不可信靠鄰舍，
也不可信任朋友，
要守住你的嘴唇，
不可向躺在你懷中的妻子透露。
6 兒子藐視父親，
女兒抗拒母親，
媳婦與婆婆作對；
人的仇敵就是自己的家人。
倚靠 神
7 至於我，我卻要仰望耶和華，
我要等候那拯救我的 神；
我的 神必應允我。
8 我的仇敵啊！不要因我的遭遇而高興；
我雖然跌倒了，卻必起來；
我雖然坐在黑暗裡，耶和華卻必作我的光。
9 我要擔當耶和華的忿怒，
因為我得罪了他，
直到他審斷我的案件，為我主持公道；
他必把我領出來，到光明中去，
我就得見他的公義。
10 我的仇敵看見了，
就必蒙羞，就是那曾經對我說：
“耶和華你的 神在哪裡”的人，
我必親眼看見他遭報；
那時，他必被人踐踏，
好像街上的泥土。
歸向與復興
11 必有一天，你要重建你的城牆；
到那日，你的地界必擴展到遠方。
12 那日，必有人來歸你，
從亞述到埃及，
從埃及到大河，
從這海到那海，從這山到那山，必有人來歸你。
13 然而，大地因其中居民的緣故，
又因他們行為的惡果，必一片荒涼。
主樂意施恩
14 求你用你的杖牧放你的子民，
就是你產業的羊群，
他們安然獨居在樹林裡，
在佳美的田園中；
願他們在巴珊和基列得著牧養，
像古時一樣。
15 就像你從埃及地出來的時候一樣，
把奇事顯給我們看（按照《馬索拉文本》，“把奇事顯給我們看”作“我必把奇事顯給他看”）。
16 願萬國看見，
就為自己的一切勢力而慚愧；
願他們用手掩口，
耳朵變聾。
17 願他們舔土像蛇，
又像在地上腹行的動物。
願他們戰戰兢兢地從他們的要塞出來，
帶著驚慌的心來到耶和華我們的 神那裡，
因你的緣故而懼怕。
主赦免罪孽
18 有何神像你，赦免罪孽，
不追究產業之餘民的過犯呢？
他不永遠懷怒，
因為他喜愛憐憫。
19 他必再憐愛我們，
把我們的罪孽都踐踏在腳下，
又把我們（按照《馬索拉文本》，“我們”作“他們”；現參照其他抄本，《七十士譯本》和其他古譯本翻譯）的一切罪惡都投在深海裡。
20 你必向雅各顯誠實，
向亞伯拉罕施慈愛，
就是古時，
你起誓應許我們列祖的。
Micah 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel’s Moral Decline
7 How sad for me!
For I am like one who—
when the summer fruit has been gathered
after the gleaning of the grape harvest(A)—
finds no grape cluster to eat,
no early fig, which I crave.(B)
2 Godly people have vanished from the land;(C)
there is no one upright among the people.(D)
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;(E)
they hunt each other with a net.(F)
3 Both hands are good(G) at accomplishing evil:
the official and the judge demand a bribe;(H)
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
4 The best of them is like a brier;(I)
the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns.(J)
The day of your watchmen,
the day of your punishment, is coming;(K)
at this time their panic is here.(L)
5 Do not rely on a friend;(M)
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
6 Surely a son considers his father a fool,(N)
a daughter opposes her mother,
and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
7 But I will look to the Lord;(O)
I will wait for the God of my salvation.(P)
My God will hear me.(Q)
Zion’s Vindication
8 Do not rejoice over me,(R) my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will stand up;(S)
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.(T)
9 Because I have sinned against Him,
I must endure the Lord’s rage
until He argues my case(U)
and establishes justice for me.(V)
He will bring me into the light;(W)
I will see His salvation.[a](X)
10 Then my enemy will see,
and she will be covered with shame,
the one who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”(Y)
My eyes will look at her in triumph;
at that time she will be trampled
like mud in the streets.(Z)
11 A day will come for rebuilding your walls;(AA)
on that day your boundary will be extended.(AB)
12 On that day people will come to you(AC)
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates River
and from sea to sea
and mountain to mountain.
13 Then the earth will become a wasteland(AD)
because of its inhabitants
and as a result of their actions.(AE)
Micah’s Prayer Answered
14 Shepherd Your people(AF) with Your staff,(AG)
the flock that is Your possession.
They live alone(AH) in a woodland
surrounded by pastures.
Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead(AI)
as in ancient times.(AJ)
15 I will perform miracles for them[b]
as in the days of your exodus
from the land of Egypt.(AK)
16 Nations will see and be ashamed
of[c] all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths,(AL)
and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick the dust like a snake;(AM)
they will come trembling out of their hiding places(AN)
like reptiles slithering on the ground.(AO)
They will tremble in the presence of Yahweh our God;(AP)
they will stand in awe of You.
18 Who is a God like You,(AQ)
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion(AR)
for the remnant of His inheritance?(AS)
He does not hold on to His anger forever,(AT)
because He delights in faithful love.(AU)
19 He will again have compassion on us;
He will vanquish our iniquities.(AV)
You will cast all our[d] sins
into the depths of the sea.(AW)
20 You will show loyalty to Jacob(AX)
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers(AY)
from days long ago.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:9 Or righteousness
- Micah 7:15 = Israel
- Micah 7:16 Or ashamed in spite of
- Micah 7:19 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read their
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