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Sinaway ni Micas ang mga Pinuno at mga Propeta

Sinabi ni Micas:[a] Makinig kayo, mga pinuno ng Israel at Juda![b] Hindi baʼt kayo ang dapat magpatupad ng katarungan? 2-3 Pero ayaw ninyo ang mabuti at gusto ninyo ang masama. Ginigipit ninyo ang aking mga kababayan, na parang binabalatan ninyo sila at inaalisan ng laman ang kanilang mga buto, pagkatapos ay tinatadtad ang mga buto at hinihiwa ang mga laman at saka niluluto at kinakain. Sa araw ng pagpaparusa sa inyo, hihingi kayo ng tulong sa Panginoon, pero hindi niya kayo tutulungan; itatakwil niya kayo dahil sa inyong kasamaang ginagawa.

Ito naman ang sinasabi ng Panginoon tungkol sa mga propetang nanlinlang sa kanyang mga mamamayan, na nangangako ng mabuting kalagayan sa mga nagpapakain sa kanila, pero binabantaan nila ng kapahamakan ang ayaw magpakain sa kanila: “Dahil iniligaw ninyo ang aking mga mamamayan, hindi na kayo magkakaroon ng mga pangitain at hindi na kayo makapanghuhula. Para kayong nasa dilim na wala kayong makikita. Mapapahiya kayong mga propeta at manghuhula. Magtatakip kayo ng mukha sa sobrang hiya, dahil wala na kayong natatanggap na mensahe mula sa Dios.”

Pero ako ay puspos ng Espiritu ng Panginoon na siyang nagbibigay sa akin ng kapangyarihan para maipatupad ko ang katarungan, at nagpapalakas ng loob ko para masabi sa mga mamamayan ng Israel at Juda na nagkasala sila.

Makinig kayo, mga pinuno ng Israel at Juda! Ayaw ninyong pairalin ang katarungan at binabaluktot ninyo ang katuwiran. 10 Itinatayo ninyo ang Zion[c] sa pamamagitan ng masamang paraan. Handa kayong pumatay maitayo lamang ito. 11 Humahatol kayo panig sa mga nagbibigay ng suhol sa inyo. At kayong mga pari ay nagpapabayad sa pagtuturo. Ganoon din kayong mga propeta, nanghuhula kayo dahil sa pera. Umaasa rin kayong tutulungan kayo ng Panginoon, dahil ayon sa inyo, “Kasama namin ang Panginoon. Kaya walang anumang masamang mangyayari sa amin.” 12 Kaya dahil sa inyo, gigibain ang Zion, ang lungsod ng Jerusalem. Magiging katulad ito ng inararong bukid, at magiging bunton ng mga gumuhong gusali. At magiging gubat ang bundok na kinatatayuan ng templo.

Footnotes

  1. 3:1 ni Micas: sa Hebreo, ako.
  2. 3:1 Israel at Juda: sa Hebreo, Jacob at Israel.
  3. 3:10 Zion: Makikita rin sa Hebreo ang salitang Jerusalem na ibang pangalan ng Zion.

Wicked Rulers and Prophets

And I said:

“Hear now, O heads of Jacob,
And you (A)rulers of the house of Israel:
(B)Is it not for you to know justice?
You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from [a]My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
Who also (C)eat the flesh of My people,
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
(D)Like flesh in the caldron.”

Then (E)they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not hear them;
He will even hide His face from them at that time,
Because they have been evil in their deeds.

Thus says the Lord (F)concerning the prophets
Who make my people stray;
Who chant [b]“Peace”
[c]While they (G)chew with their teeth,
But who prepare war against him
(H)Who puts nothing into their mouths:
“Therefore(I) you shall have night without [d]vision,
And you shall have darkness without divination;
The sun shall go down on the prophets,
And the day shall be dark for (J)them.
So the seers shall be ashamed,
And the diviners abashed;
Indeed they shall all cover their lips;
(K)For there is no answer from God.”

But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord,
And of justice and might,
(L)To declare to Jacob his transgression
And to Israel his sin.
Now hear this,
You heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who abhor justice
And [e]pervert all equity,
10 (M)Who build up Zion with (N)bloodshed
And Jerusalem with iniquity:
11 (O)Her heads judge for a bribe,
(P)Her priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for [f]money.
(Q)Yet they lean on the Lord, and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be (R)plowed like a field,
(S)Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And (T)the mountain of the [g]temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.

Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:2 Lit. them
  2. Micah 3:5 All is well
  3. Micah 3:5 For those who feed them
  4. Micah 3:6 Prophetic revelation
  5. Micah 3:9 Lit. twist
  6. Micah 3:11 Lit. silver
  7. Micah 3:12 Lit. house

Rulers and Prophets Denounced

And I said:
(A)Hear, you heads of Jacob
    and rulers of the house of Israel!
(B)Is it not for you to know justice?—
    you (C)who hate the good and love the evil,
(D)who tear the skin from off my people[a]
    and their flesh from off their bones,
(E)who eat the flesh of my people,
    and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
    and chop them up like meat in a pot,
    like flesh in a cauldron.

(F)Then they will cry to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them;
(G)he will hide his face from them at that time,
    because they have made their deeds evil.

Thus says the Lord concerning (H)the prophets
    who lead my people astray,
(I)who cry “Peace”
    when they have something to eat,
but declare war against him
    who puts nothing into their mouths.
Therefore (J)it shall be night to you, without vision,
    and darkness to you, without divination.
(K)The sun shall go down on the prophets,
    and the day shall be black over them;
(L)the seers shall be disgraced,
    and the diviners put to shame;
(M)they shall all cover their lips,
    for (N)there is no answer from God.
But as for me, (O)I am filled with power,
    with the Spirit of the Lord,
    and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob (P)his transgression
    and to Israel his sin.

(Q)Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
    and rulers of the house of Israel,
(R)who detest justice
    and make crooked all that is straight,
10 (S)who build Zion with blood
    and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 (T)Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
    (U)its priests teach for a price;
    (V)its prophets practice divination for money;
(W)yet they lean on the Lord and (X)say,
    “Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
    (Y)No disaster shall come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
    (Z)Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem (AA)shall become a heap of ruins,
    and (AB)the mountain of the house (AC)a wooded height.

Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:2 Hebrew from off them

Leaders and Prophets Rebuked

Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders(A) of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
    you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;(B)
who eat my people’s flesh,(C)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;(D)
who chop(E) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?(F)

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.(G)
At that time he will hide his face(H) from them
    because of the evil they have done.(I)

This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,(J)
they proclaim ‘peace’(K)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.
Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.(L)
The sun will set for the prophets,(M)
    and the day will go dark for them.(N)
The seers will be ashamed(O)
    and the diviners disgraced.(P)
They will all cover(Q) their faces(R)
    because there is no answer from God.(S)
But as for me, I am filled with power,
    with the Spirit of the Lord,
    and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
    to Israel his sin.(T)

Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
    and distort all that is right;(U)
10 who build(V) Zion with bloodshed,(W)
    and Jerusalem with wickedness.(X)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(Y)
    her priests teach for a price,(Z)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(AA)
Yet they look(AB) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”(AC)
12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(AD)
    the temple(AE) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(AF)