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¶ Men mesaj Seyè a te bay Miche, moun lavil Morechèt, sou rèy Jotam, Akaz ak Ezekyas ki te wa nan peyi jida. Men vizyon ki gen rapò ak Samari ak Jerizalèm Seyè a te fè Miche wè.

Koute byen, nou menm tout nasyon yo. Pare zòrèy nou, nou tout k'ap viv sou latè. Seyè a, Bondye a, pral akize nou. Tande! Li rete nan tanp ki apa pou li a, l'ap pale.

Seyè a ap soti kote li rete a, l'ap desann, l'ap mache sou tèt mòn yo.

Mòn yo ap fonn anba pye l' tankou lasi nan dife. Y'ap koule desann nan fon yo tankou lavalas k'ap desann mòn.

Tou sa ap rive paske pèp Izrayèl la fè bagay ki mal, paske pitit Jakòb yo fè sa yo pa t' dwe fè. Ki moun ki reskonsab sa pèp Izrayèl la fè a? Se pa moun Samari, kapital peyi a? Ki moun k'ap fè idolatri nan peyi Jida a? Se pa moun lavil Jerizalèm?

Se konsa Seyè a di: M'ap fè lavil Samari tounen yon bann mazi nan plenn lan, yon jaden pou plante rezen. M'ap voye tout miray li yo jete nan fon. Se fondasyon kay yo ase k'ap rete pou moun wè.

Y'ap kraze tout zidòl yo an miyèt moso. Y'ap boule tou sa yo te ofri bay zidòl yo nan dife. M'ap fè kay zidòl yo tounen pil wòch. Pèp la te vire do bay Bondye lè yo t'ap fè zidòl sa yo, ou ta di madan marye k'ap fè jennès. Koulye a, y'ap peye pou vire yo te vire do bay Bondye a.

¶ Lèfini, Miche di: Se poutèt sa m'ap plenn, m'ap kriye. M'ap pwonmennen mache pye atè, toutouni, pou m' fè wè lapenn mwen. M'ap rele tankou frize, m'ap wouke tankou chen.

Pa gen renmèd pou maladi moun lavil Samari yo. Li kontaminen peyi Jida a. Li gen tan rive jouk nan pòtay kapital peyi pèp mwen an. Li gen tan rive lavil Jerizalèm.

10 Pa kite moun lavil Gat yo konnen sa ki rive nou! Pa kite moun Akò yo wè nou ap kriye! Woule kò nou atè nan pousyè, nou menm moun Betleafra.

11 Pase pase nou, toutouni, tèt bese, nou menm moun lavil Safi. Moun ki rete nan ti bouk Zaanan an pa ka mete tèt yo deyò. Lè w'a tande jan moun Betaezèl yo ap plenn, w'a konnen ou p'ap jwenn pwoteksyon bò la ankò.

12 Moun Mawòt yo nan lapenn. Pa gen sekou pou yo ankò, paske Seyè a fè malè a rive nan papòt lavil Jerizalèm.

13 Nou menm, moun lavil Lakis, nou mèt pare bon chwal pou cha nou yo. Se nou menm an premye nan peyi Izrayèl ki te konmanse ap fè sa ki mal. Se nou menm ki lakòz moun lavil Jerizalèm yo ap fè peche konsa.

14 Koulye a, nou menm moun peyi Jida, nou mèt di moun lavil Morechèt Gat yo orevwa, paske moun lavil Akzib yo bay manti, yo p'ap pote ankenn sekou bay wa Izrayèl yo.

15 Kanta pou nou menm, moun lavil Marecha, mwen menm Seyè a, m'ap fè lènmi pran lavil la nan men nou. Grannèg nan peyi Izrayèl yo pral kache nan twou wòch Adoulam lan.

16 Nou menm moun Jida, reziyen nou, paske sa fè kè nou fè nou mal pou nou wè sa timoun nou renmen anpil yo ap fè. Mare ren nou tankou moun ki nan lapenn, paske y'ap depòte timoun nou yo ale byen lwen nou.

¶ Ala mal sa pral mal pou moun ki kouche nan kabann yo ap fè move plan, k'ap kalkile mechanste yo pral fè! Kou jou kase, premye okazyon yo jwenn, yo fè sa yo t'ap kalkile a, paske yo gen pouvwa nan men yo.

Yo anvi yon jaden, yo pran l'. Yo anvi yon kay, yo antre kareman, yo pran l'. Yo maltrete mèt kay la ak tout fanmi l'. Yo bat moun yo, yo pran tout byen yo.

Se poutèt sa, men sa Seyè a di: M'ap pare yon malè pou nou. Nou yonn p'ap chape. Nou p'ap ka gonfle lestonmak nou sou moun ankò, paske sa pral rèd pou nou.

Lè jou a va rive, yo pral fè chante sou nou. Y'a plenn sò nou, y'a di: Nou pèdi tou sa nou te genyen. Bondye kite moun lòt nasyon yo pran peyi a nan men nou. Wi, li pran jaden nou yo bay yon bann moun ki pa kwè nan li.

Konsa, lè lè a va rive, tout moun va sanble pou yo renmèt tè a bay pèp Bondye a. Ou p'ap jwenn pèsonn kanpe pou reklame yon pòsyon pou ou.

¶ Moun yo ap plede di m': Sispann pale konsa! Ou pa fèt pou di bagay konsa. Sa w'ap di a p'ap janm rive.

Nou menm, pitit Jakòb yo, Seyè a gen lè pèdi pasyans ak nou? Eske nou kwè l'a fè tout bagay sa yo vre? Eske pawòl li se pa bon pawòl pou moun k'ap mache dwat yo?

Seyè a reponn: Nou leve dèyè pèp mwen an tankou si nou te lènmi yo. Moun ap mache kè pòpòz san okenn lide chache moun kont, men nou la, n'ap tann konsa pou nou vòlò ata rad ki sou yo.

Medam yo t'ap viv ak kè kontan lakay yo. Nou vini, nou mete yo deyò. Timoun yo t'ap jwi benediksyon mwen ba yo. Nou vini, nou wete tou sa nèt nan men yo.

10 Leve non! Al fè wout nou! Pa gen repo pou nou isit la ankò! Nou fè twòp bagay derespektan. Nou fè yo detwi peyi a. Y'ap fini avè l' nèt.

11 Si yon moun ap plede pwonmennen bay manti pou twonpe moun, si li di: M'ap fè prediksyon pou nou: Men li, diven ak gwòg pral koule kou dlo, se moun konsa nou renmen pou pwofèt.

12 ¶ Men, m'ap reyini tout pitit Jakòb yo ansanm. M'ap ranmase tout ti rès ki rete nan moun Izrayèl yo. M'ap mennen yo ansanm tankou bann mouton k'ap tounen nan pak yo. Peyi a pral tankou yon savann plen mouton. Li pral plen moun ankò.

13 Bondye ap pran devan, l'ap louvri yon chemen pou yo. Yo menm, y'a kraze pòtay yo, y'a pase lib soti deyò. Wa yo a va mache devan yo. Wi, se Seyè a ki va mache alatèt yo.

¶ M'a di yo: Koute byen, nou menm ki alatèt pitit Jakòb yo, nou tout k'ap dirije pèp Izrayèl la! Se pa devwa nou pou nou rann tout moun jistis?

Men, se nou menm ankò ki rayi moun k'ap fè sa ki byen. Nou renmen moun k'ap fè sa ki mal. N'ap kòche pèp mwen an tou vivan, n'ap filange l' jouk nan zo.

N'ap manje pèp mwen an. Nou kòche yo, nou kase tout zo nan kò yo. Nou dekoupe yo tankou vyann yo pral kwit, tankou vyann nou mete nan chodyè.

Men, yon jou va rive, lè sa a n'a kriye nan pye Seyè a, men li p'ap reponn nou. Li p'ap tande sa n'ap di nan lapriyè nou yo, paske nou fè bagay ki mal.

Men, gen yon bann pwofèt k'ap twonpe pèp mwen an. Depi yo gen yon zo y'ap souse, y'ap mache di jan gen lapè nan peyi a. Men, kite moun pa ba yo lajan, yo di pral gen lagè. Men sa Seyè a di sou pwofèt sa yo:

Pwofèt! Jou nou yo prèt pou fini. Solèy la ap kouche sou nou. Nou p'ap fè vizyon lannwit ankò. Nan fènwa, nou p'ap wè anyen ankò.

Moun k'ap fè prediksyon yo pral wont. Divinò yo p'ap konnen sa pou yo di. Yo pral rete men nan bouch, paske Bondye p'ap reponn yo.

¶ Men, pou mwen menm, Miche, Seyè a voye lespri l' sou mwen, li ban mwen fòs, li ban mwen pouvwa pou m' konnen sa ki dwat. Li ban mwen kouraj pou m' kanpe denonse fòfè pitit Jakòb yo, pou m' di pèp Izrayèl la nan figi l' sa l'ap fè ki mal la.

Wi, koute m' non, nou menm ki alatèt pitit Jakòb yo, nou menm chèf k'ap dirije peyi Izrayèl la. Nou pa renmen sa ki dwat. Nou vire lalwa a, nou fè l' di sa nou vle.

10 Se sou san moun n'ap bati lavil Siyon an. Se sou lenjistis n'ap bati lavil Jerizalèm.

11 Moun ap achte chèf yo ak lajan. Prèt yo menm ap esplike lalwa a pou lajan. Ata pwofèt yo ap fè prediksyon pou lajan tou. Yo tout yo pretann di Seyè a avèk yo. Y'ap di: O wi, anyen p'ap rive nou! Seyè a bò kote nou!

12 Se konsa, n'ap lakòz peyi Siyon an pral tankou yon jaden y'ap raboure. Jerizalèm ap tounen mazi. Gwo pyebwa pral kouvri tout mòn kote tanp lan ye a.

The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth(A) during the reigns of Jotham,(B) Ahaz(C) and Hezekiah,(D) kings of Judah(E)—the vision(F) he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Hear,(G) you peoples, all of you,(H)
    listen, earth(I) and all who live in it,
that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness(J) against you,
    the Lord from his holy temple.(K)

Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

Look! The Lord is coming from his dwelling(L) place;
    he comes down(M) and treads on the heights of the earth.(N)
The mountains melt(O) beneath him(P)
    and the valleys split apart,(Q)
like wax before the fire,
    like water rushing down a slope.
All this is because of Jacob’s transgression,
    because of the sins of the people of Israel.
What is Jacob’s transgression?
    Is it not Samaria?(R)
What is Judah’s high place?
    Is it not Jerusalem?

“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,
    a place for planting vineyards.(S)
I will pour her stones(T) into the valley
    and lay bare her foundations.(U)
All her idols(V) will be broken to pieces;(W)
    all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
    I will destroy all her images.(X)
Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,(Y)
    as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”

Weeping and Mourning

Because of this I will weep(Z) and wail;
    I will go about barefoot(AA) and naked.
I will howl like a jackal
    and moan like an owl.
For Samaria’s plague(AB) is incurable;(AC)
    it has spread to Judah.(AD)
It has reached the very gate(AE) of my people,
    even to Jerusalem itself.
10 Tell it not in Gath[a];
    weep not at all.
In Beth Ophrah[b]
    roll in the dust.
11 Pass by naked(AF) and in shame,
    you who live in Shaphir.[c]
Those who live in Zaanan[d]
    will not come out.
Beth Ezel is in mourning;
    it no longer protects you.
12 Those who live in Maroth[e] writhe in pain,
    waiting for relief,(AG)
because disaster(AH) has come from the Lord,
    even to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 You who live in Lachish,(AI)
    harness fast horses to the chariot.
You are where the sin of Daughter Zion(AJ) began,
    for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14 Therefore you will give parting gifts(AK)
    to Moresheth(AL) Gath.
The town of Akzib[f](AM) will prove deceptive(AN)
    to the kings of Israel.
15 I will bring a conqueror against you
    who live in Mareshah.[g](AO)
The nobles of Israel
    will flee to Adullam.(AP)
16 Shave(AQ) your head in mourning
    for the children in whom you delight;
make yourself as bald as the vulture,
    for they will go from you into exile.(AR)

Human Plans and God’s Plans

Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil(AS) on their beds!(AT)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.
They covet fields(AU) and seize them,(AV)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud(AW) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.(AX)

Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster(AY) against this people,
    from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,(AZ)
    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;(BA)
    my people’s possession is divided up.(BB)
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(BC) by lot.(BD)

False Prophets

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

“Do not my words do good(BG)
    to the one whose ways are upright?(BH)
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.(BI)
You take away my blessing
    from their children forever.
10 Get up, go away!
    For this is not your resting place,(BJ)
because it is defiled,(BK)
    it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
11 If a liar and deceiver(BL) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’(BM)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!(BN)

Deliverance Promised

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

Leaders and Prophets Rebuked

Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders(BS) 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;(BT)
who eat my people’s flesh,(BU)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;(BV)
who chop(BW) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?(BX)

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

This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,(CB)
they proclaim ‘peace’(CC)
    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.(CD)
The sun will set for the prophets,(CE)
    and the day will go dark for them.(CF)
The seers will be ashamed(CG)
    and the diviners disgraced.(CH)
They will all cover(CI) their faces(CJ)
    because there is no answer from God.(CK)
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.(CL)

Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
    and distort all that is right;(CM)
10 who build(CN) Zion with bloodshed,(CO)
    and Jerusalem with wickedness.(CP)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(CQ)
    her priests teach for a price,(CR)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(CS)
Yet they look(CT) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”(CU)
12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(CV)
    the temple(CW) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(CX)

Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:10 Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.
  2. Micah 1:10 Beth Ophrah means house of dust.
  3. Micah 1:11 Shaphir means pleasant.
  4. Micah 1:11 Zaanan sounds like the Hebrew for come out.
  5. Micah 1:12 Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.
  6. Micah 1:14 Akzib means deception.
  7. Micah 1:15 Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew for conqueror.
  8. Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord

11 ¶ Apre sa, yo ban m' yon baton wozo ki sèvi pou pran mezi. Yo di mwen konsa: Leve. Ale pran mezi kay Bondye a ansanm ak lotèl la. Konte konbe moun k'ap adore nan tanp lan.

Men, pa okipe gwo lakou ki dèyè tanp lan, pa mezire li. Paske se pou etranje yo li ye, yo menm ki gen pou foule lavil Bondye a anba pie yo pandan karannde mwa.

¶ M'ap voye de temwen m' yo ak rad sak sou yo, pou yo fè konnen mesaj Bondye a pandan mil desanswasant (1.260) jou.

De temwen yo se de pie oliv ak de lanp ki kanpe la devan Mèt tout latè a.

Si yon moun chache fè yo mal, dife ap soti nan bouch yo, l'ap detwi tout lènmi yo. Se konsa moun k'ap chache fè yo mal gen pou mouri.

Yo gen pouvwa fèmen sièl la pou okenn lapli pa tonbe lè y'ap fè konnen mesaj Bondye a. Yo gen pouvwa tou pou yo fè dlo tounen san. Yo gen pouvwa pou yo fè tout kalite kalamite tonbe sou latè, kantite fwa y'a vle li.

Lè y'a fin di sa yo gen pou di a, bèt ki soti nan gwo twou san fon an va mare batay ak yo. La kraze yo, la touye yo.

Kadav yo va rete nan mitan lari gwo lavil la, kote yo te kloure Seyè a sou kwa a. Lè sa a, y'a chanje non lavil la. Y'a rele l' Sodòm osinon Lejip.

Moun tout kalite ras ki soti nan tout peyi ak nan tout nasyon ki pale tout lang, va rete la ap gade kadav yo pandan twa jou ak yon demi (1/2) jounen. Yo p'ap kite moun antere yo.

10 Tout moun ki rete sou latè pral kontan lè y'a tande de mesie yo mouri. Y'a fè fèt, y'a voye kado yonn bay lòt, paske se pa ti toumante de pwofèt sa yo pa t' toumante moun ki rete sou latè.

11 Nan mitan katriyèm jou a, Bondye te soufle sou yo pou l' ba yo lavi. Souf Bondye a antre nan yo: yo leve vivan ankò. Tout moun ki te wè yo te pè anpil.

12 Lè sa a, de pwofèt yo tande yon vwa soti nan sièl la ki t'ap pale byen fò ak yo, li t'ap di yo: Moute bò isit. Yo moute nan sièl la sou yon nwaj devan tout lènmi ki t'ap gade yo.

13 Menm lè a, yon gwo tranblemanntè fèt. Yon kay sou chak dis kay nan lavil la tonbe kraze. Sètmil (7.000) moun mouri nan tranblemanntè sa a. Lòt moun yo menm te pè anpil, yo t'ap fè lwanj Bondye ki nan sièl la.

14 ¶ Konsa, dezyèm malè a te pase! Men, atansyon, twazièm lan pral vini talè konsa.

15 Apre sa, setièm zanj lan kònen klewon l' lan. Mwen tande vwa yon bann moun ki t'ap pale byen fò nan sièl la. Yo t'ap di: Pouvwa pou gouvènen sou latè a, koulye a se nan men Mèt nou an ak nan men Kris li a sa ye. L'ap gouvènen pou tout tan.

16 Vennkat granmoun yo ki te chita sou fòtèy yo devan Bondye tonbe atè, fwon yo touche tè, yo adore Bondye.

17 Yo t'ap di: O Mèt, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa, ou menm ki la epi ki te toujou la, n'ap di ou mèsi dèske ou sèvi ak gwo pouvwa ou la, pou ou pran gouvènman an nan men ou.

18 Nasyon yo te move anpil, paske lè a rive, ou pral fè wè kòlè ou. Tout moun mouri yo pral pase anba jijman. Lè a rive, ou pral bay pwofèt yo, sèvitè ou yo, rekonpans yo, ansanm ak tout moun ki pou ou yo epi ki gen krentif pou ou, piti kou gran. Wi, lè a rive pou ou detwi moun k'ap detwi latè a!

19 Lè sa a, pòt tanp Bondye nan sièl la louvri byen gran. Yo te ka wè bwat ki te gen kontra Bondye a anndan tanp lan. Zèklè pran klere, kout loraj pran gwonde, moun tande tout kalite bri. Tè a tranble, lagrèl t'ap tonbe an kantite.

The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod(A) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. But exclude the outer court;(B) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(C) They will trample on the holy city(D) for 42 months.(E) And I will appoint my two witnesses,(F) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,(G) clothed in sackcloth.”(H) They are “the two olive trees”(I) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[a](J) If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.(K) This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.(L) They have power to shut up the heavens(M) so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;(N) and they have power to turn the waters into blood(O) and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast(P) that comes up from the Abyss(Q) will attack them,(R) and overpower and kill them. Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city(S)—which is figuratively called Sodom(T) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.(U) For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation(V) will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.(W) 10 The inhabitants of the earth(X) will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,(Y) because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

11 But after the three and a half days(Z) the breath[b] of life from God entered them,(AA) and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”(AB) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,(AC) while their enemies looked on.

13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake(AD) and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory(AE) to the God of heaven.(AF)

14 The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.(AG)

The Seventh Trumpet

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,(AH) and there were loud voices(AI) in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become
    the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,(AJ)
    and he will reign for ever and ever.”(AK)

16 And the twenty-four elders,(AL) who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces(AM) and worshiped God, 17 saying:

“We give thanks(AN) to you, Lord God Almighty,(AO)
    the One who is and who was,(AP)
because you have taken your great power
    and have begun to reign.(AQ)
18 The nations were angry,(AR)
    and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,(AS)
    and for rewarding your servants the prophets(AT)
and your people who revere your name,
    both great and small(AU)
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

19 Then God’s temple(AV) in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant.(AW) And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,(AX) an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.(AY)

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:4 See Zech. 4:3,11,14.
  2. Revelation 11:11 Or Spirit (see Ezek. 37:5,14)