Micah, 5

1. Now you will be devastated, you daughter of a robber. They have placed a blockade against us, with a rod they will strike the jaw of the judge of Israel.

1. A ti, Betleheme Efrato, najmanji meðu kneževstvima Judinim, iz tebe æe mi izaæi onaj koji æe vladati Izraelom; njegov je iskon od davnina, od vjeènih vremena.

2. And you, Bethlehem Ephrata, are a little one among the thousands of Judah. From you will go forth he who shall be the ruler in Israel, and his landing place has been set from the beginning, from the days of eternity.

2. Zato æe ih Jahve ostaviti dok ne rodi ona koja ima roditi. Tada æe se Ostatak njegove braæe vratiti djeci Izraelovoj.

3. Because of this, he will provide for them, even until the time in which she who bears him gives birth. And the remnant of his brothers will be converted to the sons of Israel.

3. On æe se uspraviti, na pašu izvodit' svoje stado silom Jahvinom, velièanstvom imena Boga svojega. Oni æe u miru živjeti, jer æe on rasprostrijeti svoju vlast sve do krajeva zemaljskih.

4. And he will stand firm and feed on the strength of the Lord, according to the sublime name of the Lord his God. And they will be converted, for now he will be magnified, even to the ends of the earth.

4. On - on je mir! Ako Asirci provale u našu zemlju, ako stupe u naše dvore, podiæi æemo na njih sedam pastira, osam narodnih knezova.

5. And this man will be our peace, when the Assyrian will come into our land, and when he will trample on our houses; and we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight principal men.

5. Zemlju asirsku oni æe maèem opasti, zemlju Nimrodovu sabljama. I on æe nas osloboditi od Asiraca ako provale u našu zemlju, ako stupe na naše tlo.

6. And they will graze on the land of Assur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with its spears; and he will free us from Assur, when he will come into our land, and when he will trample our borders.

6. Tada æe Ostatak Jakovljev, meðu brojnim narodima, biti kao rosa koja od Jahve dolazi, kao kapljice kiše na travi koja ne èeka na èovjeka niti išèekuje sina èovjeèjeg.

7. And there will be a remnant of Jacob in the midst of many peoples, like a dew from the Lord and like drops upon the grass, which awaits no man and does not stand before the sons of men.

7. Tada æe Ostatak Jakovljev, meðu brojnim narodima, biti kao lav meðu šumskim zvijerima, kao laviæ meðu ovèjim stadima: svaki put kad prolazi, on gazi nogama, razdire, i nitko da od njega izbavi.

8. And there will be a remnant of Jacob within the Gentiles, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forests, and like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, when he will pass through and trample down and seize, there is none who can rescue.

8. Tvoja ruka neka se podigne na protivnike, svi tvoji neprijatelji bit æe zatrti!

9. Your hand will be exalted over your enemies, and all your adversaries will pass away.

9. "U onaj dan - rijeè je Jahvina - potamanit æu sve tvoje konje, uništiti tvoja bojna kola;

10. And it will be in that day, says the Lord: I will take away your horses from your midst, and I will utterly ruin your four-horse chariots.

10. razorit æu po tvojoj zemlji svako naselje, porušiti sve tvoje tvrde gradove.

11. And I will destroy the cities of your land, and I will pull down all your fortifications, and I will take away evil-doing from your hand, and there will be no divinations among you.

11. Zatrt æu iz tvoje ruke bajanje, vraèara više neæeš imati;

12. And I will cause your graven images to perish, and your statues, from your midst. And you will no longer adore the works of your hands.

12. i zatrt æu u tebi sve kipove i stupove kamene. I ti se više neæeš klanjati pred djelom ruku svojih.

13. And I will root out your sacred groves from your midst, and I will crush your cities.

13. Iskorijenit æu ašere iz tebe i razorit æu tvoje gradove.

14. And I will exact vengeance, in fury and in indignation, among all the nations which have not listened.

14. U gnjevu, u bijesu, izvršit æu osvetu na narodima koji nisu slušali."