Prophetia Michaeae, 7

1. Vae mihi, quia factum est mihi sicut congregata messe, sicut collecta vindemia! Non est botrus ad comedendum, nec praecoqua ficus, quam desideravit anima mea.

1. Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the vintage has been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig which my soul desires.

2. Periit pius de terra, et rectus in hominibus non est; omnes in sanguine insidiantur, vir fratrem suum rete venatur.

2. The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.

3. Ad malum manus eorum paratae sunt; princeps postulat, et iudex est pro mercede, et magnus manifestat desiderium animae suae; vae eis, qui pervertunt illud!

3. Their hands are upon what is evil, to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

4. Qui optimus in eis, est quasi paliurus, et, qui rectus, quasi spina de saepe; dies speculatorum tuorum, visitatio tua venit: nunc erit confusio eorum.

4. The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of their watchmen, of their punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.

5. Nolite credere amico, nolite confidere in proximo; ab ea, quae dormit in sinu tuo, custodi claustra oris tui;

5. Put no trust in a neighbor, have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom;

6. quia filius contumeliam facit patri, filia consurgit adversus matrem suam, nurus adversus socrum suam: inimici hominis domestici eius.

6. for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

7. Ego autem ad Dominum aspiciam, exspectabo Deum salvatorem meum; audiet me Deus meus.

7. But as for me, I will look to the LORD, I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

8. Ne laeteris, inimica mea, super me quia cecidi: consurgam; cum sedeo in tenebris, Dominus lux mea est.

8. Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.

9. Iram Domini porto, quoniam peccavi ei, donec iudicet causam meam et faciat iudicium meum; educet me in lucem, videbo iustitiam eius.

9. I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his deliverance.

10. Et aspiciet inimica mea et operietur confusione, quae dicit ad me: “Ubi est Dominus Deus tuus?”. Oculi mei videbunt in eam; nunc erit in conculcationem ut lutum platearum.

10. Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will gloat over her; now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.

11. Dies veniet ut aedificentur maceriae tuae; in die illa dilatabuntur fines tui.

11. A day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be far extended.

12. In die illa usque ad te venient habitantes ab Assyria usque ad Aegyptum et ab Aegypto usque ad flumen et a mari usque ad mare et a monte usque ad montem.

12. In that day they will come to you, from Assyria to Egypt, and from Egypt to the River, from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.

13. Terra autem erit in desolationem propter habitatores suos et propter fructum operum eorum.

13. But the earth will be desolate because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their doings.

14. Pasce populum tuum in virga tua, gregem hereditatis tuae, habitantes solos in saltu, in medio hortorum; pascantur Basan et Galaad iuxta dies antiquos.

14. Shepherd thy people with thy staff, the flock of thy inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.

15. Secundum dies egressionis tuae de terra Aegypti ostende nobis mirabilia.

15. As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt I will show them marvelous things.

16. Videbunt gentes et confundentur super omni fortitudine sua, ponent manum super os, aures eorum surdae erunt;

16. The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;

17. lingent pulverem sicut serpens, velut reptilia terrae. Trementes exibunt de aedibus suis " ad Dominum Deum nostrum " formidabunt et timebunt te.

17. they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds, they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, and they shall fear because of thee.

18. Quis Deus similis tui, qui aufers iniquitatem et transis peccatum reliquiarum hereditatis tuae? Non servat in aeternum furorem suum, quoniam volens misericordiam est.

18. Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger for ever because he delights in steadfast love.

19. Revertetur et miserebitur nostri, calcabit iniquitates nostras et proiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra.

19. He will again have compassion upon us, he will tread our iniquities under foot. Thou wilt cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

20. Dabis veritatem Iacob, misericordiam Abraham, quae iurasti patribus nostris a diebus antiquis.

20. Thou wilt show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.