Micah, 2

1. Woe to you who devise useless things and who work evil in your beds. In the morning light, they undertake it, because their hand is against God.

1. Teško onima koji smišljaju nedjelo i snuju zlo na posteljama svojim! Kad svane dan, oni ga izvrše, jer je sila u njihovoj ruci.

2. And they have desired fields and have taken them by violence, and they have stolen houses. And they have made false accusations against a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

2. Zažele li polja, otimaju ih, i kuæe, uzimaju ih; èine nasilje èovjeku i kuæi njegovoj, vlasniku i posjedu njegovu.

3. For this reason, thus says the Lord: Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which you will not steal away your necks. And you will not walk in arrogance, because this is a most wicked time.

3. Zato ovako govori Jahve: "Evo tome rodu smišljam zlo iz kojega neæete izvuæi vratova, niti æete hoditi ponosito, jer æe biti zlo vrijeme.

4. In that day, a parable will be taken up about you, and a song will be sung with sweetness, saying: “We have been devastated by depopulation.” The fate of my people has been altered. How can he withdraw from me, when he might be turned back, he who might tear apart our country?

4. U onaj æe vam se dan složiti rugalica, zapjevati tužaljka i reæi: 'Propalo je! Posve smo opustošeni, baština je naroda moga otuðena i nitko da mu je vrati, naša polja podijeljena su odmetniku.'

5. Because of this, there will be for you no casting of the cord of fate in the assembly of the Lord.

5. Zato neæe biti nikoga tko bi bacio kocku za dio tvoj u zboru Jahvinu."

6. Do not speak by saying, “It will not drop on these ones; shame will not embrace them.”

6. "Ne balite!" - bale oni - "Tako se ne bali! Sramota na nas neæe pasti!

7. The house of Jacob says, “Has the Spirit of the Lord been weakened, or are such things his thoughts?” Are not my words good for him who walks uprightly?

7. Zar æe biti proklet dom Jakovljev? Zar je Jahve izgubio strpljivost? Zar on tako postupa? Nisu li rijeèi njegove ugodne Izraelu, narodu njegovu?"

8. But, to the contrary, my people have risen up in opposition. You have lifted the cover from the undergarment, and those who passed by harmlessly, you have converted into war.

8. Vi se sami dižete kao neprijatelji narodu mojemu. Èovjeku nezazornu vi otimate kabanicu, onome koji bez straha putuje ratne strahote dosuðujete.

9. You have evicted the women among my people from their delicate houses. You have taken my praise forever from their little ones.

9. Vi izgonite žene moga naroda iz njihovih milih domova; djeci njihovoj zauvijek oduzimate slavu koju sam im dao:

10. Rise and depart, for there is no relief for you here. Because of its uncleanness, it will be corrupted with a most wicked decay.

10. "Ustanite, idite! Ovo nije poèivalište! Zbog neèistoæe teško vas uže svezalo."

11. I wish that I were not a man who has breath, and that I rather spoke a lie. I will drop it down to you in wine and in drunkenness. And it will be this people on whom it will rain down.

11. Kad bi mogao biti nadahnut èovjek koji izmišlja ovu opsjenu: "Prorokujem ti vino i piæe", on bi bio prorok narodu ovome.

12. I will gather together in a congregation all of you, Jacob. I will lead together as one, the remnant of Israel. I will set them together like a flock in the fold, like a sheep in the midst of the sheep pen. They will cause a tumult before the multitude of men.

12. Svega æu te sabrati, Jakove, sakupit æu Ostatak Izraelov! Smjestit æu ih zajedno kao ovce u toru, kao stado na paši - neæe se bojati nikoga.

13. For he will ascend, opening the way before them. They will separate, and they will cross the gate and enter through it. And their king will pass by, before their very eyes, and the Lord will be at their head.

13. Pred njima stupa rušilac: oni æe se porušiti i uæi, kroz vrata æe proæi i izaæi; pred njima æe iæi njihov kralj, Jahve æe biti na èelu.