Micah 7

1 Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.

1 وَيْلٌ لِي، فَقَدْ صِرْتُ كَرَجُلٍ جَائِعٍ جَاءَ يَبْحَثُ عَنْ جَنْيِ الصَّيْفِ وَبَقَايَا قِطَافِ الْعِنَبِ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ عُنْقُوداً لِلأَكْلِ وَلا شَيْئاً مِنْ بَاكُورَةِ التِّينِ مِمَّا تَشْتَهِيهِ نَفْسِي.

2 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

2 قَدْ بَادَ الصَّالِحُ مِنْ الأَرْضِ وَاخْتَفَى الْمُسْتَقِيمُ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ. جَمِيعُهُمْ يَكْمِنُونَ لِسَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يَقْتَنِصُ أَخَاهُ.

3 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

3 تَجِدُّ أَيْدِيهُمْ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ، وَيَسْعَى الرَّئِيسُ وَالْقَاضِي وَرَاءَ الرِّشْوَةِ، وَيُمْلِي الْعَظِيمُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَهْوَاءَ نَفْسِهِ، فَيَتَآمَرُونَ جَمِيعاً عَلَى الْحَقِّ.

4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.

4 أَفْضَلُهُمْ مِثْلُ الْعَوْسَجِ، وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ اسْتِقَامَةً أَسْوَأُ مِنْ سِيَاجِ الشَّوْكِ. وَهَا يَوْمُ عِقَابِكُمُ الَّذِي أَنْذَرَ بِهِ أَنْبِيَاؤُكُمْ قَدْ وَافَى. عِنْدَئِذٍ يَعْتَرِيكُمُ الارْتِبَاكُ.

5 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

5 لَا تَأْتَمِنْ جَارَكَ وَلا تَثِقْ بِصَدِيقٍ، وَاحْتَرِسْ مِمَّا تَنْطِقُ بِهِ شَفَتَاكَ مِمَّنَ تَرْقُدُ فِي حِضْنِكَ.

6 For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

6 فَإِنَّ الابْنَ يَسْتَخِفُّ بِأَبِيهِ وَالابْنَةُ تَتَمَرَّدُ عَلَى أُمِّهَا، وَالْكَنَّةُ عَلَى حَمَاتِهَا، وَأَعْدَاءُ الإِنْسَانِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ.

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.

7 أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَرْتَقِبُ الرَّبَّ وَأَنْتَظِرُ إِلَهَ خَلاصِي فَيَسْمَعُنِي إِلَهِي.

8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

8 لَا تَشْمَتِي بِي يَا عَدُوَّتِي، لأَنِّي إِنْ سَقَطْتُ أَقُومُ، وَإِنْ جَلَسْتُ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ نُوراً لِي.

9 Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

9 إِنِّي أَخْطَأْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ لِذَلِكَ أَتَحَمَّلُ غَضَبَهُ، إِلَى أَنْ يُدَافِعَ عَنِّي وَيُثْبِتَ اسْتِقَامَتِي، فَيُخْرِجُنِي إِلَى النُّورِ لأُشَاهِدَ عَدْلَهُ.

10 Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.

10 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَرَى ذَلِكَ عَدُوَّتِي فَيَعْتَرِيهَا الْخِزْيُ إِذْ قَالَتْ لِي: «أَيْنَ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكِ؟» سَتَشْهَدُهَا عَيْنَايَ تُدَاسُ كَطِينِ الشَّوَارِعِ وَالأَزِقَّةِ.

11 The day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary.

11 هَا قَدْ أَقْبَلَ يَوْمُ بِنَاءِ أَسْوَارِ مَدِينَتِكِ. فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَتَّسِعُ تُخُومُكِ.

12 On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

12 وَيَتَقَاطَرُ إِلَيْكِ شَعْبُكِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، مِنْ أَشُّورَ وَمِنْ مُدُنِ مِصْرَ حَتَّى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ؛ مِنْ بَحْرٍ إِلَى بَحْرٍ؛ وَمِنْ جَبَلٍ إِلَى جَبَلٍ.

13 Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.

13 غَيْرَ أَنَّ الأَرْضَ تَكُونُ مُوْحِشَةً بِسَبَبِ سَيِّئَاتِ سُكَّانِهَا.

14 Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

14 ارْعَ يَا رَبُّ شَعْبَكَ بِعَصَاكَ، فَهُمْ قَطِيعُ مِيرَاثِكَ الرَّابِضُونَ وَحْدَهُمْ فِي الْغَابَةِ فِي وَسَطِ الْكَرْمَلِ. قُدْهُمْ إِلَى بَاشَانَ وَجِلْعَادَ لِيَتَمَتَّعُوا بِخِصْبِ أَرْضِهِمَا كَالْعَهْدِ بِهِمْ فِي أَيَّامِ الْقِدَمِ.

15 As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show My wonders.

15 وَيُجِيبُ الرَّبُّ: سَأُرِيهِمْ مُعْجِزَاتٍ كَمَا فَعَلْتُ فِي أَيَّامِ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ.

16 Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

16 فَتَرَى الأُمَمُ وَيَخْزَوْنَ مِنْ قُوَّتِهِمْ وَيَضَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُصَابُ آذَانُهُمْ بِالصَّمَمِ.

17 They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

17 وَيَلْحَسُونَ التُّرَابَ كَالْحَيَّةِ وَيَنْسَلُّونَ مِنْ حُصُونِهِمْ مُرْتَعِبِينَ كَزَوَاحِفِ الأَرْضِ، وَيَرْجِعُونَ بِخَوْفٍ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا مُرْتَعِبِينَ مِنْكَ.

18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

18 إِيُّ إِلَهٍ مِثْلُكَ يَصْفَحُ عَنِ الإِثْمِ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ مَعْصِيَةِ بَقِيَّةِ مِيرَاثِهِ؟ لَا يَحْتَفِظُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ بِغَضَبِهِ لأَنَّهُ يُسَرُّ بِالرَّحْمَةِ.

19 He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

19 يَعُودُ يَرْحَمُنَا وَيَطَأُ ذُنُوبَنَا بِقَدَمَيْهِ، وَيَطْرَحُ مَعَاصِيَنَا إِلَى أَعْمَاقِ الْبَحْرِ.

20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

20 أَنْتَ تُبْدِي أَمَانَةً لِذُرِّيَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ، وَرَحْمَةً لِنَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، كَمَا حَلَفْتَ لأَجْدَادِنَا مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ.