1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
8 ¶ But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Mihas spriedums par valdniekiem un praviešiem
1 Es teicu:
“Jel klausieties, Jēkaba vadoņi
un Israēla nama valdnieki, –
vai jums nebija jāzina, kas ir taisna tiesa?
2 Tie, kas nīst labu un mīl ļaunu,
kas plēš ādu un miesu no kauliem,
3 kas rij manas tautas miesu,
plēš tiem ādu un drupina viņu kaulus,
plāj uz pannas un gaļu met katlā, –
4 tie sauks uz Kungu,
bet viņš tiem neatbildēs,
viņš novērsīs savu vaigu no tiem,
jo tie ļaunu vien darījuši!”
5 Tā saka Kungs par praviešiem, kas maldina manu tautu:
“Kad mute tiem pilna, tie sludina mieru,
kas nedod kārumus, pret to sludina karu.
6 Tādēļ nakts pār jums bez redzējumiem
un tumsa pār jums bez pareģojumiem,
saule pār praviešiem norietēs,
un satumsīs pār viņiem diena.
7 Tad redzētāji būs apkaunoti
un pareģi apjukuši,
tie mulsumā apslēps bārdas,
jo nav viņiem atbildes no Dieva.”
8 Bet es – pilns spēka un Kunga Gara
un tiesas un drosmes
atgādināt Jēkabam viņa noziegumu
un Israēlam viņa grēku!
9 Jel ieklausieties,
Jēkaba nama vadoņi un Israēla nama valdnieki,
kas nicināt tiesu un sagrozāt visu, kas taisns,
10 kas Ciānu ceļat uz asinīm
un Jeruzālemi uz varasdarbiem!
11 Tās vadoņi par kukuli iztiesā,
tās priesteri par maksu māca,
tās pravieši par sudrabu pareģo,
turklāt vēl atsaucas uz Kungu:
“Vai tad Kungs nav mūsu vidū? –
Ļaunums nenāks pār mums!”
12 Tādēļ jūsu dēļ Ciānu uzars kā lauku,
Jeruzāleme kļūs par drupu kaudzi
un Nama kalns par mežainu augstieni!
