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!
Micah Denounces Israel's Leaders
1 Listen, you rulers of Israel! You are supposed to be concerned about justice, 2 yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones. 3 You eat my people up. You strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot. 4 The time is coming when you will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer you. He will not listen to your prayers, for you have done evil.
5 My people are deceived by prophets who promise peace to those who pay them, but threaten war for those who don't. To these prophets the Lord says, 6 “Prophets, your day is almost over; the sun is going down on you. Because you mislead my people, you will have no more prophetic visions, and you will not be able to predict anything.” 7 Those who predict the future will be disgraced by their failure. They will all be humiliated because God does not answer them.
8 But as for me, the Lord fills me with his spirit and power, and gives me a sense of justice and the courage to tell the people of Israel what their sins are. 9 Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong. 10 You are building God's city, Jerusalem, on a foundation of murder and injustice. 11 The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money—and they all claim that the Lord is with them. “No harm will come to us,” they say. “The Lord is with us.”
12 And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.
