¹Issanda sõna, mis tuli Miikale, moorastlasele, Juuda kuningate Jootami, Aahase ja Hiskija päevil, ta nägemus Samaaria ja Jeruusalemma kohta:

¹The word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

²'Kuulge, kõik rahvad, pane tähele, maa ja kõik, mis seda täidab! Olgu Issand Jumal tunnistajaks teie vastu, Issand oma pühast templist!

²Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

³Sest vaata, Issand tuleb välja oma asupaigast, astub alla ja kõnnib maa kõrgendikel.

³For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

⁴Mäed sulavad tema all ja orud lõhenevad otsekui vaha tule paistel, otsekui järsakult alla voolav vesi.

⁴The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.

⁵Jaakobi üleastumise pärast ja Iisraeli soo pattude pärast sünnib see kõik. Kes on süüdi Jaakobi üleastumises? Kas mitte Samaaria? Ja kellelt on Juuda ohvrikünkad? Kas mitte Jeruusalemmalt?

⁵“All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren’t they Jerusalem?

⁶Sellepärast teen ma Samaaria kivikangruks väljal, viinamäe istutusmaaks, veeretan ta kivid orgu ja paljastan ta alusmüürid.

⁶Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.

⁷Kõik ta nikerdatud kujud lüüakse katki, kogu ta hoorapalk põletatakse tulega ja ma hävitan kõik ta ebajumalad; sest ta on kogunud need hoorapalgast ja hoorapalgaks saavad need jälle.

⁷All her idols will be beaten to pieces, and all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and all her images I will destroy; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.”

⁸Sellepärast pean ma kaeblema ja ulguma, käima paljajalu ja alasti, pean ulguma nagu ðaakal ja leinama nagu jaanalind.

⁸For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.

⁹Sest tema haav on ravimatu. Jah, see on jõudnud Juudani, ulatub mu rahva väravani, lausa Jeruusalemmani.

⁹For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

¹⁰Ärge kuulutage Gatis, ärge nutke valjusti, püherdage põrmus Beet-Afras!

¹⁰Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah Beth Ophrah means literally “House of Dust.” I have rolled myself in the dust.

¹¹Minge ära, Saafiri elanikud, alasti ja häbis, Saanani asukad ei lähe välja: Beet-Haeselis on kurtmine, teilt võetakse püsi.

¹¹Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won’t come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.

¹²Jah, Maaroti elanikud ootavad õnne, aga Issandalt tuleb õnnetus Jeruusalemma väravasse.

¹²For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.

¹³Rakendage hobused vankri ette, Laakise elanikud! Siin oli Siioni tütre patu algus, sest sinus peitusid Iisraeli üleastumised.

¹³Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

¹⁴Sellepärast tuleb sul anda lahkumisand Mooreset-Gatile. Aksibi kojad on pettumuseks Iisraeli kuningaile.

¹⁴Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.

¹⁵Ma toon su vastu vallutaja, Maaresa elanik! Adullamini jõuab Iisraeli auhiilgus.

¹⁵I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

¹⁶Lõika juuksed ära ja aja pea kiilaks oma hellitatud laste pärast! Aja oma pea laialt paljaks nagu on raisakotkal, sest nad viiakse su juurest vangi!

¹⁶Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture; for they have gone into captivity from you!