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.

¹Beseda GOSPODOVA, ki je prišla Mihu iz Moraste v dneh Jotama, Ahaza in Ezekija, kraljev Judovih, ki jo je v prikazni slišal o Judi in Jeruzalemu.

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.

²Čujte, ljudstva vsa, in pazi, o zemlja in vse, kar je na njej! In Gospod Jehova bodi priča zoper vas, Gospod iz templja svoje svetosti!

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

³Kajti glejte, GOSPOD prihaja iz kraja svojega in pride doli in bo stopal po višavah zemlje.

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

⁴In gore se bodo topile pod njim in doline pokale kakor vosek pri ognju, kakor vode, ki se izlivajo po strmini.

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?

⁵Vse to se zgodi zavoljo pregrehe Jakobove in zavoljo grehov hiše Izraelove. Odkod je pregreha Jakobova? ni li iz Samarije? In odkod so višave Judove? Niso li iz Jeruzalema?

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.

⁶Zato naredim Samarijo v grobljo na polju, kakor ko hočejo zasaditi vinograd, in pomečem kamenje njeno v dolino in odkrijem njene temelje.

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.”

⁷In vse njene ulite podobe se razbijejo in vsa njena darila se sežgo z ognjem, in vse malike njene razrušim; kajti nabrala jih je iz vlačugarskega plačila in v vlačugarsko plačilo se povrnejo.

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.

⁸Zato hočem plakati in tuliti, hoditi kakor oplenjen vsega in nag; zaženem plakanje kakor šakali in žalovanje kakor noji.

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

⁹Zakaj rana njena je neozdravljiva; razlezla se je do Jude, sega prav do vrat ljudstva mojega, do Jeruzalema.

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.

¹⁰Ne povejte tega v Gatu, nikar ne jokajte! V Betleafri se valjam po pepelu.

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.

¹¹Pojdi na ono stran, prebivalka v Šafirju, z odkrito sramoto; prebivalka v Zaananu ni šla ven; plakanje v Betezelu vam ne dopušča, da bi tam počivali.

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

¹²Kajti prebivalka v Zarotu trepeta za svoje imetje; ker od GOSPODA je prišla nesreča doli k vratom Jeruzalema.

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.

¹³Naprezi hitre konje v vozove, prebivalka v Lahisu! Ti si bila začetek greha hčeri sionski; kajti v tebi so se našle pregrehe Izraelove.

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

¹⁴Zato moraš dati odpovedno darilo Morešetu v Gatu. Hiše v Akzibu bodo v prevaro kraljem Izraelovim.

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

¹⁵Še ga pripeljem k tebi, prebivalka v Maresi, ki te dobi v last. Prav do Adulama pride slava Izraelova.Obrij se in ostrizi se zavoljo otrok svojega veselja; razširi si plešo kakor jastreb! Kajti morali so iti od tebe v sužnost.

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!

¹⁶Obrij se in ostrizi se zavoljo otrok svojega veselja; razširi si plešo kakor jastreb! Kajti morali so iti od tebe v sužnost.