Micah 3

وَقُلْتُ: «اسْمَعُوا يَا رُؤَسَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَقُضَاةَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَلَيْسَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الْحَقَّ؟

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?

الْمُبْغِضِينَ الْخَيْرَ وَالْمُحِبِّينَ الشَّرَّ، النَّازِعِينَ جُلُودَهُمْ عَنْهُمْ، وَلَحْمَهُمْ عَنْ عِظَامِهِمْ.

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

وَالَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمَ شَعْبِي، وَيَكْشُطُونَ جِلْدَهُمْ عَنْهُمْ، وَيُهَشِّمُونَ عِظَامَهُمْ، وَيُشَقِّقُونَ كَمَا فِي الْقِدْرِ، وَكَاللَّحْمِ فِي وَسَطِ الْمِقْلَى».

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.

حِينَئِذٍ يَصْرُخُونَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فَلاَ يُجِيبُهُمْ، بَلْ يَسْتُرُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُمْ فِي ذلِكَ الْوَقْتِ كَمَا أَسَاءُوا أَعْمَالَهُمْ.

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.

هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى الأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَ شَعْبِي، الَّذِينَ يَنْهَشُونَ بِأَسْنَانِهِمْ، وَيُنَادُونَ: «سَلاَمٌ»! وَالَّذِي لاَ يَجْعَلُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ شَيْئًا، يَفْتَحُونَ عَلَيْهِ حَرْبًا:

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.

«لِذلِكَ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةٌ بِلاَ رُؤْيَا. ظَلاَمٌ لَكُمْ بِدُونِ عِرَافَةٍ. وَتَغِيبُ الشَّمْسُ عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَيُظْلِمُ عَلَيْهِمِ النَّهَارُ.

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.

فَيَخْزَى الرَّاؤُونَ، وَيَخْجَلُ الْعَرَّافُونَ، وَيُغَطُّونَ كُلُّهُمْ شَوَارِبَهُمْ، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ جَوَابٌ مِنَ اللهِ».

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

لكِنَّنِي أَنَا مَلآنٌ قُوَّةَ رُوحِ الرَّبِّ وَحَقًّا وَبَأْسًا، لأُخَبِّرَ يَعْقُوبَ بِذَنْبِهِ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ بِخَطِيَّتِهِ.

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.

اِسْمَعُوا هذَا يَا رُؤَسَاءَ بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ وَقُضَاةَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، الَّذِينَ يَكْرَهُونَ الْحَقَّ وَيُعَوِّجُونَ كُلَّ مُسْتَقِيمٍ.

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.

الَّذِينَ يَبْنُونَ صِهْيَوْنَ بِالدِّمَاءِ، وَأُورُشَلِيمَ بِالظُّلْمِ.

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

رُؤَسَاؤُهَا يَقْضُونَ بِالرَّشْوَةِ، وَكَهَنَتُهَا يُعَلِّمُونَ بِالأُجْرَةِ، وَأَنْبِيَاؤُهَا يَعْرِفُونَ بِالْفِضَّةِ، وَهُمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: «أَلَيْسَ الرَّبُّ فِي وَسَطِنَا؟ لاَ يَأْتِي عَلَيْنَا شَرٌّ!».

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.

لِذلِكَ بِسَبَبِكُمْ تُفْلَحُ صِهْيَوْنُ كَحَقْل، وَتَصِيرُ أُورُشَلِيمُ خِرَبًا، وَجَبَلُ الْبَيْتِ شَوَامِخَ وَعْرٍ.

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.