Micah 7

وَيْلٌ لِي! لأَنِّي صِرْتُ كَجَنَى الصَّيْفِ، كَخُصَاصَةِ الْقِطَافِ، لاَ عُنْقُودَ لِلأَكْلِ وَلاَ بَاكُورَةَ تِينَةٍ اشْتَهَتْهَا نَفْسِي.

Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

قَدْ بَادَ التَّقِيُّ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَلَيْسَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ. جَمِيعُهُمْ يَكْمُنُونَ لِلدِّمَاءِ، يَصْطَادُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا بِشَبَكَةٍ.

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

اَلْيَدَانِ إِلَى الشَّرِّ مُجْتَهِدَتَانِ. الرَّئِيسُ طَالِبٌ وَالْقَاضِي بِالْهَدِيَّةِ، وَالْكَبِيرُ مُتَكَلِّمٌ بِهَوَى نَفْسِهِ فَيُعَكِّشُونَهَا.

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

أَحْسَنُهُمْ مِثْلُ الْعَوْسَجِ، وَأَعْدَلُهُمْ مِنْ سِيَاجِ الشَّوْكِ. يَوْمَ مُرَاقِبِيكَ عِقَابُكَ قَدْ جَاءَ. الآنَ يَكُونُ ارْتِبَاكُهُمْ.

The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

لاَ تَأْتَمِنُوا صَاحِبًا. لاَ تَثِقُوا بِصَدِيق. احْفَظْ أَبْوَابَ فَمِكَ عَنِ الْمُضْطَجِعَةِ فِي حِضْنِكَ.

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

لأَنَّ الابْنَ مُسْتَهِينٌ بِالأَبِ، وَالْبِنْتَ قَائِمَةٌ عَلَى أُمِّهَا، وَالْكَنَّةَ عَلَى حَمَاتِهَا، وَأَعْدَاءُ الإِنْسَانِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ.

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

وَلكِنَّنِي أُرَاقِبُ الرَّبَّ، أَصْبِرُ لإِلهِ خَلاَصِي. يَسْمَعُنِي إِلهِي.

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

لاَ تَشْمَتِي بِي يَا عَدُوَّتِي، إِذَا سَقَطْتُ أَقُومُ. إِذَا جَلَسْتُ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ فَالرَّبُّ نُورٌ لِي.

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

أَحْتَمِلُ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ لأَنِّي أَخْطَأْتُ إِلَيْهِ، حَتَّى يُقِيمَ دَعْوَايَ وَيُجْرِيَ حَقِّي. سَيُخْرِجُنِي إِلَى النُّورِ، سَأَنْظُرُ بِرَّهُ.

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

وَتَرَى عَدُوَّتِي فَيُغَطِّيهَا الْخِزْيُ، الْقَائِلَةُ لِي: «أَيْنَ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكِ؟» عَيْنَايَ سَتَنْظُرَانِ إِلَيْهَا. اَلآنَ تَصِيرُ لِلدَّوْسِ كَطِينِ الأَزِقَّةِ.

Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

يَوْمَ بِنَاءِ حِيطَانِكِ، ذلِكَ الْيَوْمَ يَبْعُدُ الْمِيعَادُ.

In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

هُوَ يَوْمٌ يَأْتُونَ إِلَيْكِ مِنْ أَشُّورَ وَمُدُنِ مِصْرَ، وَمِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى النَّهْرِ. وَمِنَ الْبَحْرِ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ. وَمِنَ الْجَبَلِ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ.

In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

وَلكِنْ تَصِيرُ الأَرْضُ خَرِبَةً بِسَبَبِ سُكَّانِهَا، مِنْ أَجْلِ ثَمَرِ أَفْعَالِهِمْ.

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

اِرْعَ بِعَصَاكَ شَعْبَكَ غَنَمَ مِيرَاثِكَ، سَاكِنَةً وَحْدَهَا فِي وَعْرٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْكَرْمَلِ. لِتَرْعَ فِي بَاشَانَ وَجِلْعَادَ كَأَيَّامِ الْقِدَمِ.

Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

« كَأَيَّامِ خُرُوجِكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ أُرِيهِ عَجَائِبَ».

According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

يَنْظُرُ الأُمَمُ وَيَخْجَلُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ بَطْشِهِمْ. يَضَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَتَصُمُّ آذَانُهُمْ.

The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

يَلْحَسُونَ التُّرَابَ كَالْحَيَّةِ، كَزَوَاحِفِ الأَرْضِ. يَخْرُجُونَ بِالرِّعْدَةِ مِنْ حُصُونِهِمْ، يَأْتُونَ بِالرُّعْبِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا وَيَخَافُونَ مِنْكَ.

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

مَنْ هُوَ إِلهٌ مِثْلُكَ غَافِرٌ الإِثْمَ وَصَافِحٌ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ لِبَقِيَّةِ مِيرَاثِهِ! لاَ يَحْفَظُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ غَضَبَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يُسَرُّ بِالرَّأْفَةِ.

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

يَعُودُ يَرْحَمُنَا، يَدُوسُ آثَامَنَا، وَتُطْرَحُ فِي أَعْمَاقِ الْبَحْرِ جَمِيعُ خَطَايَاهُمْ.

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

تَصْنَعُ الأَمَانَةَ لِيَعْقُوبَ وَالرَّأْفَةَ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ، اللَّتَيْنِ حَلَفْتَ لآبَائِنَا مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ الْقِدَمِ.

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.