4 — Micheas

1And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the mountains, and high above the hills: and people shall flow to it.Ma egli avverrà, che alla fine de' giorni il monte della casa del Signore sarà fondato sulla cima de' monti, e si alzerà sopra i colli, e là correranno in gran numero i popoli.AND it shal be: In the later end of dayes there shal be the mount of the house of our Lord prepared in the toppe of mountaines, and high about the hilles: and peoples shal flow to it.Et erit: in novissimo dierum / erit mons domus Domini præparatus in vertice montium, / et sublimis super colles: / et fluent ad eum populi, 2And many nations shall come in haste, and say: Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth out of Sion, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem.E a lei correranno in fretta molte genti, e diranno: Venite, andiamo al monte della casa del Signore, e alla casa del Dio di Giacobbe, ed egli ci insegnerà le sue vie, e noi seguiremo i suoi sentieri: perocché da Sionne uscirà la legge, e la parola del Signore da Gerusalemme.And manie nations shal hasten, & shal say: Come, let vs goe vp to the mountaine of our Lord, & to the house of the God of Iacob: & he wil teach vs of his wayes, and we shal goe in this pathes: because out of Sion shal the law goe forth, and the word of our Lord out of Ierusalem.et properabunt gentes multæ, et dicent: / Venite, ascendamus ad montem Domini, / et ad domum Dei Jacob: / et docebit nos de viis suis, / et ibimus in semitis ejus, / quia de Sion egredietur lex, / et verbum Domini de Jerusalem. 3And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into spades: nation shall not take sword against nation: neither shall they learn war anymore.E giudicherà molti popoli, e correggerà nazioni potenti, ancor rimote; ed elle spezzeranno le spade per farne de' vomeri, e le aste per farne delle vanghe: non impugneranno la spada un popolo contra l'altro, e non istudieranno più il mestiere delle armi.And he shal iudge betwen manie peoples, and he shal rebuke strong nations vnto a far of: and they shal cut their swordes into culters, and their speares into spades: nation shal not take sword against nation: and they shal no more learne to make battel.Et judicabit inter populos multos, / et corripiet gentes fortes usque in longinquum: / et concident gladios suos in vomeres, / et hastas suas in ligones: / non sumet gens adversus gentem gladium, / et non discent ultra belligerare. 4And every man shall sit under his vine, and under his fig tree, and there shall be none to make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken.E ciascuno sederà sotto la sua vite, e sotto il suo fico senza aver timore di alcuno, perchè il Signore degli eserciti di sua bocca ha parlato;And euerie man shal sitte vnder his vine, & vnder his figtree, and there shal be none to make them afrayd: because the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.Et sedebit vir subtus vitem suam et subtus ficum suam, / et non erit qui deterreat, / quia os Domini exercituum locutum est.

5For all people will walk every one in the name of his god: but we will walk in the name of the Lord, our God, for ever and ever.Perocché tutti i popoli cammineranno ciascuno nel nome del suo Dio; ma noi cammineremo nel nome del Signore Dio nostro in eterno, e di là dall'eterno.Because al peoples wil walke euerie one in the name of his God: but we shal walke in the name of the Lord our God for euer and euer.Quia omnes populi ambulabunt / unusquisque in nomine dei sui; / nos autem ambulabimus / in nomine Domini Dei nostri, / in æternum et ultra. 6In that day, saith the Lord, I will gather up her that halteth: and her that I had cast out, I will gather up: and her whom I had afflicted.In quel giorno, dice il Signore, io riunirò (meco) colei, che zoppicava, e richiamerò colei, che era stata espulsa, e umiliata da me:In that day, saith our Lord; I wil gather her that halteth: and her that I had cast out, I wil gather vp, & her whom I had afflicted.In die illa, dicit Dominus, / congregabo claudicantem, / et eam quam ejeceram colligam, / et quam afflixeram: 7And I will make her that halted, a remnant: and her that had been afflicted, a mighty nation: and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Sion, from this time now and forever.E a lei, che zoppicava, darò degli avanzi, e di lei, che era stata in affanni, ne farò una nazione robusta, e sopra di loro regnerà il Signore nel monte di Sion, da questo punto fino all'eternità.And I wil make her that halted into a remnant: and her that had laboured into a mightie nation: and our Lord wil reigne ouer them in mount Sion, from this time now and for euer.et ponam claudicantem in reliquias, / et eam quæ laboraverat, in gentem robustam: / et regnabit Dominus super eos in monte Sion, / ex hoc nunc et usque in æternum. 8And thou, O cloudy tower of the flock, of the daughter of Sion, unto thee shall it come: yea the first power shall come, the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.E tu torre del gregge caliginosa, figliuola di Sion, sino a te verrà, verrà il primo impero, il regno della figliuola di Gerusalemme.And thou the towre of flocke, clowdie of the daughter of Sion shal come to thee: and the first powre shal come the kingdom to the daughter of Ierusalem.Et tu, turris gregis nebulosa filiæ Sion, / usque ad te veniet, / et veniet potestas prima, / regnum filiæ Jerusalem. 9Now, why art thou drawn together with grief? Hast thou no king in thee, or is thy counselor perished, because sorrow hath taken thee as a woman in labour.Perchè adesso ti raggrinzi per la tristezza? forse non hai tu re, od è mancato il tuo consigliere, onde il dolore ti strazia come una partoriente?Now why art thou drawne together with pensifnes? why, is there not a king to thee, or is thy counselor perished, because sorow hath apprehended thee as a woman in trauel?Nunc quare mœrore contraheris ? / numquid rex non est tibi, / aut consiliarius tuus periit, / quia comprehendit te dolor sicut parturientem ?

10Be in pain and labour, O daughter of Sion, as a woman that bringeth forth: for now shalt thou go out of the city, and shalt dwell in the country, and shalt come even to Babylon, there thou shalt be delivered: there the Lord will redeem thee out of the hand of thy enemies.Soffri, ed affannati, o figliuola di Sion, come una donna di parto; perocché adesso tu te n'anderai dalla città, e abiterai in altro paese, e passerai fino a Babilonia: ivi sarai liberata, ivi ti riscatterà il Signore dalle mani de' tuoi nemici.Sorow thou & labour ô daughter of Sion as a woman in trauel: because now shalt thou goe out of the citie, and shalt dwel in the countrie, and shalt come euen to Babylon, there thou shalt be deliuered: there our Lord wil redeme thee out of the hand of thine enemies.Dole et satage, filia Sion, quasi parturiens, / quia nunc egredieris de civitate, / et habitabis in regione, / et venies usque ad Babylonem: / ibi liberaberis, / ibi redimet te Dominus de manu inimicorum tuorum. 11And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion.Ma adesso si non radunate contro di te molte genti, le quali dicono: Sia lapidata costei, e i nostri occhi veggano la rovina di Sion.And now manie nations are gathered together vpon thee, which say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye looke vpon Sion.Et nunc congregatæ sunt super te gentes multæ, quæ dicunt: / Lapidetur, et aspiciat in Sion oculus noster. 12But they have not known the thoughts of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the hay of the floor.Ma a costoro sono ignoti i disegni del Signore, e non conoscono i suoi consiglj, ed ei gli ha ragunati come nell'aia la paglia.But they haue not knowne the cogitations of our Lord, and haue not vnderstood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the haye of the floore.Ipsi autem non cognoverunt cogitationes Domini, / et non intellexerunt consilium ejus, / quia congregavit eos quasi fœnum areæ. 13Arise, and tread, O daughter of Sion: for I will make thy horn iron, and thy hoofs I will make brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples, and shalt immolate the spoils of them to the Lord, and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth.Sorgi, figliuola di Sion, e tribbia; perocché io darò a te corno di ferro, e unghie di bronzo; e tu stritolerai molte genti, e offerirai al Signore le loro rapine, e le loro sostanze al Signore di tutta la terra.Arise, and thresh ô daughter of Sion: because I wil make thy horne of yron, and thy hoofes I wil make of brasse: & thou shalt breake in peeces manie peoples, and shalt kil the spoiles of them to our Lord, and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth.Surge, et tritura, filia Sion, / quia cornu tuum ponam ferreum, / et ungulas tuas ponam æreas; / et comminues populos multos, / et interficies Domino rapinas eorum, / et fortitudinem eorum Domino universæ terræ.