2 — Michea

1Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.Guai a voi, che pensate alle inutilità, e ne' vostri letti divisate cose malvagie: e le eseguiscono costoro alla luce del mattino, perchè si son fatti contro Dio.VVO TO you which thinke that is vnpofitable, and worke euil in your beds: in the morning light they doe it, because their hand is against God.Væ qui cogitatis inutile, / et operamini malum in cubilibus vestris ! / In luce matutina faciunt illud, / quoniam contra Deum est manus eorum. 2And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.E desiderarono i poderi, e se gli usurparono con violenza, e invasero le case; e calunniarono questo per aver la sua casa, e quell'altro per le sue possessioni.And they haue couered fildes, and violently taken, and houses forcibly taken away: and oppressed the man and his house, the man and his inheritance.Et concupierunt agros, et violenter tulerunt: / et rapuerunt domos, / et calumniabantur virum, et domum ejus: / virum, et hæreditatem ejus. 3Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I devise an evil against this family: from which you shall not withdraw your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for this is a very evil time.Per questo così dice il Signore: Ecco, che io penso a mandare sciagure sopra questa famiglia, dalle quali voi non potrete sottrarvi, e non camminerete più altieri, perchè quel tempo è cattivissimo.Therfore thus saith our Lord: Behold I purpose euil vpon this familie: whence you shal not take away your neckes, and you shal not walke prowd, because it is a very euil time.Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus: / Ecce ego cogito super familiam istam malum, / unde non auferetis colla vestra, / et non ambulabitis superbi: / quoniam tempus pessimum est. 4In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall be sung with melody by them that say: We are laid waste and spoiled: the portion of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas he is returning that will divide our land?In quel giorno sarà composta sopra di voi una parabola, e si canterà questa flebile canzona, e dirassi; Noi siamo stati saccheggiati, e desolati: il retaggio del popol mio ha cangiato di (padrone): come si ritirerà colui da me, mentre ritorna, che dividerà i nostri terreni?In that day a parable shal be taken vp vpon you, and a songue shal be sung with sweetnes, of them that say: With depopulation we are wasted: part of my people is changed: how shal he depart from me, wheras he returneth, that wil diuide our regions?In die illa sumetur super vos parabola, / et cantabitur canticum cum suavitate, dicentium: / Depopulatione vastati sumus; / pars populi mei commutata est: / quomodo recedet a me, cum revertatur, / qui regiones nostras dividat ?

5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.Per questo tu non avrai chi misuri colla corda le porzioni alla adunanza del Signore.For this cause thou shalt haue none casting the cord of lot in the assemblie of our Lord.Propter hoc non erit tibi mittens funiculum sortis in cœtu Domini. 6Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not take them.Non istate a far tante parole: elle non cadranno sopra costoro, né vergogna li prenderà.Speake ye not speaking: It shal not droppe vpon these, confusion shal not apprehend them.Ne loquamini loquentes; / non stillabit super istos, non comprehendet confusio. 7The house of Jacob saith: Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened or are these his thoughts? Are not my words good to him that walketh uprightly?La casa di Giacobbe va' dicendo: È egli forse abbreviato lo spirito del Signore, o son eglino tali i suoi pensieri? Ma non parlo io con benignità a quelli, che camminano nella rettitudine?The house of Iacob saith: Way is the spirit of our Lord abridged, or are his cogitations such? Are not my wordes good with him that walketh rightly?Dicit domus Jacob: / Numquid abbreviatus est spiritus Domini, / aut tales sunt cogitationes ejus ? / nonne verba mea bona sunt cum eo qui recte graditur ? 8But my people, on the contrary, are risen up as an enemy: you have taken away the cloak off from the coat: and them that passed harmless you have turned to war.Ma per il contrario il mio popolo ha alzata bandiera di nemico: voi avete rubato e tonaca, e mantello; e quelli, che passavano senza far male, gli avete costretti a far guerra.And on the contrarie my people is risen vp as an aduersarie: from aboue the cote you haue taken away the cloke: & them that passed simply, you turned into battel.et e contrario populus meus in adversarium consurrexit. / Desuper tunica pallium sustulistis: / et eos qui transibant simpliciter convertistis in bellum. 9You have cast out the women of my people from their houses, in which they took delight: you have taken my praise forever from their children.Le donne del popol mio discacciaste dalle case, dove viveano contente: e a' loro pargoletti chiudeste la bocca perchè non mi lodasser mai più.The wemen of my people you haue cast out of the house of their delicacies: from their litle ones you haue taken my praise for euer.Mulieres populi mei ejecistis de domo deliciarum suarum; / a parvulis earum tulistis laudem meam in perpetuum. 10Arise ye, and depart, for there is no rest here for you. For that uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous corruption.Alzatevi, e partite; perocché non è qui vostra requie: perchè questa terra è renduta immonda, e corrotta da orrenda putredine.Arise, and goe, because you haue no rest here. For the vncleannes therof it shal be corrupted with a sore putrefaction.Surgite, et ite, quia non habetis hic requiem: / propter immunditiam ejus corrumpetur putredine pessima.

11Would God I were not a man that hath the spirit, and that I rather spoke a lie: I will let drop to thee of wine, and of drunkenness: and it shall be this people upon whom it shall drop.Fossi io un uomo, che non avessi lo spirito, e piuttosto dicessi io la bugia. Io verserò a te vino, ed ebbrezza: e questo vino su questo stesso popolo si verserà.Would God I were not a man hauing the spirit, and that I did rather speake a lie: I wil distil to thee into wine, and into drunkennes: and it shal be this people vpon whom it is distilled.Utinam non essem vir habens spiritum, / et mendacium potius loquerer ! / Stillabo tibi in vinum et in ebrietatem; / et erit super quem stillatur populus iste. 12I will assemble and gather together all of thee, O Jacob: I will bring together the remnant of Israel, I will put them together as a flock in the fold, as sheep in the midst of the sheepcotes, they shall make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men.Io ti ragunerò tutto insieme, o Giacobbe; rimetterò insieme le reliquie d'Israele, lo porrò come in un ovile, come un branco di pecore, nell'ovile la moltitudine della gente cagionerà del tumulto;Gathering I wil gather thee wholly together ô Iacob: I wil bring together the remnant of Israel into one, I wil put them together as a flocke in the fold, as cattel in the middes of sheepcotes, they shal make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men.Congregatione congregabo, Jacob, totum te; / in unum conducam reliquias Israël: / pariter ponam illum quasi gregem in ovili, / quasi pecus in medio caularum: / tumultuabuntur a multitudine hominum. 13For he shall go up that shall open the way before them: they shall divide and pass through the gate, and shall come in by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord at the head of them.Imperocché anderà innanzi a loro colui, che apre la strada, sforzeranno la porta, e le passeranno, ed entreranno dentro; e il loro re passerà davanti a loro, e il Signore alla testa di essi.For he shal ascend opening the way before them: they shal diuide, and passe through the gate, and shal enter by it: and their king shal passe before them, and our Lord in the head of them.Ascendet enim pandens iter ante eos: / divident, et transibunt portam, / et ingredientur per eam: / et transibit rex eorum coram eis, / et Dominus in capite eorum.