3 — Michea

1And I said: Hear, O ye princes of Jacob, and ye chiefs of the house of Israel: Is it not your part to know judgment,E io dissi: Ascoltate, o principi di Giacobbe, e voi caporioni della casa d'Israele: Non appartien' egli a voi il sapere quel, che è giusto?AND I sayd: Heare ye princes of Iacob, & ye dukes of the house of Israel: Why, is it not your part to know iudgement,Et dixi: Audite, princeps Jacob, / et duces domus Israël: / numquid non vestrum est scire judicium, 2You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them and their flesh from their bones?Or voi odiate il bene, e amate il male: voi strappate violentemente la pelle da dosso alla gente, e la carne di sopra le loro ossa.which hate good, and loue euil: which violently take away their skinnes from them, and their flesh from their bones?qui odio habetis bonum, et diligitis malum; / qui violenter tollitis pelles eorum desuper eis, / et carnem eorum desuper ossibus eorum; 3Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.Costoro si mangiano la carne del popol mio, e lo scorticano, e gli tribbiano le ossa, e lo fanno in pezzi come le carni da mettersi nella caldaia, o nella pignatta.Which haue eaten the flesh of my people, and haue stead their skinne from them: and haue broken, and cut their bones as in a kettle & as it were flesh in the middes of a potte.qui comederunt carnem populi mei, / et pellem eorum desuper excoriaverunt, / et ossa eorum confregerunt, / et conciderunt sicut in lebete, / et quasi carnem in medio ollæ ? 4Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices.Alzeranno un dì le strida al Signore, ed ei non li esaudirà, e ad essi nasconderà la sua faccia in quel tempo, come eglino hanno indegnamente operato secondo i loro capricci.shal they crie to our Lord, and he wil not heare them: and he wil hide his face from them at that time, as they haue done wickedly in their inuentions.Tunc clamabunt ad Dominum, et non exaudiet eos, / et abscondet faciem suam ab eis in tempore illo, / sicut nequiter egerunt in adinventionibus suis. 5Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something into their mouth, they prepare war against him.Queste cose dice il Signore contro i profeti, che seducono il mio popolo, i quali mordono co' loro denti, e predicano pace: e se uno non mette loro niente in bocca, gli muovono una guerra santa.Thus sayth our Lord vpon the prophets, that seduce my people: that bite with their teeth, nnd preach peace: and if a man geue not something in their mouth, they sanctifie battel vpon him. Therfore there shal be nigtHæc dicit Dominus super prophetas, / qui seducunt populum meum: / qui mordent dentibus suis, / et prædicant pacem; / et si quis non dederit in ore eorum quippiam, / sanctificant super eum prælium.

6Therefore night shall be to you instead of vision, and darkness to you instead of divination: and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be darkened over them.Per questo in cambio della visione avrete buio, e tenebre in vece di rivelazioni: il sole tramonterà per questi profeti, e il giorno si oscurerà per essi.to you for vision, and darkenes to you for diuination: and the sunne shal goe downe vpon the prophets, & the day shal be darkened ouer them.Propterea nox vobis pro visione erit, / et tenebræ vobis pro divinatione; / et occumbet sol super prophetas, / et obtenebrabitur super eos dies. 7And they shall be confounded that see visions, and the diviners shall be confounded: and they shall all cover their faces, because there is no answer of God.E saranno svergognati costoro, che vedon visioni, e saranno svergognati questi indovinatori; e si copriranno la faccia, perchè le loro risposte non sono di Dio.And they shal be confounded that see visions, and the diuiners shal be confounded: and al shal couer their faces, because there is no answer of God.Et confundentur qui vident visiones, / et confundentur divini; / et operient omnes vultos suos, / quia non est responsum Dei. 8But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord, with judgment and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin.Ma io sono stato ripieno dello spirito forte del Signore, di giustizia, e di costanza per annunziare a Giacobbe le sue scelleraggini, e a Israele il suo peccato.But yet I am replenished with the strenght of the spirit of our Lord, with iudgement, and power: to declare vnto Iacob his wickednes, and to Israel his sinne.Verumtamen ego repletus sum fortitudine spiritus Domini, / judicio, et virtute, / ut annuntiem Jacob scelus suum, / et Israël peccatum suum. 9Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment and pervert all that is right.Ascoltate queste cose, o principi della casa di Giacobbe, e voi giudici della casa d'Israele: voi, che avete in abbominazione la giustizia, e sovvertite ogni equità.Heare this ye princes of the house of Iacob, and ye iudges of the house of Israel: which abhorre iudgement, & peruert al right thinges.Audite hoc, principes domus Jacob, / et judices domus Israël, / qui abominamini judicium, / et omnia recta pervertitis: 10You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.Voi, che edificate Sionne col sangue, e Gerusalemme a forza d'iniquità.Which build Sion in bloud, and Ierusalem in iniquitie.qui ædificatis Sion in sanguinibus, / et Jerusalem in iniquitate.

11Her princes have judged for bribes: and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.I suoi principi giudicano in grazia de' regali, e i suoi sacerdoti predicano per guadagno, e i suoi profeti profetizzano per denaro, e si riposano nel Signore, e dicono: Non è egli il Signore in mezzo a noi? non verrà sopra di noi verun male.Her princes iudged for gifts, and her priests taught for wages, and her prophets diuined for money: & they rested vpon our Lord, saying: Why, is not our Lord in the middes of vs? euils shal not come vpon vs.Principes ejus in muneribus judicabant, / et sacerdotes ejus in mercede docebant, / et prophetæ ejus in pecunia divinabant: / et super Dominum requiescebant, dicentes: / Numquid non Dominus in medio nostrum ? / non venient super nos mala. 12Therefore because of you, Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a heap of stones, and the mountain of the temple as the high places of the forests.Per questo, per colpa vostra, Sionne sarà arata come un campo, e Gerusalemme sarà quasi una massa di pietre, e il monte del tempio quasi un altissima selva.For this, because of you, Sion shal be ploughed as a filde, and Ierusalem shal be as an heape of stones, and the mount of the temple as the high places of forests.Propter hoc, causa vestri, Sion quasi ager arabitur, / et Jerusalem quasi acervus lapidum erit, / et mons templi in excelsa silvarum.