7 — Michea

1Woe is me, for I am become as one that gleaneth in autumn the grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, my soul desired the first ripe figs.Guai a me, che son divenuto come colui, che in autunno cerca di raspollare dopo la vendemmia: non v'è un gradinolo da mangiare: ha desiderato l'anima mia de' fichi primaticci.VVO is me, because I am become as he that gathereth in autumne the clusters of vintage: there is no cluster to eate, timely ripe figges my soule hath desired.Væ mihi, quia factus sum sicut qui colligit in autumno racemos vindemia ! / non est botrus ad comedendum, / præcoquas ficus desideravit anima mea. 2The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death.Non v'ha più un santo sopra la terra, e non havvi un giusto tra gli uomini: tutti tendono insidie alla vita altrui; il fratello va a caccia del fratello per ammazzarlo.The holie is perished out of the earth, & there is none righteous among men: al lie in wayte for bloud, euerie one hunteth his brother to death.Periit sanctus de terra, / et rectus in hominibus non est: / omnes in sanguine insidiantur; / vir fratrem suum ad mortem venatur. 3The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it.Il male delle loro mani lo chiamano un bene. Il principe domanda, e il giudice rende il suo debito. Il grande manifesta il desiderio dell'anima sua: hanno messa in iscompiglio la terra.The euil of their handes they cal good the prince requireth, and the iudge is in rendring: and the great man hath spoken the desire of his soule, and they haue trubled it.Malum manuum suarum dicunt bonum: / princeps postulat, et judex in reddendo est; / et magnus locutus est desiderium animæ suæ, / et conturbaverunt eam. 4He that is best among them, is as a brier, and he that is righteous, as the thorn of the hedge. The day of thy inspection, thy visitation cometh: now shall be their destruction.Il migliore di costoro è come un paliuro; e il più giusto è come la spina delle siepi. È venuta la giornata di tue sentinelle, e la tua visita: adesso quelli saranno spersi.He that is left among them, is as a brier: and he that is righteous, as the thorne of the hedge. The day of thy speculation, thy visitation cometh: now shal be the destruction of them.Qui optimus in eis est, quasi paliurus, / et qui rectus, quasi spina de sepe. / Dies speculationis tuæ, visitatio tua venit: / nunc erit vastitas eorum. 5Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.Non credete all'amico, e non vi fidate di chi governa: tieni chiusa la tua bocca con quella, che dorme con te.Beleue not a frend, and trust not in prince: from her that fleepeth in thy bosome, keepe the closures of thy mouth.Nolite credere amico, / et nolite confidere in duce: / ab ea quæ dormit in sinu tuo custodi claustra oris tui.

6For the son dishonoureth the father, and the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law: and a man’s enemies are they of his own household.Perocché il figliuolo fa oltraggio al padre, e la figliuola si ribella contro la madre, la nuora contro la suocera: nemici dell'uomo sono quelli di sua famiglia.Because the sonne doth contumelie to the father, & the daughter ryseth agaynst her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law: & a mans enemies they of his owne houshold.Quia filius contumeliam facit patri, / et filia consurgit adversus matrem suam: / nurus adversus socrum suam, / et inimici hominis domestici ejus. 7But I will look towards the Lord, I will wait for God, my saviour: my God will hear me.Ma io volgerò il mio sguardo al Signore: aspetterò Dio mio Salvatore: mi ascolterà il mio Dio.But I wil looke towards our Lord, I wil expect God my sauiour: my God wil heare me.Ego autem ad Dominum aspiciam; / exspectabo Deum, salvatorem meum: / audiet me Deus meus. 8Rejoice not, thou my enemy, over me, because I am fallen: I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.Non rallegrarti di mia caduta, o mia nemica: io mi rialzerò, e mentre sarò nelle tenebre, il Signore è mia luce.Reioyce not thou mine enemie ouer me, because I am fallen: I shal arise, when I haue sitte in darkenes, our Lord is my light.Ne læteris, inimica mea, super me, quia cecidi: / consurgam cum sedero in tenebris: / Dominus lux mea est. 9I will bear the wrath of the Lord, because I have sinned against him: until he judge my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth into the light, I shall behold his justice.Porterò l'ira del Signore, perchè ho peccato contro di lui, fino a tanto ch'egli giudichi la causa mia, e sentenzi in mio favore: egli mi ritornerà in luce, e io vedrò la mia giustizia.I wil beare the wrath of our Lord, because I haue sinned to him: vntil he iudge my iudgement: he wil bring me forth into the light, I shal see his iustice.Iram Domini portabo, / quoniam peccavi ei, / donec causam meam judicet, / et faciat judicium meum. / Educet me in lucem: / videbo justitiam ejus. 10And my enemy shall behold, and she shall be covered with shame, who saith to me: Where is the Lord thy God? my eyes shall look down upon her: now shall she be trodden under foot as the mire of the streets.E vedrà ciò la mia nemica, e sarà coperta di confusione, ella, che dice a me: Dov'è il Signore Dio tuo? Io la guarderò d'alto in basso: ella adesso sarà conculcata come il fango delle piazze.And mine enemie shal behold, and she shal be couered with confusion, which sayth to me, where is the Lord thy God? Mine eyes shal looke on her: now shal she be into conculcation as the myre of the streetes.Et aspiciet inimica mea, / et operietur confusione, / quæ dicit ad me: Ubi est Dominus Deus tuus ? / Oculi mei videbunt in eam: / nunc erit in conculcationem ut lutum platearum.

11The day shall come, that thy walls may be built up: in that day shall the law be far removed.Il giorno, in cui saran ristorate le tue rovine, in quel giorno anderà lungi la tirannia.The day that thy walles may be builded vp: in that day shal the law be made far of.Dies, ut ædificentur maceriæ tuæ; / in die illa longe fiet lex. 12In that day they shall come even from Assyria to thee, and to the fortified cities: and from the fortified cities even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.In quel giorno verranno dall'Assiria fino a te, e fino alle città forti: e dalle città forti fino al fiume, e dall'un mare fino all'altro, e dal monte fino all'altro monte.In that day and Assur shal come euen to thee, & euen to the fensed cities, and from the fensed cities euen to the riuer, and to sea from sea, and to mountaine from mountaine.In die illa et usque ad te veniet de Assur, / et usque ad civitates munitas, / et a civitatibus munitis usque ad flumen, / et ad mare de mari, / et ad montem de monte. 13And the land shall be made desolate because of the inhabitants thereof, and for the fruit of their devices.E quella terra sarà desolata per colpa de' suoi abitatori, e per frutto de' loro pravi pensieriAnd the land shal be into desolation for the inhabitants therof, and for the fruite of their cogitations.Et terra erit in desolationem propter habitatores suos, / et propter fructum cogitationum eorum. 14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in Basan and Galaad, according to the days of old.Governa in mezzo al Carmelo col la tua verga il tuo popolo, il gregge di tuo retaggio, che solingo abita nella foresta: pascoleranno in Basan, e in Galaad come ne' giorni antichi.Feede thy people with thy e rod, the flocke of thine inheritance, them that dwel alone in in the forest, in the middes of Carmel: they shal feede vpon Basan and Galaad according to the dayes of old.Pasce populum tuum in virga tua, / gregem hæreditatis tuæ, habitantes solos, in saltu, in medio Carmeli. / Pascentur Basan et Galaad juxta dies antiquos. 15According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt, I will shew him wonders.Io farogli veder prodigj, come nel tempo di loro uscita dalla terra d'Egitto.According to the dayes of thy coming forth out of the Land of Aegypt I wil shew him meruels.Secundum dies egressionis tuæ de terra Ægypti, / ostendam ei mirabilia.

16The nations shall see, and shall be confounded at all their strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be deaf.Ciò vedranno le genti, e saran confuse con tutta la lor possanza; si metteranno il dito alla bocca, e diverranno sorde le loro orecchie.The nations shal see, and shal be confounded vpon al their strength: they shal put the hand vpon the mouth, their eares shal be deafe.Videbunt gentes, / et confundentur super omni fortitudine sua. / Ponent manum super os, / aures eorum surdæ erunt. 17They shall lick the dust like serpents, as the creeping things of the earth, they shall be disturbed in their houses: they shall dread the Lord, our God, and shall fear thee.Leccheranno la terra come le serpi, e quasi insetti della terra saranno sbigottite nelle lor case: temeranno il Signore Dio nostro, e avran paura di te.They shal lieke dust as serpents, as the creeping beasts of the earth, they shal be trubled in their houses: the Lord our God they shal dreade, and shal feare thee.Lingent pulverem sicut serpentes; / velut reptilia terræ perturbabuntur in ædibus suis. / Dominum Deum nostrum formidabunt, / et timebunt te. 18Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.Chi, o Dio, è simile a te, che togli l'iniquità, e passi sopra il peccato delle reliquie di tua eredità? Egli non darà più libero il corso al suo furore, perché è amante della misericordia.What God is like to thee, which takest away iniquitie, and passest ouer the sinne of the remnant of thine inheritance? he wil send his furie in no more, because he is willing mercie.Quis, Deus, similis tui, / qui aufers iniquitatem, / et transis peccatum reliquiarum hæreditatis tuæ ? / Non immittet ultra furorem suum, / quoniam volens misericordiam est. 19He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.Egli si volgerà a noi, e avrà pietà: seppellirà le nostre iniquità, e getterà tutti i nostri peccati nel profondo del mare.He wil returne, and wil haue mercie on vs: he wil lay away our iniquities: and he wil cast al our sinnes into the botome of the sea.Revertetur, et miserebitur nostri; / deponet iniquitates nostras, / et projiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra. 20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, the mercy to Abraham: which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.Tu ti mostrerai verace a Giacobbe, misericordioso ad Abramo, come giurasti a' padri nostri ab antico.Thou wilt geue truth to Iacob, mercie to Abraham: which thou hast sworne to our fathers from the dayes of old.Dabis veritatem Jacob, / misericordiam Abraham, / quæ jurasti patribus nostris a diebus antiquis.