Michea 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et dixi: “ Audite, principes Iacob et duces domus Israel: Numquid non vestrum est scire iudicium? ”.	1 Then I said, 'Kindly listen, you leaders of the House of Jacob, you princes of the House of Israel. Surelyyou are the ones who ought to know what is right,
2 Sed odio habetis bonum et diligitis malum. Violenter tollitis pelles eorum desuper eos et carnem eorum desuper ossibus eorum.	2 and yet you hate what is good and love what is evil, skinning people alive, pul ing the flesh off theirbones,
3 Qui comedunt carnem populi mei et pellem eorum desuper excoriant; et ossa eorum confringunt et secant sicut carnem assam in lebete et quasi carnem in medio ollae.	3 eating my people's flesh, stripping off their skin, breaking up their bones, chopping them up smal likeflesh for the pot, like meat in the stew-pan?'
4 Tunc clamabunt ad Dominum, et non exaudiet eos et abscondet faciem suam ab eis in tempore illo, sicut pessima fecerunt opera sua.	4 Then they wil cal to Yahweh, but he wil not answer them. When the time comes he will hide his facefrom them because of the crimes they have committed.
5 Haec dicit Dominus super prophetas, qui seducunt populum meum, qui cum habent, quid mordeant dentibus suis, praedicant pacem; et, si quis non dederit in ore eorum quippiam, sanctificant super eum proelium.	5 Yahweh says this against the prophets who lead my people astray: So long as they have something toeat they cry 'Peace'. But on anyone who puts nothing into their mouths they declare war.
6 Propterea nox vobis sine visione erit, et tenebrae vobis sine divinatione; et occumbet sol super prophetas, et obtenebrabitur super eos dies.	6 And so, for you, night wil be without vision and for you the darkness without divination. The sun wil setfor the prophets, the daylight will go black above them.
7 Et confundentur videntes, et confundentur divini, et operient labia sua omnes, quia non est responsum Dei.	7 Then the seers wil be covered with shame, the diviners with confusion; they wil al put their hands overtheir mouths because there is no answer from God.
8 Verumtamen ego repletus sum fortitudine spiritus Domini, iudicio et virtute, ut annuntiem Iacob scelus suum et Israel peccatum suum.	8 Not so with me, I am ful of strength (ful of Yahweh's spirit), of the sense of right, of energy to accuseJacob of his crime and Israel of his sin.
9 Audite hoc, principes domus Iacob et iudices domus Israel, qui abominamini iudicium et omnia recta pervertitis,	9 Kindly listen to this, you leaders of the House of Jacob, you princes of the House of Israel, who detestjustice, wresting it from its honest course,
10 qui aedificatis Sion in sanguinibus et Ierusalem in iniquitate.	10 who build Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity!
11 Principes eius in muneribus iudicant, et sacerdotes eius in mercede docent, et prophetae eius in pecunia divinant; et super Dominum requiescunt dicentes: “ Numquid non Dominus in medio nostrum? Non venient super nos mala ”.	11 Her leaders give verdicts for presents, her priests take a fee for their rulings, her prophets divine formoney and yet they rely on Yahweh! 'Isn't Yahweh among us?' they say, 'No disaster is going to overtake us.'
12 Propter hoc causa vestri Sion quasi ager arabitur, et Ierusalem quasi acervus lapidum erit, et mons templi in excelsa silvarum.	12 That is why, thanks to you, Zion will become ploughland, Jerusalem a heap of rubble and the TempleMount a wooded height.