Michaeas 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Et dixi: “ Audite, principes Iacob et duces domus Israel: Numquid non vestrum est scire iudicium? ”.	1 And I said: Hear, you leaders of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not your duty 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 you who hate what is good, and love evil? You who tear their skin from them, and their flesh from their bones!
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 They eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from them, and break their bones. They chop them in pieces like flesh in a kettle, and like meat in a caldron.
4 Tunc clamabunt ad Dominum, et non exaudiet eos et abscondet faciem suam ab eis in tempore illo, sicut pessima fecerunt opera sua.	4 When they cry to the LORD, he shall not answer them; Rather shall he hide his face from them at that time, because of the evil they have done.
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 Thus says the LORD regarding the prophets who lead my people astray; Who, when their teeth have something to bite, announce peace, But when one fails to put something in their mouth, proclaim war against him.
6 Propterea nox vobis sine visione erit, et tenebrae vobis sine divinatione; et occumbet sol super prophetas, et obtenebrabitur super eos dies.	6 Therefore you shall have night, not vision, darkness, not divination; The sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be dark for them.
7 Et confundentur videntes, et confundentur divini, et operient labia sua omnes, quia non est responsum Dei.	7 Then shall the seers be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; They shall cover their lips, all of them, 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 But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of the LORD, with authority and with might; To declare to Jacob his crimes and to Israel his sins.
9 Audite hoc, principes domus Iacob et iudices domus Israel, qui abominamini iudicium et omnia recta pervertitis,	9 Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel! You who abhor what is just, and pervert all that is right;
10 qui aedificatis Sion in sanguinibus et Ierusalem in iniquitate.	10 Who build up Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness!
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 render judgment for a bribe, her priests give decisions for a salary, her prophets divine for money, While they rely on the LORD, saying, "Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!"
12 Propter hoc causa vestri Sion quasi ager arabitur, et Ierusalem quasi acervus lapidum erit, et mons templi in excelsa silvarum.	12 Therefore, because of you, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem reduced to rubble, And the mount of the temple to a forest ridge.