Micah 1

devar-Adonai asher hayah el-mikhah hammorashti bime yotam akhaz yekhizqiyyah malkhe yehudah asher-khazah al-shomeron virushalai͏m

The word of GOD that came to Micah the Morashtite, who prophesied concerning Samaria and Jerusalem in the reigns of Kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah.

shimu ammim kullam haqshivi erets umelo'ah vihi adonay Elohim bakhem le'ed adonay mehekhal qodsho

Listen, all you peoples, Give heed, O earth, and all it holds; And let the Sovereign GOD be your accuser— The Sovereign from the holy abode.

ki-hinneh Adonai yotse mimmeqomo veyarad vedarakh al-[bomote] (vmvty) arets

For lo! GOD Is coming forth from the heavenly dwelling-place— To come down and stride Upon the heights of the earth.

venamassu heharim takhtayw veha'amaqim yitbaqqa'u kaddonag mippene ha'esh kemayim muggarim bemorad

The mountains shall melt underfoot And the valleys burst open— Like wax before fire, Like water cascading down a slope.

befesha ya'aqov kol-zot uvekhattovt bet yisra'el mi-fesha ya'aqov halo shomeron umi bamot yehudah halo yerushalai͏m

All this is for the transgression of Jacob, And for the sins of the House of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob But Samaria, And what the shrines of Judah But Jerusalem?

vesamti shomeron le'i hassadeh lematta'e kharem vehiggarti laggay avaneha visodeha agalleh

So I will turn Samaria Into a ruin in open country, Into ground for planting vineyards; For I will tumble her stones into the valley And lay her foundations bare.

vekhol-pesileha yukkattu vekhol-etnanneha yissarefu va'esh vekhol-atsabbeha asim shemamah ki me'etnan zonah qibbatsah ve'ad-etnan zonah yashuvu

All her sculptured images shall be smashed, And all her prostitute’s wealth be burned, And I will make a waste heap of all her idols, For they were amassed from fees for prostitution, And they shall become prostitute’s fees again.

al-zot espedah ve'elilah elekhah (shyll) [sholal] ve'arom e'eseh misped kattannim ve'evel kivnot ya'anah

Because of this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked! I will lament as sadly as the jackals, As mournfully as the ostriches.

ki anushah makkoteha ki-va'ah ad-yehudah naga ad-sha'ar ammi ad-yerushalai͏m

For the nation’s wound is incurable, It has reached Judah, It has spread to the gate of my people, To Jerusalem.

begat al-taggidu bakho al-tivku bevet le'afrah afar (htflshty) [hitpallashi]

Tell it not in Gath, Refrain from weeping; In Beth-leaphrah, Strew dust over your [head].

ivri lakhem yoshevet shafir eryah-voshet lo yatse'ah yoshevet tsa'anan mispad bet ha'etsel yiqqakh mikkem emdato

Pass on, inhabitants of Shaphir! Did not the inhabitants of Zaanan Have to go forth naked in shame? There is lamentation in Beth-ezel— It will withdraw its support from you.

ki-khalah letov yoshevet marot ki-yarad ra me'et Adonai lesha'ar yerushalai͏m

Though the inhabitants of Maroth Hoped for good, Yet disaster from GOD descended Upon the gate of Jerusalem.

retom hammerkavah larekhesh yoshevet lakhish reshit khattat hi levat-tsiyyon ki-vakh nimtse'u pishe yisra'el

Hitch the steeds to the chariot, Inhabitant of Lachish! It is the beginning Of Fair Zion’s guilt; Israel’s transgressions Can be traced to you!

lakhen titteni shillukhim al moreshet gat batte akhziv le'akhzav lemalkhe yisra'el

Truly, you must give a farewell gift To Moresheth-gath. The houses of Achzib are To the kings of Israel Like a spring that fails.

od hayyoresh avi lakh yoshevet mareshah ad-adullam yavo kevod yisra'el

A dispossessor will I bring to you Who dwell in Mareshah; At Adullam the glory Of Israel shall set.

qorkhi vagozzi al-bene ta'anugayikh harkhivi qorkhatekh kannesher ki galu mimmekh

Shear off your hair and make yourself bald For the children you once delighted in; Make yourself as bald as a vulture, For they have been banished from you.