Micah 6

shimu-na et asher-Adonai omer qum riv et-heharim vetishmanah haggeva'ot qolekha

Hear what GOD is saying: Come, present [My] case before the mountains, And let the hills hear you pleading.

shimu harim et-riv Adonai veha'etanim mosede arets ki riv la-Adonai im-ammo ve'im-yisra'el yitvakkakh

Hear, you mountains, GOD’s case— You firm foundations of the earth! For GOD has a case against this covenanted people— A suit against Israel.

ammi meh-asiti lekha umah heletikha aneh vi

“My people! What wrong have I done you? What hardship have I caused you? Testify against Me.

ki he'elitikha me'erets mitsrayim umibbet avadim peditikha va'eshlakh lefanekha et-mosheh aharon umiryam

In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house of bondage, And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

ammi zekhor-na mah-yya'ats balaq melekh mo'av umeh-anah oto bilam ben-be'or min-hashittim ad-haggilgal lema'an da'at tsidqot Adonai

“My people, Remember what Balak king of Moab Plotted against you, And how Balaam son of Beor Responded to him. [Recall your passage] From Shittim to Gilgal— And you will recognize GOD’s gracious acts.”

bammah aqaddem Adonai ikkaf lelohe marom ha'aqaddemennu ve'olot ba'agalim bene shanah

With what shall I approach GOD, Do homage to God on high? Shall I approach with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?

hayirtseh Adonai be'alfe elim berivvot nakhale-shamen ha'etten bekhori pishi peri vitni khattat nafshi

Would GOD be pleased with thousands of rams, With myriads of streams of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for my sins?

higgid lekha adam mah-ttov umah-Adonai doresh mimmekha ki im-asot mishpat ve'ahavat khesed vehatsnea lekhet im-elohekha

“You have been told, O mortal, what is good, And what GOD requires of you: Only to do justice And to love goodness, And to walk modestly with your God;

qol Adonai la'ir yiqra vetushiyyah yireh shemekha shimu matteh umi ye'adah

Then will your name achieve wisdom.” Hark! GOD Summons the city: Hear, O scepter; For who can direct her

od ha'ish bet rasha otserot resha ve'efat razon ze'umah

but you? Will I overlook, in houses of the wicked, The granaries of wickedness And the accursed short ephah?

ha'ezkeh bemozene resha uvekhis avne mirmah

Shall they be acquitted despite wicked balances And a bag of fraudulent weights?—

asher ashireha male'u khamas veyosheveha dibberu-shaqer uleshonam remiyyah befihem

Whose wealthy are full of lawlessness, And whose inhabitants speak treachery, With tongues of deceit in their mouths.

vegam-ani hekheleti hakkotekha hashmem al-khattotekha

I, in turn, have beaten you sore, Have stunned [you] for your sins:

attah tokhal velo tisba veyeshkhakha beqirbekha vetasseg velo taflit va'asher tefallet lakherev etten

You have been eating without getting your fill, And there is a gnawing at your vitals; You have been conceiving without bearing young, And what you bore I would deliver to the sword.

attah tizra velo tiqtsor attah tidrokh-zayit velo-tasukh shemen vetirosh velo tishteh-yyayin

You have been sowing, but have nothing to reap; You have trod olives, but have no oil for rubbing, And grapes but have no wine to drink.

veyishtammer khuqqot omri vekhol ma'aseh vet-akhav vattelekhu bemo'atsotam lema'an titti otekha leshammah veyosheveha lishreqah vekherpat ammi tissa'u

Yet you have kept the laws of Omri, And all the practices of the House of Ahab, And have followed what they devised. Therefore I will make you an object of horror And the city’s inhabitants an object of hissing; And you shall bear the mockery of peoples.