1 Ai daqueles que, no seu leito, imaginam a iniquidade e maquinam o mal! À luz da alva, o praticam, porque o poder está em suas mãos. 2 Se cobiçam campos, os arrebatam; se casas, as tomam; assim, fazem violência a um homem e à sua casa, a uma pessoa e à sua herança. 3 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor: Eis que projeto mal contra esta família, do qual não tirareis a vossa cerviz; e não andareis altivamente, porque o tempo será mau. 4 Naquele dia, se criará contra vós outros um provérbio, se levantará pranto lastimoso e se dirá: Estamos inteiramente desolados! A porção do meu povo, Deus a troca! Como me despoja! Reparte os nossos campos aos rebeldes! 5 Portanto, não terás, na congregação do Senhor, quem, pela sorte, lançando o cordel, meça possessões.
6 Não babujeis, dizem eles. Não babujeis tais coisas, porque a desgraça não cairá sobre nós.
7 Tais coisas anunciadas não alcançarão a casa de Jacó. Está irritado o Espírito do Senhor? São estas as suas obras? Sim, as minhas palavras fazem o bem ao que anda retamente; 8 mas, há pouco, se levantou o meu povo como inimigo; além da roupa, roubais a capa àqueles que passam seguros, sem pensar em guerra. 9 Lançais fora as mulheres de meu povo do seu lar querido; dos filhinhos delas tirais a minha glória, para sempre. 10 Levantai-vos e ide-vos embora, porque não é lugar aqui de descanso; ide-vos por causa da imundícia que destrói, sim, que destrói dolorosamente. 11 Se houver alguém que, seguindo o vento da falsidade, mentindo, diga: Eu te profetizarei do vinho e da bebida forte, será este tal o profeta deste povo.
12 Certamente, te ajuntarei todo, ó Jacó; certamente, congregarei o restante de Israel; pô-los-ei todos juntos, como ovelhas no aprisco, como rebanho no meio do seu pasto; farão grande ruído, por causa da multidão dos homens. 13 Subirá diante deles o que abre caminho; eles romperão, entrarão pela porta e sairão por ela; e o seu Rei irá adiante deles; sim, o Senhor, à sua frente.
1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time. 4 In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields. 5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
6 Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart. 7 Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? 8 But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. 9 The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction. 11 If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. 13 The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
1 Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.
2 They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.
3 Therefore, the LORD says: "I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
4 In that day people will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.'"
5 Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
6 "Do not prophesy," their prophets say. "Do not prophesy about these things; disgrace will not overtake us."
7 You descendants of Jacob, should it be said, "Does the LORD become "impatient? Does he do such things?" "Do not my words do good to the one whose ways are upright?
8 Lately my people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off the rich robe from those who pass by without a care, like men returning from battle.
9 You drive the women of my people from their pleasant homes. You take away my blessing from their children forever.
10 Get up, go away! For this is not your resting place, because it is defiled, it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
11 If a liar and deceiver comes and says, 'I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,' that would be just the prophet for this people!
12 "I will surely gather all of you, Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasture; the place will throng with people.
13 The One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate and go out. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD at their head."