1Listen to what the Lord says: “Stand up, plead my case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say.
2“Hear, you mountains, the Lord’s accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against his people; he is lodging a charge against Israel.
3“My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me. 4I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam. 5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab plotted and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.”
6With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly⚓ with your God.
Israel’s Guilt and Punishment
9Listen! The Lord is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— “Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.⚓ 10Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah,⚓ which is accursed? 11Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights? 12Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully. 13Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin⚓ you because of your sins. 14You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty.⚓ You will store up but save nothing, because what you save⚓ I will give to the sword. 15You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine. 16You have observed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their traditions. Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your people to derision; you will bear the scorn of the nations.⚓ ”
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Tus TSWV Ua Plaub rau Cov Yixalayees
1Nej cia li mloog tus TSWV rooj plaub uas nrog cov Yixalayees sib hais. Tus TSWV, cia li sawv thiab hais koj rooj plaub; thov cia tej toj roob hauv pes nrog ua timkhawv hnov koj tej lus. 2Tej roob thiab tej hauvpaus cag uas tuav lub ntiajteb nyob mus ibtxhis, nej cia li ua tib zoo mloog tus TSWV rooj plaub! Tus TSWV tau kom ib rooj plaub nrog nws haivneeg. Nws tabtom ua plaub rau cov Yixalayees. 3Tus TSWV hais tias, “Kuv haivneeg, kuv tau ua li cas rau nej? Kuv tau ua rau nej nyuaj siab los? Nej cia li teb kuv! 4Kuv tau coj nej tawm nram tebchaws Iziv los; kuv tau tso nej dim ntawm txojkev ua luag qhev; kuv txib Mauxes, Aloos thiab Milias ua cov coj nej. 5Kuv haivneeg, nco ntsoov tej uas cov Mau-am tus Vajntxwv Npalaj tuav tswvyim ua phem rau nej thiab tej uas Npe-aus tus tub Npala-as tau teb rau Npalaj ntawd. Nco ntsoov tej xwmtxheej uas thaum nej tabtom tawm hauv lub yeej ntawm Akaxias los rau ntawm Nkilenkas. Nco ntsoov tej no, nej thiaj yuav paub tej uas kuv tau pab nej dim ua ntu zus los.”
Yam Uas Tus TSWV Xav Kom Neeg Ua
6Thaum kuv mus pehawm tus TSWV uas yog Vajtswv tus uas kav saum qaum ntuj, kuv yuav coj dabtsi mus rau nws? Kuv yuav coj tej menyuam nyuj uas zoo tshaj plaws mus tua hlawv ua khoom fij rau nws los? 7Tus TSWV puas yuav txaus siab, yog hais tias kuv coj ib txhiab tus yaj lossis tej roj txiv ntoo uas txhawv li tus dej tsis tu mus rau nws? Puas yog kuv yuav tau muab kuv tus tub hlob mus tua ua khoom fij rau tus TSWV thiaj theej tau kuv lub txhoj? 8Yeej tsis tau hlo li, tus TSWV twb qhia yam zoo rau peb lawm. Tej uas nws xav kom peb ua yog li no: ua lub siab ncaj, cog kev sib hlub kom ruaj khov, thiab ua lub neej txo hwjchim nrog peb tus Vajtswv sib raug zoo. 9Tus uas hwm tus TSWV thiaj yog tus muaj tswvyim. Tus TSWV hais rau cov neeg uas nyob hauv nroog hais tias, “Nej cov uas tuaj sib sau rau hauv nroog, nej cia li ua tib zoo mloog! 10Hauv cov neeg ua phem tej tsev puv nkaus tej khoom uas lawv mus dag tau los. Lawv muab rab teev tsis txwm luj ntxo luag tug noj; kuv ntxub tej ntawd kawg li. 11Kuv yuav ua li cas thiaj zam txim tau rau cov neeg uas muab rab teev tsis txwm coj los luj ntxo luag tug ntawd? 12Nej cov neeg uas muaj txiag npluanuj, nej nrhiav nrhw huab cov neeg txomnyem tug los rau nej yuav, thiab nej txhua tus puavleej yog neeg dag xwb. 13Yog li ntawd, kuv twb pib ua kom nej raug puastsuaj, vim tej uas nej ua txhaum ntawd lawm. 14Nej yuav tau noj tiamsis tsis tsau plab, nej tseem tshaib nqhis. Nej yuav nqa ntau yam mus, tiamsis nej yuav txuag tsis tau tej ntawd cia; txhua yam uas nej khaws cia kuv yuav muab ua kom puastsuaj tas rau hauv tshavrog. 15Nej tseb noob nplej, tiamsis nej yuav tsis muaj qoobloo sau. Nej tsuam txiv ntoo roj, tiamsis nej yuav tsis muaj roj siv. Nej tsuam cawv txiv hmab, tiamsis nej yuav tsis muaj cawv haus. 16Tej no yuav tshwmsim tuaj, vim nej tau ua phem raws nraim li Vajntxwv Aumelis thiab nws tus tub uas yog Vajntxwv Ahaj ua. Nej xyaum ua raws li nkawd ua, yog li ntawd kuv yuav ua kom nej raug kev puastsuaj thiab luag yuav thuam nej. Tej neeg uas nyob txhua qhov yuav saib tsis taus nej.”