| א שִׁמְעוּ-נָא, אֵת אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֹמֵר: קוּם רִיב אֶת-הֶהָרִים, וְתִשְׁמַעְנָה הַגְּבָעוֹת קוֹלֶךָ. | 1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. |
| ב שִׁמְעוּ הָרִים אֶת-רִיב יְהוָה, וְהָאֵתָנִים מוֹסְדֵי אָרֶץ: כִּי רִיב לַיהוָה עִם-עַמּוֹ, וְעִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל יִתְוַכָּח. | 2 Hear, O ye mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye enduring rocks, the foundations of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel. |
| ג עַמִּי מֶה-עָשִׂיתִי לְךָ, וּמָה הֶלְאֵתִיךָ: עֲנֵה בִי. | 3 O My people, what have I done unto thee? And wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me. |
| ד כִּי הֶעֱלִתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, וּמִבֵּית עֲבָדִים פְּדִיתִיךָ; וָאֶשְׁלַח לְפָנֶיךָ, אֶת-מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם. | 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. |
| ה עַמִּי, זְכָר-נָא מַה-יָּעַץ בָּלָק מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב, וּמֶה-עָנָה אֹתוֹ, בִּלְעָם בֶּן-בְּעוֹר--מִן-הַשִּׁטִּים, עַד-הַגִּלְגָּל, לְמַעַן, דַּעַת צִדְקוֹת יְהוָה. | 5 O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD. |
| ו בַּמָּה אֲקַדֵּם יְהוָה, אִכַּף לֵאלֹהֵי מָרוֹם; הַאֲקַדְּמֶנּוּ בְעוֹלוֹת, בַּעֲגָלִים בְּנֵי שָׁנָה. | 6 'Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old? |
| ז הֲיִרְצֶה יְהוָה בְּאַלְפֵי אֵילִים, בְּרִבְבוֹת נַחֲלֵי-שָׁמֶן; הַאֶתֵּן בְּכוֹרִי פִּשְׁעִי, פְּרִי בִטְנִי חַטַּאת נַפְשִׁי. | 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?' |
| ח הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם, מַה-טּוֹב; וּמָה-יְהוָה דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמְּךָ, כִּי אִם-עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד, וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת, עִם-אֱלֹהֶיךָ. {ס} | 8 It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the LORD doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. {S} |
| ט קוֹל יְהוָה לָעִיר יִקְרָא, וְתוּשִׁיָּה יִרְאֶה שְׁמֶךָ; שִׁמְעוּ מַטֶּה, וּמִי יְעָדָהּ. | 9 Hark! the LORD crieth unto the city--and it is wisdom to have regard for Thy name--hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. |
| י עוֹד, הַאִשׁ בֵּית רָשָׁע--אֹצְרוֹת, רֶשַׁע; וְאֵיפַת רָזוֹן, זְעוּמָה. | 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? |
| יא הַאֶזְכֶּה, בְּמֹאזְנֵי רֶשַׁע; וּבְכִיס, אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה. | 11 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?' |
| יב אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׁירֶיהָ מָלְאוּ חָמָס, וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ דִּבְּרוּ-שָׁקֶר; וּלְשׁוֹנָם, רְמִיָּה בְּפִיהֶם. | 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. |
| יג וְגַם-אֲנִי, הֶחֱלֵיתִי הַכּוֹתֶךָ--הַשְׁמֵם, עַל-חַטֹּאתֶךָ. | 13 Therefore I also do smite thee with a grievous wound; I do make thee desolate because of thy sins. |
| יד אַתָּה תֹאכַל וְלֹא תִשְׂבָּע, וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ בְּקִרְבֶּךָ; וְתַסֵּג וְלֹא תַפְלִיט, וַאֲשֶׁר תְּפַלֵּט לַחֶרֶב אֶתֵּן. | 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy sickness shall be in thine inward parts; and thou shalt conceive, but shalt not bring forth; and whomsoever thou bringest forth will I give up to the sword. |
| טו אַתָּה תִזְרַע, וְלֹא תִקְצוֹר; אַתָּה תִדְרֹךְ-זַיִת וְלֹא-תָסוּךְ שֶׁמֶן, וְתִירוֹשׁ וְלֹא תִשְׁתֶּה-יָּיִן. | 15 Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink wine. |
| טז וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּר חֻקּוֹת עָמְרִי, וְכֹל מַעֲשֵׂה בֵית-אַחְאָב, וַתֵּלְכוּ, בְּמֹעֲצוֹתָם--לְמַעַן תִּתִּי אֹתְךָ לְשַׁמָּה, וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ לִשְׁרֵקָה, וְחֶרְפַּת עַמִּי, תִּשָּׂאוּ. {פ} | 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee an astonishment, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of My people. {P} |