Micah 6
1Hear ye now what Hashem saith: 1 Arise, contend thou before heharim (the mountains), 1 and let the hills hear thy voice. 1
2Hear ye, O harim (mountains), the riv Hashem (dispute, case, lawsuit of Hashem ); 1 listen, ye enduring mosedei eretz (foundations of the earth); 1 for Hashem hath a case against His people, 1 and He will contend with Yisroel. 1
3O Ami (My people), what have I done unto thee? 1 And wherein have I been a burden to thee? 1 Testify against Me. 1
4For I brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim, 1 and redeemed thee out of the bais avadim (house of slaves); 1 and sent before thee Moshe, Aharon, and Miryam. 1
5O Ami (My people), remember now 1 what Balak Melech Moav did plot, 1 and what Balaam ben Be'or answered him 1 from Sheetim to Gilgal; + 6:5 See Josh 3—4 1 that ye may have da'as of the tzidkot (righteous acts of) Hashem. 1
6With what shall I come before Hashem, 1 and bow myself before Elohei Marom (G-d on High)? 1 Shall I come before Him with olot (burnt offerings), 1 with calves a year old? 1
7Will Hashem be pleased with thousands of eilim (rams), 1 or with ten thousand rivers of shemen (olive oil)? 1 Shall I give my bechor (firstborn) for my peysha, 1 the p'ri (fruit) of my beten for the chattat (sin) of my nefesh? 1
8He hath showed thee, O adam (man), what is tov. 1 And what doth Hashem require of thee, 1 but to do mishpat, and ahavat chesed, 1 and to walk humbly with Eloheicha? 1
9Hashemʼs voice crieth unto the ir (city): 1 To fear Thy Shem (Name) is wisdom; 1 heed the rod and the One who appointed it. 1
10Are there yet the otzerot (treasures) of wickedness 1 in the bais rasha (the house of the wicked), 1 and the scant measure, the too small eifah (bushel) which is accursed? 1
11Shall I acquit the one with dishonest scales, 1 and with the bag of mirmah (deceitful) weights? + 6:11 T.N. see Moshiach without mirmah, Isa 53:9 1
12For the oisher (the wealthy) thereof are full of chamas (violence), + 6:12 See Moshiach without chamas, Isa 53:9 1 and the inhabitants thereof have spoken sheker, 1 and their leshon (tongue) is remiyah (guile) in their mouth. 1
13Therefore also will I make thee sick in striking thee, 1 in making thee desolate because of chattotecha. 1
14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; 1 and thy emptiness remains in thee; 1 and thou shalt put away but not save; 1 and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the cherev (sword). 1
15Thou shalt sow the zera, but thou shalt not reap the katzir (harvest); 1 thou shalt tread the zayit (olives), but thou shalt not anoint thee with shemen (olive oil); 1 and yayin shalt thou not drink. 1
16For the chukkot Omri (statutes of Omri) are kept, 1 and kol ma'aseh Bais Ach'av (all the works of the House of Ahab); 1 and ye walk in their mo'atzot (advise, counsel); 1 therefore, I should make thee a desolation, 1 and the inhabitants thereof an object of hissing; 1 therefore ye shall bear the cherpah (scorn, abuse, disgrace) of Ami (My people).