Mika 1
1 Yehova anayankhula ndi Mika wa ku Moreseti pa nthawi ya ulamuliro wa Yotamu, Ahazi ndi Hezekiya, mafumu a ku Yuda. Awa ndi masomphenya amene iye anaona onena za Samariya ndi Yerusalemu.
A word of YHWH that has been to Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he has seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:
2 Tamverani, inu anthu a mitundu yonse, mvetsera iwe dziko lapansi ndi okhala mʼmenemo, pakuti Ambuye Yehova achitira umboni wokutsutsani, Ambuye akuyankhula ali mʼnyumba yake yopatulika.
Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fullness, And Lord YHWH is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple.
3 Taonani! Yehova akubwera kuchokera ku malo ake; Iye akutsika ndipo akuponda pa malo okwera a dziko lapansi.
For behold, YHWH is going out from His place, And He has come down, And has trodden on high places of earth.
4 Mapiri akusungunuka pansi pake, ndipo zigwa zikugawikana ngati phula pa moto, ngati madzi ochokera mʼphiri.
The mountains have been melted under Him, And the valleys split themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.
5 Zonsezi ndi chifukwa cha cholakwa cha Yakobo, chifukwa cha machimo a nyumba ya Israeli. Kodi cholakwa cha Yakobo nʼchiyani? Kodi si Samariya? Kodi malo achipembedzo a Yuda ndi ati? Kodi si Yerusalemu?
For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, And for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
6 “Choncho Ine ndidzasandutsa Samariya kukhala bwinja, malo odzalamo mphesa. Miyala yake ndidzayitaya ku chigwa ndipo ndidzafukula maziko ake.
“And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.
7 Mafano ake onse ndidzawaphwanyaphwanya; mphatso zake zonse ndidzazitentha ndi moto; ndidzawononga zifanizo zonse za milungu yake. Popeza analandira mphatso zake kuchokera ku malipiro a akazi achiwerewere, mphatsozonso zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ena ngati malipiro a akazi achiwerewere.”
And all her carved images are beaten down, And all her wages are burned with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For from the wage of a harlot she gathered, and to the wage of a harlot they return.”
8 Chifukwa cha zimenezi ine ndidzalira momvetsa chisoni; ndidzayenda wopanda nsapato ndi wamaliseche. Ndidzafuwula ngati nkhandwe ndi kulira ngati kadzidzi.
For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.
9 Pakuti chilonda cha Samariya nʼchosachizika; chafika ku Yuda. Chafika pa chipata chenicheni cha anthu anga, mpaka mu Yerusalemu mwenimwenimo.
For mortal [are] her wounds, For it has come to Judah, It has come to a gate of My people—to Jerusalem.
10 Musanene zimenezi ku Gati; musalire nʼkomwe. Mugubuduzike mu fumbi ku Beti-Leafura.
In Gath do not tell—in Acco do not weep, In Beth-Aphrah, roll yourself in dust.
11 Inu anthu okhala ku Safiro, muzipita ku ukapolo muli amaliseche ndi amanyazi. Iwo amene akukhala ku Zanaani sadzatuluka. Beti-Ezeli akulira mwachisoni; chitetezo chake chakuchokerani.
Pass over for you, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan has not gone out, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel takes from you its standing.
12 Anthu amene amakhala ku Maroti akubuwula ndi ululu, akuyembekezera thandizo, chifukwa Yehova wabweretsa tsoka, lafika mpaka pa chipata cha Yerusalemu.
For the inhabitant of Maroth has stayed for good, For calamity has come down from YHWH to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Inu anthu okhala ku Lakisi mangani akavalo ku magaleta. Inu amene munayamba kuchimwitsa mwana wamkazi wa Ziyoni, pakuti zolakwa za Israeli zinapezeka pakati panu.
Bind the chariot to a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, The beginning of sin [is] she to the daughter of Zion, For in you have been found the transgressions of Israel.
14 Chifukwa chake perekani mphatso zolawirana ndi a ku Moreseti Gati. Mzinda wa Akizibu udzaonetsa kunama kwa mafumu a Israeli.
Therefore you give presents to Moresheth-Gath, The houses of Achzib become a lying thing to the kings of Israel.
15 Ndidzabweretsa mgonjetsi kudzalimbana ndi inu okhala mu Maresa. Ulemerero wa Israeli udzafika ku Adulamu.
Yet I bring the possessor to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah, The glory of Israel comes to Adullam.
16 Metani mipala mitu yanu kuonetsa kuti mukulirira ana anu amene mumawakonda; mudzichititse dazi ngati dembo, pakuti anawo adzatengedwa pakati panu kupita ku ukapolo.
Make bald and shave, for your delightful sons, Enlarge your baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from you!
