Micah 2
1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Ole wao wale wanao wanaokusudia mabaya, kwa wale wanaokusudia kwenye vitanda vyao kufanya maovu. Katika asubuhi wanayafanya kwa sababu wana nguvu.
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.
Wanatamani mashamba na kuyapunguza; wanazitamani nyumba na kuzichukua. Wanadhulumu mtu na nyumba yake, mtu na urithi wake.
3 Therefore thus says Jehovah: Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which ye shall not remove your necks, nor shall ye walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.
Kwa hiyo Yahwe asema hivi, “Tazama, nakaribia kuleta janga dhidi ya huu ukoo, ambalo hamtazitoa shingo zenu. Hamtatembea kwa kiburi, kwa kuwa itakuwa wakati wa uovu.
4 In that day they shall take up a taunt against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation. And say, We are utterly ruined. He changes the portion of my people. How he removes it from me! He divides our fields to the rebellious.
Katika siku hiyo maadui zako wataimba wimbo kuhusu wewe, na kuomboleza kwa maombolezo ya huzuni. Wataimba, 'Sisi Waisraeli tumeangamizwa kabisa; Yahwe hubadilisha eneo la watu wangu. Je ataliondoaje kutoka kwangu? Huwagawia mshamba yetu kusaliti.”'
5 Therefore thou shall have nobody to cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
Kwa hiyo, ninyi watu matajiri hamtakuwa uzao kugawanya eneo kwa kupiga kura katika mkutano wa Yahwe.
6 Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these, so reproaches shall not depart.
“Msitabiri,” wanasema. “Hawatayatabiri haya mambo; lawama hazitakuja.”
7 Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah restricted? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him who walks uprightly?
Je litasemwa kweli, nyumba ya Yakobo, “je Roho ya Yahwe? Je haya ni matendo yake kweli?” Maneno yangu hayafai kwa kila mmoja atembeaye kwa unyoofu?
8 But of late my people have risen up as an enemy. Ye strip off the robe with the garment from those who pass by securely as men turning back from war.
Hivi karibuni watu wangu wameinuka kama adui. Mmelivua joho, nguo, kutoka wale wapitao wasioshutumiwa, kama maaskari kurudi kutoka kwenye vita kwa kile wakifikiriacho ni salama.
9 Ye cast out the women of my people from their pleasant houses. Ye take away my glory from their young sons forever.
Mnawaendesha wanawake wangu kwa watu wangu kutoka kwenye nyumba nzuri; mnachukua baraka kutoka kwa watoto wao wadogo daima.
10 Arise ye, and depart, for this is not your resting-place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.
Inukeni na muondoke, kwa kuwa hii sio sehemu ambayo mnaweza kuishi, kwa sababu ya unajisi wake; imeangamizwa kwa maangamizo kabisa.
11 If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, I will prophesy to thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Kama mtu akija kwenu katika roho ya uongo na kudanganya na kusema, “Nitatabiri kwenu kuhusu mvinyo na kilevi kikali,” angeweza kufikiriwa kuwa nabii kwa ajili ya hawa watu.
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 because of the multitude of men.
Nitawaleta pamoja wote hakika, Yakobo. Hakika nitawakusanya mabaki ya Israeli. Nitawaleta pamoja kama kondoo katika zizi, kama kundi la wanyama katika malisho. Kutakuwa na kelele kwasababu ya wingi wa watu.
13 The breaker has gone up before them. They have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and have gone out there. And their king has passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
Mtu avunjaye hufungua njia zao kwa ajili yao kwenda mbele yao. Wamebomoa kupitia lango na kutoka nje; mfalme wao atapita mbele yao. Yahwe atakuwa mbele yao.
