< Micah 3 >

1 Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
Ndipo ine ndinati, “Tamverani, inu atsogoleri a Yakobo, inu olamulira nyumba ya Israeli. Kodi sindinu oyenera kudziwa kuweruza molungama,
2 You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
inu amene mumadana ndi zabwino ndi kukonda zoyipa; inu amene mumasenda khungu la anthu anga, ndipo mumakungunula mnofu pa mafupa awo;
3 You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
inu amene mumadya anthu anga, mumasenda khungu lawo ndi kuphwanya mafupa awo; inu amene mumawadula nthulinthuli ngati nyama yokaphika?”
4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
Pamenepo adzalira kwa Yehova, koma Iye sadzawayankha. Nthawi imeneyo Iye adzawabisira nkhope yake chifukwa cha zoyipa zimene anazichita.
5 This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
Yehova akuti, “Aneneri amene amasocheretsa anthu anga, ngati munthu wina awapatsa chakudya amamufunira ‘mtendere;’ ngati munthu wina sawapatsa zakudya amamulosera zoyipa.
6 Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
Nʼchifukwa chake kudzakuderani, simudzaonanso masomphenya, mdima udzakugwerani ndipo simudzawombezanso. Dzuwa lidzawalowera aneneriwo, ndipo mdima udzawagwera.
7 Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
Alosi adzachita manyazi ndipo owombeza mawula adzanyazitsidwa. Onse adzaphimba nkhope zawo chifukwa Mulungu sakuwayankha.”
8 As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
Koma kunena za ine, ndadzazidwa ndi mphamvu, ndi Mzimu wa Yehova, ndi kulungama, ndi kulimba mtima, kuti ndilalikire za kugalukira kwa Yakobo, kwa Israeli za tchimo lake.
9 Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Imvani izi, inu atsogoleri a nyumba ya Yakobo, inu olamulira nyumba ya Israeli, inu amene mumadana ndi kuweruza kolungama; ndipo mumakhotetsa zinthu zonse zolondola;
10 who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
inu amene mukumanga Ziyoni pokhetsa magazi, ndi Yerusalemu ndi kuyipa kwanu.
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
Atsogoleri ake amalandira chiphuphu kuti aweruze, ansembe ake amalandira malipiro kuti alalikire, ndipo aneneri ake amanenera kuti alandire ndalama. Komatu amatsamira pa Yehova nʼkumanena kuti, “Kodi Yehova sali pakati pathu? Palibe tsoka limene lidzatigwere.”
12 Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Choncho chifukwa cha inu, Ziyoni adzatipulidwa ngati munda, Yerusalemu adzasanduka bwinja, ndipo phiri la Nyumba ya Mulungu lidzasanduka nkhalango yowirira.

< Micah 3 >