Michaeas 2
1 They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.
Ole kwa wale wapangao uovu, kwa wale wafanyao shauri la hila vitandani mwao! Kunapopambazuka wanalitimiza kwa sababu uko katika uwezo wao kutekeleza.
2 And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.
Wanatamani mashamba na kuyakamata, pia nyumba na kuzichukua. Wanamlaghai mwanaume nyumba yake, mwanadamu mwenzake urithi wake.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I devise evils against this family, out of which you shall not lift up your necks, neither shall you walk upright speedily: for the time is evil.
Kwa hiyo, Bwana asema: “Ninapanga maangamizi dhidi ya watu hawa, ambayo hamwezi kujiokoa wenyewe. Hamtatembea tena kwa majivuno, kwa kuwa utakuwa ni wakati wa maafa.
4 In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.
Siku hiyo watu watawadhihaki, watawafanyia mzaha kwa wimbo huu wa maombolezo: ‘Tumeangamizwa kabisa; mali ya watu wangu imegawanywa. Ameninyangʼanya! Ametoa mashamba yetu kwa wasaliti.’”
5 Therefore you shall have no one to cast a line for the lot.
Kwa hiyo hutakuwa na yeyote katika kusanyiko la Bwana wa kugawanya mashamba kwa kura.
6 Weep not with tears in the assembly of the Lord, neither let [any] weep for these things; for he shall not remove the reproaches,
Manabii wao husema, “Usitabiri. Usitabiri kuhusu vitu hivi; aibu haitatupata.”
7 who says, The house of Jacob has provoked the Spirit of the Lord; are not these his practices? Are not the Lord's words right with him? and have they not proceeded correctly?
Je, ingesemwa, ee nyumba ya Yakobo: “Je, Roho wa Bwana amekasirika? Je, yeye hufanya vitu kama hivyo?” “Je, maneno yangu hayamfanyii mema yeye ambaye njia zake ni nyofu?
8 Even beforetime my people withstood [him] as an enemy against his peace; they have stripped off his skin to remove hope [in] the conflict of war.
Siku hizi watu wangu wameinuka kama adui. Unawavua joho la kitajiri wale wanaopita pasipo kujali, kama watu warudio kutoka vitani.
9 The leaders of my people shall be cast forth from their luxurious houses; they are rejected because of their evil practices; draw you near to the everlasting mountains.
Unawahamisha wanawake wa watu wangu kutoka kwenye nyumba zao za kupendeza. Unaondoa baraka yangu kwa watoto wao milele.
10 Arise you, and depart; for this is not your rest because of uncleanness: you have been utterly destroyed;
Inuka, nenda zako! Kwa maana hapa sio mahali pako pa kupumzikia, kwa sababu pametiwa unajisi, pameharibiwa, wala hapatengenezeki tena.
11 you have fled, no one pursuing [you: your] spirit has framed falsehood, it has dropped on you for wine and strong drink. But it shall come to pass, [that] out of the dropping of this people,
Ikiwa mwongo na mdanganyifu atakuja na kusema, ‘Nitawatabiria divai na pombe kwa wingi,’ angekuwa ndiye nabii anayekubalika na watu hawa!
12 Jacob shall be completely gathered with all [his people: ] I will surely receive the remnant of Israel; I will cause them to return together, as sheep in trouble, as a flock in the midst of their fold: they shall rush forth from amongst men through the breach made before them:
“Hakika nitawakusanya ninyi nyote, ee Yakobo, Hakika nitawaleta pamoja mabaki ya Israeli. Nitawaleta pamoja kama kondoo ndani ya zizi, kama kundi kwenye malisho yake, mahali hapa patakuwa na msongamano wa watu.
13 they have broken through, and passed the gate, and gone out by it: and their king has gone out before them, and the Lord shall lead them.
Yeye afunguaye njia atawatangulia; watapita kwenye lango na kutoka nje. Mfalme wao atawatangulia, Bwana atakuwa kiongozi.”
