Micah 6
1 Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Sikiliza asemalo Bwana: “Simama, tetea shauri lako mbele ya milima; vilima na visikie lile unalotaka kusema.
2 Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Sikilizeni, ee milima, mashtaka ya Bwana, sikilizeni, enyi misingi ya milele ya dunia. Kwa kuwa Bwana ana shauri dhidi ya watu wake; anatoa mashtaka dhidi ya Israeli.
3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
“Watu wangu, nimewatendea nini? Nimewalemea kwa jinsi gani? Mnijibu.
4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Nimewatoa kutoka Misri na kuwakomboa kutoka nchi ya utumwa. Nilimtuma Mose awaongoze, pia Aroni na Miriamu.
5 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.
Watu wangu, kumbukeni jinsi Balaki mfalme wa Moabu alivyofanya shauri na kile Balaamu mwana wa Beori alichojibu. Kumbukeni safari yenu kutoka Shitimu mpaka Gilgali, ili mfahamu matendo ya haki ya Bwana.”
6 Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?
Nimjie Bwana na kitu gani na kusujudu mbele za Mungu aliyetukuka? Je, nije mbele zake na sadaka za kuteketezwa, nije na ndama za mwaka mmoja?
7 Will Jehovah take pleasure in thousands of rams, in ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Je, Bwana atafurahishwa na kondoo dume elfu, au mito elfu kumi ya mafuta? Je, nimtoe mzaliwa wangu wa kwanza kwa ajili ya kosa langu, mtoto wangu mwenyewe kwa ajili ya dhambi ya nafsi yangu?
8 He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Amekuonyesha yaliyo mema, ee mwanadamu. Bwana anataka nini kwako? Ila kutenda kwa haki na kupenda rehema, na kwenda kwa unyenyekevu na Mungu wako.
9 Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Sikiliza! Bwana anauita mji: kulicha jina lako ni hekima: “Tii hiyo fimbo na yeye aliyeiamuru.
10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?
Je, bado nisahau, ee nyumba ya uovu, hazina yako uliyopata kwa udanganyifu na vipimo vilivyopunguka, ambavyo vimelaaniwa?
11 Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Je, naweza kuhukumu kuwa mtu mwenye mizani ya udanganyifu hana hatia, aliye na mfuko wa mawe ya kupimia ya uongo?
12 For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Matajiri wake ni wajeuri; watu wake ni waongo na ndimi zao zinazungumza kwa udanganyifu.
13 Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
Kwa hiyo, nimeanza kukuharibu, kuwaangamiza kwa sababu ya dhambi zenu.
14 Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [shall remain] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.
Mtakula lakini hamtashiba; matumbo yenu bado yatakuwa matupu. Mtaweka akiba lakini hamtaokoa chochote, kwa sababu mtakachoweka akiba nitatoa kwa upanga.
15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Mtapanda lakini hamtavuna; mtakamua zeituni lakini hamtatumia mafuta yake. Mtakamua zabibu lakini hamtakunywa hiyo divai.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Mmezishika sheria za Omri na matendo yote ya nyumba ya Ahabu, tena umefuata desturi zao. Kwa hiyo nitakutoa kwa maangamizi na watu wako kuwa dhihaka; mtachukua dharau za mataifa.”
