Micah 1
1 The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Neno la Bwana lilimjia Mika, Mmoreshethi, wakati wa utawala wa Yothamu, Ahazi na Hezekia, wafalme wa Yuda; ufunuo aliouona kuhusu Samaria na Yerusalemu.
2 Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple!
Sikieni, enyi mataifa, enyi nyote, sikilizeni, ee dunia na wote mliomo ndani yake, ili Bwana Mwenyezi ashuhudie dhidi yenu, Bwana kutoka Hekalu lake takatifu.
3 For behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Tazama! Bwana anakuja kutoka mahali pake; anashuka na kukanyaga mahali palipoinuka juu pa dunia.
4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place.
Milima inayeyuka chini yake na mabonde yanagawanyika kama nta mbele ya moto, kama maji yatiririkayo kasi kwenye mteremko.
5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. Whence is the transgression of Jacob? is it not [from] Samaria? And whence are the high places of Judah? are they not [from] Jerusalem?
Yote haya ni kwa sababu ya kosa la Yakobo, ni kwa sababu ya dhambi za nyumba ya Israeli. Kosa la Yakobo ni lipi? Je, sio Samaria? Je, mahali pa juu pa Yuda pa kuabudia miungu ni nini? Je, sio Yerusalemu?
6 Therefore will I make Samaria as a heap of the field, as plantings of a vineyard; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will lay bare the foundations thereof.
“Kwa hiyo nitaufanya Samaria kuwa lundo la kokoto, mahali pa kuotesha mizabibu. Nitayamwaga mawe yake katika bonde na kuacha wazi misingi yake.
7 And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her harlot-gifts shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I make a desolation; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered [them], and to a harlot's hire shall they return.
Sanamu zake zote zitavunjwa vipande vipande; zawadi zake zote za Hekalu zitachomwa kwa moto; nitaharibu vinyago vyake vyote. Kwa kuwa alikusanya zawadi zake kutokana na ujira wa kahaba, nazo zitatumika tena kulipa mishahara ya kahaba.”
8 For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
Kwa ajili ya hili nitalia na kuomboleza; nitatembea bila viatu na tena uchi. Nitabweka kama mbweha na kuomboleza kama bundi.
9 For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah, it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
Kwa sababu jeraha lake halitibiki; limekuja Yuda. Limefika hasa kwenye lango la watu wangu, hata Yerusalemu kwenyewe.
10 Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Usiliseme hili huko Gathi; usilie hata kidogo. Huko Beth-le-Afra gaagaa mavumbini.
11 Pass away, inhabitress of Shaphir, in nakedness [and] shame. The inhabitress of Zaanan is not come forth for the lamentation of Beth-ezel: he will take from you its shelter.
Piteni mkiwa uchi na wenye aibu, ninyi mkaao Shafiri. Wale waishio Saanani hawatatoka nje. Beth-Eseli iko katika maombolezo; kinga yake imeondolewa kwako.
12 For the inhabitress of Maroth waited anxiously for good; but evil hath come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Wale waishio Marothi wanagaagaa kwa maumivu wakingoja msaada, kwa sababu maangamizi yamekuja kutoka kwa Bwana, hata katika lango la Yerusalemu.
13 Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitress of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.
Enyi mkaao Lakishi, fungeni farasi kwenye magari ya vita. Mlikuwa chanzo cha dhambi kwa Binti Sayuni, kwa kuwa makosa ya Israeli yalikutwa kwako.
14 Therefore shalt thou give parting-gifts to Moresheth-Gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
Kwa hiyo utaipa Moresheth-Gathi zawadi za kuagana. Mji wa Akzibu utaonyesha wazi udanganyifu kwa wafalme wa Israeli.
15 I will yet bring unto thee an heir, O inhabitress of Mareshah; the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam.
Nitawaleteeni atakayewashinda ninyi mnaoishi Maresha. Yeye aliye utukufu wa Israeli atakuja Adulamu.
16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delights; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Nyoeni nywele zenu katika kuomboleza kwa ajili ya watoto wenu mnaowafurahia; jifanyieni upara kama tai, kwa kuwa watawaacha na kwenda uhamishoni.
