Micah 3
1 Then I said, “Please listen, leaders of the descendants of Jacob, people of Israel. You are meant to know the difference between right and wrong,
Ne ndyoka ŋŋamba nti, “Muwulire mmwe abakulembeze ba Yakobo, mmwe abafuzi b’ennyumba ya Isirayiri. Si mmwe mwandisaanidde okumanya obwenkanya,
2 you who hate good and love evil! You tear off their skin, and rip the flesh from their bones.
mmwe abakyawa ekirungi ne mwagala ekibi; mmwe ababaagako abantu bange eddiba ne mubaggyako ennyama ku magumba?
3 You eat the flesh of my people, you strip off their skin, you break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the saucepan, like flesh for the cooking pot.”
Mulya ennyama yaabwe, ne mubabaagako eddiba, amagumba gaabwe ne mugamenyaamenya, era ne mubasalaasala ng’ennyama eneefumbibwa mu nsaka.”
4 Then they'll cry out to the Lord, but he won't answer them. He will turn away from them at that time because of the evil things they have done.
Balikoowoola Mukama, naye talibaanukula. Mu biro ebyo alibakweka amaaso ge olw’ebibi bye bakoze.
5 This is what the Lord says about the prophets who deceive my people. To those who feed them they prophesy peace to them, while to those who do not they prophesy war against them.
Bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Bannabbi ababuzaabuza abantu balangirira nti, ‘Mirembe,’ eri oyo abaliisa, naye oyo atabaliisa bamuggulako olutalo.
6 Therefore it will be like night for you, with no visions; dark, with no predictions. The sun will set on these prophets; their day will end in darkness.
Noolwekyo ekiro kiribajjira, awatali kwolesebwa, n’enzikiza ebajjire awatali kulagulwa. Enjuba erigwa nga bannabbi balaba, n’obudde bubazibirire.
7 The seers will be disgraced, the fortune-tellers put to shame, and they will cover their faces because none of them receive any answer from God.
Abalabi baliswazibwa n’abalaguzi bakwatibwe ensonyi. Bonna balibikka amaaso gaabwe kubanga Katonda tabaanukula.”
8 But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of the Lord. I am filled with justice and strength to make clear to the descendants of Jacob their rebellion, and to the people of Israel their sin.
Naye nze, nzijjudde amaanyi n’Omwoyo wa Mukama, okwekaliriza ensonga n’obuvumu, njasanguze eri Yakobo olw’ebikolwa bye ebibi by’akola, olw’ekibi kya Isirayiri.
9 Listen to me, leaders of the descendants of Jacob and the people of Israel, you who hate justice and distort all that is right.
Mumpulirize mmwe abakulembeze b’ennyumba ya Yakobo, Mmwe abafuzi b’ennyumba ya Isirayiri, Mmwe abanyooma obwenkanya Ne mukyusa ekituufu ne mukifuula ekikyamu;
10 You are building Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil.
mmwe abazimbidde Sayuuni ku musaayi, Ne Yerusaalemi ne mugizimbira ku butali butuukirivu.
11 Your leaders judge for a bribe, and your priests teach for a price, and your prophets only prophesy for pay. Yet they all lean on the Lord saying, “Isn't the Lord here with us? Nothing bad can happen to us!”
Abakulembeze be, balya enguzi ne basala omusango nga beekubiira, bakabona be, baggya ensimbi ku bantu balyoke bayigirize, ne bannabbi be, baagala okuwa obunnabbi nga bamaze kusasulwa. Kyokka bajuliza Mukama nga boogera nti, “Mukama tali naffe? Tewali kinaatutuukako.”
12 Therefore because of you Zion will become a ploughed field and Jerusalem a heap of rubble, and the Temple mount will be overgrown.
Noolwekyo ku lwammwe, Sayuuni eririmibwa ng’ennimiro, ne Yerusaalemi erifuuka ntuumu ya bifunfugu, n’akasozi okuli yeekaalu kafuuke ng’akabira akakutte.
