Micah 4
1 In the last days, the mountain where the Lord's Temple stands will be recognized as the highest of all mountains, rising above other hills. Crowds of people from many places will travel to it.
Katika siku za mwisho mlima wa Hekalu la Bwana utaimarishwa kama mlima mkuu miongoni mwa milima yote; utainuliwa juu ya vilima, na watu wa mataifa watamiminika humo.
2 Many nations will come and say, “Let's go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob. There God will teach us his ways and we will follow his directions.” God's teachings will spread out from Zion, his word from Jerusalem.
Mataifa mengi yatakuja na kusema, “Njooni, twendeni mlimani mwa Bwana, kwenye nyumba ya Mungu wa Yakobo. Atatufundisha njia zake, ili tuweze kuenenda katika mapito yake.” Sheria itatoka Sayuni, neno la Bwana litatoka Yerusalemu.
3 The Lord will decide the cases of the nations, he will settle arguments between distant powerful nations. They will hammer their swords and turn them into plough blades, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not fight against each other anymore; they will no longer learn methods of warfare.
Atahukumu kati ya mataifa mengi, na ataamua migogoro ya mataifa yenye nguvu na yaliyo mbali. Watafua panga zao ziwe majembe, na mikuki yao kuwa miundu ya kukata matawi. Taifa halitainua upanga dhidi ya taifa jingine, wala hawatajifunza vita tena.
4 Everyone will be able to sit under their own vine and their own fig tree, for there will be no one to make them afraid. I the Lord Almighty has spoken!
Kila mtu ataketi chini ya mzabibu wake na chini ya mtini wake, wala hakuna mtu atakayewaogopesha, kwa kuwa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amesema.
5 Even though all the other nations follow their gods, we will follow the Lord our God forever and ever.
Mataifa yote yanaweza kutembea katika jina la miungu yao; sisi tutatembea katika jina la Bwana Mungu wetu milele na milele.
6 On that day, declares the Lord, I will gather those who are lame, I will bring together those who have been scattered in exile, those whom I punished.
“Katika siku hiyo,” asema Bwana, “nitawakusanya walemavu; nitawakusanya walio uhamishoni na wale niliowahuzunisha.
7 I will make those who remain, crippled and driven far away, into a strong nation, and the Lord will rule them from Mount Zion forever and ever.
Nitawafanya walemavu kuwa mabaki, wale waliofukuzwa kuwa taifa lenye nguvu. Bwana atatawala juu yao katika Mlima Sayuni kuanzia siku hiyo na hata milele.
8 And as for you, Jerusalem, watchtower of the flock, your former royal rule and power will be returned to you: the kingdom will be given back to Jerusalem.
Lakini kuhusu wewe, ee mnara wa ulinzi wa kundi, ee ngome ya Binti Sayuni, milki ya awali itarudishwa kwako, ufalme utakuja kwa Binti Yerusalemu.”
9 So why are you screaming aloud? Don't you have a king? Has the king who advises you died so that pain has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
Kwa nini sasa unalia kwa nguvu: kwani huna mfalme? Je, mshauri wako amekufa, hata maumivu yakukamate kama ya mwanamke aliye na utungu wa kuzaa?
10 Thrash around in agony like a woman giving birth, people of Zion—for you will be expelled from the city, forced to camp out in the open, and exiled to Babylon. But the Lord will bring you back, and rescue you from the power of your enemies.
Gaagaa kwa utungu, ee Binti Sayuni, kama mwanamke mwenye utungu wa kuzaa, kwa kuwa sasa ni lazima uuache mji ukapige kambi uwanjani. Utakwenda Babeli; huko utaokolewa. Huko Bwana atakukomboa kutoka mikononi mwa adui zako.
11 Right now many enemies are gathered against you, saying, “Let us attack and violate her, so we can look with gloating over Zion!”
Lakini sasa mataifa mengi yamekusanyika dhidi yako. Wanasema, “Mwache anajisiwe, macho yetu na yatazame Sayuni kwa furaha!”
12 But they don't know what the Lord is thinking, and don't understand what he is planning. He has brought them together like bundles of grain to the threshing floor.
Lakini hawayajui mawazo ya Bwana; hawauelewi mpango wake, yeye awakusanyaye kama miganda kwenye sakafu ya kupuria.
13 People of Zion, get up and start threshing, for I will make for you iron horns and bronze hooves so you can break many nations into pieces. You will present their stolen plunder to the Lord, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
“Inuka upure, ee Binti Sayuni, kwa kuwa nitakupa pembe za chuma; nitakupa kwato za shaba na utavunja vipande vipande mataifa mengi.” Utatoa mapato yao waliopata kwa udanganyifu kwa Bwana, utajiri wao kwa Bwana wa dunia yote.
