Micah 5
1 Nowe assemble thy garisons, O daughter of garisons: he hath layed siege against vs: they shall smite the iudge of Israel with a rod vpon the cheeke.
Panga majeshi yako, ee mji wa majeshi, kwa kuwa kuzingirwa kumepangwa dhidi yetu. Watampiga mtawala wa Israeli shavuni kwa fimbo.
2 And thou Beth-leem Ephrathah art litle to bee among the thousandes of Iudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth vnto me, that shalbe the ruler in Israel: whose goings forth haue bene from the beginning and from euerlasting.
“Lakini wewe, Bethlehemu Efrathi, ingawa u mdogo miongoni mwa koo za Yuda, kutoka kwako atatokea kwa ajili yangu yeye atakayekuwa mtawala katika Israeli, ambaye asili yake ni kutoka zamani, kutoka milele.”
3 Therefore will he giue them vp, vntill the time that shee which shall beare, shall trauaile: then the remnant of their brethren shall returne vnto the children of Israel.
Kwa hiyo Israeli utaachwa mpaka wakati mwanamke aliye na utungu atakapozaa na ndugu zake wengine warudi kujiunga na Waisraeli.
4 And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, and in the maiestie of the Name of the Lord his God, and they shall dwel still: for now shall he be magnified vnto the ends of the world.
Atasimama na kulichunga kundi lake katika nguvu ya Bwana, katika utukufu wa jina la Bwana Mungu wake. Nao wataishi kwa usalama, kwa kuwa wakati huo ukuu wake utaenea hadi miisho ya dunia.
5 And hee shall be our peace when Asshur shall come into our lande: when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seuen shepheardes, and eight principall men.
Naye atakuwa amani yao. Wakati Mwashuru atakapovamia nchi yetu na kupita katika ngome zetu, tutawainua wachungaji saba dhidi yake, hata viongozi wanane wa watu.
6 And they shall destroy Asshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with their swordes: thus shall he deliuer vs from Asshur, when hee commeth into our lande, and when he shall tread within our borders.
Wataitawala nchi ya Ashuru kwa upanga, nchi ya Nimrodi kwa upanga. Atatuokoa kutoka kwa Mwashuru atakapoivamia nchi yetu na kuingia katika mipaka yetu.
7 And the remnant of Iaakob shalbe among many people, as a dewe from the Lord, and as the showres vpon the grasse, that waiteth not for man, nor hopeth in the sonnes of Adam.
Mabaki ya Yakobo yatakuwa katikati ya mataifa mengi kama umande kutoka kwa Bwana, kama manyunyu juu ya majani, ambayo hayamngoji mtu wala kukawia kwa mwanadamu.
8 And the remnant of Iaakob shalbe among the Gentiles in the middes of many people, as the lyon among the beastes of the forest, and as the lyons whelpe among the flockes of sheepe, who when he goeth thorow, treadeth downe and teareth in pieces, and none can deliuer.
Mabaki ya Yakobo yatakuwa miongoni mwa mataifa, katikati ya mataifa mengi, kama simba miongoni mwa wanyama wa msituni, kama mwana simba miongoni mwa makundi ya kondoo, ambaye anaumiza vibaya na kuwararua kila anapopita katikati yao, wala hakuna awezaye kuokoa.
9 Thine hand shall bee lift vp vpon thine aduersaries, and all thine enemies shalbe cut off.
Mkono wako utainuliwa juu kwa ushindi juu ya watesi wako, nao adui zako wote wataangamizwa.
10 And it shall come to passe in that day, sayth the Lord, that I will cut off thine horses out of the middes of thee, and I will destroy thy charets.
“Katika siku ile,” asema Bwana, “nitaangamiza farasi zenu katikati yenu na kubomoa magari yenu ya vita.
11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes.
Nitaiangamiza miji ya nchi yenu na kuziangusha chini ngome zenu zote.
12 And I will cut off thine enchanters out of thine hande: and thou shalt haue no more southsayers.
Nitaangamiza uchawi wenu na hamtapiga tena ramli.
13 Thine idoles also will I cut off, and thine images out of the middes of thee: and thou shalt no more worship the woorke of thine hands.
Nitaangamiza vinyago vyenu vya kuchonga na mawe yenu ya ibada yatoke katikati yenu; hamtasujudia tena kazi ya mikono yenu.
14 And I wil plucke vp thy groues out of the middes of thee: so will I destroy thine enemies.
Nitangʼoa nguzo za Ashera katikati yenu na kubomoa miji yenu.
15 And I will execute a vegeance in my wrath and indignation vpon the heathen, which they haue not heard.
Nitalipiza kisasi kwa hasira na ghadhabu juu ya mataifa ambayo hayajanitii.”
