< Micah 6 >

1 Hearken ye nowe what the Lord sayth, Arise thou, and contende before the mountaines, and let the hilles heare thy voyce.
Ta thikĩrĩriai ũrĩa Jehova ekuuga: “Ũkĩrai mwĩciirĩrĩre mbere ya irĩma; mũreke tũrĩma tũigue ũrĩa mũkuuga.
2 Heare ye, O mountaynes, the Lordes quarel, and ye mightie foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a quarell against his people, and he will pleade with Israel.
Inyuĩ irĩma ici, iguai thitango ya Jehova; thikĩrĩriai inyuĩ mĩthingi ya thĩ ĩrĩa ĩtũũraga tene na tene. Nĩgũkorwo Jehova arĩ na ciira na andũ ake, nĩarathitanga andũ a Isiraeli.
3 O my people, what haue I done vnto thee? or wherin haue I grieued thee? testifie against me.
“Andũ akwa, kaĩ ndĩmwĩkĩte atĩa? Ndĩmũnogetie na kĩ? Njookeriai.
4 Surely I brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of seruants, and I haue sent before thee, Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Ndaamũrutire bũrũri wa Misiri, ngĩmũkũũra kuuma bũrũri wa ũkombo. Ngĩtũma Musa amũtongorie, marĩ na Harũni na Miriamu.
5 O my people, remember nowe what Balak King of Moab had deuised, and what Balaam the sonne of Beor answered him, from Shittim vnto Gilgal, that ye may knowe the righteousnes of the Lord.
Andũ akwa, ririkanai ũrĩa Balaki mũthamaki wa Moabi aamũciirĩire, na ũrĩa Balamu mũrũ wa Beori aamũcookeirie. Ririkanai rũgendo rwanyu kuuma Shitimu nginya Giligali, nĩgeetha mũmenye ciĩko cia ũthingu iria Jehova aaneka.”
6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde?
Nĩ kĩĩ ingĩtwara mbere ya Jehova, ngĩinamĩrĩre mbere ya Ngai ũcio ũrĩ igũrũ mũno? Hihi no ngĩthiĩ mbere yake na maruta ma njino, kana thiĩ na tũcaũ twa ũkũrũ wa mwaka ũmwe?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule?
Anga Jehova no akenio nĩ ndũrũme ngiri nyingĩ, kana akenio nĩ maguta maingĩ ta ma njũũĩ ngiri ikũmi? Hihi no ndute mwana wakwa wa irigithathi nĩ ũndũ wa ũremi wakwa, kana ndute maciaro ma mwĩrĩ wakwa nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma ngoro yakwa?
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.
Atĩrĩrĩ, wee mũndũ ũyũ, githĩ Jehova ndakuonetie maũndũ marĩa mega. Na nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ Jehova agwathaga wĩke? Githĩ to wĩkage maũndũ ma kĩhooto, na wendage ũhoro wa kũiguanĩra tha, na ũtwaranage na Ngai waku wĩnyiihĩtie.
9 The Lordes voyce cryeth vnto the citie, and the man of wisedome shall see thy name: Heare the rodde, and who hath appoynted it.
Ta thikĩrĩriai! Jehova nĩaretana kũu itũũra inene, mũndũ ũrĩa mũũgĩ nĩetigĩre rĩĩtwa rĩaku. “Rũmbũiya rũthanju, o na ũrĩa ũrũnyitĩte.
10 Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?
Wee nyũmba ya waganu-rĩ, no ndiganĩrwo nĩ igĩĩna iria mwĩigĩire na njĩra ĩtarĩ ya kĩhooto, kana ndiganĩrwo nĩ eba ya gũthima ĩrĩa ĩtarĩ ya kĩhooto, ĩrĩa nume?
11 Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
No njuge mũndũ ndehĩtie akĩhũthagĩra ratiri itarĩ cia ma, arĩ na mondo ya mahiga ma gũthima ma maheeni?
12 For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.
Itonga ciakuo nĩ cia ngũĩ; andũ akuo nĩ a maheeni, na nĩmĩ ciao nĩkũheenania iheenanagia.
13 Therefore also will I make thee sicke in smiting thee, and in making thee desolate, because of thy sinnes.
Tondũ ũcio, nĩnyambĩrĩirie gũkũniina, na ngambĩrĩria gũkwananga nĩ ũndũ wa mehia manyu.
14 Thou shalt eate and not be satisfied, and thy casting downe shall be in the mids of thee, and thou shalt take holde, but shalt not deliuer: and that which thou deliuerest, will I giue vp to the sworde.
Mũrĩrĩĩaga irio na mũtihũũne, nda cianyu irĩkoragwo o ihũtiĩ. Mũrĩigaga mĩthiithũ, no mũtikahonokia kĩndũ, tondũ kĩrĩa gĩothe mwahonokia nĩngakĩniinithia na rũhiũ rwa njora.
15 Thou shalt sowe, but not reape: thou shalt treade the oliues, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oyle, and make sweete wine, but shalt not drinke wine.
Mũrĩhaandaga no mũtikaagetha; mũrĩĩhihaga ndamaiyũ no mũtikehaka maguta ma cio; mũrĩĩhihaga thabibũ no mũtikanyua ndibei yacio.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the maner of the house of Ahab, and ye walke in their counsels, that I should make thee waste, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall beare the reproche of my people.
Nĩmũrũmĩrĩire irĩra cia watho wa Omuri na mĩtugo yothe ya nyũmba ya Ahabu, mũkarũmĩrĩra irĩra ciao cia ndũire. Tondũ ũcio nĩngamũrekereria mwanangwo, na ndekererie andũ anyu matuĩke a gũthekererwo; mũgaatũũra mũnyararĩtwo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ icio.”

< Micah 6 >