Micah 1
1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Hili ni neno la Yahwe ambalo lilikuja kwa Mika Mmorashti katika siku za Yotahamu, Ahazi, na Hezekeia, mfalme wa Yuda, lile neno aliloliona kuhusiana na Samaria na Yerusalemu.
2 Hear, all you people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple.
Sikilizeni, ninyi watu wote. Sikilizeni, dunia, na vyote vilivyomo kwenye dunia. Acheni Yahwe ashuhudiwe dhidi yenu, Bwana kutoka kwenye hekalu lake takatifu.
3 For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Tazama, Yahwe anakuja kutoka mahali pake; atashuka chini na kupakanyaga mahali pa juu katika dunia.
4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
Milima itayeyuka chini yake; mabonde yatapasuka vipande vipande kama mshumaa mbele ya moto, kama maji ambayo yamemwagika chini ya mteremko mkali.
5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Haya yote ni kwasababu ya uasi wa Yakobo, na kwasababu ya dhambi za nyumba ya Israeli. Je sababu ilikuwa nini kwa uasi wa Yakobo? Je ilikuwa Samaria? Je sababu ilikuwa nini kwa mahali pa juu pa Yuda? Je haiukuwa Yerusalemu?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
“Nitaifanya Samaria rundo la uharibifu katika shamba, kama eneo la kupandia mizabibu. Nitayavuta mawe ya jengo lake kwenda kwenye bonde; Nitaifunua misingi yake.
7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
Sanamu zake zote za kuchonga zitapondwa vipande vipande; na zawadi zake zote zitachomwa moto. Kwa kuwa zawadi zake za ukahaba amezikusanya, na kama malipo ya ukahaba yatarudi.”
8 Therefore I will wail and wail, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Kwa sababu hii nitalia na kuomboleza; nitaenda peku peku na uchi; Nitaomboleza kama mbeha na kuomboleza kama bundi.
9 For her wound is incurable; for it has come unto Judah; he has come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
Kwa kuwa jeraha lake haliponi, kwa kuwa imefika kwa Yuda. Imefikia lango la watu wangu, hadi Yerusalemu.
10 Declare all of you it not at Gath, weep all of you not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust.
Msiache kuwambia kuhusu katika Gathi; msilie tena. Katika Bethi Leafra nabiringisha mwenyewe kwenye mavumbi.
11 Pass all of you away, you inhabitant of Saphir, having your shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
Piteni karibu na, makao ya Shafiri, katika uchi na aibu. Makazi ya Zaanani hayatatoka nje. Maombolezo ya Beth Ezeli, kwa ajili ya ulinzi yamechukuliwa.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Kwa kuwa wakaaji wa Marothi hungoja habari njema, kwa sababu hofu, kwa sababu msiba umetoka kwa Yahwe hadi kwenye malango ya Yerusalemu.
13 O you inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
Wfuungeni lijamu farasi wakokote gari la farasi, makazi ya Lakishi. Wewe Lakishi, ulikuwa mwanzo wa dhambi kwa binti Sayuni, kwa kuwa makosa ya Israeli yalionekana kwako.
14 Therefore shall you give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
Hivyo utaipa zawadi ya kuagia Moreshethi Gathi; mji wa Akzibu utawavunja moyo wafalme wa Israeli.
15 Yet will I bring an heir unto you, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
Tena nitaleta ushindi kwako, makazi ya Maresha; uzuri wa Israeli utakuja Adulamu.
16 Make you bald, and poll you for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from you.
Kata kipara chako na kata nywele zako kwa ajili ya watoto ambao unaowafurahisha. Fanya kipara chako mwenyewe kama tai, kwa ajili ya watoto wako watakao kwenda utumwani kutoka kwako
