< Michaeas 3 >

1 And he shall say, Hear now these words, you heads of the house of Jacob, and you remnant of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know judgment?
Ningĩ ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Ta iguai, inyuĩ atongoria a Jakubu, o inyuĩ aathani a nyũmba ya Isiraeli. Githĩ mũtiagĩrĩirwo nĩkũmenya ũhoro wa gũtuanĩra ciira na kĩhooto.
2 [who] hate good, and seek evil; [who] tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:
No inyuĩ mũthũire maũndũ mega no mũkenda marĩa mooru; inyuĩ mũnũraga andũ akwa ikonde, na mũgathoora nyama mahĩndĩ-inĩ mao.
3 even as they devoured the flesh of my people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided [them] as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot,
Inyuĩ mũrĩĩaga nyama cia mĩĩrĩ ya andũ akwa, mũkamonũra ikonde na mũkoinanga mahĩndĩ mao tũcunjĩ; O inyuĩ mũmatinangagia ta nyama cia gũkarangwo na rũgĩo, o na ta nyama cia gũtherũkio na nyũngũ.”
4 thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not listen to them; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo magaakaĩra Jehova, nowe ndakamacookeria. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩakahitha ũthiũ wake kuuma kũrĩ o, tondũ wa ũũru ũrĩa mekĩte.
5 Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray, that bit with their teeth, and proclaim peace to them; and [when] nothing was put into their mouth, they raised up war against them:
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Ha ũhoro wa anabii acio mahĩtithagia andũ akwa, mũndũ aamahe irio, maanagĩrĩra makiugaga ‘thayũ,’ no angĩmaima irio, makahaarĩria mbaara ya kũmũũkĩrĩra.
6 therefore there shall be night to you instead of a vision, and there shall be to you darkness instead of prophecy; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be dark upon them.
Tondũ ũcio, ũtukũ nĩũkamũhubanĩria, mwage kuona cioneki, mũhubanĩrio nĩ nduma mwage ũguũrio. Riũa nĩrĩgathũĩra anabii, naguo mũthenya ũmatuĩkĩre nduma.
7 And the seers of night-visions shall be ashamed, and the prophets shall be laughed to scorn: and all the people shall speak against them, because there shall be none to listen to them.
Ooni-maũndũ nĩmagaconoka, nao aragũri maconorithio. Othe nĩmakahumbĩra mothiũ mao, tondũ gũtirĩ ũhoro magaacookerio nĩ Ngai.”
8 Surely I will strengthen myself with the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of power, to declare to Jacob his transgressions, and to Israel his sins.
No hakwa-rĩ, niĩ njiyũrĩtwo nĩ hinya, na ngaiyũrwo nĩ Roho wa Jehova, o na ngaiyũrwo nĩ kĩhooto na ũhoti, nĩguo nyumbũrĩre Jakubu ũremi wake, na nyumbũrĩre Isiraeli mehia make.
9 Hear now these words, you chiefs of the house of Jacob, and the remnant of the house of Israel, who hate judgment, and pervert all righteousness;
Ta thikĩrĩriai, inyuĩ atongoria a nyũmba ya Jakubu, o inyuĩ aathani a nyũmba ya Isiraeli, inyuĩ mũmenaga kĩhooto, na mũkoogomia maũndũ marĩa ma ma;
10 who build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
inyuĩ mwakaga Zayuni na ũiti wa thakame, na mũgaaka Jerusalemu na waganu.
11 The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and [yet] they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us.
Atongoria akuo matuaga ciira maahakwo, athĩnjĩri-Ngai akuo marutanaga maarĩhwo, na anabii akuo marathaga mohoro maheo mbeeca. No rĩrĩ, megiritanagia na Jehova makoiga atĩrĩ, “Githĩ Jehova ndakĩrĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ gaitũ? Gũtirĩ ũũru ũngĩtũkora.”
12 Therefore on your account Sion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a storehouse of fruits, and the mountain of the house as a grove of the forest.
Nĩ tondũ wanyu-rĩ, Zayuni gũgaaciimbwo ta mũgũnda, Jerusalemu gũtuĩke hĩba ya mahiga, nakĩo kĩrĩma kĩrĩa gĩakĩtwo hekarũ gĩtuĩke kĩhumbu kĩmereirwo nĩ ihinga.

< Michaeas 3 >