Micah 7
1 Woe is me! for I am as in the gathering of the summer-fruits, as in the grape-gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fruit for which my soul longeth.
Tsoka ine! Ndili ngati munthu wokunkha zipatso nthawi yachilimwe, pa nthawi yokolola mphesa; palibe phava lamphesa loti nʼkudya, palibe nkhuyu zoyambirira zimene ndimazilakalaka kwambiri.
2 The pious hath disappeared out of the land; and the upright among men there is none; all of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Anthu opembedza atha mʼdziko; palibe wolungama ndi mmodzi yemwe amene watsala. Anthu onse akubisalirana kuti aphane; aliyense akusaka mʼbale wake ndi khoka.
3 For the evil of your hands you expect good? while the prince demandeth [bribes], and the judge acteth for pay; and the great man is only speaking the wilful pleasure of his soul: and so do they make a network [of wrong].
Manja awo onse ndi aluso pochita zoyipa; wolamulira amafuna mphatso, woweruza amalandira ziphuphu, anthu amphamvu amalamula kuti zichitike zimene akuzifuna, onse amagwirizana zochita.
4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is [sharper] than a thorn-hedge: the day of thy watchmen, thy punishment, is come; now shall be perplexity among them.
Munthu wabwino kwambiri pakati pawo ali ngati mtengo waminga, munthu wolungama kwambiri pakati pawo ndi woyipa kuposa mpanda waminga. Tsiku limene alonda ako ananena lafika, tsiku limene Mulungu akukuchezera. Tsopano ndi nthawi ya chisokonezo chawo.
5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a confidant: from her that lieth in thy bosom guard the doors of thy mouth.
Usadalire mnansi; usakhulupirire bwenzi. Usamale zoyankhula zako ngakhale kwa mkazi amene wamukumbatira.
6 For the son disgraceth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Pakuti mwana wamwamuna akunyoza abambo ake, mwana wamkazi akuwukira amayi ake, mtengwa akukangana ndi apongozi ake, adani a munthu ndi amene amakhala nawo mʼbanja mwake momwe.
7 But I—I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Koma ine ndikudikira Yehova mwachiyembekezo, ndikudikira Mulungu Mpulumutsi wanga; Mulungu wanga adzamvetsera.
8 Rejoice not, O my enemy, over me: though I am fallen, I rise again: though I should sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light unto me.
Iwe mdani wanga, usandiseke! Ngakhale ndagwa, ndidzauka. Ngakhale ndikukhala mu mdima, Yehova ndiye kuwunika kwanga.
9 The indignation of the Lord will I bear, because I have sinned against him; until that he plead my cause, and execute justice for me: [when] he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Ndidzapirira mkwiyo wa Yehova, chifukwa ndinamuchimwira, mpaka ataweruza mlandu wanga ndi kukhazikitsa chilungamo changa. Iye adzanditulutsa ndi kundilowetsa mʼkuwunika; ndidzaona chilungamo chake.
10 Then she that is my enemy will see it, and shame shall cover her, who said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? My eyes shall complacently see her [suffer]: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Ndipo mdani wanga adzaona zimenezi nadzagwidwa ndi manyazi, iye amene anandifunsa kuti, “Ali kuti Yehova Mulungu wako?” Ndidzaona kugonjetsedwa kwake ndi maso anga; ngakhale tsopano adzaponderezedwa ngati matope mʼmisewu.
11 The day that thy fences are to be built—that same day, the ordained, is yet far removed.
Idzafika nthawi yomanganso makoma anu, nthawi yokulitsanso malire anu.
12 It is a day when men shall come to thee from Assyria, and the cities of Mazor, and from Mazor even to the river, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain.
Nthawi imeneyo anthu adzabwera kwa inu kuchokera ku Asiriya ndi mizinda ya ku Igupto, ngakhale kuchokera ku Igupto mpaka ku Yufurate ndiponso kuchokera ku nyanja ina mpaka ku nyanja inanso kuchokera ku phiri lina mpaka ku phiri linanso.
13 While the land [of the nations] shall be made desolate because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their doings.
Dziko lapansi lidzasanduka chipululu chifukwa cha anthu okhala mʼdzikomo, potsatira zochita za anthuwo.
14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell in solitude in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gil'ad, as in the days of old.
Wetani anthu anu ndi ndodo yanu yowateteza, nkhosa zimene ndi cholowa chanu, zimene zili zokha mʼnkhalango, mʼdziko la chonde. Muzilole kuti zidye mu Basani ndi mu Giliyadi monga masiku akale.
15 As in the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I let them see marvelous things.
“Ndidzawaonetsa zodabwitsa zanga, ngati masiku amene ndinawatulutsa mʼdziko la Igupto.”
16 Nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened.
Mitundu ya anthu idzaona zimenezi ndipo idzachita manyazi, ngakhale ali ndi mphamvu zotani. Adzagwira pakamwa pawo ndipo makutu awo adzagontha.
17 They shall lick the dust like the serpent; like those that crawl on the earth, shall they come forth trembling out of their close places: unto the Lord our God shall they hasten in dread, and shall be afraid of thee.
Adzabwira fumbi ngati njoka, ngati zolengedwa zomwe zimakwawa pansi. Adzabwera akunjenjemera kuchokera mʼmaenje awo; mwamantha adzatembenukira kwa Yehova Mulungu wathu ndipo adzachita nanu mantha.
18 Who is a god like unto thee, pardoning iniquity, and forgiving transgression to the residue of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in kindness.
Kodi alipo Mulungu wofanana nanu, amene amakhululukira tchimo ndi kuyiwala zolakwa za anthu otsala amene ndi cholowa chake? Inu simusunga mkwiyo mpaka muyaya koma kwanu nʼkuonetsa chikondi chosasinthika.
19 He will again have mercy on us, he will suppress our iniquities; yea, thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Inu mudzatichitiranso chifundo; mudzapondereza pansi machimo athu ndi kuponyera zolakwa zathu zonse pansi pa nyanja.
20 Thou wilt show faithfulness unto Jacob, and kindness unto Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers in the days of old.
Mudzakhala wokhulupirika kwa Yakobo, ndi kuonetsa chifundo chanu kwa Abrahamu, monga munalonjeza molumbira kwa makolo athu masiku amakedzana.
