< Micah 3 >

1 And I say, “Now hear, O heads of Jacob, And you judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?
Ndipo ine ndinati, “Tamverani, inu atsogoleri a Yakobo, inu olamulira nyumba ya Israeli. Kodi sindinu oyenera kudziwa kuweruza molungama,
2 You who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
inu amene mumadana ndi zabwino ndi kukonda zoyipa; inu amene mumasenda khungu la anthu anga, ndipo mumakungunula mnofu pa mafupa awo;
3 And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stripped, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread [them] out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a cauldron.”
inu amene mumadya anthu anga, mumasenda khungu lawo ndi kuphwanya mafupa awo; inu amene mumawadula nthulinthuli ngati nyama yokaphika?”
4 Then they cry to YHWH, And He does not answer them, And hides His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.
Pamenepo adzalira kwa Yehova, koma Iye sadzawayankha. Nthawi imeneyo Iye adzawabisira nkhope yake chifukwa cha zoyipa zimene anazichita.
5 Thus said YHWH concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried “Peace,” And he who does not give to their mouth, They have sanctified against him war:
Yehova akuti, “Aneneri amene amasocheretsa anthu anga, ngati munthu wina awapatsa chakudya amamufunira ‘mtendere;’ ngati munthu wina sawapatsa zakudya amamulosera zoyipa.
6 “Therefore you have a night without vision, And you have darkness without divination, And the sun has gone in on the prophets, And the day has been black over them.
Nʼchifukwa chake kudzakuderani, simudzaonanso masomphenya, mdima udzakugwerani ndipo simudzawombezanso. Dzuwa lidzawalowera aneneriwo, ndipo mdima udzawagwera.
7 And the seers have been ashamed, And the diviners have been confounded, And all of them have covered their lip, For there is no answer, O God.”
Alosi adzachita manyazi ndipo owombeza mawula adzanyazitsidwa. Onse adzaphimba nkhope zawo chifukwa Mulungu sakuwayankha.”
8 And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of YHWH, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.
Koma kunena za ine, ndadzazidwa ndi mphamvu, ndi Mzimu wa Yehova, ndi kulungama, ndi kulimba mtima, kuti ndilalikire za kugalukira kwa Yakobo, kwa Israeli za tchimo lake.
9 Now hear this, O heads of the house of Jacob, And you judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And pervert all uprightness.
Imvani izi, inu atsogoleri a nyumba ya Yakobo, inu olamulira nyumba ya Israeli, inu amene mumadana ndi kuweruza kolungama; ndipo mumakhotetsa zinthu zonse zolondola;
10 Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
inu amene mukumanga Ziyoni pokhetsa magazi, ndi Yerusalemu ndi kuyipa kwanu.
11 Her heads judge for a bribe, And her priests teach for hire, And her prophets divine for silver, And on YHWH they lean, saying, “Is not YHWH in our midst? Evil does not come in on us.”
Atsogoleri ake amalandira chiphuphu kuti aweruze, ansembe ake amalandira malipiro kuti alalikire, ndipo aneneri ake amanenera kuti alandire ndalama. Komatu amatsamira pa Yehova nʼkumanena kuti, “Kodi Yehova sali pakati pathu? Palibe tsoka limene lidzatigwere.”
12 Therefore, for your sake, Zion is plowed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house [is] for high places of a forest!
Choncho chifukwa cha inu, Ziyoni adzatipulidwa ngati munda, Yerusalemu adzasanduka bwinja, ndipo phiri la Nyumba ya Mulungu lidzasanduka nkhalango yowirira.

< Micah 3 >