Micah 4
1 But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, that the mountain of the house of Yahweh shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, and, exalted, shall it be, above the hills, —and peoples, shall stream thereunto;
Lakini katika siku za mwisho itakuja kuhusu kwamba mlima wa nyumba ya Yahwe utawekwa imare juu ya milima mingine. Utainuliwa juu ya milima, na watu watautakabisha.
2 Yea many nations, shall go, and say—come ye, and let us ascend unto the mountain of Yahweh, and unto the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us of his ways, and we may walk in his paths, —for, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, and, the word of Yahweh, out of Jerusalem;
Mataifa mengi yataenda na kusema, “Njoni, twendeni juu kwenye mlima wa Yahwe, kwenye nyumba ya Mungu wa Yakobo. Atatufundisha njia zake, na tutembea katika njia zake.” Kwa kuwa kutoka Sayuni sheria itatoka, na neno la Yahwe kutoka Yerusalemu.
3 And he will judge between many peoples, and be umpire to strong nations far and wide, —and they will beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks, Nation—against nation—shall not lift up sword, neither shall they learn—any more—to make war.
Atahukumu miongoni mwa watu na kuamua kuhusiana na mataifa mengi ya mbali. Watapoga mapanga yao kuwa plau na mikuki yao kuwa miuundu ya kupogolea. Taifa halitainua upanga dhidi ya taifa, wala kutawala kwa vita tena.
4 And they shall dwell—every man—under his own vine and under his own fig-tree, with none to make them afraid, —for, the mouth of Yahweh of hosts, hath spoken.
Badala yake, wataketi kila mtu chini ya mzabibu wake na chini ya mtini wake. Hakuna mtu atakayewafanya waogope, kwa kuwa mdomo wa Yahwe wa majeshi umesema.
5 For, all the peoples, walk, every man in the name of his god, —we, therefore, will walk in the name of Yahweh our God, to times age-abiding and beyond.
Kwa kuwa watu wote wataenenda, kila mmoja, katika jina la mungu wake. Lakini sisi tutaenenda katika jina la Yahwe Mungu wetu milele na milele.
6 In that day, Declareth Yahweh, will I take up her teat is lame, and, her that hath been an outcast, will I carry, —even whomsoever I have afflicted;
“Katika siku hiyo,” aseme Yahwe, “Nitamkusanya achechemeaye na kumkusanya aliyefukuzwa, wale ambao nimewatesa.
7 And will make of her that was lame a residue, and of her that was removed far away a strong nation, —and Yahweh, shall be king, over them, in Mount Zion, from henceforth, even unto times age-abiding.
Nitamrudisha aliyechechemea kwenye mabaki, na yeye aliyetupwa kwenye taifa imara, na mimi, Yahwe, nitatawala juu yao katika Milima Sayuni, sasa na milele.
8 Thou, therefore, O Migdal-eder, mound of the daughter of Zion, as far as thee, shall it come, —so shall arrive the chief dominion, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
Kama kwako, mnara wa saa kwa ajili ya kundi, mlima wa binti wa Sayuni-utakuja kwenu, utawala wenu wa zamani utarudishwa, ufalme ambao unaomilikiwa na binti wa Yerusalemu.
9 Meanwhile, wherefore shouldst thou cry out aloud? King, is there none within thee? or hath, thy counselor, perished? for labour, hath seized thee, as a woman in child-birth: —
Sasa, kwa nini unapiga kelele kwa sauti kuu? Je hakuna mfalme miongoni mwenu? Je mshauri wako amekufa? Kwa nini uchungu umekushika kama yule mwanamke akiwa anazaa?
10 Be in labour, and bear, O daughter of Zion, as a woman in child-birth, —for, meanwhile, shalt thou go forth out of the city, and dwell in the field, and shalt come as far as Babylon, there, shalt thou be delivered, there, will Yahweh, redeem thee, out of the grasp of thine enemies.
Kuwa katika uchungu wa kuzaa ili uzae, binti Sayuni, kama mwanamke mwenye uchungu. Kwa sasa utatoka nje ya mji, kuishi kwenye shamba, na kwenda Babeli. Huko utaokolewa. Huko Yahwe atakuokoa kutoka kwenye mikono ya maadui.
11 Meanwhile, therefore, shall be gathered against thee many nations, —who are saying—Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.
Sasa mataifa mengi yamekusanyika juu yako; wakisema; 'Atiwe unajisi; macho yenu yaangalie Sayuni.”'
12 But, they, know not the purposes of Yahweh, neither have they discerned his counsel, —for he hath gathered them, as sheaves, to a threshing-floor.
Nabii asema, “Hawayajui mawazo ya Yahwe, wala hawaelewi mpango wake, kwa kuwa wamewakusanaya kama miganda kupura sakafuni.”
13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for, thy horn, will I make to be iron, and, thy hoofs, will I make to he bronze, so shalt thou beat in pieces many peoples, —and shalt devote to Yahweh their unrighteous gain, and their substance, to the Lord of all the earth.
Yahwe asema, “siamama na upure, binti Sayuni, kwa kuwa nitaifanya pembe yako kuwa chuma, na nitazifanya kwato zako kuwa shaba. Utaponda watu wengi. Nitaweka wakfu udhalimu wao kwangu mwenyewe, Yahwe, miliki zao kwangu, Bwana wa dunia nzima.”
