< Micah 3 >

1 I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?
Ndipo ine ndinati, “Tamverani, inu atsogoleri a Yakobo, inu olamulira nyumba ya Israeli. Kodi sindinu oyenera kudziwa kuweruza molungama,
2 You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, 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 who also eat the flesh of my people, and peel their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as meat within the cauldron.
inu amene mumadya anthu anga, mumasenda khungu lawo ndi kuphwanya mafupa awo; inu amene mumawadula nthulinthuli ngati nyama yokaphika?”
4 Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”
Pamenepo adzalira kwa Yehova, koma Iye sadzawayankha. Nthawi imeneyo Iye adzawabisira nkhope yake chifukwa cha zoyipa zimene anazichita.
5 The LORD says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
Yehova akuti, “Aneneri amene amasocheretsa anthu anga, ngati munthu wina awapatsa chakudya amamufunira ‘mtendere;’ ngati munthu wina sawapatsa zakudya amamulosera zoyipa.
6 “Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
Nʼchifukwa chake kudzakuderani, simudzaonanso masomphenya, mdima udzakugwerani ndipo simudzawombezanso. Dzuwa lidzawalowera aneneriwo, ndipo mdima udzawagwera.
7 The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.”
Alosi adzachita manyazi ndipo owombeza mawula adzanyazitsidwa. Onse adzaphimba nkhope zawo chifukwa Mulungu sakuwayankha.”
8 But as for me, I am full of power by the LORD’s Spirit, and of judgement, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, 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 Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,
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 who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
inu amene mukumanga Ziyoni pokhetsa magazi, ndi Yerusalemu ndi kuyipa kwanu.
11 Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on the LORD, and say, “Isn’t the LORD amongst us? No disaster will come 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 Zion for your sake will be ploughed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the 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 >