Micah 1
1 A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he hath seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:
Yehova anayankhula ndi Mika wa ku Moreseti pa nthawi ya ulamuliro wa Yotamu, Ahazi ndi Hezekiya, mafumu a ku Yuda. Awa ndi masomphenya amene iye anaona onena za Samariya ndi Yerusalemu.
2 Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fulness, And the Lord Jehovah is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple.
Tamverani, inu anthu a mitundu yonse, mvetsera iwe dziko lapansi ndi okhala mʼmenemo, pakuti Ambuye Yehova achitira umboni wokutsutsani, Ambuye akuyankhula ali mʼnyumba yake yopatulika.
3 For lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth.
Taonani! Yehova akubwera kuchokera ku malo ake; Iye akutsika ndipo akuponda pa malo okwera a dziko lapansi.
4 Melted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.
Mapiri akusungunuka pansi pake, ndipo zigwa zikugawikana ngati phula pa moto, ngati madzi ochokera mʼphiri.
5 For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, And for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
Zonsezi ndi chifukwa cha cholakwa cha Yakobo, chifukwa cha machimo a nyumba ya Israeli. Kodi cholakwa cha Yakobo nʼchiyani? Kodi si Samariya? Kodi malo achipembedzo a Yuda ndi ati? Kodi si Yerusalemu?
6 And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.
“Choncho Ine ndidzasandutsa Samariya kukhala bwinja, malo odzalamo mphesa. Miyala yake ndidzayitaya ku chigwa ndipo ndidzafukula maziko ake.
7 And all her graven images are beaten down, And all her gifts are burnt with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For, from the hire of a harlot she gathered, and unto the hire of a harlot they return.
Mafano ake onse ndidzawaphwanyaphwanya; mphatso zake zonse ndidzazitentha ndi moto; ndidzawononga zifanizo zonse za milungu yake. Popeza analandira mphatso zake kuchokera ku malipiro a akazi achiwerewere, mphatsozonso zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ena ngati malipiro a akazi achiwerewere.”
8 For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.
Chifukwa cha zimenezi ine ndidzalira momvetsa chisoni; ndidzayenda wopanda nsapato ndi wamaliseche. Ndidzafuwula ngati nkhandwe ndi kulira ngati kadzidzi.
9 For mortal [are] her wounds, For it hath come unto Judah, It hath come to a gate of My people — to Jerusalem.
Pakuti chilonda cha Samariya nʼchosachizika; chafika ku Yuda. Chafika pa chipata chenicheni cha anthu anga, mpaka mu Yerusalemu mwenimwenimo.
10 In Gath tell ye not — in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself.
Musanene zimenezi ku Gati; musalire nʼkomwe. Mugubuduzike mu fumbi ku Beti-Leafura.
11 Pass over for thee, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. Not gone out hath the inhabitant of Zaanan, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel doth take from you its standing.
Inu anthu okhala ku Safiro, muzipita ku ukapolo muli amaliseche ndi amanyazi. Iwo amene akukhala ku Zanaani sadzatuluka. Beti-Ezeli akulira mwachisoni; chitetezo chake chakuchokerani.
12 For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.
Anthu amene amakhala ku Maroti akubuwula ndi ululu, akuyembekezera thandizo, chifukwa Yehova wabweretsa tsoka, lafika mpaka pa chipata cha Yerusalemu.
13 Bind the chariot to a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, The beginning of sin [is] she to the daughter of Zion, For in thee have been found the transgressions of Israel.
Inu anthu okhala ku Lakisi mangani akavalo ku magaleta. Inu amene munayamba kuchimwitsa mwana wamkazi wa Ziyoni, pakuti zolakwa za Israeli zinapezeka pakati panu.
14 Therefore thou givest presents to Moresheth-Gath, The houses of Achzib become a lying thing to the kings of Israel.
Chifukwa chake perekani mphatso zolawirana ndi a ku Moreseti Gati. Mzinda wa Akizibu udzaonetsa kunama kwa mafumu a Israeli.
15 Yet the possessor I do bring in to thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, To Adullam come in doth the honour of Israel.
Ndidzabweretsa mgonjetsi kudzalimbana ndi inu okhala mu Maresa. Ulemerero wa Israeli udzafika ku Adulamu.
16 Make bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee!
Metani mipala mitu yanu kuonetsa kuti mukulirira ana anu amene mumawakonda; mudzichititse dazi ngati dembo, pakuti anawo adzatengedwa pakati panu kupita ku ukapolo.
