Mika 1
1 Esiae nye gbedeasi si va na Mika, Moresitɔ la, tso Yehowa gbɔ. Gbedeasia va nɛ le Yada fiawo, Yotam, Ahaz kple Hezekia ŋɔli. Gbedeasia ku ɖe Samaria kple Yerusalem ŋuti, eye wòva nɛ le ŋutega me.
Here is the message that the Lord gave to Micah of Moresheth at the time when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. This is what he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Mi dukɔwo katã miɖo to nya sia, wò anyigba kple edzinɔlawo katã mise ɖa; Aƒetɔ Yehowa le eƒe gbedoxɔ kɔkɔe me eye wòtsɔ nya ɖe mia ŋuti!
Listen, all the nations! Pay attention, everyone on earth! The Lord God testifies against you from the Lord's holy Temple.
3 Kpɔ ɖa Yehowa gbɔna tso eƒe nɔƒe! Eɖi tso dzi eye wòzɔ to kɔkɔƒewo le anyigba dzi.
Look! The Lord is coming, leaving his place and coming down, and is walking on the high places of the earth.
4 Towo lolõ ɖe eƒe afɔ te, eye balimewo ma le eŋgɔ abe ale si bosomi lolõnae le dzo gbɔ ene; abe ale si tsi sina ne wòle aga ɖim ene.
The mountains melt beneath him, the valleys burst apart, like wax in front of a fire, like water rushing down a slope. All this is happening because of the rebellion of the descendants of Jacob, the sins of the people of Israel.
5 Nu siawo katã le dzɔdzɔm ɖe Yakob ƒe aglãdzedze ta, ele dzɔdzɔm ɖe Israel ƒe aƒe ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta. Nu kae nye Yakob ƒe aglãdzedzea? Ɖe menye Samariae oa? Nu kae nye Yuda ƒe vɔsaƒewo? Ɖe menye Yerusalem ye oa?
What is the rebellion of the descendants of Jacob? Isn't it what is happening in Samaria? Where are the idolatrous high places of Judah? Aren't they right in Jerusalem?
6 “Le esiawo ta la, mana Samaria nazu aƒedo, ale be woate ŋu ade waingble ɖe edzi gɔ̃ hã. Malɔ eƒe kpe gbagbãwo akɔ ɖe balime eye eƒe xɔwo ƒe agunu adze.
Therefore I will make Samaria a pile of rubble in a field, a place for planting vineyards. I will roll its stones down into the valley; I will lay bare its foundations.
7 Woagbã eƒe legbawo gudugudu eye woatɔ dzo nunana siwo woli kɔe ɖe eƒe trɔ̃xɔwo me. Ale matɔ dzo eƒe legbawo katã. Elabena gboloho wotsɔ ƒo wo nu ƒui eye gboloho woagazu.”
All their carved idols will be smashed to pieces. All that was earned by their temple prostitutes will be burned. All of their idols will be destroyed, for what she collected through the earnings of temple prostitutes will be taken away and used to pay other temple prostitutes.
8 Le esia ta mafa avi ado ɣli; maɖe amama azɔ afɔ ƒuƒlu. Maxlɔ̃ abe amegaxi ene, eye mafa konyi abe adzexe ene,
Because of this I will weep and wail, I will walk barefoot and naked, and will howl like jackals and mourn like owls.
9 elabena Yuda ka abi makumaku. Abi la keke va ɖo nye dukɔ ƒe agbowo nu ke, va ɖo Yerusalem ŋutɔ gɔ̃ hã.
Their wound cannot be healed, it has extended to Judah, and reached right to the gates of Jerusalem.
10 Migaɖe gbeƒãe alo afa avi le Gat o. Ke mibliba mia ɖokuiwo ɖe ke me le Bet Ofra.
Don't mention it in Gath; don't weep at all. People of Beth-le-aphrah, roll in the dust.
11 Mi Safirtɔwo midzo le ŋukpe kple amamanɔnɔ me; mi Zaanantɔwo miadzo o. Bet Ezel le konyi fam eya ta sitsoƒe aɖeke mele esi na mi o.
Leave, people of Shaphir, naked and ashamed. People of Zanaan don't come out. People of Beth Ezel mourn, for you have lost your support.
12 Marotɔwo le mɔ kpɔm vevie be ŋu nyui aɖe ava ke, gake vevesese koe le wo lalam, elabena gbegblẽ tso Yehowa gbɔ va keke Yerusalem ƒe agbo nu.
The people of Maroth wait anxiously for relief, but disaster has come down from the Lord on the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Mi Lakistɔwo mitsi sɔwo ɖe miaƒe tasiaɖamwo ŋu. Wòe nye Zion nyɔnuvi ƒe nu vɔ̃ ƒe gɔmedzeƒe elabena wokpɔ Israel ƒe nu vɔ̃wo le mewò.
Harness the team of horses to the chariot, you people of Lachish, because the sins of the people of Jerusalem began with you, for the sins of Israel were first found in you.
14 Eya ta miaklã ɖa tso Moreset Gat gbɔ. Akzib ƒe aƒe aflu Israel fiawo.
Send your goodbye gifts to Moresheth. The town of Achzib is a deception to the kings of Israel.
15 Mi ame siwo le Maresa, makplɔ aʋakɔ aƒu mi, woaɖu mia dzi, ale Israel ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ava Adulam.
I will bring a conqueror to attack you, people of Moresheth. The leaders of Israel will go to Adullam.
16 Lũ ta kolikoli nàfa konyi elabena wokplɔ vi siwo gbɔ mèlɔ̃a nu le o la dzoe. Lũ ta wòanɔ abe akaga tɔ ene, elabena woakplɔ viwòwo ayi aboyo mee.
Shave your heads, for the children you love will be taken away; make yourselves as bald as a vulture, for they will be exiled far away from you.
