Mika 3
1 Ningĩ ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Ta iguai, inyuĩ atongoria a Jakubu, o inyuĩ aathani a nyũmba ya Isiraeli. Githĩ mũtiagĩrĩirwo nĩkũmenya ũhoro wa gũtuanĩra ciira na kĩhooto.
Then I said, “You Israeli [MTY] leaders, listen [to what I say]! You should certainly [RHQ] know what things are right [to do] [and what things are wrong],
2 No inyuĩ mũthũire maũndũ mega no mũkenda marĩa mooru; inyuĩ mũnũraga andũ akwa ikonde, na mũgathoora nyama mahĩndĩ-inĩ mao.
but you hate what is good and you love what is evil. [You act like butchers]: [it is as though] you strip the skin off my people and [tear] the flesh from their bones.
3 Inyuĩ mũrĩĩaga nyama cia mĩĩrĩ ya andũ akwa, mũkamonũra ikonde na mũkoinanga mahĩndĩ mao tũcunjĩ; O inyuĩ mũmatinangagia ta nyama cia gũkarangwo na rũgĩo, o na ta nyama cia gũtherũkio na nyũngũ.”
[It is as though] you chop them into pieces like [SIM] meat [to be cooked] in a pot.
4 Hĩndĩ ĩyo magaakaĩra Jehova, nowe ndakamacookeria. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩakahitha ũthiũ wake kuuma kũrĩ o, tondũ wa ũũru ũrĩa mekĩte.
Then, [when you have troubles], you plead to Yahweh [to help you], but he will not answer you. At that time, he will turn away from you because of the evil things that you have done.”
5 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Ha ũhoro wa anabii acio mahĩtithagia andũ akwa, mũndũ aamahe irio, maanagĩrĩra makiugaga ‘thayũ,’ no angĩmaima irio, makahaarĩria mbaara ya kũmũũkĩrĩra.
This is what Yahweh says about your [false] prophets who are deceiving the people: “If someone gives them food, those prophets say that things will go well for him. But they declare war against anyone who does not give them food.
6 Tondũ ũcio, ũtukũ nĩũkamũhubanĩria, mwage kuona cioneki, mũhubanĩrio nĩ nduma mwage ũguũrio. Riũa nĩrĩgathũĩra anabii, naguo mũthenya ũmatuĩkĩre nduma.
So [now it is as though] [MET] night will descend on you prophets; you will not receive any [more] visions. [It is as though] [MET] the sun will set for you; the time [when you are greatly honored] will end.
7 Ooni-maũndũ nĩmagaconoka, nao aragũri maconorithio. Othe nĩmakahumbĩra mothiũ mao, tondũ gũtirĩ ũhoro magaacookerio nĩ Ngai.”
[Then] you (seers/people who predict what will happen in the future) [DOU] will be disgraced; you will cover your faces [because you will be ashamed], because when you ask me [what will happen], there will be no answer from me.”
8 No hakwa-rĩ, niĩ njiyũrĩtwo nĩ hinya, na ngaiyũrwo nĩ Roho wa Jehova, o na ngaiyũrwo nĩ kĩhooto na ũhoti, nĩguo nyumbũrĩre Jakubu ũremi wake, na nyumbũrĩre Isiraeli mehia make.
But as for me, I am full of [God’s] power, [power] from the Spirit of Yahweh. I am courageous and strong to declare to the Israeli people [MTY, DOU] that they have sinned and rebelled [against Yahweh].
9 Ta thikĩrĩriai, inyuĩ atongoria a nyũmba ya Jakubu, o inyuĩ aathani a nyũmba ya Isiraeli, inyuĩ mũmenaga kĩhooto, na mũkoogomia maũndũ marĩa ma ma;
You leaders of the people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this! You hate [it when people do] what is just; and [when people say] what is true, you distort it, [saying it is false].
10 inyuĩ mwakaga Zayuni na ũiti wa thakame, na mũgaaka Jerusalemu na waganu.
[It is as though] you are building [houses in] Jerusalem on foundations that consist of murdering people and doing what is corrupt.
11 Atongoria akuo matuaga ciira maahakwo, athĩnjĩri-Ngai akuo marutanaga maarĩhwo, na anabii akuo marathaga mohoro maheo mbeeca. No rĩrĩ, megiritanagia na Jehova makoiga atĩrĩ, “Githĩ Jehova ndakĩrĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ gaitũ? Gũtirĩ ũũru ũngĩtũkora.”
Your leaders make [favorable] decisions [only if they receive] bribes. Your priests teach people only if [those people] pay them [well]. Your [false] prophets require people to pay them to tell people what will happen [to them] in the future. Those prophets say, “Yahweh is telling us [what we should say], and [we say that] we will not experience any disasters.”
12 Nĩ tondũ wanyu-rĩ, Zayuni gũgaaciimbwo ta mũgũnda, Jerusalemu gũtuĩke hĩba ya mahiga, nakĩo kĩrĩma kĩrĩa gĩakĩtwo hekarũ gĩtuĩke kĩhumbu kĩmereirwo nĩ ihinga.
Because of what you [leaders do], Zion [Hill] will be plowed like a field; it will become a heap of ruins/rubble; the top of the hill, where the temple is [now], will be covered with bushes.
