Mika 5
1 Thagathaga mbũtũ ciaku cia mbaara, wee itũũra inene rĩa mbũtũ cia mbaara, nĩgũkorwo matũrigiicĩirie matũũkĩrĩre. Nĩmakaringa mwathi wa Isiraeli rũthĩa-inĩ na rũthanju.
Now shall the daughter [of Sion] be completely hedged in: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite the tribes of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
2 “No rĩrĩ, wee Bethilehemu Efiratha, o na harĩa arĩ we mũnini mũno mĩhĩrĩga-inĩ ya Juda, thĩinĩ waku nĩkuo gũkoima ũrĩa ũgaatuĩka mwathi wa Isiraeli, ũrĩa kĩhumo gĩake nĩ gĩa kuuma tene, kuuma mĩndĩ na mĩndĩ.”
And thou, Bethleem, house of Ephratha, art few in number to be [reckoned] among the thousands of Juda; [yet] out of thee shall one come forth to me, to be a ruler of Israel; and his goings forth were from the beginning, [even] from eternity.
3 Tondũ ũcio, Isiraeli nĩagatiganĩrio nginya ihinda rĩkinye, rĩrĩa ũrĩa ũraarũmwo agaaciara, nao ariũ-a-ithe arĩa angĩ magaacookerera andũ a Isiraeli.
Therefore shall he appoint them [to wait] till the time of her that travails: she shall bring forth, and [then] the remnant of their brethren shall return to the children of Israel.
4 Nĩagookĩra arĩithie rũũru rwa mbũri ciake arĩ na hinya wa Jehova, na ũnene wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova Ngai wake. Nao nĩmagatũũra marĩ agitĩre, nĩgũkorwo hĩndĩ ĩyo ũnene wake ũgaakinya o nginya ituri ciothe cia thĩ.
And the Lord shall stand, and see, and feed his flock with power, and they shall dwell in the glory of the name of the Lord their God: for now shall they be magnified to the ends of the earth.
5 Nake nĩagatuĩka thayũ wao. Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Ashuri makaahithũkĩra bũrũri witũ, na matuĩkanĩrie ciĩhitho ciitũ nũmu, nĩtũkamaarahũrĩra arĩithi mũgwanja, o na anene anana mamokĩrĩre.
And she shall have peace when Assur shall come into your land, and when he shall come up upon your country; and there shall be raised up against him seven shepherds, and eight attacks of men.
6 Nĩmagaatha bũrũri wa Ashuri na rũhiũ rwa njora; maathe bũrũri wa Nimurodi na hiũ cia njora icomoretwo. Nĩagatũhonokia kuuma kũrĩ Aashuri hĩndĩ ĩrĩa magaatharĩkĩra bũrũri witũ na matuĩkanĩirie mĩhaka-inĩ iitũ.
And they shall tend the Assyrian with a sword, and the land of Nebrod with her trench: and he shall deliver [you] from the Assyrian, when he shall come upon your land, and when he shall invade your coasts.
7 Matigari ma Jakubu magaatuĩka ta ime riumĩte harĩ Jehova gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ, o na ta mbura ya rũthuthuũ yurĩte nyeki-inĩ, ĩrĩa ĩtarehagwo nĩ mũndũ kana ĩkoirio nĩ andũ.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples, as dew falling from the Lord, and as lambs on the grass; that none may assemble nor resist among the sons of men.
8 Matigari ma Jakubu magaakoragwo gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ, o gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ, ta mũrũũthi ũrĩ thĩinĩ wa nyamũ cia mũtitũ, na ta kĩana kĩa mũrũũthi kĩrĩ thĩinĩ wa ndũũru cia ngʼondu, kĩrĩa gĩthiiaga gĩgĩcitihangagia na gĩgĩcitambuuraga na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩcihonokia.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many nations, as a lion in the forest among cattle, and as a [lion's] whelp among the flocks of sheep, even as when he goes through, and selects, and carries off [his prey], and there is none to deliver.
9 Guoko gwaku nĩgũkambarario na igũrũ kuonanie ũhootani harĩ thũ ciaku, na amuku aku othe nĩmakaniinwo.
Thine hand shall be lifted up against them that afflict thee, and all thine enemies shall be utterly destroyed.
10 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Mũthenya ũcio-rĩ, “nĩngananga mbarathi ciaku ikweherere biũ, nacio ngaari ciaku cia ita ndĩcitharie.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, [that] I will utterly destroy the horses out of the midst of thee, and destroy thy chariots;
11 Nĩngananga matũũra marĩa manene ma bũrũri wanyu, na tharũrie ciĩhitho iria nũmu cianyu ciothe.
and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds:
12 Nĩngananga ũgo wanyu, na mũtigacooka kũragũra rĩngĩ.
and I will utterly destroy thy sorceries out of thine hands; and there shall be no soothsayers in thee.
13 Nĩngananga mĩhianano yanyu ya gwacũhio, na nyanange mahiga manyu marĩa maamũre mũrĩ namo; mũtigacooka kũinamĩrĩra wĩra wa moko manyu rĩngĩ.
And I will utterly destroy thy graven images, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt never any more worship the works of thine hands.
14 Itugĩ cia Ashera iria mũrĩ nacio nĩngacimunya na momore matũũra manyu manene.
And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of thee, and I will abolish thy cities.
15 Nĩngerĩhĩria ndĩ na marakara na mangʼũrĩ kũrĩ ndũrĩrĩ iria itanjathĩkagĩra.”
and I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because they hearkened not.
