Mika 6
1 Ta thikĩrĩriai ũrĩa Jehova ekuuga: “Ũkĩrai mwĩciirĩrĩre mbere ya irĩma; mũreke tũrĩma tũigue ũrĩa mũkuuga.
Hear now a word: the Lord God has said; Arise, plead with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
2 Inyuĩ irĩma ici, iguai thitango ya Jehova; thikĩrĩriai inyuĩ mĩthingi ya thĩ ĩrĩa ĩtũũraga tene na tene. Nĩgũkorwo Jehova arĩ na ciira na andũ ake, nĩarathitanga andũ a Isiraeli.
Hear you, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and [you] valleys [even] the foundations of the earth: for the Lord [has] a controversy with his people, and will plead with Israel.
3 “Andũ akwa, kaĩ ndĩmwĩkĩte atĩa? Ndĩmũnogetie na kĩ? Njookeriai.
O my people, what have I done to you? or wherein have I grieved you? or wherein have I troubled you? answer me.
4 Ndaamũrutire bũrũri wa Misiri, ngĩmũkũũra kuuma bũrũri wa ũkombo. Ngĩtũma Musa amũtongorie, marĩ na Harũni na Miriamu.
For I brought tee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, and sent before you Moses, and Aaron, and Mariam.
5 Andũ akwa, ririkanai ũrĩa Balaki mũthamaki wa Moabi aamũciirĩire, na ũrĩa Balamu mũrũ wa Beori aamũcookeirie. Ririkanai rũgendo rwanyu kuuma Shitimu nginya Giligali, nĩgeetha mũmenye ciĩko cia ũthingu iria Jehova aaneka.”
O my people, remember now, what counsel Balac king of Moab took against you, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from the reeds to Galgal; that the righteousness of the Lord might be known.
6 Nĩ kĩĩ ingĩtwara mbere ya Jehova, ngĩinamĩrĩre mbere ya Ngai ũcio ũrĩ igũrũ mũno? Hihi no ngĩthiĩ mbere yake na maruta ma njino, kana thiĩ na tũcaũ twa ũkũrũ wa mwaka ũmwe?
Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, [and] lay hold of my God most high? shall I reach him by whole burnt offerings, by calves of a year old?
7 Anga Jehova no akenio nĩ ndũrũme ngiri nyingĩ, kana akenio nĩ maguta maingĩ ta ma njũũĩ ngiri ikũmi? Hihi no ndute mwana wakwa wa irigithathi nĩ ũndũ wa ũremi wakwa, kana ndute maciaro ma mwĩrĩ wakwa nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma ngoro yakwa?
Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my firstborn for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 Atĩrĩrĩ, wee mũndũ ũyũ, githĩ Jehova ndakuonetie maũndũ marĩa mega. Na nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ Jehova agwathaga wĩke? Githĩ to wĩkage maũndũ ma kĩhooto, na wendage ũhoro wa kũiguanĩra tha, na ũtwaranage na Ngai waku wĩnyiihĩtie.
Has it [not] been told you, O man, what [is] good? or what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord your God?
9 Ta thikĩrĩriai! Jehova nĩaretana kũu itũũra inene, mũndũ ũrĩa mũũgĩ nĩetigĩre rĩĩtwa rĩaku. “Rũmbũiya rũthanju, o na ũrĩa ũrũnyitĩte.
The Lord's voice shall be proclaimed in the city, and he shall save those that fear his name: hear, O tribe; and who shall order the city?
10 Wee nyũmba ya waganu-rĩ, no ndiganĩrwo nĩ igĩĩna iria mwĩigĩire na njĩra ĩtarĩ ya kĩhooto, kana ndiganĩrwo nĩ eba ya gũthima ĩrĩa ĩtarĩ ya kĩhooto, ĩrĩa nume?
[Is there] not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and [that] with the pride of unrighteousness?
11 No njuge mũndũ ndehĩtie akĩhũthagĩra ratiri itarĩ cia ma, arĩ na mondo ya mahiga ma gũthima ma maheeni?
Shall the wicked be justified by the balanced, or deceitful weights in the bag,
12 Itonga ciakuo nĩ cia ngũĩ; andũ akuo nĩ a maheeni, na nĩmĩ ciao nĩkũheenania iheenanagia.
whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted in their mouth?
13 Tondũ ũcio, nĩnyambĩrĩirie gũkũniina, na ngambĩrĩria gũkwananga nĩ ũndũ wa mehia manyu.
Therefore will I begin to strike you; I will destroy you in your sins.
14 Mũrĩrĩĩaga irio na mũtihũũne, nda cianyu irĩkoragwo o ihũtiĩ. Mũrĩigaga mĩthiithũ, no mũtikahonokia kĩndũ, tondũ kĩrĩa gĩothe mwahonokia nĩngakĩniinithia na rũhiũ rwa njora.
You shall eat, and shall not be satisfied; and there shall be darkness upon you; and he shall depart from [you], and you shall not escape; and all that shall escape shall be delivered over to the sword.
15 Mũrĩhaandaga no mũtikaagetha; mũrĩĩhihaga ndamaiyũ no mũtikehaka maguta ma cio; mũrĩĩhihaga thabibũ no mũtikanyua ndibei yacio.
You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall press the olive, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and [shall make] wine, but you shall drink no wine: and the ordinances of my people shall be utterly abolished.
16 Nĩmũrũmĩrĩire irĩra cia watho wa Omuri na mĩtugo yothe ya nyũmba ya Ahabu, mũkarũmĩrĩra irĩra ciao cia ndũire. Tondũ ũcio nĩngamũrekereria mwanangwo, na ndekererie andũ anyu matuĩke a gũthekererwo; mũgaatũũra mũnyararĩtwo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ icio.”
For you have kept the statues of Zambri, and [done] all the works of the house of Achaab; and you have walked in their ways, that I might deliver you to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and you shall bear the reproach of nations.
