Mikka 3
1 Ne ndyoka ŋŋamba nti, “Muwulire mmwe abakulembeze ba Yakobo, mmwe abafuzi b’ennyumba ya Isirayiri. Si mmwe mwandisaanidde okumanya obwenkanya,
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
2 mmwe abakyawa ekirungi ne mwagala ekibi; mmwe ababaagako abantu bange eddiba ne mubaggyako ennyama ku magumba?
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
3 Mulya ennyama yaabwe, ne mubabaagako eddiba, amagumba gaabwe ne mugamenyaamenya, era ne mubasalaasala ng’ennyama eneefumbibwa mu nsaka.”
You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
4 Balikoowoola Mukama, naye talibaanukula. Mu biro ebyo alibakweka amaaso ge olw’ebibi bye bakoze.
Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
5 Bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Bannabbi ababuzaabuza abantu balangirira nti, ‘Mirembe,’ eri oyo abaliisa, naye oyo atabaliisa bamuggulako olutalo.
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
6 Noolwekyo ekiro kiribajjira, awatali kwolesebwa, n’enzikiza ebajjire awatali kulagulwa. Enjuba erigwa nga bannabbi balaba, n’obudde bubazibirire.
Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
7 Abalabi baliswazibwa n’abalaguzi bakwatibwe ensonyi. Bonna balibikka amaaso gaabwe kubanga Katonda tabaanukula.”
Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
8 Naye nze, nzijjudde amaanyi n’Omwoyo wa Mukama, okwekaliriza ensonga n’obuvumu, njasanguze eri Yakobo olw’ebikolwa bye ebibi by’akola, olw’ekibi kya Isirayiri.
As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
9 Mumpulirize mmwe abakulembeze b’ennyumba ya Yakobo, Mmwe abafuzi b’ennyumba ya Isirayiri, Mmwe abanyooma obwenkanya Ne mukyusa ekituufu ne mukifuula ekikyamu;
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
10 mmwe abazimbidde Sayuuni ku musaayi, Ne Yerusaalemi ne mugizimbira ku butali butuukirivu.
who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 Abakulembeze be, balya enguzi ne basala omusango nga beekubiira, bakabona be, baggya ensimbi ku bantu balyoke bayigirize, ne bannabbi be, baagala okuwa obunnabbi nga bamaze kusasulwa. Kyokka bajuliza Mukama nga boogera nti, “Mukama tali naffe? Tewali kinaatutuukako.”
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
12 Noolwekyo ku lwammwe, Sayuuni eririmibwa ng’ennimiro, ne Yerusaalemi erifuuka ntuumu ya bifunfugu, n’akasozi okuli yeekaalu kafuuke ng’akabira akakutte.
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
