Mikka 3
1 Ne ndyoka ŋŋamba nti, “Muwulire mmwe abakulembeze ba Yakobo, mmwe abafuzi b’ennyumba ya Isirayiri. Si mmwe mwandisaanidde okumanya obwenkanya,
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
2 mmwe abakyawa ekirungi ne mwagala ekibi; mmwe ababaagako abantu bange eddiba ne mubaggyako ennyama ku magumba?
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 Mulya ennyama yaabwe, ne mubabaagako eddiba, amagumba gaabwe ne mugamenyaamenya, era ne mubasalaasala ng’ennyama eneefumbibwa mu nsaka.”
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
4 Balikoowoola Mukama, naye talibaanukula. Mu biro ebyo alibakweka amaaso ge olw’ebibi bye bakoze.
Then shall they cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
5 Bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Bannabbi ababuzaabuza abantu balangirira nti, ‘Mirembe,’ eri oyo abaliisa, naye oyo atabaliisa bamuggulako olutalo.
Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
6 Noolwekyo ekiro kiribajjira, awatali kwolesebwa, n’enzikiza ebajjire awatali kulagulwa. Enjuba erigwa nga bannabbi balaba, n’obudde bubazibirire.
Therefore night shall be to you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark to you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
7 Abalabi baliswazibwa n’abalaguzi bakwatibwe ensonyi. Bonna balibikka amaaso gaabwe kubanga Katonda tabaanukula.”
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of 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.
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, 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;
Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
10 mmwe abazimbidde Sayuuni ku musaayi, Ne Yerusaalemi ne mugizimbira ku butali butuukirivu.
They build up Zion with blood, 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.”
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean on the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come on us.
12 Noolwekyo ku lwammwe, Sayuuni eririmibwa ng’ennimiro, ne Yerusaalemi erifuuka ntuumu ya bifunfugu, n’akasozi okuli yeekaalu kafuuke ng’akabira akakutte.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
