Mika 3
1 Le hoe iraho: Ehe, mijanjiña ry roandria’ Iakobe, naho o lohà’ i anjomba’ Israeleio, tsy inahareo hao ty hahafohiñe ty hatò?
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
2 Ry mpalain-ty soa, naho mpitea haratiañeo; ry mampikorendake ty holi’ iareo, naho ty nofotse boak’an-taola’ iareo.
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
3 Ry mpampibotseke ty nofo’ ondatikoo, mpañolitse iareo, mpampipozake o taola’eo, naho manoritory iareo ho am-balàñeo, hoe hena an-tsajoa.
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 Hitoreo am’ Iehovà iereo henane zay, f’ie tsy hanoiñe; eka, haeta’e am’ iereo ty lahara’e amy andro zay, ty amy haloloan-tsata’ iareoy.
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 Hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà ty amo mpitoky mampandilatse ondatikoo; mikoike ty hoe: Fierañerañañe, kanao ahazoa’e ty ho tifarem-pamotsi’e; fe hentseñe’e aly ty tsy mampijon-draha am-palie’e ao.
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 Aa le ho haleñe ama’ areo izay, tsy amañ’aroñaroñe, naho ho ieñe ama’ areo, tsy hisikiliañe; ho tsofots’ andro amo mpitokio, himoromoroñe am’ iereo te handro.
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 Ho salatse o mpioniñeo, vaho ho tangòke o mpisikilio; eka, hanakom-palie iereo, amy te tsy manoiñe t’i Andrianañahare.
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 Fe mañatsak’ ahy ty haozaran’ Arofo’ Iehovà, naho ty hatò, vaho ty hafatrarañe, hitsey am’ Iakobe i fiolà’ey, naho am’ Israele i hakeo’ey.
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 Ehe, janjiño zao, ry talen’ akiba’ Iakobeo, naho ry talèn’ anjomba’ Israeleo, ry mpalain-kavantañañeo, vaho mpañamengoke ze atao zaka-to;
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 Ie mamboatse i Tsione an-dio, naho Ierosalaime an-katsivokarañe.
who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 Mpizaka mipay tambe o mpiaolo’eo; mipay karama te mañòke o mpisoro’eo, naho mpitoky mpangala falitse o mpitoki’eo; inao, miato am’ Iehovà iereo, manao ty hoe: Tsy añivon-tika hao t’Iehovà? Toe tsy hifetsahan-kankàñe!
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 Aa le inahareo ro itrabahañe i Tsione hoe tonda, naho Ierosalaime ho votrim-porompotse, vaho ty an-tamboho’ i vohi’ i anjombaiy ho ala.
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.
