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, “You Israeli [MTY] leaders, listen [to what I say]! You should certainly [RHQ] know what things are right [to do] [and what things are wrong],
2 Ry mpalain-ty soa, naho mpitea haratiañeo; ry mampikorendake ty holi’ iareo, naho ty nofotse boak’an-taola’ iareo.
but you hate what is good and you love what is evil. [You act like butchers]: [it is as though] you strip the skin off my people and [tear] 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.
[It is as though] you chop them into pieces like [SIM] meat [to be cooked] in a pot.
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, [when you have troubles], you plead to Yahweh [to help you], but he will not answer you. At that time, he will turn away from you because of the evil things that you 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 Yahweh says about your [false] prophets who are deceiving the people: “If someone gives them food, those prophets say that things will go well for him. But they declare war against anyone who does not give them food.
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.
So [now it is as though] [MET] night will descend on you prophets; you will not receive any [more] visions. [It is as though] [MET] the sun will set for you; the time [when you are greatly honored] will end.
7 Ho salatse o mpioniñeo, vaho ho tangòke o mpisikilio; eka, hanakom-palie iereo, amy te tsy manoiñe t’i Andrianañahare.
[Then] you (seers/people who predict what will happen in the future) [DOU] will be disgraced; you will cover your faces [because you will be ashamed], because when you ask me [what will happen], there will be no answer from me.”
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.
But as for me, I am full of [God’s] power, [power] from the Spirit of Yahweh. I am courageous and strong to declare to the Israeli people [MTY, DOU] that they have sinned and rebelled [against Yahweh].
9 Ehe, janjiño zao, ry talen’ akiba’ Iakobeo, naho ry talèn’ anjomba’ Israeleo, ry mpalain-kavantañañeo, vaho mpañamengoke ze atao zaka-to;
You leaders of the people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this! You hate [it when people do] what is just; and [when people say] what is true, you distort it, [saying it is false].
10 Ie mamboatse i Tsione an-dio, naho Ierosalaime an-katsivokarañe.
[It is as though] you are building [houses in] Jerusalem on foundations that consist of murdering people and doing what is corrupt.
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!
Your leaders make [favorable] decisions [only if they receive] bribes. Your priests teach people only if [those people] pay them [well]. Your [false] prophets require people to pay them to tell people what will happen [to them] in the future. Those prophets say, “Yahweh is telling us [what we should say], and [we say that] we will not experience any disasters.”
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.
Because of what you [leaders do], Zion [Hill] will be plowed like a field; it will become a heap of ruins/rubble; the top of the hill, where the temple is [now], will be covered with bushes.
