< UMikha 7 >
1 Maye kimi! Ngoba nginjengokuvunwa kwezithelo zasehlobo, njengokukhothozwa kwesivini; kakulahlukuzo lokudliwa; umphefumulo wami uloyisa isithelo sokuqala esivuthiweyo.
woe! to/for me for to be like/as gathering summer like/as gleaning vintage nothing cluster to/for to eat early fig to desire soul: appetite my
2 Olungileyo ubhubhile esuka emhlabeni; njalo kakho oqotho phakathi kwabantu; bonke bacathamele igazi, bayazingela ngulowo lalowo umfowabo ngembule.
to perish pious from [the] land: country/planet and upright in/on/with man nothing all their to/for blood to ambush man: anyone [obj] brother: compatriot his to hunt net
3 Ukuze benze okubi ngezandla zombili ngokutshiseka, isiphathamandla siyacela, lomahluleli uyacela umvuzo; lomkhulu ukhuluma inkanuko yomphefumulo wakhe, bayakwelukanisa.
upon [the] bad: evil palm to/for be good [the] ruler to ask and [the] to judge (in/on/with recompense *L(abh)*) and [the] great: large to speak: speak desire soul: appetite his he/she/it and to weave her
4 Ongcono wabo unjengameva; oqotho kubo mubi kulothango; usuku lwabalindi bakho, ukuhanjelwa kwakho sekufikile; khathesi kuzakuba khona ukudideka kwabo.
pleasant their like/as briar upright from hedge day to watch you punishment your to come (in): come now to be confusion their
5 Lingabeki ithemba kumngane, lingakholwa umhlobo; gcina iminyango yomlomo wakho kuye umfazi olala esifubeni sakho.
not be faithful in/on/with neighbor not to trust in/on/with tame from to lie down: lay down bosom: embrace your to keep: guard entrance lip your
6 Ngoba indodana idelela uyise, indodakazi ivukela unina, umalokazana avukele uninazala; izitha zomuntu ngabantu bendlu yakhe.
for son: child be senseless father daughter to arise: attack in/on/with mother her daughter-in-law in/on/with mother-in-law her enemy man human house: household his
7 Ngakho mina ngizakhangela eNkosini, ngilindele uNkulunkulu wosindiso lwami; uNkulunkulu wami uzangizwa.
and I in/on/with LORD to watch to wait: wait to/for God salvation my to hear: hear me God my
8 Ungathokozi ngami, sithakazi sami; lapho ngisiwa, ngizavuka; lapho ngihlezi emnyameni, iNkosi izakuba yikukhanya kimi.
not to rejoice enemy my to/for me for to fall: fall to arise: rise for to dwell in/on/with darkness LORD light to/for me
9 Ngizaluthwala ulaka lweNkosi, ngoba ngonile kuyo, ize imele udaba lwami, ingenzele isahlulelo. Izangikhuphela ekukhanyeni, ngibone ukulunga kwayo.
rage LORD to lift: bear for to sin to/for him till which to contend strife my and to make: do justice: judgement my to come out: send me to/for light to see: see in/on/with righteousness his
10 Ngakho isithakazi sami sizabona, lehlazo limembese yena owathi kimi: Ingaphi iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho? Amehlo ami azambona; khathesi uzanyathelelwa phansi njengodaka lwezitalada.
and to see: see enemy my and to cover her shame [the] to say to(wards) me where? he LORD God your eye my to see: see in/on/with her now to be to/for trampling like/as mud outside
11 Ngosuku imiduli yakho ezakwakhiwa ngalo, ngalolosuku isimiso sizakuba khatshana.
day to/for to build wall your day [the] he/she/it to remove statute: allotment
12 Ngalolosuku uzafika lakuwe evela eAsiriya, lemizini ebiyelweyo; njalo kusukela ezinqabeni kuze kube semfuleni, kusukela elwandle kusiya elwandle, kusukela entabeni kusiya entabeni.
day he/she/it and till you to come (in): come to/for from Assyria and city Egypt and to/for from Egypt and till River and sea from sea and mountain: mount [the] mountain: mount
13 Lanxa kunjalo ilizwe lizakuba yincithakalo ngenxa yabahlali balo, ngenxa yesithelo sezenzo zabo.
and to be [the] land: country/planet to/for devastation upon to dwell her from fruit deed their
14 Yelusa abantu bakho ngentonga yakho, umhlambi welifa lakho, ohlala wodwaehlathini, phakathi kweKharmeli. Kabadle eBashani leGileyadi, njengensukwini zasendulo.
to pasture people your in/on/with tribe: staff your flock inheritance your to dwell to/for isolation wood in/on/with midst plantation to pasture Bashan and Gilead like/as day forever: antiquity
15 Njengezinsukwini zokuphuma kwakho elizweni leGibhithe, ngizamtshengisa izimangaliso.
like/as day to come out: come you from land: country/planet Egypt to see: see him to wonder
16 Izizwe zizabona ziyangeke ngamandla azo wonke; zizabeka isandla phezu komlomo; indlebe zazo zibe yizacuthe.
to see: see nation and be ashamed from all might their to set: put hand upon lip ear their be quiet
17 Zizakhotha uthuli njengenyoka, njengezihuquzelayo zomhlaba zizathuthumela ekuvalekeni kwazo, zizamesaba uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, zesabe ngenxa yakho.
to lick dust like/as serpent like/as to crawl land: soil to tremble from perimeter their to(wards) LORD God our to dread and to fear: revere from you
18 Ngubani onguNkulunkulu njengawe, othethelela isono, adlule esiphambekweni sensali yelifa lakhe? Kagcini ulaka lwakhe kuze kube phakade, ngoba ethokoza emuseni.
who? God like you to lift: forgive iniquity: crime and to pass upon transgression to/for remnant inheritance his not to strengthen: strengthen to/for perpetuity face: anger his for delighting kindness he/she/it
19 Uzaphenduka, asihawukele; uzanyathelela phansi iziphambeko zethu; wena uzaphosela zonke izono zabo ezinzikini zolwandle.
to return: again to have compassion us to subdue iniquity: crime our and to throw in/on/with depth sea all sin their
20 Uzanika iqiniso kuJakobe, umusa kuAbrahama, owakufungela obaba bethu kusukela ensukwini zendulo.
to give: do truth: faithful to/for Jacob kindness to/for Abraham which to swear to/for father our from day front: old