Miikaah 7
1 Anaa iska hoogay! Waayo, waxaan ahay sidii marka la soo ururiyo midhaha beergoosadka, iyo sida xaabxaabka canabka. Ma jiro rucub la cuna. Naftaydu waxay doonaysaa berdaha hore u bislaaday.
I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like [SIM] someone who is hungry, [who searches for fruit to pick] after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat.
2 Dadkii cibaadada lahaa wuu ka wada baabba'ay dhulka, oo dadka dhexdiisa laguma arko mid qumman. Kulligood waxay u wada gabbadaan inay dhiig galaan daraaddeed, oo nin kastaaba walaalkiis ayuu shabag ku ugaadhsadaa.
[All] the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. [The people who are left] are all murderers [MTY]; [it is as though] everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.
3 Gacmahoodu waxay aad ugu dadaalaan inay sameeyaan wax shar ah. Amiirka iyo xaakinkuba waxay dadka weyddiistaan laaluush. Ninka weynuna wuxuu ku hadlaa xumaanta naftiisu doonayso, oo sidaasay isugu maroojiyaan xumaan.
They [all] use both hands to do what is evil. [Government] officials and judges [all] ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together [about how to get it done].
4 Kooda ugu wanaagsanu waa sidii qodxan oo kale, kooda ugu wada qummanuna waa sidii yamaarug oo kale. Wakhtigii waardiyihiinna oo ah wakhtigii laydin soo booqan lahaa waa yimid, wareerkoodu hadduu noqon doonaa.
[Even] the best people are [as worthless] [SIM] as briers; the people [who are considered by others to be] [IRO] the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes. But, [Yahweh] will soon judge them; now is the time that he will punish people, a time when they will be [very] confused [because of being defeated].
5 Deris ha isku hallaynina, saaxiibna ha ku kalsoonaanina, afkaagana ka xidho tan laabtaada ku jiifta.
[So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
6 Waayo, wiil wuxuu sharafjebiyaa aabbihiis, gabadhuna waxay ku kacdaa hooyadeed, oo naaguna waxay ku kacdaa soddohdeed, oo nin cadowgiisuna waa dadka gurigiisa.
Boys will despise their fathers, and girls will defy their mothers. Women will defy their mothers-in-law. Your enemies will be those who live in your own houses.
7 Laakiinse anigu Rabbigaan dhawrayaa, oo Ilaaha badbaadadayda waan sugayaa. Ilaahay wuu i maqli doonaa.
As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
8 Cadowgaygow, ha igu farxin. Goortaan dhoco waan kici doonaa, oo goortaan gudcur fadhiistana Rabbiga ayaa iftiin ii noqon doona.
You who are our enemies, do not gloat/rejoice about [what has happened to] us, [because even] if we have experienced disasters, [those disasters will end and] we will be restored. [Even] if [it is as though] we are sitting in the darkness, Yahweh will be our light.
9 Anigu waan qaadan doonaa Rabbiga dhirifkiisa, maxaa yeelay, waan ku dembaabay isaga, ilaa uu dacwaddayda ii muddaco, oo uu ii garsooro. Iftiinka wuu ii soo bixin doonaa, oo anna xaqnimadiisa waan arki doonaa.
We must be patient while Yahweh punishes us because we have sinned against him. But later, [it will be as though] he will go to court and defend us, and he will make sure that the judge makes a right decision about us. [It will be as though] he will bring us out into the light, and we will see it when he rescues us.
10 Dabadeedna waxaa arki doonta tan cadowgayga ah, oo aad bay u ceeboobi doontaa tan igu lahayd, Meeh Rabbiga Ilaahaaga ah? Indhahaygu way fiirin doonaan iyada, oo haatan waxaa iyada loogu tuman doonaa sidii dhoobada jidadka dhex taal.
Our enemies will [also] see that, and they will be disgraced because they [ridiculed us], saying “Why is [RHQ] Yahweh, that God of yours, [not helping you]?” But with our own eyes we will see them when they are defeated; we will see them trampled like [SIM] mud in the streets.
11 Waxaa iman doona wakhti derbiyadiinna la dhisi doono, oo wakhtigaas ayaa soohdintiinna la ballaadhin doonaa.
[You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
12 Wakhtigaas waxaa laydiinka iman doonaa tan iyo dalka Ashuur iyo ilaa magaalooyinka Masar, iyo tan iyo Masar iyo ilaa Webi Yufraad, iyo tan iyo bad ilaa baddeeda kale, iyo buur iyo ilaa buurteeda kale.
[People from many countries will come to honor you]: people from Assyria and from [near] the [Euphrates] River [in the east] and from Egypt [in the south], from distant seas, and from many mountains.
13 Laakiinse dhulku cidla buu noqon doonaa, waana kuwa dhex deggan daraaddood iyo midhihii falimahooda aawadood.
But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
14 Dadkaaga oo ah adhigii dhaxalkaaga oo kaynta Karmel ku dhex taal keli ahaantood deggan ushaada ku daaji. Iyagu ha daaqeen Baashaan iyo Gilecaad sidii waagii hore.
Yahweh, protect your people like [MET] [a shepherd protects his sheep] by using his walking stick; lead your people [MET] whom you have chosen to belong to you. [Even though some of them] live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead [regions] that they possessed long ago.
15 Sidii wakhtigii aad dalkii Masar ka soo baxdeen ayaan waxyaalo yaab badan tusi doonaa.
[Yahweh says/replies], “[Yes], I will perform miracles for you like the miracles that I performed when I rescued your [ancestors] from [being slaves in] Egypt.”
16 Quruumuhu way arki doonaan, oo waxay ka ceeboobi doonaan itaalkooda oo dhan, oo intay gacanta afka saaraan ayay dhego beeli doonaan.
[People from many] nations will see [what Yahweh does for you], and they will be ashamed because they do not have any power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears [because they will be very amazed because of what Yahweh does], [and they will not be able to say anything or hear anything].
17 Waxay ciidda u leefleefi doonaan sidii abeeso oo kale, sidii waxyaalo dhulka ku gurguurta ayay iyagoo gariiraya meelahooda ka soo bixi doonaan, oo waxay cabsi ugu iman doonaan Rabbiga Ilaaheenna ah, oo idinka aawadiin ayay u baqi doonaan.
[Being very humiliated, ] they will crawl on the ground [MTY] like [SIM] snakes. They will come out of their homes trembling, and stand revering Yahweh our God. They will be very afraid of him, and will tremble in front of him.
18 Bal waa kee Ilaaha kula mid ahi, kaasoo xumaanta saamaxa, oo iska dhaafa xadgudubka kuwa dhaxalkiisa ka hadhay? Isagu sii ma cadhaysnaado weligiis, maxaa yeelay, naxariistuu ku farxaa.
[Yahweh], there is no [RHQ] God like you; you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy [to show us] that you faithfully love [us].
19 Isagu wuu soo jeedsan doonaa oo wuu inoo naxariisan doonaa. Xumaanteennana cagta buu kula joogsan doonaa. Adigu dembiyadooda oo dhan waxaad ku tuuri doontaa badda moolkeeda.
You will again act kindly/compassionately toward us. You will get rid of [the scroll on which you have written] the sins that we have committed [as though you were] trampling it under your feet or throwing it into the deep ocean.
20 Sidaad waagii hore awowayaashayo ugu dhaaratay, waxaad Yacquub u samayn doontaa run, Ibraahimna naxariis.
You will show that you faithfully [do what you promised for us] and faithfully love us, just like you solemnly promised long ago to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob that you would do.
