Mika 1
1 Neno la Bwana lilimjia Mika, Mmoreshethi, wakati wa utawala wa Yothamu, Ahazi na Hezekia, wafalme wa Yuda; ufunuo aliouona kuhusu Samaria na Yerusalemu.
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morashthite in the days of Jotham, Achaz, [and] Hezekiah, the kings of Judah, which he foresaw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Sikieni, enyi mataifa, enyi nyote, sikilizeni, ee dunia na wote mliomo ndani yake, ili Bwana Mwenyezi ashuhudie dhidi yenu, Bwana kutoka Hekalu lake takatifu.
Hear, ye people, altogether; listen, O earth, with all that filleth it: and let the Lord Eternal be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3 Tazama! Bwana anakuja kutoka mahali pake; anashuka na kukanyaga mahali palipoinuka juu pa dunia.
For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his residence; and he will come down, and will step along upon the high places of the earth.
4 Milima inayeyuka chini yake na mabonde yanagawanyika kama nta mbele ya moto, kama maji yatiririkayo kasi kwenye mteremko.
And the mountains shall melt beneath him, and the valleys shall cleave in twain, like wax [melteth] before the fire, like water poured out on a declivity.
5 Yote haya ni kwa sababu ya kosa la Yakobo, ni kwa sababu ya dhambi za nyumba ya Israeli. Kosa la Yakobo ni lipi? Je, sio Samaria? Je, mahali pa juu pa Yuda pa kuabudia miungu ni nini? Je, sio Yerusalemu?
For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. Who caused the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and who caused the high-places of Judah? is it not Jerusalem?
6 “Kwa hiyo nitaufanya Samaria kuwa lundo la kokoto, mahali pa kuotesha mizabibu. Nitayamwaga mawe yake katika bonde na kuacha wazi misingi yake.
Therefore will I change Samaria into stone-heaps on the field, into vineyard plantations: and I will hurl down into the valley her stones, and her foundations will I lay open.
7 Sanamu zake zote zitavunjwa vipande vipande; zawadi zake zote za Hekalu zitachomwa kwa moto; nitaharibu vinyago vyake vyote. Kwa kuwa alikusanya zawadi zake kutokana na ujira wa kahaba, nazo zitatumika tena kulipa mishahara ya kahaba.”
And all her graven images shall he beaten to pieces, and all her wages of sin shall be burnt with the fire, and all her idols will I make desolate; for from harlot's wages she gathered them, and for harlot's wages shall they be used again.
8 Kwa ajili ya hili nitalia na kuomboleza; nitatembea bila viatu na tena uchi. Nitabweka kama mbweha na kuomboleza kama bundi.
For this will I lament and wail; I will go confused and naked: I will make a lament like the crocodiles, and mourning like the ostriches.
9 Kwa sababu jeraha lake halitibiki; limekuja Yuda. Limefika hasa kwenye lango la watu wangu, hata Yerusalemu kwenyewe.
For her wounds arc incurable; for [the evil] is come even unto Judah; [the enemy] hath reached as far as the gate of my people, even up to Jerusalem.
10 Usiliseme hili huko Gathi; usilie hata kidogo. Huko Beth-le-Afra gaagaa mavumbini.
Tell it not at Gath, weep ye not loudly [there]: in Bethle'aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
11 Piteni mkiwa uchi na wenye aibu, ninyi mkaao Shafiri. Wale waishio Saanani hawatatoka nje. Beth-Eseli iko katika maombolezo; kinga yake imeondolewa kwako.
Pass ye away, ye inhabitants of Shaphir, having your shame laid bare: the inhabitress of Zaanan cometh not forth [any more]; the mourning of Beth-haezel taketh from you its halting place.
12 Wale waishio Marothi wanagaagaa kwa maumivu wakingoja msaada, kwa sababu maangamizi yamekuja kutoka kwa Bwana, hata katika lango la Yerusalemu.
For the inhabitress of Maroth is grieved for the [lost] good; because evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Enyi mkaao Lakishi, fungeni farasi kwenye magari ya vita. Mlikuwa chanzo cha dhambi kwa Binti Sayuni, kwa kuwa makosa ya Israeli yalikutwa kwako.
Bind the chariot to the swift horses, O inhabitress of Lachish: the beginning of sin was she to the daughter of Zion; for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.
14 Kwa hiyo utaipa Moresheth-Gathi zawadi za kuagana. Mji wa Akzibu utaonyesha wazi udanganyifu kwa wafalme wa Israeli.
Therefore shalt thou have to give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall become a deception to the kings of Israel.
15 Nitawaleteeni atakayewashinda ninyi mnaoishi Maresha. Yeye aliye utukufu wa Israeli atakuja Adulamu.
Yet will I bring an [enemy as] heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: as far as 'Adullam shall withdraw the glory of Israel.
16 Nyoeni nywele zenu katika kuomboleza kwa ajili ya watoto wenu mnaowafurahia; jifanyieni upara kama tai, kwa kuwa watawaacha na kwenda uhamishoni.
Make thyself bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight; enlarge thy baldness like the eagle; because they are gone into exile from thee.
