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 Lord’s message which came to Micah of Morsheth in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The visions he saw about 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.
Listen, all you peoples! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the earth! For the Lord God will be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple!
3 Tazama! Bwana anakuja kutoka mahali pake; anashuka na kukanyaga mahali palipoinuka juu pa dunia.
The Lord is coming from his holy place, he descends and treads on the heights of the earth,
4 Milima inayeyuka chini yake na mabonde yanagawanyika kama nta mbele ya moto, kama maji yatiririkayo kasi kwenye mteremko.
so that the mountains melt beneath like wax in the presence of the fire, and the valleys break apart like water poured down a steep descent.
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?
All this is because of the crime of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. What was the crime of Jacob? Was it not Samaria? What is the sin 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.
“I will make Samaria a ruin in an open field, and a place where a vineyard is planted, I will hurl down her stones into the valley, and lay bare her foundations.
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.”
“All her images will be shattered, and all her statues will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay in ruins. For they were acquired by prostitution, and to prostitution they will return.”
8 Kwa ajili ya hili nitalia na kuomboleza; nitatembea bila viatu na tena uchi. Nitabweka kama mbweha na kuomboleza kama bundi.
This is why I will mourn and wail, I will go barefoot and naked, I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the desert owl.
9 Kwa sababu jeraha lake halitibiki; limekuja Yuda. Limefika hasa kwenye lango la watu wangu, hata Yerusalemu kwenyewe.
For the blow that Samaria has received is incurable. It has spread over Judah, it extends even to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 Usiliseme hili huko Gathi; usilie hata kidogo. Huko Beth-le-Afra gaagaa mavumbini.
Don’t tell this in Gath! Don’t even cry – but sit in the dust at Beth-leaphrah.
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 by, inhabitants of Shaphir, naked and ashamed! The inhabitants of Zaanan cannot leave their city. Beth-ezel laments and removes its support from you.
12 Wale waishio Marothi wanagaagaa kwa maumivu wakingoja msaada, kwa sababu maangamizi yamekuja kutoka kwa Bwana, hata katika lango la Yerusalemu.
The inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good! But the Lord has sent disaster to the gates 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.
Harness the horse to the chariot, inhabitants of Lachish. You led the daughter of Zion, Jerusalem, into sin, in you are found the crimes of Israel.
14 Kwa hiyo utaipa Moresheth-Gathi zawadi za kuagana. Mji wa Akzibu utaonyesha wazi udanganyifu kwa wafalme wa Israeli.
Therefore you must give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath. Beth-achzib will betray the kings of Israel.
15 Nitawaleteeni atakayewashinda ninyi mnaoishi Maresha. Yeye aliye utukufu wa Israeli atakuja Adulamu.
I will hand you to a conqueror, people of Mareshah, the leaders of Israel will hide in Adullam Cave!
16 Nyoeni nywele zenu katika kuomboleza kwa ajili ya watoto wenu mnaowafurahia; jifanyieni upara kama tai, kwa kuwa watawaacha na kwenda uhamishoni.
Shave your head in morning for the children you love, until you are bald as vultures, because they have left you for exile.
