Mika 2
1 Ole kwa wale wapangao uovu, kwa wale wafanyao shauri la hila vitandani mwao! Kunapopambazuka wanalitimiza kwa sababu uko katika uwezo wao kutekeleza.
Woe to those who lie awake planning evil, who in the light of morning carry out their plan because they have the power to do it.
2 Wanatamani mashamba na kuyakamata, pia nyumba na kuzichukua. Wanamlaghai mwanaume nyumba yake, mwanadamu mwenzake urithi wake.
They covet fields and seize them, desire houses and take them, they crush householder and his household, people and their possessions.
3 Kwa hiyo, Bwana asema: “Ninapanga maangamizi dhidi ya watu hawa, ambayo hamwezi kujiokoa wenyewe. Hamtatembea tena kwa majivuno, kwa kuwa utakuwa ni wakati wa maafa.
Therefore the Lord says: “I am planning disaster from which you cannot save your neck, nor walk proudly because it will be a terrible time.
4 Siku hiyo watu watawadhihaki, watawafanyia mzaha kwa wimbo huu wa maombolezo: ‘Tumeangamizwa kabisa; mali ya watu wangu imegawanywa. Ameninyangʼanya! Ametoa mashamba yetu kwa wasaliti.’”
On that day they will sing a taunt-song to you, this mocking lament: ‘My people’s estate is being measured for sale, our captors are dividing our fields. We are completely undone.’
5 Kwa hiyo hutakuwa na yeyote katika kusanyiko la Bwana wa kugawanya mashamba kwa kura.
There will be no one to measure out land for you from the Lord’s community.
6 Manabii wao husema, “Usitabiri. Usitabiri kuhusu vitu hivi; aibu haitatupata.”
“‘Don’t rant!’ they urge, ‘Of such things one does not prophesy! Shame will not overtake us!
7 Je, ingesemwa, ee nyumba ya Yakobo: “Je, Roho wa Bwana amekasirika? Je, yeye hufanya vitu kama hivyo?” “Je, maneno yangu hayamfanyii mema yeye ambaye njia zake ni nyofu?
Is the Lord impatient, or are such things his deeds? Are not his words favorable to the family of Jacob?’ Aren’t my commands good for those who obey them?
8 Siku hizi watu wangu wameinuka kama adui. Unawavua joho la kitajiri wale wanaopita pasipo kujali, kama watu warudio kutoka vitani.
But you, you stand up as a foe against those who are peaceful; you strip the robe from those who pass by quietly, averse to conflict.
9 Unawahamisha wanawake wa watu wangu kutoka kwenye nyumba zao za kupendeza. Unaondoa baraka yangu kwa watoto wao milele.
Women of my people you drive out from their happy homes, from their young children you take away my glory forever.
10 Inuka, nenda zako! Kwa maana hapa sio mahali pako pa kupumzikia, kwa sababu pametiwa unajisi, pameharibiwa, wala hapatengenezeki tena.
Rise and begone, for this is no place to rest. Your uncleanness brings destruction, severe destruction.
11 Ikiwa mwongo na mdanganyifu atakuja na kusema, ‘Nitawatabiria divai na pombe kwa wingi,’ angekuwa ndiye nabii anayekubalika na watu hawa!
If a person walking in wine and falsehood were to say, ‘I will prophesy to you of wine and strong drink,’ then he would be the perfect prophet for this people!”
12 “Hakika nitawakusanya ninyi nyote, ee Yakobo, Hakika nitawaleta pamoja mabaki ya Israeli. Nitawaleta pamoja kama kondoo ndani ya zizi, kama kundi kwenye malisho yake, mahali hapa patakuwa na msongamano wa watu.
“I will assuredly assemble all of Jacob, I will surely gather the survivors of Israel. I will herd them together as sheep in a fold, like a flock in the pasture, and the land will resound with the sounds of multitudes.
13 Yeye afunguaye njia atawatangulia; watapita kwenye lango na kutoka nje. Mfalme wao atawatangulia, Bwana atakuwa kiongozi.”
“The one who breaks out goes first. They have broken forth and passed by the gate and through it have they gone out. Their king leads before them, the Lord at their head.”
