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 them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 Wanatamani mashamba na kuyakamata, pia nyumba na kuzichukua. Wanamlaghai mwanaume nyumba yake, mwanadamu mwenzake urithi wake.
And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
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 thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time [is] evil.
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.’”
In that day shall [one] take up a parable against you, and lament with a grievous lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly wasted: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed [it] from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
5 Kwa hiyo hutakuwa na yeyote katika kusanyiko la Bwana wa kugawanya mashamba kwa kura.
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
6 Manabii wao husema, “Usitabiri. Usitabiri kuhusu vitu hivi; aibu haitatupata.”
Prophesy ye not, [say they to them that] prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, [that] they shall not take shame.
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?
O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
8 Siku hizi watu wangu wameinuka kama adui. Unawavua joho la kitajiri wale wanaopita pasipo kujali, kama watu warudio kutoka vitani.
Even of late my people hath risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse to war.
9 Unawahamisha wanawake wa watu wangu kutoka kwenye nyumba zao za kupendeza. Unaondoa baraka yangu kwa watoto wao milele.
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
10 Inuka, nenda zako! Kwa maana hapa sio mahali pako pa kupumzikia, kwa sababu pametiwa unajisi, pameharibiwa, wala hapatengenezeki tena.
Arise ye, and depart; for this [is] not [your] rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy [you], even with a grievous destruction.
11 Ikiwa mwongo na mdanganyifu atakuja na kusema, ‘Nitawatabiria divai na pombe kwa wingi,’ angekuwa ndiye nabii anayekubalika na watu hawa!
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood doth lie, [saying], I will prophesy to thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of 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 surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of [the multitude of] men.
13 Yeye afunguaye njia atawatangulia; watapita kwenye lango na kutoka nje. Mfalme wao atawatangulia, Bwana atakuwa kiongozi.”
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and have gone out by it; and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
