Mika 6
1 Sikiliza asemalo Bwana: “Simama, tetea shauri lako mbele ya milima; vilima na visikie lile unalotaka kusema.
Listen now to what Jehovah says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
2 Sikilizeni, ee milima, mashtaka ya Bwana, sikilizeni, enyi misingi ya milele ya dunia. Kwa kuwa Bwana ana shauri dhidi ya watu wake; anatoa mashtaka dhidi ya Israeli.
Hear, you mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
3 “Watu wangu, nimewatendea nini? Nimewalemea kwa jinsi gani? Mnijibu.
My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me.
4 Nimewatoa kutoka Misri na kuwakomboa kutoka nchi ya utumwa. Nilimtuma Mose awaongoze, pia Aroni na Miriamu.
For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 Watu wangu, kumbukeni jinsi Balaki mfalme wa Moabu alivyofanya shauri na kile Balaamu mwana wa Beori alichojibu. Kumbukeni safari yenu kutoka Shitimu mpaka Gilgali, ili mfahamu matendo ya haki ya Bwana.”
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah."
6 Nimjie Bwana na kitu gani na kusujudu mbele za Mungu aliyetukuka? Je, nije mbele zake na sadaka za kuteketezwa, nije na ndama za mwaka mmoja?
How shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
7 Je, Bwana atafurahishwa na kondoo dume elfu, au mito elfu kumi ya mafuta? Je, nimtoe mzaliwa wangu wa kwanza kwa ajili ya kosa langu, mtoto wangu mwenyewe kwa ajili ya dhambi ya nafsi yangu?
Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 Amekuonyesha yaliyo mema, ee mwanadamu. Bwana anataka nini kwako? Ila kutenda kwa haki na kupenda rehema, na kwenda kwa unyenyekevu na Mungu wako.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Jehovah require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
9 Sikiliza! Bwana anauita mji: kulicha jina lako ni hekima: “Tii hiyo fimbo na yeye aliyeiamuru.
Jehovah's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.
10 Je, bado nisahau, ee nyumba ya uovu, hazina yako uliyopata kwa udanganyifu na vipimo vilivyopunguka, ambavyo vimelaaniwa?
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
11 Je, naweza kuhukumu kuwa mtu mwenye mizani ya udanganyifu hana hatia, aliye na mfuko wa mawe ya kupimia ya uongo?
Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 Matajiri wake ni wajeuri; watu wake ni waongo na ndimi zao zinazungumza kwa udanganyifu.
Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
13 Kwa hiyo, nimeanza kukuharibu, kuwaangamiza kwa sababu ya dhambi zenu.
Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
14 Mtakula lakini hamtashiba; matumbo yenu bado yatakuwa matupu. Mtaweka akiba lakini hamtaokoa chochote, kwa sababu mtakachoweka akiba nitatoa kwa upanga.
You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.
15 Mtapanda lakini hamtavuna; mtakamua zeituni lakini hamtatumia mafuta yake. Mtakamua zabibu lakini hamtakunywa hiyo divai.
You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
16 Mmezishika sheria za Omri na matendo yote ya nyumba ya Ahabu, tena umefuata desturi zao. Kwa hiyo nitakutoa kwa maangamizi na watu wako kuwa dhihaka; mtachukua dharau za mataifa.”
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you walk in their counsels. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and her inhabitants an object of contempt; and you will bear the scorn of the nations."
