Mika 7
1 Taabu gani hii niliyo nayo! Nimefanana na yule akusanyaye matunda ya kiangazi, aokotaye masazo baada ya kuvunwa shamba la mizabibu; hakuna kishada chenye matunda ya kula, hakuna hata ile tini ya mwanzoni ninayoitamani.
Woe, woe is me, for I have become like a field after harvest, like a vineyard after gathering; not a cluster of grapes to eat, not a fig that anyone desires.
2 Wanaomcha Mungu wameondolewa kutoka nchi; hakuna mtu mnyofu hata mmoja aliyebaki. Watu wote wanavizia kumwaga damu, kila mmoja anamwinda ndugu yake kwa wavu.
The honest have perished from the land, of the upright among people there is none. All of them lie in wait to shed blood. They hunt one another with the net.
3 Mikono yote miwili ni hodari katika kufanya ubaya, mtawala anadai zawadi, hakimu anapokea rushwa, wenye nguvu wanaamuru wanachotaka: wote wanafanya shauri baya pamoja.
Their hands know well how to do evil, the officer and judge demands a bribe, the high official decides as he pleases and they conspire to pervert justice.
4 Aliye mwema kupita wote kati yao ni kama mchongoma, anayeonekana mnyofu zaidi miongoni mwao ni mbaya kuliko uzio wa miiba. Siku ya walinzi wako imewadia, siku atakayokutembelea Mungu. Sasa ni wakati wao wa kuchanganyikiwa.
The best of them are like a thorn thicket, their most upright like a prickly hedge. The day of their punishment has come, now will be their confusion!
5 Usimtumaini jirani; usiweke matumaini kwa rafiki. Hata kwa yule alalaye kifuani mwako uwe mwangalifu kwa maneno yako.
Do not trust your neighbor, do not rely on a friend. From the wife who lies in your arms guard your tongue.
6 Kwa kuwa mwana humdharau baba yake, naye binti huinuka dhidi ya mama yake, mkwe kuwa kinyume na mama mkwe wake: adui wa mtu ni wale wa nyumbani mwake hasa.
For son insults father, daughter rises up against mother, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law, a man’s enemies are the people of his own household.
7 Lakini mimi, namtazama Bwana kwa matumaini, namngoja Mungu Mwokozi wangu; Mungu wangu atanisikia mimi.
But I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me!
8 Usifurahie msiba wangu, ee adui yangu! Ingawa nimeanguka, nitainuka. Japo ninaketi gizani, Bwana atakuwa nuru yangu.
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy. If I have fallen, I will rise. If I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
9 Kwa sababu nimetenda dhambi dhidi yake, nitabeba ghadhabu ya Bwana, mpaka atakaponitetea shauri langu na kuithibitisha haki yangu. Atanileta nje kwenye mwanga, nami nitaiona haki yake.
The anger of the Lord I will bear, for against him have I sinned – until he champions my cause and gives judgment for me. He will bring me into to the light, I will see his justice.
10 Kisha adui yangu ataliona naye atafunikwa na aibu, yule aliyeniambia, “Yu wapi Bwana Mungu wako?” Macho yangu yataona kuanguka kwake, hata sasa atakanyagwa chini ya mguu kama tope barabarani.
So my enemy will see, and shame will cover them, they who said, “Where is the Lord your God?” I will look upon them, they will be trampled on like mud in the street!
11 Siku ya kujenga kuta zako itawadia, siku ya kupanua mipaka yako.
It is a day for rebuilding your walls, this day will your boundary will be extended.
12 Siku hiyo watu watakuja kwako kutoka Ashuru na miji ya Misri, hata kutoka Misri hadi Frati na kutoka bahari hadi bahari na kutoka mlima hadi mlima.
This day they will come to you, from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the Euphrates River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13 Dunia itakuwa ukiwa kwa sababu ya wakazi wake, kwa sababu ya matunda ya matendo yao.
Though the land has become a desolation because of its inhabitants, because of their deeds.
14 Wachunge watu wako kwa fimbo yako, kundi la urithi wako, ambalo linaishi peke yake msituni, katika nchi ya malisho yenye rutuba. Waache walishe katika Bashani na Gileadi kama ilivyokuwa siku za kale.
Shepherd your flock with your staff, the flock that belong to you, who live alone in the forest, in the midst of meadows; so that they may pasture in Bashon and Gilead as in the days of old,
15 “Kama siku zile mlipotoka Misri, nitawaonyesha maajabu yangu.”
as in the days when you came from Egypt, gave us wonders to see.
16 Mataifa yataona na kuaibika, waliondolewa nguvu zao zote. Wataweka mikono yao kwenye vinywa vyao na masikio yao yatakuwa na uziwi.
Nations will see and be ashamed of all their might; they will put their hands to their mouth, their ears will become deaf,
17 Wataramba mavumbi kama nyoka, kama viumbe vitambaavyo juu ya ardhi. Watatoka nje ya mapango yao wakitetemeka; watamgeukia Bwana Mungu wetu kwa hofu nao watakuogopa.
they will lick the dust like snakes, like creatures that crawl on the earth; they will come trembling and in terror from their hiding places, in dread and fear.
18 Ni nani Mungu kama wewe, ambaye anaachilia dhambi na kusamehe makosa ya mabaki ya urithi wake? Wewe huwi na hasira milele, bali unafurahia kuonyesha rehema.
Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing by the rebellion of the remnant of your people? He does not retain his anger forever, but is one who delights in mercy.
19 Utatuhurumia tena, utazikanyaga dhambi zetu chini ya nyayo zako, na kutupa maovu yetu yote katika vilindi vya bahari.
He will tread under foot our iniquity; you will cast into the depths of the sea all our iniquities.
20 Utakuwa wa kweli kwa Yakobo, nawe utamwonyesha Abrahamu rehema, kama ulivyowaahidi kwa kiapo baba zetu siku za kale.
You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and loving kindness to Abraham, as you have sworn to our ancestors from the days of old.
