Mika 2
1 Ole wao wale wanao wanaokusudia mabaya, kwa wale wanaokusudia kwenye vitanda vyao kufanya maovu. Katika asubuhi wanayafanya kwa sababu wana nguvu.
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 Wanatamani mashamba na kuyapunguza; wanazitamani nyumba na kuzichukua. Wanadhulumu mtu na nyumba yake, mtu na 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 Yahwe asema hivi, “Tazama, nakaribia kuleta janga dhidi ya huu ukoo, ambalo hamtazitoa shingo zenu. Hamtatembea kwa kiburi, kwa kuwa itakuwa wakati wa uovu.
Therefore thus saith Yhwh; 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 Katika siku hiyo maadui zako wataimba wimbo kuhusu wewe, na kuomboleza kwa maombolezo ya huzuni. Wataimba, 'Sisi Waisraeli tumeangamizwa kabisa; Yahwe hubadilisha eneo la watu wangu. Je ataliondoaje kutoka kwangu? Huwagawia mshamba yetu kusaliti.”'
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: 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, ninyi watu matajiri hamtakuwa uzao kugawanya eneo kwa kupiga kura katika mkutano wa Yahwe.
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of Yhwh.
6 “Msitabiri,” wanasema. “Hawatayatabiri haya mambo; lawama hazitakuja.”
Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
7 Je litasemwa kweli, nyumba ya Yakobo, “je Roho ya Yahwe? Je haya ni matendo yake kweli?” Maneno yangu hayafai kwa kila mmoja atembeaye kwa unyoofu?
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of Yhwh straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
8 Hivi karibuni watu wangu wameinuka kama adui. Mmelivua joho, nguo, kutoka wale wapitao wasioshutumiwa, kama maaskari kurudi kutoka kwenye vita kwa kile wakifikiriacho ni salama.
Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
9 Mnawaendesha wanawake wangu kwa watu wangu kutoka kwenye nyumba nzuri; mnachukua baraka kutoka kwa watoto wao wadogo daima.
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 Inukeni na muondoke, kwa kuwa hii sio sehemu ambayo mnaweza kuishi, kwa sababu ya unajisi wake; imeangamizwa kwa maangamizo kabisa.
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
11 Kama mtu akija kwenu katika roho ya uongo na kudanganya na kusema, “Nitatabiri kwenu kuhusu mvinyo na kilevi kikali,” angeweza kufikiriwa kuwa nabii kwa ajili ya hawa watu.
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
12 Nitawaleta pamoja wote hakika, Yakobo. Hakika nitawakusanya mabaki ya Israeli. Nitawaleta pamoja kama kondoo katika zizi, kama kundi la wanyama katika malisho. Kutakuwa na kelele kwasababu ya wingi 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 Mtu avunjaye hufungua njia zao kwa ajili yao kwenda mbele yao. Wamebomoa kupitia lango na kutoka nje; mfalme wao atapita mbele yao. Yahwe atakuwa mbele yao.
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and Yhwh on the head of them.
