Mika 3
1 Nimesema'”Sasa sikilizeni, ninyi viongozi wa Yakobo na kutawala nyumba ya Israeli: Je siyo sahihi kwenu kuielewa haki?
And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
2 Ninyi manaochukia mazuri na kupenda uovu, ninyi mnaoambua ngozi yao, miili yao kutoka kwenye mifupa yao-
Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 ninyi mnaokula pia miili ya watu wangu, na kuambua ngozi yao, kuvunja mifupa yao, na kuwakatakata katika vipande vipande, kama nyama kwenye chungu, kama nyama kwenye sufuria kubwa.
and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.
4 Kisha ninyi watawala mtalia kwa Yahwe, lakini hatawajibu. Atauficha uso wake kutoka kwenu kipindi hicho, kwasababu mmefanya matendo maovu.”
Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
5 Yahwe asema hivi kuhusu manabii ambao wawafanyao watu wangu kushindwa, “Kwa wale wawalishao wanatangaza, 'Kutakuwa na ustawi.' Lakini kwa wale wasioweka kitu kwenye vinywa vyao, wanaanzisha vita dhidi yake.
Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that cause my people to err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him:
6 Kwa hiyo, itakuwa usiku kwenu usiokuwa na maono juu yenu; itakuwa giza ili kwamba msiweze kubashiri. Jua litakwenda chini juu ya manabii, na siku itakuwa giza juu yao.
therefore ye shall have night without a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, without divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
7 Waonaji watawekwa kwenye aibu, waaguzi wa watachanganyikiwa. Wote watafunga midomo yao, kwa kuwa hakuna jibu kutoka kwangu.”
And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer of God.
8 Lakini kwangu, nimejazwa nguvu kutoka kwa Roho wa Yahwe, na nimejaa haki na uweza, kumwambia Yakobo kosa lake, na Israeli dhambi yake.
But truly I am filled with power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and with judgment and with might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
9 Sasa sikieni hii, ninyi viongozi wa nyumba ya Yakobo, na watawala wa nyumba ya Israeli, ninyi ambao mnaochukia haki, na kupotosha kila haki.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity,
10 Mnaijenga Sayuni kwa damu na Yerusalemu kwa uovu.
that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.
11 Viongozi wenu huhukumu kwa rushwa, makuhani wenu hufundisha kwa hijara, na manabii wenu hufanya utabiri kwa ajili ya pesa. Hata hivyo bado mtamtegemea Yahwe na kusema, “Je hayupo Yahwe pamoja nasi? Hakuna uovu utakaokuja juu yetu.”
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
12 Kwa hiyo, kwasababu yenu, Sayuni italimwa kama shamba, Yerusalemu itakuwa rundo la kifusi, na mwinuko wa hekalu utakuwa kama mwinuko wa msituni.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
