Mika 3
1 Nimesema'”Sasa sikilizeni, ninyi viongozi wa Yakobo na kutawala nyumba ya Israeli: Je siyo sahihi kwenu kuielewa haki?
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
2 Ninyi manaochukia mazuri na kupenda uovu, ninyi mnaoambua ngozi yao, miili yao kutoka kwenye mifupa yao-
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, 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.
who also 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 caldron.
4 Kisha ninyi watawala mtalia kwa Yahwe, lakini hatawajibu. Atauficha uso wake kutoka kwenu kipindi hicho, kwasababu mmefanya matendo maovu.”
Then they will cry to YHWH, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil."
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 says YHWH concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace." and whoever doesn't provide for 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 night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
7 Waonaji watawekwa kwenye aibu, waaguzi wa watachanganyikiwa. Wote watafunga midomo yao, kwa kuwa hakuna jibu kutoka kwangu.”
The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from 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 as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of YHWH, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, 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.
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
10 Mnaijenga Sayuni kwa damu na Yerusalemu kwa uovu.
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
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.”
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on YHWH, and say, "Isn't YHWH in the midst of us? No disaster will come on 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 Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.
