Mika 5
1 Sasa njoni pamoja katika safu ya kupigana, binti wa maaskari; maaskari wameuzingira mji, kwa ufito watampiga mwamuzi wa Israeli kwenye shavu.
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
2 Lakini wewe, Bethlehemu Efrata, hata kama uko mdogo miongoni mwa koo za Yuda, kutoka kweko mmoja atakuja kwangu kutawala Israeli, ambaye mwanzo wake ni kutoka nyakati za kale, toka milele.
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, [though] thou art little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth to me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
3 Kwa hiyo Mungu atawapa, hata mda wa yeye aliye katika uchungu kuzaa mtoto, na mabaki ya ndugu zake yatawarudia wana wa Israeli.
Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return to the children of Israel.
4 Atasimama na kuchunga kundi lake kwa nguvu za Yahwe, kwa ukuu wa enzi ya jina la Yahwe Mungu wake. Watabaki, kwa kuwa atakuwa mashuhuri hata mwisho wa dunia.
And he will stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now will he be great to the ends of the earth.
5 Atakuwa amani yetu. Wakati Waashuru watakapokuja kwenye nchi yetu, wakati wakitembea dhidi ya boma yetu, kisha kisha tutainuka juu yao wachungaji saba na viongozi nane juu ya watu.
And this [man] will be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
6 Watachunga nchi ya Ashuru kwa upanga, na nchi ya Nimrodi katika malango yake. Atatuokoa kutoka kwa Waashuru, watakapokuja kwenye nchi yetu, watakapoingia kwenye mipaka yetu.
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its entrances: thus will he deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
7 Mabaki ya Yakobo yatakuwa katika kabila za watu wengi, kama umande utokao kwa Yahwe, kama manyunyu kwenye majani, ambayo hayamsubiri mtu, na hayawasubiri watoto wa mwanadamu.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
8 Mabaki ya Yakobo yatakuwa miongoni mwa mataifa, miongoni mwa watu wengi, kama simba katikati ya kundi la kondoo. wakati akipita katikati yao, atawakanyaga juu yao na kuwachachana kuwa vipande vipande, na hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuwaokoa.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he goeth through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
9 Mkono wako utainuliwa dhidi ya maadui zako, na utawaharibu.
Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thy adversaries, and all thy enemies shall be cut off.
10 “Itatokea siku hiyo,” asema Yahwe, “kwamba nitawaharibu farasi wako kutoka miongoni mwenu na nitayavunja magari yako ya farasi.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
11 Nitaiharibu miji katika nchi yako na kuzingusha ngome zako zote.
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
12 Nitauharibu uchawi kwenye mkono wako, na hakutakuwa na waaguzi tena.
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no [more] sooth-sayers:
13 Nitaziaharibu sanamu zako za pango na nguzo za mawe kutoka miongoni mwako. Hautaabudu tena ustadi wa mikono yako.
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands.
14 Nitazin'goa nguzo zako za Ashera kutoka miongoni mwenu, na nitaiharibu miji yenu.
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
15 Nitalipiza kisasi kwa hasira na ghadhabu juu ya mataifa ambayo hayakusikiliza.”
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
