Mika 1
1 Hili ni neno la Yahwe ambalo lilikuja kwa Mika Mmorashti katika siku za Yotahamu, Ahazi, na Hezekeia, mfalme wa Yuda, lile neno aliloliona kuhusiana na Samaria na Yerusalemu.
Here is the message that the Lord gave to Micah of Moresheth at the time when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. This is what he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Sikilizeni, ninyi watu wote. Sikilizeni, dunia, na vyote vilivyomo kwenye dunia. Acheni Yahwe ashuhudiwe dhidi yenu, Bwana kutoka kwenye hekalu lake takatifu.
Listen, all the nations! Pay attention, everyone on earth! The Lord God testifies against you from the Lord's holy Temple.
3 Tazama, Yahwe anakuja kutoka mahali pake; atashuka chini na kupakanyaga mahali pa juu katika dunia.
Look! The Lord is coming, leaving his place and coming down, and is walking on the high places of the earth.
4 Milima itayeyuka chini yake; mabonde yatapasuka vipande vipande kama mshumaa mbele ya moto, kama maji ambayo yamemwagika chini ya mteremko mkali.
The mountains melt beneath him, the valleys burst apart, like wax in front of a fire, like water rushing down a slope. All this is happening because of the rebellion of the descendants of Jacob, the sins of the people of Israel.
5 Haya yote ni kwasababu ya uasi wa Yakobo, na kwasababu ya dhambi za nyumba ya Israeli. Je sababu ilikuwa nini kwa uasi wa Yakobo? Je ilikuwa Samaria? Je sababu ilikuwa nini kwa mahali pa juu pa Yuda? Je haiukuwa Yerusalemu?
What is the rebellion of the descendants of Jacob? Isn't it what is happening in Samaria? Where are the idolatrous high places of Judah? Aren't they right in Jerusalem?
6 “Nitaifanya Samaria rundo la uharibifu katika shamba, kama eneo la kupandia mizabibu. Nitayavuta mawe ya jengo lake kwenda kwenye bonde; Nitaifunua misingi yake.
Therefore I will make Samaria a pile of rubble in a field, a place for planting vineyards. I will roll its stones down into the valley; I will lay bare its foundations.
7 Sanamu zake zote za kuchonga zitapondwa vipande vipande; na zawadi zake zote zitachomwa moto. Kwa kuwa zawadi zake za ukahaba amezikusanya, na kama malipo ya ukahaba yatarudi.”
All their carved idols will be smashed to pieces. All that was earned by their temple prostitutes will be burned. All of their idols will be destroyed, for what she collected through the earnings of temple prostitutes will be taken away and used to pay other temple prostitutes.
8 Kwa sababu hii nitalia na kuomboleza; nitaenda peku peku na uchi; Nitaomboleza kama mbeha na kuomboleza kama bundi.
Because of this I will weep and wail, I will walk barefoot and naked, and will howl like jackals and mourn like owls.
9 Kwa kuwa jeraha lake haliponi, kwa kuwa imefika kwa Yuda. Imefikia lango la watu wangu, hadi Yerusalemu.
Their wound cannot be healed, it has extended to Judah, and reached right to the gates of Jerusalem.
10 Msiache kuwambia kuhusu katika Gathi; msilie tena. Katika Bethi Leafra nabiringisha mwenyewe kwenye mavumbi.
Don't mention it in Gath; don't weep at all. People of Beth-le-aphrah, roll in the dust.
11 Piteni karibu na, makao ya Shafiri, katika uchi na aibu. Makazi ya Zaanani hayatatoka nje. Maombolezo ya Beth Ezeli, kwa ajili ya ulinzi yamechukuliwa.
Leave, people of Shaphir, naked and ashamed. People of Zanaan don't come out. People of Beth Ezel mourn, for you have lost your support.
12 Kwa kuwa wakaaji wa Marothi hungoja habari njema, kwa sababu hofu, kwa sababu msiba umetoka kwa Yahwe hadi kwenye malango ya Yerusalemu.
The people of Maroth wait anxiously for relief, but disaster has come down from the Lord on the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Wfuungeni lijamu farasi wakokote gari la farasi, makazi ya Lakishi. Wewe Lakishi, ulikuwa mwanzo wa dhambi kwa binti Sayuni, kwa kuwa makosa ya Israeli yalionekana kwako.
Harness the team of horses to the chariot, you people of Lachish, because the sins of the people of Jerusalem began with you, for the sins of Israel were first found in you.
14 Hivyo utaipa zawadi ya kuagia Moreshethi Gathi; mji wa Akzibu utawavunja moyo wafalme wa Israeli.
Send your goodbye gifts to Moresheth. The town of Achzib is a deception to the kings of Israel.
15 Tena nitaleta ushindi kwako, makazi ya Maresha; uzuri wa Israeli utakuja Adulamu.
I will bring a conqueror to attack you, people of Moresheth. The leaders of Israel will go to Adullam.
16 Kata kipara chako na kata nywele zako kwa ajili ya watoto ambao unaowafurahisha. Fanya kipara chako mwenyewe kama tai, kwa ajili ya watoto wako watakao kwenda utumwani kutoka kwako
Shave your heads, for the children you love will be taken away; make yourselves as bald as a vulture, for they will be exiled far away from you.
