< Micah 1 >

1 A word of YHWH that has been to Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he has seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:
Ko e folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia naʻe hoko kia Maika, ko e tangata Molesi, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Sotami, mo ʻAhasi, mo Hesekaia, ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻaia naʻa ne mamata ai naʻe kau ki Samēlia mo Selūsalema.
2 Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fullness, And Lord YHWH is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple.
Fanongo ʻakimoutolu ʻae kakai kotoa pē; fakafanongo ʻe māmani, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai: pea tuku ke talatalaakiʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe he ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua, ko e ʻEiki mei hono fale tapu.
3 For behold, YHWH is going out from His place, And He has come down, And has trodden on high places of earth.
He vakai, ʻoku hāʻele mai ʻa Sihova mei hono potu, pea te ne hāʻele mai mo tuʻu ʻi he potu māʻolunga ʻo māmani.
4 The mountains have been melted under Him, And the valleys split themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.
Pea ʻe vela ʻo vai ʻae ngaahi moʻunga ʻi lalo ʻiate ia, pea ʻe mafahi ʻae ngaahi teleʻa, hangē ko e pulu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe afi, pe hangē ko e vai ʻoku lilingi ʻi ha potu tahifohifo.
5 For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, And for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
“ʻOku hoko ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, koeʻuhi ko e angahala ʻa Sēkope, pea koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi hia ʻae fale ʻo ʻIsileli. Ko e hā ʻae angahala ʻa Sēkope? ʻIkai ko Samēlia? Pea ko e hā ʻae ngaahi potu Māʻolunga ʻo Siuta? ʻIkai ko Selūsalema?
6 “And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.
Ko ia te u ngaohi ʻa Samēlia ke hangē ha puke ʻoe ngoue, pea hangē ko e ngaahi vaʻa ʻakau ʻoku tō ʻi he ngoue vaine: pea te u lilingi ʻae ngaahi maka ʻo ia ki he teleʻa, pea te u fakahā ʻa hono ngaahi tuʻunga.
7 And all her carved images are beaten down, And all her wages are burned with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For from the wage of a harlot she gathered, and to the wage of a harlot they return.”
Pea ko e ngaahi tamapua kuo tongi ʻi ai, ʻe laiki, pea ko e ngaahi totongi kotoa pē ʻo ia, ʻe tutu ʻaki ʻae afi, pea ko e ngaahi tamapua ko ia te u fakalala: he naʻa ne tānaki ia mei he totongi ʻoe muitau, pea ʻe foki ia ki he totongi ʻoe muitau.”
8 For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.
Ko ia te u tangilāulau mo ʻioho, te u ʻalu veteki pe mo telefua: te u tangi ʻo hangē ha fanga siakali, pea tangi mamahi ʻo hangē ko e fanga lulu.
9 For mortal [are] her wounds, For it has come to Judah, It has come to a gate of My people—to Jerusalem.
He ko hono lavea ʻoku taʻefaʻafakamoʻui; he kuo hoko ia ʻo aʻu ki Siuta, kuo ne hoko ki he matapā ʻo hoku kakai, ʻio, ki Selūsalema.
10 In Gath do not tell—in Acco do not weep, In Beth-Aphrah, roll yourself in dust.
‌ʻOua naʻa fakahā ia ʻi Kati, ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa mou tangi: ʻi he fale ʻo ʻAfala, ke ke tekefili ʻi he efu.
11 Pass over for you, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan has not gone out, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel takes from you its standing.
Mole atu ʻa koe ʻoku nofo ʻi Safila, mo e mā ʻa ho telefua: naʻe ʻikai ke hū mai ʻae kakai ʻo Senani ʻi he tangi ʻa Petesili; te ne maʻu meiate kimoutolu ʻa hono tuʻunga.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth has stayed for good, For calamity has come down from YHWH to the gate of Jerusalem.
He naʻe tatali ʻamanaki pe ki he lelei ʻae kau nofo ʻi Maloti: ka naʻe hoko ʻae kovi meia Sihova, ki he matapā ʻo Selūsalema.
13 Bind the chariot to a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, The beginning of sin [is] she to the daughter of Zion, For in you have been found the transgressions of Israel.
‌ʻE! ʻA koe ʻoku nofo ʻi Lakisi, noʻotaki ʻae saliote ki he manu veʻe vave: ko e kamataʻanga ia ʻoe angahala ki he ʻofefine ʻa Saione: he ko e ngaahi angahala ʻa ʻIsileli, naʻe ʻilo ʻiate koe.
14 Therefore you give presents to Moresheth-Gath, The houses of Achzib become a lying thing to the kings of Israel.
Ko ia te ke ange ʻae ngaahi foaki ki Molesiti-Kati: ʻe hoko ʻae ngaahi fale ʻo ʻAkisipi, ko e loi ki he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli.
15 Yet I bring the possessor to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah, The glory of Israel comes to Adullam.
Ka te u ʻomai ha foha hoko kiate koe, ʻa koe ʻoku nofo ʻi Malesa: te ne haʻu ki ʻAtulami, ko e nāunau ʻo ʻIsileli.
16 Make bald and shave, for your delightful sons, Enlarge your baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from you!
Fakatekefua mo kosi koe, koeʻuhi ko hoʻo fānau fakapelepeleʻi; fakalahi ho tula hangē ko e ʻikale; he kuo nau ʻalu ki he pōpula meiate koe.

< Micah 1 >