Micah 5
1 Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall strike the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
Sasa njoni pamoja katika safu ya kupigana, binti wa maaskari; maaskari wameuzingira mji, kwa ufito watampiga mwamuzi wa Israeli kwenye shavu.
2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he comes forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose activities forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
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.
3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which labors has brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
Kwa hiyo Mungu atawapa, hata mda wa yeye aliye katika uchungu kuzaa mtoto, na mabaki ya ndugu zake yatawarudia wana wa Israeli.
4 And he shall 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 shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
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.
5 And this man shall 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.
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.
6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our borders.
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.
7 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 tarries not for man, nor waits for the sons of men.
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.
8 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 go through, both treads down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver.
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.
9 your hand shall be lifted up upon your adversaries, and all of your enemies shall be cut off.
Mkono wako utainuliwa dhidi ya maadui zako, na utawaharibu.
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and I will destroy your chariots:
“Itatokea siku hiyo,” asema Yahwe, “kwamba nitawaharibu farasi wako kutoka miongoni mwenu na nitayavunja magari yako ya farasi.
11 And I will cut off the cities of your land, and throw down all your strong holds:
Nitaiharibu miji katika nchi yako na kuzingusha ngome zako zote.
12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of your hand; and you shall have no more soothsayers:
Nitauharibu uchawi kwenye mkono wako, na hakutakuwa na waaguzi tena.
13 Your graven images also will I cut off, and your standing images out of the midst of you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.
Nitaziaharibu sanamu zako za pango na nguzo za mawe kutoka miongoni mwako. Hautaabudu tena ustadi wa mikono yako.
14 And I will pluck up your groves out of the midst of you: so will I destroy your cities.
Nitazin'goa nguzo zako za Ashera kutoka miongoni mwenu, na nitaiharibu miji yenu.
15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
Nitalipiza kisasi kwa hasira na ghadhabu juu ya mataifa ambayo hayakusikiliza.”
