Mika 2
1 Ole wao wale wanao wanaokusudia mabaya, kwa wale wanaokusudia kwenye vitanda vyao kufanya maovu. Katika asubuhi wanayafanya kwa sababu wana nguvu.
Woe [to] those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is — to God.
2 Wanatamani mashamba na kuyapunguza; wanazitamani nyumba na kuzichukua. Wanadhulumu mtu na nyumba yake, mtu na urithi wake.
And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.
3 Kwa hiyo Yahwe asema hivi, “Tazama, nakaribia kuleta janga dhidi ya huu ukoo, ambalo hamtazitoa shingo zenu. Hamtatembea kwa kiburi, kwa kuwa itakuwa wakati wa uovu.
Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it [is].
4 Katika siku hiyo maadui zako wataimba wimbo kuhusu wewe, na kuomboleza kwa maombolezo ya huzuni. Wataimba, 'Sisi Waisraeli tumeangamizwa kabisa; Yahwe hubadilisha eneo la watu wangu. Je ataliondoaje kutoka kwangu? Huwagawia mshamba yetu kusaliti.”'
In that day doth [one] take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of woe, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.
5 Kwa hiyo, ninyi watu matajiri hamtakuwa uzao kugawanya eneo kwa kupiga kura katika mkutano wa Yahwe.
Therefore, thou hast no caster of a line by lot In the assembly of Jehovah.
6 “Msitabiri,” wanasema. “Hawatayatabiri haya mambo; lawama hazitakuja.”
Ye do not prophesy — they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.
7 Je litasemwa kweli, nyumba ya Yakobo, “je Roho ya Yahwe? Je haya ni matendo yake kweli?” Maneno yangu hayafai kwa kila mmoja atembeaye kwa unyoofu?
Doth the house of Jacob say, 'Hath the Spirit of Jehovah been shortened? Are these His doings?' Do not My words benefit the people that is walking uprightly?
8 Hivi karibuni watu wangu wameinuka kama adui. Mmelivua joho, nguo, kutoka wale wapitao wasioshutumiwa, kama maaskari kurudi kutoka kwenye vita kwa kile wakifikiriacho ni salama.
And yesterday My people for an enemy doth raise himself up, From the outer garment the honourable ornament ye strip off, From the confident passers by, Ye who are turning back from war.
9 Mnawaendesha wanawake wangu kwa watu wangu kutoka kwenye nyumba nzuri; mnachukua baraka kutoka kwa watoto wao wadogo daima.
The women of My people ye cast out from its delightful house, From its sucklings ye take away My honour to the age.
10 Inukeni na muondoke, kwa kuwa hii sio sehemu ambayo mnaweza kuishi, kwa sababu ya unajisi wake; imeangamizwa kwa maangamizo kabisa.
Rise and go, for this [is] not the rest, Because of uncleanness it doth corrupt, And corruption is powerful.
11 Kama mtu akija kwenu katika roho ya uongo na kudanganya na kusema, “Nitatabiri kwenu kuhusu mvinyo na kilevi kikali,” angeweza kufikiriwa kuwa nabii kwa ajili ya hawa watu.
If one is going [with] the wind, And [with] falsehood hath lied: 'I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,' He hath been the prophet of this people!
12 Nitawaleta pamoja wote hakika, Yakobo. Hakika nitawakusanya mabaki ya Israeli. Nitawaleta pamoja kama kondoo katika zizi, kama kundi la wanyama katika malisho. Kutakuwa na kelele kwasababu ya wingi wa watu.
I do surely gather thee, O Jacob, all of thee, I surely bring together the remnant of Israel, Together I do set it as the flock of Bozrah, As a drove in the midst of its pasture, It maketh a noise because of man.
13 Mtu avunjaye hufungua njia zao kwa ajili yao kwenda mbele yao. Wamebomoa kupitia lango na kutoka nje; mfalme wao atapita mbele yao. Yahwe atakuwa mbele yao.
Gone up hath the breaker before them, They have broken through, Yea, they pass through the gate, Yea, they go out through it, And pass on doth their king before them, And Jehovah at their head!
