Micah 3
New American Standard Bible
Rulers Denounced
3 And I said,
“(A)Hear now, you [a]leaders of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel:
Is it not for you to (B)know justice?
2 You who hate good and love evil,
Who (C)tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
3 Who (D)eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Smash their bones,
And (E)chop them up as for the pot,
And as meat in a cauldron!”
4 Then they will (F)cry out to the Lord,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will (G)hide His face from them at that time
Because they have (H)practiced evil deeds.
5 This is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who (I)lead my people astray:
When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They (J)cry out, “Peace!”
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.
6 Therefore it will be (K)night for you—without vision,
And darkness for you—without divination.
The (L)sun will go down on the prophets,
And the day will become dark over them.
7 The seers will be (M)put to shame,
And the (N)diviners will be ashamed.
Indeed, they will all (O)cover their [b]lips
Because there is (P)no answer from God.
8 On the other hand, (Q)I am filled with power—
With the Spirit of the Lord—
And with justice and courage
To (R)make known to Jacob his rebellious act,
And to Israel his sin.
9 Now hear this, you (S)heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who (T)despise justice
And twist everything that is straight,
10 Who (U)build Zion with bloodshed,
And Jerusalem with malice.
11 Her leaders pronounce (V)judgment for a bribe,
Her (W)priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“(X)Is the Lord not in our midst?
Catastrophe will not come upon us.”
12 Therefore on account of you,
(Y)Zion will be plowed like a field,
(Z)Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the (AA)mountain of the [c]temple will become high places of a forest.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:1 Lit heads
- Micah 3:7 Lit mustache
- Micah 3:12 Lit house
Mika 3
Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero
Atsogoleri ndi Aneneri Adzudzulidwa
3 Ndipo ine ndinati,
“Tamverani, inu atsogoleri a Yakobo,
inu olamulira nyumba ya Israeli.
Kodi sindinu oyenera kudziwa kuweruza molungama,
2 inu amene mumadana ndi zabwino ndi kukonda zoyipa;
inu amene mumasenda khungu la anthu anga,
ndipo mumakungunula mnofu pa mafupa awo;
3 inu amene mumadya anthu anga,
mumasenda khungu lawo
ndi kuphwanya mafupa awo;
inu amene mumawadula nthulinthuli
ngati nyama yokaphika?”
4 Pamenepo adzalira kwa Yehova,
koma Iye sadzawayankha.
Nthawi imeneyo Iye adzawabisira nkhope yake
chifukwa cha zoyipa zimene anazichita.
5 Yehova akuti,
“Aneneri amene
amasocheretsa anthu anga,
ngati munthu wina awapatsa chakudya
amamufunira ‘mtendere;’
ngati munthu wina sawapatsa zakudya
amamulosera zoyipa.
6 Nʼchifukwa chake kudzakuderani,
simudzaonanso masomphenya,
mdima udzakugwerani ndipo simudzawombezanso.
Dzuwa lidzawalowera aneneriwo, ndipo mdima udzawagwera.
7 Alosi adzachita manyazi
ndipo owombeza mawula adzanyazitsidwa.
Onse adzaphimba nkhope zawo
chifukwa Mulungu sakuwayankha.”
8 Koma kunena za ine, ndadzazidwa ndi mphamvu,
ndi Mzimu wa Yehova,
ndi kulungama, ndi kulimba mtima,
kuti ndilalikire za kugalukira kwa Yakobo,
kwa Israeli za tchimo lake.
9 Imvani izi, inu atsogoleri a nyumba ya Yakobo,
inu olamulira nyumba ya Israeli,
inu amene mumadana ndi kuweruza kolungama;
ndipo mumakhotetsa zinthu zonse zolondola;
10 inu amene mukumanga Ziyoni pokhetsa magazi,
ndi Yerusalemu ndi kuyipa kwanu.
11 Atsogoleri ake amalandira chiphuphu kuti aweruze,
ansembe ake amalandira malipiro kuti alalikire,
ndipo aneneri ake amanenera kuti alandire ndalama.
Komatu amatsamira pa Yehova nʼkumanena kuti,
“Kodi Yehova sali pakati pathu?
Palibe tsoka limene lidzatigwere.”
12 Choncho chifukwa cha inu,
Ziyoni adzatipulidwa ngati munda,
Yerusalemu adzasanduka bwinja,
ndipo phiri la Nyumba ya Mulungu lidzasanduka nkhalango yowirira.
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