Mikha 1

₂Lalelani naku, nine tive nonkhe:

nilalele nani mhlaba wonkhe!

INkhosi Simakadze iyakunilahla ngelicala.

Lalelani! Ukhuluma asethempelini lakhe.

₃Simakadze usuka endzaweni yakhe lengcwele;

utakwehla ahambe eticongweni tetintsaba.

₄Letintsaba titawuncibilika

ngaphansi kwetinyawo takhe;

yebo, tincibilike njengemafutsa nakafakwa emlilweni.

Tiyawugeletela etigodzini nasetihosheni;

yebo, tigelete njengemanti ahhuhluleka

aphuma eticongweni temagcuma.

₅Konkhe loku kuyakwenteka,

ngobe Israyeli onile wahlubuka kuNkulunkulu.

Empeleni nje ngubani lekufanele asoleke

ngenca yekuhlubuka kwa-Israyeli?

Vele, yiSamariya.

Ngubani lonelicala lekukhonta tithico kaJuda?

Vele, yiJerusalema matfupha.

“ISamariya ngitayenta

ibe tindzala tesikhotsa,

kube yindzawo yekuhlanyela umvini.

Tindlu letitindzala ngiyakutitfulula

tigeletele etigodzini,

kutsi tisekelo telidolobha

ngitihlubule tibesebaleni.

₇Tonkhe tithico talo

letiligugu ngiyakutifohlota tibe ticucu,

nako konkhe lokunikwe tingwadla telithempeli

kubhujiswe ngemlilo,

bese kutsi tonkhe tithico letibatiwe

kube libibi lesiganga.

Konkhe loku iSamariya ikucokelele ngemali

leyitfole ngebugwadla bayo ethempelini,

ngako titsa tayo titakwetfwala tikuyise

lapho kuyawubhadala bugwadla khona.”

“Ngenca yaloko ngitawukhala

ngilile kuze ngikhombise kudzabuka kwami,

ngitawuhamba ngcunu

ngingafaki ngisho neticatfulo,

ngishaye umkhulungwane njengenja,

ngikhale njengesahhukulu,

ngikekele njengenshi.

₉Emanceba ekushaywa nguSimakadze,

ashaya iSamariya, angeke elapheke;

yebo, naJuda utakwehlelwa ngulawo manceba.

Kubhujiswa sekusemasangweni eJerusalema,

lapho kuhlala khona bantfu bami.”

₁₀Titsa tetfu taseGathi

ungatitjeli ngekwehlulwa kwetfu,

ungatikhombisi kukhala kwakho.

Bantfu, baseBhethi Leyafra,

khombisani kudzabuka kwenu

ngekutsi nitigicite phansi elutfulini.

₁₁Nine takhamiti taseShafiri,

tidzingiseni nihlazekile, ningcunu.

Takhamiti taseSanani tesaba

kuphuma edolobheni lato.

Nawuva takhamiti taseBethi Eseli tilila,

uyawuvele ubone kutsi kute siphephelo lapho.

₁₂Takhamiti taseMarothi timele

kusitakala kwato ngekulangatelela lokukhulu,

ngobe Simakadze usondzete sigemegeme

emasangweni aseJerusalema.

₁₃Nine lenihlala eLakhishi,

bophelani emahhashi enu etincoleni,

ngobe ngini lenaholela iSiyoni esonweni,

tono ta-Israyeli takhandzakala kini.

₁₄Ngako, nine takhamiti takaJuda,

yehlukanani nelidoloba iMoreshethi Gathi.

Kute lusito

lolutawutfolwa ngemakhosi aka-Israyeli

edolobheni lase-Akzibi.

₁₅Nine-ke takhamiti taseMaresha,

Simakadze utaninikela etandleni tesitsa

lesitawutfumba lelidolobha lenu.

Baholi labahloniphekile baka-Israyeli

bayawubhaca emihumeni yase-Adulamu.

₁₆Takhamiti takaJuda,

hhulani tinwele tenu,

nililele bantfwabenu lenibatsandzako.

Singani tinhloko tenu

tibe tincacadvu njengemphandla,

ngobe bantfwabenu batawutfunjwa.