UMikha 3

“Ake nizwe nina zinhloko zakwaJakobe,

nani baholi bendlu ka-Israyeli.

Akunina yini okufanele nazi ubulungiswa na?

₂Kodwa nina nizonda okuhle,

nithande okubi,

nebula isikhumba sabo

nibasuse inyama emathanjeni abo.

₃Nidle inyama yabantu bami,

nabaxebula isikhumba sabo,

amathambo abo nawaphoqophoqoza,

nabaqobaqobela ebhodweni

nakugalaza njengenyama.”

₄Ngakho-ke bayakukhala kuSimakade,

kodwa akayukubaphendula.

Uyakubafihlela ubuso bakhe ngaleso sikhathi,

ngenxa yokwenza kwabo izenzo ezimbi.

₅Usho kanje uSimakade:

“Ngabaphrofethi abadukisa abantu bami,

abaluma ngamazinyo abo,

bamemeze bathi: ‘Ukuthula,’

kuthi lowo ongabeki lutho emlonyeni wabo

bavivele ukumthelekela ngempi.

₆Ngalokho ubusuku buyakunifikela,

ningaboni mbono,

ningabe nisabhula.

Liyakubashonela ilanga abaphrofethi,

usuku lube mnyama bhuqe kubo.

₇Ababonayo bayakuba namahloni,

ababhuli bahlazeke;

bonke bayakubamba amadevu abo,

ngokuba kungekho mpendulo evela kuNkulunkulu.”

₈Kodwa mina ngigcwele amandla ngoMoya kaSimakade,

ubulungiswa nesibindi,

ukuba ngitshele uJakobe ngesiphambeko sakhe

no-Israyeli ngesono sakhe.

₉Ake nizwe nina zinhloko zendlu kaJakobe,

nani babusi bendlu ka-Israyeli,

enenyanya ubulungiswa

niphambanise konke okulungileyo;

₁₀nina enakha iZiyoni ngokuchitha igazi,

neJerusalema ngokuhlanekezela ubulungiswa.

₁₁Izinhloko zalo zehlulela ngokugwazelwa,

abaphristi balo bafundisa ngenxa yokukhokhelwa,

nabaphrofethi babhula ngenxa yesiliva,

bethembele kuSimakade, bethi:

“Akekho yini phakathi kwethu uSimakade na?”

Asiyukwehlelwa yinhlekele.

₁₂Ngakho-ke ngenxa yenu

iZiyoni liyakulinywa libe yinsimu,

neJerusalema libe yindunduma yencithakalo,

intaba yendlu ibe yizindawo

eziphakemeyo zamahlathi.