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Ole wao wakusudiao mambo maovu, na kutenda mabaya vitandani mwao! Kunapopambazuka asubuhi huyafanya, kwa sababu ya katika uwezo wa mikono yao.
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
2
Nao hutamani mashamba, na kuyashika; na nyumba pia, nao huzichukua; nao humwonea mtu na nyumba yake, naam, mtu na urithi wake.
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
3
Basi Bwana asema hivi, Angalia, nakusudia jambo baya juu ya jamaa hii, ambalo hamtazitoa shingo zenu, wala hamtakwenda kwa kiburi; kwa maana ni wakati mbaya.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
4
Siku hiyo watatunga mithali juu yenu, na kuomboleza kwa maombolezo ya huzuni nyingi, na kusema, Sisi tumeangamizwa kabisa; Yeye analibadili fungu la watu wangu; Jinsi anavyoniondolea hilo! Awagawia waasi mashamba yetu.
In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
5
Kwa hiyo hutakuwa na mtu atakayeitupa kamba kwa kura katika mkutano wa Bwana.
Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
6
Msitabiri, ndivyo watabirivyo; wasiyatabiri mambo haya; lawama hazikomi.
“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
7
Je! Litasemwa neno hili, enyi nyumba ya Yakobo, Roho ya Bwana imepunguzwa? Je! Haya ni matendo yake? Je! Maneno yangu hayamfai yeye aendaye kwa unyofu?
Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
8
Lakini siku hizi mmeinuka kama adui za watu wangu; mwaipokonya joho iliyo juu ya nguo za hao wapitao salama kama watu wasiopenda vita.
But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.
9
Wanawake wa watu wangu mwawatupa nje ya nyumba zao nzuri; watoto wao wachanga mwawanyang'anya utukufu wangu milele.
You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
10
Ondokeni, mwende zenu; maana hapa sipo mahali pa raha yenu; kwa sababu ya uchafu mtaangamizwa, naam, kwa maangamizo mazito sana.
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
11
Mtu akienda kwa roho ya uongo, akinena maneno ya uongo, akisema, Nitakutabiria habari ya mvinyo na kileo; mtu huyu atakuwa nabii wao watu hawa.
If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
12
Hakika nitakukusanya, Ee Yakobo, nyote pia; Bila shaka nitawakusanya waliobaki wa Israeli; Nitawaweka pamoja kama kondoo wa Bozra; Kama kundi la kondoo kati ya malisho yao; Watafanya mvumo kwa wingi wa watu;
I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.
13
Avunjaye amekwea juu mbele yao; Wamebomoa mahali, wakapita mpaka langoni, Wakatoka nje huko; Mfalme wao naye amepita akiwatangulia, Naye Bwana ametangulia mbele yao.
One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.