Kunyalala kusingapele
(Mika 4:1-3)1 Tjakabong'wa ndi Isaya nkololo wa Amozi ngekwe Juda ne Jerusalema yetji,
2 Kowoti mu mazhuba anozha
Dombo le Ng'umba ya Yahwe
lowothumbidziwa likabe gulu kupinda mamwe matombo,
lowokudzigwa pezhugwi kupinda matuthu
ngono zwitjaba zose zowokulumukila ku lili,
3 ngono bathu banjinji banowozha beti,
“Buyani titathe dombo la Yahwe
tiyende ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu wa Jakubo,
kuti utidiye zila dzawo,
kuti ndizo tiyende mu zijana dzawo.”
Ngoti nlayo unowodwa mu Ziyoni,
dama la Yahwe lowobhuda mu Jerusalema.
4 Banowosumikilisa pakati kwe zwitjaba
bakagadzanya bathu banjinji.
Bathu banowothula mathumo abo beathama zwikara zwe mapadza,
ne makanu abo bezwithama mipanga inosunulila miti.
Itjaba atjitjawosengela tjimwe itjaba mathumo
kene kuli kuzwidiyila ngwa.
5 Be nsha wa Jakubo buyani,
tiyende mu tjedza tja Yahwe.
6 Ngoti makalasha bathu benyu,
be nsha wa Jakubo.
Ngoti bazhele bakandili banodwa ku bhezhuba,
banokandila se Bafilisitiya,
bakazwizwadzanya ne bataya.
7 Shango yabo izhele siliva ne golide,
fumwa yabo ayitopela.
Shango yabo izhele mbizi,
koloyi dzabo dze ngwa adzitopela.
8 Shango yabo izhele midzimu,
banothigamila zwabakathama nge maboko abo,
zwakabumbiwa nge zwinyala zwabo.
9 Ndizo nthu unowoyisiwa pasi,
unowolengudziwa.
Musibazwiibhatigwe!
10 Ngina mu shongwe,
ubgwate mu hwuluba,
ubgwatila kutjisa kwa Yahwe,
ne tjedza tje bukulu gwabo.
11 Banozwikudza banoyisiwa pasi,
ne banozwida banowolengudziwa,
Yahwe boga ndibo banowokudziwa,
mu zhuba ilelo.
12 Ngoti Yahwe Masimbawose bana zhuba,
linowoti bose banozwida ne banozwiyisa pezhugwi,
bose koga banozwikudza banoyisiwa pasi,
13 misida ye Lebanoni,
yakakula ikulila pezhugwi,
ne mioko ye Bhashani,
14 ne matombo malefu,
ne matuthu akamilidzikila pezhugwi,
15 ne thungamakole imwe ne imwe,
ne luswingo gumwe ne gumwe gwakasimisiwa,
16 ne ikepe tjimwe ne tjimwe tje Tashishi,
ne ikepe tjimwe ne tjimwe tjibuya.
17 Banozwikudza banoyisiwa pasi,
ne banozwida banowolengudziwa,
Yahwe boga banowokudziwa mu zhuba ilelo.
18 Ngono midzimu inowolobesiwa tjoselele.
19 Bathu banowotizhila mu makuhwu mu shongwe,
ne mu mimwina pasi,
betizha kutjisa kwa Yahwe,
ne tjedza tje bukulu gwabo,
ha bemilika kuzunguza shango.
20 Mu zhuba ilelo bathu banowolashila
midzimu yabo ye siliva neye golide,
yabakathama kuithigamila,
ku fuku ne kuna bomanlembe.
21 Banowotizhila mu makuhwu,
ne mu phaswa dze shongwe,
betizha kutjisa kwa Yahwe,
ne tjedza tje bukulu gwabo,
ha bemilika kuzunguza shango.
22 Letjani kugalabgwe mu nthu,
iye una meya yaanofema mu zwimilo.
Nthu ungabaligwa muni kene?
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