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¹Shoko raJehovha, rakauya kuna Mika weMoresheti namazuva aJotamu naAhazi naHezekia, madzimambo aJudha, raakaona pamusoro peSamaria neJerusaremu.The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

²Inzwai imi marudzi avanhu, imi mose; teerera iwe nyika, nezvose zvirimo; Ishe Jehovha ngaakupupurirei, iye Ishe ari mutemberi yake tsvene.Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

³Nokuti tarirai, Jehovha anobuda panzvimbo yake, achaburuka nokutsika panzvimbo dzakakwirira dzenyika.For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

⁴Makomo achanyauka pasi pake, mipata ichapamuka senamo yakaiswa pamoto, semvura inodururwa pamawere.And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

⁵Zvose izvi zvinoitwa nokuda kwokudarika kwaJakobho, uye nokuda kwezvivi zveimba yaIsiraeri. Kudarika kwaJakobho ndokweiko? Harizi Samaria here? Nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzaJudha ndedzipiko? Harizi Jerusaremu here?For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

⁶Saka Samaria ndichariita somurwi wamabwe musango, senzvimbo dzingasimwa mizambiringa; ndichakandira mabwe aro mumupata, ndichifukunura nheyo dzaro.Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

⁷Mifananidzo yaro yose yakavezwa ichaputswa-putswa, mibairo yaro yose ichapiswa nomoto, uye ndichaparadza zvifananidzo zvaro zvose; nokuti rakazviunganidza izvo uri mubayiro wechifeve, naizvozvi zvichadzokerazve kumubayiro wechifeve.And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

⁸Nemhaka iyi ndichachema nokuungudza, ndichafamba ndisina nguo ndakashama, ndichaungudza samakava nokurira semhou.Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

⁹Nokuti mavanga aro haadi kupora, nokuti zvasvika kuna Judhawo; zvisvikira pasuo ravanhu vangu, ipo paJerusaremu.For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

¹⁰Musazvireva paGati, regai kutongochema; paBheti-re-Afura ndakaumburuka muguruva.Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

¹¹Chibva uende, iwe ugere Shafiri, wakashama uchinyara; agere Zaanani haana kubuda kuungudza paBheti-ezeri kuchakutorera pokumira.Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.

¹²Nokuti agere Maroti anomirira zvikuru chinhu chakanaka, nokuti zvakaipa zvakaburuka zvichibva kuna Jehovha zvikasvikira kusuo reJerusaremu.For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

¹³Iwe ugere Rakishi, sunga mabhiza pangoro; ndiro rakatanga kuisa mukunda weZiyoni pazvivi, nokuti kudarika kwalsiraeri kwakawanikwa mauri.O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

¹⁴Saka iwe uchapa Moresheti-gati chipo chokuonekana; dzimba dzeAkizibhi dzichava chinhu chinonyengera madzimambo aIsiraeri.Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

¹⁵Iwe ugere Maresha, ndichakuuyisira mumwe achakukunda; vakakudzwa valsiraeri vachasvika paAdhurami.Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

¹⁶Zviitire mhazha, vevura vhudzi rako pamusoro pavana vaunofarira; kurisa mhazha yako seyegondo, nokuti vakatapwa kure newe.Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.